WE SUPPORT SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT LOCAL SCHOOLS TO
BUILD A BRIGHTER PATH TO BETTER JOBS AND HELP PREPARE THE NEXT
GENERATION. BECAUSE TOGETHER, WE POWER LIFE.
ENTERGY. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED
BY THE FRED B. AND RUTH B. ZIEGLER FOUNDATION AND THE
ZIEGLER ART MUSEUM IN JENNINGS CITY HALL.
THE MUSEUM FOCUSES ON EMERGING LOUISIANA ARTISTS AND IS AN
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
AND THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC
BROADCASTING WITH SUPPORT FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU.
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IT WAS BRAVE JUST TO WALK AROUND ON THE MOON.
APOLLO 11 CELEBRATING THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF A MAN
WALKING ON THE MOON. IT'S MY HOPE THAT WE WILL
KEEP THAT DREAM ALIVE. A COMMUNITY TREASURE
MURDERED, BUT EFFORTS TO KEEP HER MISSION AND MESSAGE GOING
FOR YEARS TO COME. THIS IS OUR 11th YEAR OF THE
IRISH FILM FESTIVAL HERE IN BATON ROUGE.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER GREAT LINEUP. COMEDIES, SHORT FILMS,
DOCUMENTARIES AND DRAMAS, ALL IN ONE WEEKEND AT ONE EVENT.
HI, EVERYONE. I'M NATASHA WILLIAMS.
AND I'M ANDRE MOREAU. MUCH MORE ON THOSE TOP STORIES
IN A MOMENT ON THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF "SWI," BUT FIRST A
LOOK AT OTHER HEADLINES MAKING NEWS ACROSS THE STATE.
A JURY WEDNESDAY CONVICTED A FORMER LSU STUDENT OF NEGLIGENT
HOMICIDE IN THE HAZING DEATH OF A FRATERNITY PLEDGE.
IT TOOK SIX JURORS LESS THAN AN HOUR TO CONVICT 21-YEAR-OLD
MATTHEW NAQUIN. HE COULD FACE UP TO FIVE YEARS
BEHIND BARS. DURING TESTIMONY A TOXICOLOGIST
SAID MAX GRUVER, TWO WEEKS INTO HIS FRESHMEN YEAR AT LSU IN
2017, WAS A DEAD MAN WALKING AFTER CHUGGING LIQUOR DURING A
FRAT HAZING EVENT. GRUVER'S PARENTS WERE IN COURT
AND SAID THE VERDICT MEANS JUSTICE FOR THEIR SON.
ONLY BRIEFLY A HURRICANE, BARRY SPARED NEW ORLEANS AND BATON
ROUGE FROM THE CATASTROPHIC, LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING THAT
WAS FORECAST. THE STORM RAN INTO DRY AIR AS IT
MADE LANDFALL AND THAT SAPPED MUCH OF ITS RAIN-MAKING PUNCH.
STILL, TRAILING RAIN BANDS THAT CAME ASHORE BEHIND THE STORM
SWAMPED ISOLATED AREAS WITH DOUBLE-DIGIT AMOUNTS IN PARTS OF
CALCASIEU PARISH AND IN OAKDALE. THERE WERE NO DEATHS OR INJURIES
REPORTED BECAUSE OF BARRY. THE BARRY FOLLOW-UP GAVE SENATOR
BILL CASSIDY ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS HIS WORK WITH THE
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.
BARRY DOES HIGHLIGHT THE NEED TO RE-AUTHORIZE THE NATIONAL
FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. I WOULD SAY TO RE-AUTHORIZE AND
REFORM. THE HOUSE IS SENDING OVER A
BILL. I WOULD LIKE TO STRENGTHEN IT
WITH REFORMS THAT I THINK ARE NEEDED TO PREVENT PREMIUM
INCREASE. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE A PROGRAM
STRONGER IS MORE ACCOUNTABLE AND WHICH IS MORE AFFORDABLE.
MEANTIME WORK HAS BEGUN ON THE COMITE RIVER DIVERSION CANAL
AND ENGINEERS HOPE TO HAVE IT COMPLETE BY 2021.
CONGRESSMAN GARRETT GRAVES SAYS WHILE VITAL FEDERAL FUNDING IS
ASSURED, STATE LEADERS NEED TO STAY ON TOP OF THE CORPS OF
ENGINEERS TO ENSURE THERE ARE NOT DELAYS.
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION JOHN WHITE TESTIFIED
BEFORE A CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION THIS
WEEK. HE FOCUSED ON THE STATE'S
EDUCATOR PREP PROGRAMS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO EQUIP THE NEXT
GENERATION OF TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS.
FOR HIS VALOR DURING WORLD WAR II, A 97-YEAR-OLD LOUISIANA
VETERAN RECEIVED A FRENCH MEDAL OF HONOR THIS WEEK.
THE NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. CAME TO JENNINGS TO PAY
TRIBUTE TO LAWRENCE BOUDREAUX. BOUDREAUX RECEIVED THE MEDAL AT
A VETERANS HOME. INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY IN 1943,
HIS CAMPAIGNS INCLUDED NORMANDY, ARDENNES, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL
EUROPE. NEWS ABOUT THE MURDER OF BATON
ROUGE CULTURAL ICON SADIE ROBERTS-JOSEPH LEFT PEOPLE
ABSOLUTELY STUNNED. THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, BUT
THE STORY QUICKLY SPREAD, REACHING VIRTUALLY EVERY MEDIA
OUTLET IN THE COUNTRY. IT THEN BECAME ONE OF THE WEEK'S
TOP TRENDING STORIES. SADIE ROBERTS-JOSEPH HAD A SMILE
THAT COULD LIGHT UP A ROOM AND A LIGHT THAT SERVED AS A BEACON IN
THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY. SHE MADE IT HER MISSION TO HELP
NURTURE AND LIFT UP HER AFRICAN-AMERICAN BROTHERS AND
SISTERS AND PEACEFULLY SOUGHT TO CHANGE NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS
THROUGH EDUCATION AND AWARENESS. LPB SPOKE WITH HER IN 2004
BEFORE A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, WHICH SHE ORGANIZED AND HAD
HOSTED ANNUALLY SINCE. JUNETEENTH WAS ONE OF MANY
CITYWIDE CONTRIBUTIONS SHE MADE. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKED
WITH HER ON OTHERS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY AGAINST DRUGS AND
VIOLENCE, WHICH SHE CO-FOUNDED. AT THE CENTERPIECE OF HER LIFE,
THOUGH, WAS THE BATON ROUGE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM SHE
FOUNDED IN 2001. IN THAT 2004 INTERVIEW, SHE
DISCUSSED ONE OF ITS ROLES. AND BECAUSE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
HISTORY HAS NOT BEEN WIDELY TAUGHT, THE THING THAT PEOPLE
THINK OF READILY WHEN THEY THINK OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN IS THE
SLAVERY PIECE AND NOT THE CONTRIBUTION.
SO AS WE BEGIN TO TEACH MORE AND MORE, IT WILL GIVE US MORE
KNOWLEDGE, MORE INFORMATION, AND IT WILL INCREASE THE POSITIVE
ATTITUDE AND ADD JUST A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO WHO WE
ARE. SHE WAS BELOVED AND REVERED,
SO HER HURD LAST WEEK HAS BEEN HARD TO COMPREHEND.
WHY? HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAPPEN
TO A WOMAN WHO DEVOTED HER LIFE TO OTHERS AND TO SPREADING THE
MESSAGE OF PEACE. WITH THE ARREST OF A SUSPECT,
38-YEAR-OLD RON BELL, ON FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES,
SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS MAY BE ANSWERED.
BELL WAS HER TENANT AND OWED HER $1,200 IN BACK RENT.
MS. SADIE'S NIECE, PAT LE DUFF, BELIEVES SHE KNOWS HOW HER AUNT
SPENT THE FINAL MOMENTS OF HER LIFE.
FACING THE PERSON WHO WOULD ULTIMATELY KILL HER.
I KNOW SHE HELD THAT GUY'S HAND AND SAID, NOW, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO DO THAT. I CAN HELP YOU WITH THIS.
YOU KNOW WE DON'T DO THAT. JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED ME TO
DO AND HE PROBABLY SAID, LADY, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT.
SHE IS JUST THAT KIND OF PERSON. I BELIEVE SHE WAS TRYING TO HELP
EVEN THE PERSON WHO TOOK HER LIFE.
IT WOULD MEAN THAT EVEN FACING DEATH, SHE SHOWED THE
STRENGTH, COURAGE AND COMPASSION IN WHICH SHE LIVED.
SO WHAT WILL YOU PRIMARILY REMEMBER ABOUT HER?
HER DISTINCTIVE DRESSING, AUNT SADIE CUT GRASS IN HER HEELS,
LAUGHING, JUST A WEIRD LADY. SHE'S ALWAYS PROPER.
JUST ALWAYS ON POINT, JUST ALWAYS 100% HER BEST.
I SAW HER FREQUENTLY. I'VE BEEN KNOWING HER FOR AT
LEAST 30 YEARS. BATON ROUGE MAYOR SHARON
WESTON-BROOME JUST RECENTLY RECOGNIZED MS. SADIE AT A
MEETING OF THE PARISH METRO COUNCIL TO CELEBRATE THE 18th
ANNIVERSARY OF HER MUSEUM. AT THE MUSEUM TUESDAY, HUNDREDS
GATHERED IN THE LOUISIANA HEAT FOR A VIGIL IN HER HONOR.
SHE LOVED THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY AND THE BATON ROUGE
COMMUNITY LOVED HER. THERE WAS A MUTUAL LOVE AND
RESPECT FOR SADIE ROBERTS-JOSEPH BECAUSE SHE WAS SUCH AN INTEGRAL
FABRIC OF THIS COMMUNITY. WHETHER I WAS FIGHTING AGAINST
DRUGS AND VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY, DOING COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT TO UPLIFT DISINVESTED AREAS WITH CLEANUPS
OR OTHER ACTIVITIES OR WHETHER IT WAS THE MUSEUM THAT SHE
STARTED SOME 18 YEARS AGO TO FOCUS ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN
HISTORY, HER INFLUENCE AND HER IMPACT WILL BE FELT FOR DECADES
TO COME. THE INTERESTING THING IS YOU
BOTH UNDERSTOOD PRESERVATION. FAIRLEIGH JACKSON IS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF PRESERVE LOUISIANA, WHICH THIS WEEK DEDICATED THE
HOMEPAGE OF ITS WEBSITE TO MS. SADIE.
PRESERVE LOUISIANA ALSO HONORED HER IN 2008 AS ONE OF ITS
PRESERVATION AWARD RECIPIENTS. SHE UNDERSTOOD CULTURAL
PRESERVATION IN COMBINING ART AND HISTORY IN A WAY PEOPLE
COULD UNDERSTAND. ESPECIALLY WITH THE WORK AT THE
MUSEUM AND EVEN UNDER THE INTERSTATE, ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIPS IS WITH CHARLES BARBIER, WE LOST A YEAR
AGO IN AUGUST. THE WORK HE DID WITH MS. SADIE
TO CELEBRATE PROMINENT BLACK FIGURES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND
BEYOND IS ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES OF CULTURAL PRESERVATION THAT
NOT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS. IRONICALLY, IT IS IN MS.
SADIE'S DEATH THAT HER VOICE IS BEING HEARD ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
RECOGNIZED BY PRACTICALLY EVERY MAJOR MEDIA OUTLET IN AMERICA.
I BELIEVE THE NATIONAL ATTENTION ALSO SPEAKS VOLUMES OF
THE CONTENT OF HER LIFE. AND SO WE ARE SO FORTUNATE HERE
IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, THAT SHE WAS PART OF OUR LIVES AND
NOW HER LIFE LIVES ON THROUGH ALL OF THE MONUMENTAL AND
SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS THAT SHE DID FOR OTHERS.
AS WE OPEN UP AND LEARN MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER, WE'LL FIND
THAT THERE'S NOT A VAST DIFFERENCE.
THAT WE ALL HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF
THIS NATION AND IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD, WE MUST MOVE
FORWARD TOGETHER. WORDS OF TREMENDOUS WISDOM
FROM MS. SADIE. THE FUTURE OF MS. SADIE'S MUSEUM
IS UNCERTAIN, BUT A FOUNDATION IN NOW SET UP IN HER NAME.
HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK IS HANDLING THIS MEMORIAL FUND.
DONATIONS CAN BE MADE THERE. AND ALSO THROUGH PAYPAL.
IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK THREE ASTRONAUTS BLASTED INTO
SPACE AND IN THE HISTORY BOOKS WHEN TWO OF THEM BECAME THE
FIRST MEN TO WALK ON THE MOON. LIFTOFF, 42 MINUTES PAST THE
HOUR. MOST ANYONE OLD ENOUGH TO
REMEMBER JULY 16, 1969, WILL TELL YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT IT
TODAY STILL GIVES THEM CHILLS. PEOPLE ARE STOPPED ALL OVER
THE WORLD TO WATCH THIS. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SO
FASCINATING MOST PEOPLE IN THAT TIME COULD NOT IMAGINE THIS EVER
HAPPENING IN THEIR LIFE TIME. WHEN THEY STEPPED OFF THE LIMB,
WHEN THEY STEPPED OFF THE LADDER FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY DIDN'T
KNOW IF THEIR FOOT WAS GOING TO SINK DOWN TWO FEET INTO THE
LUNAR REGALIFT OR IF IT WAS GOING TO BE SOLID ON THE SURFACE
EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD LANDED. THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS
LIKE UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE, SO IT WAS JUST BRAVE JUST TO WALK
AROUND. LINDA GAUTHIER HAS SPENT MOST
OF HER LIFE GAZING INTO THE STARS.
I AM A NASA SOLAR SYSTEM AMBASSADOR.
I'VE BEEN ONE FOR 15 YEARS. WE ARE VOLUNTEERS AND TOTAL
NERDS. ONE OF 1,000 AMBASSADORS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE RETIRED LOUISIANA SCIENCE
TEACHER AND PART-TIME EDUCATOR AT THE LOUISIANA ARTS AND
SCIENCE MUSEUM IN BATON ROUGE SAYS HER FASCINATION WITH THE
MOON, STARS, AND PLANETS BEGAN AT A VERY EARLY AGE.
HER HOBBY ALLOWS HER TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS.
WE ENJOY TALKING ABOUT THE SPACE PROGRAM TO ANY GROUP THAT
WILL LISTEN AND WE ARE UPDATED ON WHAT IS GOING ON USING
TELECONFERENCES, VIDEO CONFERENCES, AND THINGS LIKE
THAT. I BELIEVE IN TRYING TO
EXPERIENCE AS MUCH AS I CAN BEFORE I TEACH IT.
WE WERE OFFERED A CHANCE TO RIDE IN THE O.G. PLANE SIMILAR TO THE
VOMIT COMET. WE DID NOT WEAR SHOES.
WE WORE SPECIAL FLIGHT SUITS. WE WENT UP THEN WE CAME DOWN.
GOING UP, YOU'RE PULLING 2Gs AND YOU ARE LAYING ON THE FLOOR.
YOU FEEL LIKE ANOTHER PERSON YOUR SIZE IS ON TOP OF YOU AND
AS YOU ARE COMING DOWN, YOU ARE LITERALLY FLOATING.
TODAY 50 YEARS AFTER THE HISTORIC MOONWALK, SHE MARVELS
AT THE MONUMENTAL ACCOMPLISHMENT AND ALL WE AS A SOCIETY GAINED
BECAUSE OF THE SPACE EXPLORATION.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE DESTINATION AS THE JOURNEY.
JUST GETTING TO THE MOON, OBVIOUSLY, TOOK ALL THE OTHER
PROGRAMS, LIKE MERCURY AND GEMINI, THE STEPS, THE HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT DID THE WORK.
I THINK THE IMPORTANCE IS THAT WE ACTUALLY DID IT AND WE DID IT
FAIRLY SAFELY. I KNOW WE HAD PROBLEMS.
WE DID IT IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT WAS VERY CHALLENGING TO
PUSH SCIENCE FORWARD BECAUSE WE HAD OTHER PROBLEMS WE WERE
DEALING WITH BACK IN THE 60s AND EARLY 70s.
SO I ADMIRE JUST THE FORTITUDE, THE COURAGE OF THE PEOPLE, ALL
THE PEOPLE INVOLVED, NOT JUST THE ASTRONAUTS.
BUT THOSE ASTRONAUTS FIRST. NEIL ARMSTRONG.
ARMSTRONG IS ON THE MOON. NEIL ARMSTRONG.
AND HIS FIRST WORDS NOW IMMORTAL.
ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, A GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND.
BUZZ ALDRIN HAD THESE WORDS. MAGNIFICENT DESOLATION.
OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT HE LATER EXPLAINED ON "60 MINUTES"
YEARS LATER. MAGNIFICENT DESOLATION, YOU
COULDN'T CALL THAT BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS A SHABBY BUNCH OF DUST
THAT HADN'T CHANGED IN A HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS.
YOU COULDN'T FIND ANY PLACE ON EARTH AS BARREN, LIFELESS.
BUT THAT TRIP AND ITS SUCCESS GAVE NEW LIFE TO THE STRUGGLING
SPACE PROGRAM, PIQUING INTEREST AROUND THE WORLD AND FOR
ENTHUSIASTS LIKE GAUTHIER, IT WAS LIKE THE SCIENCE SUPER BOWL.
MOST OF THE COMMUNICATION WE HAVE TODAY WERE DEVELOPED IN
THAT TIME PERIOD. I THINK OF TELEMETRY WHERE IF
YOU ARE IN A HOSPITAL AND PEOPLE -- YOU ARE IN A CRITICAL
KARIYA, SOMEBODY IS WATCHING YOUR HEART RATE, YOUR OXYGEN
RATE, AND ALL HOW WAS THAT WE TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.
IT'S ON EMS TRUCKS. YOU PROBABLY CAN GET AN APP ON
YOUR PHONE NOW TO CHECK YOUR HEART RATE WEARING THE LITTLE
FITBITS. AND WE ARE STILL LEARNING
MORE FROM THAT VOYAGE EVERY DAY. IN FACT, RIGHT NOW IN
HOUSTON, NASA IS UNPACKING SOME OF THE LUNAR SAMPLES FROM 50
YEARS AGO THEY HAVE LEFT PACKED SO THEY KNEW AS WE WENT FORWARD
OUR TECHNOLOGY WOULD DEVELOP MORE AND MORE AND NOW WE CAN
EXAMINE THESE FRESH SAMPLES WITH OUR NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR NEW
TYPES OF MICROSCOPES AND OTHER TYPES OF EQUIPMENT.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A LOCAL APOLLO 11 OUT OF THIS
WORLD EXPERIENCE. ON JULY 20, THE DAY THAT NEIL
ARMSTRONG TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MOON, WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING
A SPECIAL EVENT TO COMMEMORATE THAT.
THE LOUISIANA ART AND SCIENCE MUSEUM IN BATON ROUGE HAS A FULL
DAY OF EVENTS PLANNED TO COMMEMORATE THE APOLLO 11
ANNIVERSARY. IT'S CALLED ONE GIANT LEAP
FOR MANKIND. IT'S GOING TO OPEN UP AT 10:00.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES IN OUR ATRIUM FROM
10:00 TO 2:00 AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SPECIAL PLANETARIUM
SHOWS FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. ALL DAY LONG.
I AM PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT APOLLO 11, THE FIRST STEPS
EDITION. IT IS ONE OF THE NEWst SHOWS WE
HAVE AT THE PLANETARIUM. IT PREMIERED JULY 6 AND IT USES
NEVER-BEFORE SEEN SCENES AND AUDIO CLIPS FROM THE ACTUAL
APOLLO 11 MISSION. THIS GROUP OF CHILDREN FROM
THE SECOND BAPTIST CHRISTIAN ACADEMY GOT A SNEAK PEEK OF THE
ARTIFACTS FROM THE SPACE MISSION.
HANDS-ON EXPERIMENTS LIKE THIS ONE USING THE GLOVE BOX.
AND A LOOK AT ACTUAL MOON PARTICLES OR MOON ROCKS LOANED
TO THE MUSEUM FROM THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION IN THE EARLY
1970s. THESE ARE LITTLE PIECES OF
MOONROCK. THEY WERE GIVEN TO THE STATE OF
LOUISIANA BY PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES. THEY ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA AND THEY CAME FROM THE MOON.
AND EVEN PART OF THE SPACE SUIT AND OTHER EQUIPMENT USED IN THE
HISTORY-MAKING FLIGHT IS HERE IN THE LOUISIANA ART AND SCIENCE
MUSEUM. A HELMET, CAMERA AND WATCHES
WORN BY ASTRONAUTS. THIS IS OUR OMNI GLOBE,
IT IS 48-INCH DIAMETER VERY VERSATILE EDUCATIONAL TOOL.
THE GLOBE ABLE TO PINPOINT MOON LANDINGS AND SURVEY
MISSIONS CONDUCTED BY NASA OVER THE YEARS.
AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE WHERE THE APOLLO 11 MISSION
ACTUALLY LANDED. PUTTING THE AMERICAN FLAG ON THE
MOON. AND OUR ASTRONAUTS WERE THE
FIRST MARKING THE OCCASION WITH OLD GLORY.
ARMSTRONG, REMEMBERING THE EXPERIENCE AS A LITTLE
DIFFICULT. IT WOULD GO IN ABOUT THAT FAR
SO WE WERE POUNDING ON IT AND WE FINALLY GOT IT TO GO UPRIGHT.
GAUTHIER IS HAPPY TO SEE THE CHILDREN'S CURIOSITY ABOUT SPACE
TRAVEL AND THE SCIENCE THAT GOES WITH IT.
ESPECIALLY YOUNG GIRLS WHO SHE HOPES WILL ONE DAY CHOOSE STEM
OR SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH AT CAREERS.
I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I DON'T SEE
ANY BARRIERS RIGHT NOW COMPARED TO WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL 50 SOME
YEARS AGO. I WOULD BE ONE OF THE FEW WOMEN
IN SOME OF THE MATH AND SCIENCE CLASSES.
I DON'T SEE ANY BARRIERS AT ALL FOR WOMEN.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN STOP YOU.
WATCH PARTS 2 AND 3 OF "CHASING THE MOON" THE NEXT TWO
TUESDAYS AT 7:00 P.M. ON LPB AND EXPERIENCE THE THRILLING ERA OF
THE SPACE RACE FROM ITS EARLIEST DAYS.
FOR MORE SPACE-RELATED PROGRAMMING, GO TO
LPB.ORG/SPACE. FANTASTIC STUFF TO WATCH.
MM-HMM. IT'S BEEN A MONTH SINCE GUN
FIRE INJURED DARRELL CLARK, A SENIOR WIDE RECEIVER ON
GRAMLING'S FOOTBALL TEAM. AND KILLED HIS 19-YEAR-OLD
BROTHER. BOTH WERE STANDING OUTSIDE A GYM
IN JEFFERSON PARISH. THEN, THIS WEEK, A SUSPECT IN
THE SHOOTING WAS KILLED WHEN HE DREW A GONE ON A SHERIFF'S
DEPUTY. THIS MONTH, LOUISIANA PUBLIC
SQUARE EXPLORES "YOUTH AND GUNS" AND HOW COMMUNITIES ARE FIGHTING
BACK AGAINST THE VIOLENCE. ANY TIME YOU HARM ANYBODY WHO
IS DEFENSELESS, I THINK YOU ARE A COWARD.
PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, IF YOU WITNESS IT OR SAW SOMETHING,
HEARD SOMETHING, I THINK YOU ARE A BIGGER COWARD BECAUSE YOU
DON'T COME FORWARD AND SAY ANYTHING.
"YOUTH AND GUNS" AIRS WEDNESDAY JULY 24th AT 7:00 P.M.
ON LPB AND IN NEW ORLEANS ON WLAE.
VISIT LPB.ORG/PUBLICSQUARE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
THE 11th ANNUAL BATON ROUGE IRISH FILM FESTIVAL IS UPON US.
IT KICKS OFF MONDAY, JULY 22 AT PHIL BRADY'S PUB IN THE
CAPITAL CITY BY FEATURING THE CLASSIC IRISH COMEDY "THE VAN."
THEN FRIDAY JULY 26th, THE FESTIVAL MOVES TO ITS
TRADITIONAL HOME AT THE MANSHIP THEATER IN DOWNTOWN BATON ROUGE.
PHOTOGRAPHER REX Q. FORTENBERRY PRODUCED THIS FESTIVAL PREVIEW.
THIS IS OUR 11th YEAR OF THE IRISH FILM FESTIVAL IN BATON
ROUGE. WE HAVE ANOTHER GREAT LINEUP.
A LOT OF EXCITING FEATURES AND SHORT FILMS TO BRING TO BATON
ROUGE AND THE AREA. WE ARE EXCITED TO SHOW YOU GUYS
WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE LAST YEAR.
FRIDAY BEGINS WITH TWO HOURS OF SHORT FILMS, COMEDIES,
DRAMAS, DOCUMENTARIES AND ANIMATIONS.
THE WINNER RECEIVES THIS YEAR'S COVETED O'CALLOM AWARD.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR'S SHORTS.
WE HAVE 11 SHORTS. IT WAS HARD TO PICK.
WE DID GET THE TOP 11 WE WANTED EVERYBODY TO SEE.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON THE SHE IS FIGHTING FOR HER
FAMILY AND HER LIFE. SET IN IRELAND IN THE GREAT
FAMINE "BLACK 47" FOLLOWS A RANGER WHO ABANDONS HIS POST TO
REUNITE WITH HIS FAMILY. DESPITE EXPERIENCING THE HORRORS
OF WAR, HE IS SHOCKED BY THE DESTRUCTION OF HIS HOMELAND AND
THE BRUTALIZATION OF HIS PEOPLE AND HIS FAMILY.
IT IS ABOUT A POINT IN BRITISH HISTORY THEY DON'T KNOW
ABOUT. THEY KNOW ABOUT THE GREAT
HUNGER, BUT DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS BEHIND THE GREAT HUNGER OR 4
MILLION IRISH WERE DISPERSED FROM IRELAND FOR ENGLISH ORDERS.
I KILLED A MAN. I CALL IT MURDER.
THEY DO IT, THEY CALL IT WAR. LOMAX, PRODUCED BY TG4, TELLS
ABOUT ALAN LOMAX WHO HAD A DREAM TO RECORD AND PRESERVE THE MUSIC
OF THE WORLD. HE STARTED IN THE DEEP SOUTH OF
THE UNITED STATES AND IN 1951, TRAVELED TO IRELAND.
HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO DIG DOWN AND GO FOR IT.
HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN IRELAND IN THE SMALL VILLAGES
GETTING TO KNOW THE PEOPLE AND GETTING TO KNOW THE HISTORY AND
GETTING TO KNOW THE SONGS. RELEASED AS THE ALBUM,
"IRELAND" AND FOLK AND MUSIC REVIVALS OF THE 60s AND 70s,
THESE RECORDINGS SPARKED HIS AMBITIOUS JOURNEY TO GRADUALLY
RECORD THE FOLK MUSIC OF THE WORLD.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] WE ARE TWINS BUT WE ARE NOT
IDENTICAL. IN FACT, WE ARE VERY
UNIDENTICAL. OUR NEXT FEATURE AT 6:15 IS
"METAL HEART." THIS IS A MODERN DAY STORY OF
TWO YOUNG LADIES IN DUBLIN THAT ARE SISTERS THAT ARE EXACT
OPPOSITES OF EACH OTHER. WHEN THEIR PARENTS GO AWAY
FOR THE SUMMER, THEIR SIMMERING SIBLING RIVALRY IS ABOUT TO BOIL
OVER. THIS IS A LAUGH OUT LOUD COMING
OF AGE FAMILY DRAMA ABOUT GROWING UP, ALSO BEING POIGNANT,
SOPHISTICATED AND WISE. MAYBE THE CHANCE TO CHANGE
YOUR LIFE ONLY COMES AROUND ONCE OR TWICE.
YOU HAVE TO GO ALL IN. WHY DON'T WE SEE GHOSTS EVERY
DAY? MOST HAUNTINGS ARE SO SMALL,
THEY GO UNNOTICED. ROWS OF -- ROSE IS GIFTED
WITH SUPERNATURAL ABILITY. ROSE HAS A LOVE/HATE
RELATIONSHIP WITH HER TALENT AND TRIES TO IGNORE THE
SPIRIT-RELATED REQUESTS FROM LOCALS THAT IS UNTIL A TERRIFIED
FRIEND MARTIN MARTIN ASKS ROSE FOR HELP TO SAVE HIS DAUGHTER.
A WASHED UP MUSICIAN WHO HARNESSES THE POWER OF THE DARK
SIDE TO TRY TO GET HIS MOJO BACK.
SO THE TWO ARE AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS OVER. WE DO HAVE A FULL ARRAY OF
EVERYTHING FOR THE DAY. WE HAVE OUR DANCERS ARE COMING
IN. COMING IN FROM NEW ORLEANS TO
TEACH US IRISH STEPS. WE DO HAVE OUR MUSIC BY PETE AND
THE GANG. I DO BELIEVE IT WILL BE ORDA.
SO YOU WILL HAVE A FULL DAY. WE WILL HAVE FOOD, WE WILL HAVE
MUSIC. WE WILL HAVE DANCING.
AND FOR TICKETS AND MORE INFORMATION, GO TO BATON
ROUGEIRISHFILMFESTIVAL.COM. THE PBS ONLINE FILM FESTIVAL
IS UNDERWAY. IT BEGAN THIS PAST MONDAY, JULY
15, AND IT GOES UNTIL THE 26th OF JULY.
LOUISIANA'S ENTRY IS FROM FILMMAKER EMMA SCOTT, "THE
CHILDREN OF CENTRAL CITY." SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN 2012, THE
ONLINE FILMFEST HAS FEATURED DIVERSE FILMS FROM PBS MEMBER
STATIONS. SO WHAT DO YOU NEED TO REMEMBER?
WATCH, VOTE, SHARE. FIND HOW TO VOTE AT
PBS.ORG/FILMFESTIVAL. YOU CAN VOTE ONCE EVERY DAY.
THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEK. REMEMBER, YOU CAN WATCH US AND
ANYTHING LPB, ANY TIME, WHEREVER YOU ARE WITH OUR BRAND NEW APP.
DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE FROM YOUR APP STORE.
THIS UPGRADED VERSION FEATURES NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIR,
DOCUMENTARIES, HOW-TOs AND MANY MORE PROGRAMS.
AND PLEASE FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM.
FOR ALL OF US AT LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, I'M ANDRE
MOREAU. AND I'M NATASHA WILLIAMS.
THANKS FOR WATCHING. UNTIL NEXT TIME, THAT'S THE
"STATE WE'RE IN."
SUPPORT COMES FROM -- ENTERGY PROVIDES MUCH MORE THAN
POWER. WE SUPPORT SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING AT LOCAL SCHOOLS TO BUILD A BRIGHTER PATH TO BETTER
JOBS AND HELP PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION.
BECAUSE TOGETHER, WE POWER LIFE. ENTERGY.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE FRED B. AND RUTH B.
ZIEGLER FOUNDATION AND THE ZIEGLER ART MUSEUM IN JENNINGS
CITY HALL. THE MUSEUM FOCUSES ON EMERGING
LOUISIANA ARTISTS AND IS AN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER
FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AND THE FOUNDATION FOR
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