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

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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

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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

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