Monday Montage

What’s happening, what’s on and what’s interesting this week …

FRONTLINE investigates the Taliban’s crackdown on women in Afghanistan. Experience AFGHANISTAN UNCOVER – Tuesday night at 10 on PBS NC.

Seems like he’s going from Cornwall to the tennis court. Aidan Turner (Poldark) is now set to play a tennis coach in a new Amazon Prime series.

Filmmaker Rita Davern examines an ugly reality at the heart of a Minnesotan family legend. Unravel a complicated legacy on STORIES I DIDN’T KNOW – Thursday at 9pm on the Explorer Channel.

Hey, It’s Photo Friday!

AMERICA AT A CROSSROADS was a series of documentaries hosted by journalist Robert MacNeil that were first broadcast in the late aughts. The series examined the challenges confronting the post-9/11 world, focusing on such subjects as the war on terrorism, the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the experience of American troops, the struggle for balance within the Islamic world and Muslim life in America.

I don’t recall much about the program itself but I do remember it on a regular basis because of this nifty little souvenir: a compass featuring the AMERICA AT A CROSSROADS logo.