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Revision as of 06:47, 12 February 2021
| Series | |
|---|---|
| Work In Progress | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1986 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Serious Monologue, Narrative Monologue, 1 hour | |
| Preceded by: | Talking About Love |
| Followed by: | Another Country (Part 2) |
"When his mother was depressed, you could feel her mood spreading through the house like a foul mist."
"Another Country (Part 1)" is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work in Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1986.
Synopsis
The story of a Jewish man with a depressed mother. He thinks of persecution of the Jews throughout history. He gets a job in advertising for a weapons manufacturer. He starts a relationship with a married Yemeni woman. They go to a film festival in Europe together. They fight over her interest in clothes, violence and anti-Arab themes in US movies. They attend a party with exiles from the Palestinian resistance. They choose and decorate an apartment together. He finds work with an fraudulent out of state video production company, then gets a job with B'nai B'rith. She helps found an Arabic language institute which fails, takes several language jobs. They go to a beach resort, skinny dipping at a campsite, and to a wildlife reserve with wild horses. She throws parties and dances. They fight over middle east politics. He's given the job of generating PR to support the invasion of Lebanon.
Interesting Facts
Music
This is an incomplete record of the music in this program. If you can add more information, please do. Template:Facades (Phillip Glass)
- "Qu'ran" - Brian Eno and David Byrne (from My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, 1981) | YouTube
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