Another Country (Part 2)

Another Country (Part 2)[1]

Series
Work In Progress
Original Broadcast Date
1986
Cast
Joe Frank
Format
Serious Monologue, Narrative Monologue, 1 hour
Preceded by:	Another Country (Part 1)
Followed by:	Another Country (Part 3)

"'Don't think for a moment', she said, 'that Israel did this without America's permission.'"

Another Country (Part 2) is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1986.

Synopsis

The man continues his work defending Israel. He organizes a rent strike. They fight over personal issues. She begins to suffer from a degenerative disease, has nightmares. They discuss violence in movies. Her visa runs out. He doesn't invite her to her brother's wedding. She leaves for Yemen, gets a job teaching languages through a US state department office. He dates a Jewish woman. She returns for a few months, wants to marry and buy a home. He resists. They take a vacation to Jamaica - they are disappointed, he suffers an infection. He meets her mother. He visits her in Yemen. They participate in scavenger-hunt like footrace sponsored by the British embassy. He learns to chew qat. They watch the local news program. He talks with her ex boyfriend about Yemeni politics.

Music

• "First Light" - Harold Budd & Brian Eno (from Ambient 2 (The Plateaux Of Mirror), 1980) | YouTube

• "Spiritual Healing" - Toots Hibbert (from Spiritual Healing, 1983) | YouTube

• "Qu'ran" - Brian Eno and David Byrne (from My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, 1981) | YouTube

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