Contributing support is from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. The New World was conquered in less than 50 years one of history s most profound events and one of its greatest adventure stories. British historian Michael Wood studies the bravery, endurance, greed, cruelty and suffering involved in these 16th-century explorations. In 1954, a young Naval officer on a tour of duty near Tokyo falls in love with a beautiful Japanese woman. Heir to a Milwaukee beer fortune, he becomes trapped between his family s stifling values, and this forbidden liaison.
Tensions mount in a collision of East and West, past and present, and duty and passion.
U.S. and world figure skating champions take center ice to dazzle audiences and raise money for cancer research when this popular show returns to PBS for its 28th season. This program explores the current technological changes where people are becoming more like machines and machines more like people. Tremendous changes plus smaller and more powerful computer chips fuel some fantastic new visions about the future. This annual concert features a moving tribute to the World War II generation and the 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, featuring journalist Walter Cronkite, and a 10th anniversary salute to the veterans of Desert Storm. Hosted by actor Ossie Davis, the special also honors former POWs of the Korean War and those who served in Vietnam.