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Nashville Public Television Visits Our Egyptian ‘Next Door Neighbors’
Wednesday, 16 May 2012

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Sixth Installment in NPT’s Original Documentary Series Explores Nashville’s Egyptian Population

NASHVILLE, Tennessee – May 16, 2012 – For much of the world, America symbolizes opportunity, even if the American dream is sometimes at odds with reality. Still, the image of America is unshakably one of hope, that hard work will earn prosperity for future generations. But for those facing the struggle of adjustment, the question remains, is the sacrifice – trading one life for another – worth it?

Today, an estimated 12,000 Egyptians call Nashville home, many of them having arrived via a Diversity Visa (DV) over the course of more than twenty years, and for most the transition to a new life has not been an easy one.

With “Next Door Neighbors: Egyptians,” the latest installment in NPT’s Emmy Award-winning "Next Door Neighbors"  series, Nashville Public Television (NPT) introduces viewers to a community that has been in Nashville more than two decades, started with just a handful of families and grew because of one man and the need for staffing the expansion of Opryland, and like many in the city, were deeply affected by the Nashville flood of 2010. The episode, the sixth in the series, premieres on Wednesday, May 23 at 9:00 p.m.

“As opposed to previous episodes on more recent immigrants or refugees, focusing on the Egyptian community was a truly unique experience, from their educational background to the method in which they arrived here, many on Diversity Visas (DVs),” says producer Will Pedigo. “Refugees arrive from a state of crisis, with few resources and in many cases little formal education, and are offered some basic support from the federal government as they build new lives -- including housing, orientation & job placement, and benefits like health insurance for the first few months after refugees arrive. Diversity Visa recipients are on their own. “

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 May 2012 )
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How the Civil War Permanently Changed the Lives of Southern Women is the Focus of 'No Going Back.'
Friday, 17 February 2012
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Focus on How the Civil War Permanently Changed the Lives and Roles of Southern Women in 'No Going Back: Women and the War.'

Third episode in “Tennessee Civil War 150” series, narrated by Mary Chapin Carpenter, premieres Thursday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee -- With men leaving for the frontline during the Civil War, the entire burden of daily life, especially in the antebellum South, became women’s to bear. Hardship and hunger forced changes in long held cultural and societal beliefs, breaking boundaries confining most Southern women, while breaking chains for others.

The latest episode in Nashville Public Television’s “Tennessee Civil War 150” series, a joint production between NPT and the Renaissance Center, explores how the lives of women, and their roles in society, changed during and after the Civil War. Things would never be the same. “No Going Back: Women and the War,” narrated by Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter, premieres Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. on NPT-Channel 8. Co-produced and written by Ed Jones (“Secession,” “Visions of the American West”) and Greta Requierme (“Volunteer Gardener”), the episode is the third in the series, which also includes “Secession” and “Music of the Civil War,” and coincides with the Sesquicentennial anniversary of the Civil War.  Joe Delmerico and Joey Hodge, the duo behind the score for "Visions of the American West," provided the original music.
 
Last Updated ( Saturday, 18 February 2012 )
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