Mark Zeisler – MRQE

American Playhouse:: Andre’s Mother (TVE)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, Andre’s Mother is the story of Katherine Gerard (Sada Thompson) who has lost her son to AIDS. Set at Andre’s memorial service, the film follows Katherine’s journey as she confronts the death of her son, the anguish of his lover Cal Porter (Richard Thomas), and, in flashbacks, the key moments of denial and miscommunication with those closest to her. Originally broadcast as part of “American Playhouse” on PBS (season nine, episode four).

Resistance: They Fought Back

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Weve all heard of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, but most people have no idea how widespread and prevalent Jewish resistance to Nazi barbarism was. Instead, its widely believed Jews went to their deaths like sheep to the slaughter. Filmed in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Israel, and the U.S., Resistance They Fought Back provides a much-needed corrective to this myth of Jewish passivity. There were uprisings in ghettos large and small, rebellions in death camps, and thousands of Jews fought Nazis in the forests. Everywhere in Eastern Europe, Jews waged campaigns of non-violent resistance against the Nazis.

The Cathedral

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An only child’s meditative, impressionistic account of an American family’s rise and fall over two decades.