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Algerian actor Fellag stars as Monsieur Lazhar, a man pursuing political asylum in Canada. After a school-related tragedy, Lazhar tackles the challenge of comforting mourning students with his graceful humor.

'Lazhar': In A Crisis, An Outsider Finds His Place

Philippe Falardeau weaves issues of social taboos and authority in his Oscar-nominated film Monsieur Lazhar. Falardeau's films blend comedy and tragedy in a way that can ruffle audiences, and Lazhar is no exception.

Marcia Clark, a former L.A. deputy district attorney, also wrote a best-selling nonfiction book about the O.J. Simpson trial, <em>Without a Doubt</em>. She lives in Los Angeles.<em></em>

Simpson Prosecutor Marcia Clark Takes On Fiction

Fifteen years after she led the prosecution against O.J. Simpson in one of the most public trials of the century, Marcia Clark returns to the courtroom. But this time, it's to make her fiction debut as the writer of a new legal thriller novel, Guilt by Association..

Dr. Mary Palomino talks to fifth graders at Rice Elementary in Chula Vista about walking more to get exercise while Dr. Brian Snook hands out pedometers.

Doctors Partner With Chula Vista School To Combat Obesity

One Chula Vista school is hoping a targeted approach will lead to students and families making healthier choices.

Jake Romo, 22, lost both his legs while serving with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Sangin, Afghanistan. Here, he does physical therapy at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego.

For Wounded Marines, The Long, Hard Road Of Rehab

Dozens of Marines from Darkhorse Battalion returned home with missing limbs and other injuries that will last a lifetime. Learning to cope with their injuries and figure out their futures is a slow, arduous process.

A Revolution On The Page: Finding Identity In Poetry

When Roya Hakakian moved from Iran to the U.S., she didn't think any poet in her adopted country could top the ones whose work she grew up with. But then she discovered a piece that blew away her prejudices. It was "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke.

The Writer Who Was The Voice Of A Generation

A new biography of David Foster Wallace traces the author's anxieties to childhood. Biographer D.T. Max says the accidents of Foster's life gave him the key to his writing.

An American flag that weathered the attack on the World Trade Center.

Objects And Memory

Encore Monday, Sept, 11, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV (not in the PBS App). The film shows how we preserve the past and speak to the future through objects that have been transformed into irreplaceable conveyers of experience, aspiration, and identity. Guided by Frank Langella's narration and set to the music of Philip Glass, the film examines items recovered or offered in response to 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the Vietnam War, along with stories of people who find them important.

Paul Dano stars as a struggling musician, figuring out his role as a father, in Sundance hit "For Ellen."

Cultural Picks for September

Fall is right around the corner and full of possibilities. Culture Lust contributor Alex Morales shares her top 10 arts and culture picks for the month of September.

A Sikorsky S-64 Aircrane firefighting helicopter drops water on a hotspot burning close to some homes near Horsetooth Reservoir on Monday June 11, 2012 near Laporte, Colorado.

Record Heat Hampers Efforts To Fight Wildfires

Searing, record-setting heat in the interior West didn't loosen its grip on firefighters struggling to contain blazes in Colorado, Utah and other Rocky Mountain states.

Friends and relatives take part in the funeral ceremony of Sergei Magnitsky at a cemetery in Moscow in 2009. The tax lawyer was arrested after he began investigating fraud at Hermitage Capital, which had been seized by the Russian tax police. He later died in prison.

In This Russian Trial, The Defendant Is A Dead Man

Sergei Magnitsky was a tax lawyer for an investment fund in Russia that was seized by tax police who extracted more than $230 million in illegal refunds for themselves. Magnitsky decided to investigate, was arrested and later died in prison. Now, the government is bringing him to trial "to protect themselves," human rights groups say.

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