{"id":8118,"date":"2014-03-17T07:44:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T13:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcptv26.org\/?p=8118"},"modified":"2014-03-17T07:49:50","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T13:49:50","slug":"independent-lens-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/?p=8118","title":{"rendered":"INDEPENDENT LENS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/MCPTV26.ORG\/images\/pushing_elephant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8121\" alt=\"pushing_elephant\" src=\"http:\/\/MCPTV26.ORG\/images\/pushing_elephant.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/images\/pushing_elephant.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/images\/pushing_elephant-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>PUSHING THE ELEPHANT<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>MONDAY, MARCH 17 @ 8:00PM<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the late 1990s, Rose Mapendo was imprisoned with her family during violence that engulfed the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her harrowing experience included the nighttime arrest of her entire family by government agents, the execution of her husband, the birth of their twin sons in prison, and grim negotiations with prison guards to save the lives of her children. She emerged from the harrowing experience advocating forgiveness and reconciliation. In a country where ethnic violence has created seemingly irreparable rifts among Tutsis, Hutus, and other Congolese, this remarkable woman is a vital voice in her beleaguered nation\u2019s search for peace. Now, Rose is confronted with teaching one of her most recalcitrant students how to forgive \u2014 Nangabire, the daughter who remained behind.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/pushing-the-elephant\/film.html\" target=\"_blank\"><b><br \/>\nFind out more \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUSHING THE ELEPHANT MONDAY, MARCH 17 @ 8:00PM In the late 1990s, Rose Mapendo was imprisoned with her family during violence that engulfed the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her harrowing experience included the nighttime arrest of her entire family by government agents, the execution of her husband, the birth of their twin sons in prison, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/?p=8118\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">INDEPENDENT LENS<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-program-highlights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8118"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8122,"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8118\/revisions\/8122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}