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Plan for Healthy Life Style 4380 Fayetteville Rd. • Lumberton, NC 28358 Tele: 919-718-0414 • Fax: 919-718-0280 • Hours of Operation: 8am-5pm Monday-Friday 2 Entertainment • TV Saturday, April 4, 2020 | Robesonian Page 2 — Saturday, April 4, 2020 — The Robesonian Unity is strength: WWII drama highlights the power of ordinary people By Joshua Amy piece collection, is set during this characters living in Poland, Ger- Returning to Manchester, Harry packed drama garnered both criti- ture something of the global co- TV Media foreboding climate of uncertainty many, France and Britain during is reunited with his girlfriend, Lois cal and audience acclaim. The se- operation. It was possibly the first and the days leading up to the one of the most disruptive times Bennett (Julia Brown, “Shet- ries’ premiere was released to co- time in modern history that the very day, we pass by a multi- Nazi occupation of Warsaw, Po- in human history. land”), a young factory worker incide with the 80th anniversary world got to talk to each other Etude of strangers going about land. The series unfolds through “World on Fire” opens with who moonlights as a singer. With of the invasion of Poland, which and co-operate in such intimate lives that are mostly invisible to the perspective of everyday peo- Harry Chase (Jonah Hauer-King, the rumblings of war growing happened in September 1939. Al- terms.” us. These ordinary people deal ple whose fates are intertwined in “Little Women”), a British transla- closer to home, Lois’s family can- though the particulars of “World This direction is certainly a with all of the things that the rest this world on the brink of war. It tor stationed in Warsaw, Poland, not avoid the implications it has on Fire’s” story are fictional, the breath of hope in a time when of us also do. But, when the stakes gives audiences a look at the re- in the days just before its occupa- for them. Her father, Douglas Ben- series is a bold attempt to accu- much of our news cycle is trouble- are high, ordinary people can be markable things that ordinary tion. Harry lives a carefree life, nett (Sean Bean, “Game of rately portray the historical cli- some and frightening. To witness capable of extraordinary things. people are capable of, even in the splitting his time between his dip- Thrones”), is a veteran of World mate of the war and its effect on these stories of extraordinary co- Even in the face of a world gone face of humanity’s worst impuls- lomatic role and his Polish sweet- War I, which was an experience ordinary people. operation in the face of uncertain- mad, the power of the human es. heart, Kasia Tomaszeski (Zofia that left him with deep emotional Hunt’s journalist character is ty, catch “World on Fire” when it spirit endures. On Sunday, April 5, Over the course of the series, Wichłacz, “1983”). When he scars and a steadfast pacifist con- largely inspired by real-life war airs Sunday, April 5, on PBS. take a look inside the private lives viewers can expect to see both hears rumors of an impending in- viction. Tom Bennett (Ewan Mitch- correspondent Claire Holling- of people challenged to overcome the overwhelming hardships of vasion, Harry promises to help Ka- ell, “The Last Kingdom”), Lois’s worth. Considered the first war extraordinary circumstances in World War II and the resounding sia flee to Britain — but waiting chronically troublesome brother, correspondent of the war, Holling- the premiere of “World on Fire” triumphs of those who overcame for him there is a life that he’s finds himself on a dangerous worth was the first reporter to on PBS. such challenges. “World on Fire” kept hidden from her. Kasia is a course where his only prospects break the news of the German in- In terms of perilous times, few features a sweeping narrative dynamic character willing to take are prison or enlistment. vasion of Poland. While traveling points in history can hold a candle that covers a lot of ground, specif- up arms and join the Polish resis- In the German capital of Berlin, from Poland to Germany, she no- to the political tensions of Europe ically the first year of the war. Its tance fighters to mount an offen- American journalist Nancy Camp- ticed German troops gathering at in 1939. “World on Fire,” the lat- ensemble cast brings a host of vi- sive against the invading Nazi re- bell (Helen Hunt, “Mad About the border, which she reported for est offering from the PBS Master- brant characters to life, diverse gime. You”) works diligently to report The Daily Telegraph, signaling the the advancing German war effort. start of what would become However, she is caught in a strug- World War II. gle against the censorship of an Series writer Peter Bowker said authoritarian regime. Across the that his goal for “World on Fire” continent, Nancy’s nephew, living was to create a narrative that in Paris, is unnerved by the en- wasn’t focused on the generals croaching armies of the Reich. and world leaders that so often Webster O’Connor (Brian J. Smith, feature in these types of projects. “Treadstone”) is a doctor facing “I deliberately set out to tell sto- persecution by far-right French ries that weren’t traditional war nationalists for his relationship stories,” he explained in an inter- with jazz musician Albert Fallou view with the BBC. Bowker’s vi- (Parker Sawyers, “Southside with sion for the program was to “cap- You,” 2016). As the entire world is thrown into conflict, “World on Fire” masterfully weaves all of these characters’ fates into a grand tapestry that encompasses much of the human experience during World War II. For anyone interested in history, or fans of ac- tion-packed period dramas, this series is certainly a must-watch. 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