Segment 1 beginning at 6:33: School nurses are facing new challenges during the pandemic
In the midst of the coronavirus, the Shawnee Mission, Kansas school district has nurses who are working 20-hour days and others assigned to full-time contact tracing. Some parents have proven to be difficult, refusing to release the names of students who had outside contact with their child.
- Shelby Rebeck, health services director, Shawnee Mission School District
Segment 2 beginning at 25:45: Overland Park filmmaker spent five years with the subjects of her latest work.
"Transhood," follows four transgender children and their families as they adapt to the change. Director Sharon Liese shares her experience in capturing their lives, and the film critics run down new movies available now.
- Sharon Liese, founder, Herizon Productions
- Cynthia Haines, film critic
- Steve Walker, film critic and arts reporter, KCUR
Sharon Liese's film "Transhood" has its HBO premiere at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 12, 2020 and will be available on demand beginning Friday, November 13.
Cynthia Haines' picks:
"Bruce Springsteen's Letter To You" on Apple TV+
"Linda and the Mockingbirds" on Amazon Prime Video
"David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet" on Netflix
"The Forty-Year-Old Version" on Netflix
Steve Walker's picks:
"Ammonite"
"Hillbilly Elegy" on Netflix
"I Am Greta" on Hulu
"Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds" on Apple TV+
"My Octopus Teacher" on Netflix
"City So Real" on Hulu
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