Easter Encore Documentaries -- CNN - Saturday and Sunday, April 15 - 16, 2006 (See specials and times below)

On March 29th, we recommended a program called The Last Days of Pope John Paul II. Now, on Easter Eve, CNN is rebroadcasting this documentary on the recent Pontiff who is apparently on the fast track to sainthood. This two-hour special is set for airing on both Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. (EDT).
A second special for the holiday weekend is The Mystery of Jesus, which promises an examination of Jesus' life, including the promise of a look at some of his life's "unanswered questions." You'll have to watch to see if the special includes answers to those questions as well. This special airs on Saturday only at 11 p.m. (EDT).
Finally, The Two Marys: The Madonna and the Magdalene to some extent plays on the popularity of author Dan Brown's The DaVinci Code to offer a revealing glimpse of two crucial figures in Christianity. It airs on Saturday at 6 a.m. and 3 p.m. and Sunday at 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. (all EDT).

Three rare serious looks at religious issues offering more than hidden eggs and chocolate bunnies for Easter weekend.

Frontline: The Tank Man -- PBS - Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 9:00 p.m. (EDT)

Anyone who is at least 25 years old and who questions the power that one individual can have should remember back to a June morning in 1989. There, in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, a column of tanks moved through as a show of force against thousands of demonstrators. Suddenly, a lone figure, a man in a white shirt stood before the tanks, blocking their way. They could have squashed him like a bug with no problem...but they didn't. They stopped, and the lead tank attempted to maneuver around the man. Always facing them, the man moved with the tank each time it tried to evade him. He forced the mighty power of this most populous nation on earth to confront him...to look in his face.

This "tank man's" stand has become the most enduring image of Tiananmen Square, and one of the most enduring for 20th century freedom. Now Frontline explores who this man was, what he did, what happened to him and what he meant for China in "The Tank Man." This documentary is an important look at modern-day schizophrenic China -- engaging in some free-market reforms while still quashing dissent.