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Trump announced Alcatraz reopening hours after ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ aired on south Florida PBS
(www.independent.co.uk)
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What's the funniest thing PBS could air after this revelation?
A documentary about Mansa Abubakri, a 14th century Malian king said to have sailed west convinced there were lands there to discover; but who never returned. Immediately followed by Star Trek. With some luck it might convince him to leave earth.
Oh yeah this story is incredible. There is evidence that these expeditions made it to north America. iirc the word for spear in Taino is the same as the word was in Mali at the time, and there were spearheads found in Taino territory that had the same unique blend of three different metals that were used in Mali at the time. So the theory is that these Malian explorers made it to north America, traded with locals and eventually integrated into communities in North America long before colonizers showed up
Edit: here's a fun lecture on the topic
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Haitian revolution documentary
French Revolution docu or Le Mis would be pretty funny.
Les Mie revolution is crushed by the state tho. Don't want to give him any more ideas.
I feel like it has to be some slop that caters to reactionary impulses still, but has a message he'd get obsessed with.
Maybe On Deadly Ground? Although that might just turn him eco-fascist instead of fascist.