S4.E5 ∙ Shanks and Shakedowns

DR's second Christmas TV special featuring songs for kids performed by Sigurd Barrett.

Each of us has a hobby or activity we are passionate about, and there is a wide variety as to what that activity may be. It's Not a Phase attempts to answer the question 'Why do we love what we do?' by finding the common thread that draws us to our chosen activity.

What happened at 30,000 feet? "The Heroes of Flight 93" reveals the untold story of the plane's heroic passengers and crew with details you've never heard before. Pieced together from years of painstaking investigation and the heart-wrenching testimony of those who received phone calls from the plane...the true story of Flight 93 can finally be told.

In a remote Melanesian village a small clan struggles to save their culture, and preserve island life for their children. Parents, forced to work off island for months at a time to pay boarding school fees, realize their children have not learned clan history and the skills needed to survive on their remote island. Time has run out for the parents. The clans survival depends on them. Willing to suffer sever financial hardship, they quit jobs, and return home to teach the children over a six week school break. Parents and elders learn the children have felt removed from their culture and are surprised when the children's desire to learn is a strong as the parents desire to teach.

The movie is about how two sisters save their and their adopted childrens souls despite the bureaucratic hurdles.