OCTOBER | WHAT’S COMING
NAT GEO FILMS The Cave: Tending Syria’s war wounds in secret wards In a hidden underground hospital in war-torn eastern Ghouta, Syria, pediatrician Amani Ballour (above) and her staff risked their lives to provide medical care to the besieged local population. In The Cave, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Feras Fayyad tells the harrowing true story of “Dr. Amani,” her colleagues, and her patients. The film, which just had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, is in theaters this fall. TELEVISION Watch the search for evidence of Amelia Earhart’s last landing Follow explorer Robert Ballard—known for his 1985 discovery of the Titanic shipwreck—to a remote Pacific island where he hopes to solve the mystery of aviatrix Amelia Earhart’s disappearance. The expedition employs cutting-edge devices in its search, in a two-hour documentary that premieres October…