MEDIA ADVISORY - AMI-audio to air three part mini-series to commemorate the assassination of US President JFK

TORONTO, Nov. 14, 2013 /CNW/ - Accessible Media Inc. will air a special three part mini-series on AMI-audio throughout the month of November investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, fifty years after the events that shook the world.

AMI Contact, the organization's award-winning current affairs program, will present an in-depth investigation in Death of a President: The Moment and the Controversy, featuring a number of exclusive interviews from top Kennedy experts exploring everything from the months leading up to the assassination to the ongoing conspiracy theories today.

Part one to air on Sunday, November 17 at 7 pm and 10 pm will focus on the months and days leading up to JFK's fateful trip to Dallas. With the help of authors Thurston Clarke, Anthony Summers and Steve Davis, as well as former Secret Service agent Abraham Bolden, AMI Contact tracks the events of November 22, 1963, right until the shots are fired.

Catch part two at a special time on Friday, November 22 at 11 am and 7 pm - the 50^th anniversary of the JFK assassination. The shock and horror of the shooting, the race to the hospital and the unexpected tragedy bestowed upon the US are explored with the help of famous authors including Jefferson Morley, Barry Ernest and Gerald Posner.

The series will conclude with part three on Sunday, November 24 at 7 pm as AMI Contact investigates the controversy surrounding the Kennedy assassination for five decades - was there a conspiracy and did the untimely death of JFK ultimately change the course of American history? Contact interviews Howard Willens, one of the few surviving members of the 1964 Warren Commission investigation, Joan Mellen, who worked with New Orleans' DA Jim Garrison's investigation and Robert Blakey, chief counsel of the 1978 House Select Committee on Assassinations.

Don't miss this exclusive look at one of the most memorable events in history, with Death of a President: The Moment and the Controversy only on AMI-audio.

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About Accessible Media Inc. 
Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) is a not-for-profit multimedia organization serving more than five million Canadians who are blind, partially sighted, deaf, hard of hearing, mobility or print restricted.

Operating two broadcast services: AMI-audio and AMI-tv, and a website (AMI.ca), AMI's mission is to make accessible media for all Canadians.

SOURCE: Accessible Media Inc. (AMI)

Janis Davidson Pressick, Communications Manager
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Taylor Turner, Communications Coordinator
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