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Buddhism, which began in India, has shown a remarkable ability to adapt across race, language, and cultural barriers. What became the dominant spiritual tradition of the East has now taken root and is flourishing in the West. more »
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Hopkins was invited by Roosevelt to head the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression and within four weeks, he had put four million people to work. This film shows how his unshakable belief in public service was vital to his country. more »
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This view of the Amish shows a dynamic people who have modified their rules so that they can prosper in commercial enterprises. Modern conveniences, such as telephones, that they shun at home they use in their businesses. more »
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This film captures the essence of the cultural phenomenon of rap music during its formative years in the early 1990s when it exploded onto the world stage. The film is an important historical document featuring rap's most influential and controversial artists such as Ice Cube, Ice T, and Queen Latifah who have become international media stars. more »
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The Law of the Dragon examines the way in which the Chinese legal system is trying to cope with the myriad recent dramatic changes to Chinese life and society by following the activities of a provincial legal practice, the Tiger Law Firm of Chengdu. more »
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Here the filmmakers return after several years to show the original film to the tribes who have suffered great injustice in the intervening years. more »
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This investigative film shows in detail the roles played by the international banking clique, including American banks, in collaborating with the Nazis during World War II. more »
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The San people, more commonly known as Bushmen, are believed to be the earliest inhabitants of southern Africa. But these peaceful people have long faced pressures from dominant tribes and European settlers. more »
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This is the story of St. Augustine's, a Catholic school in the South Bronx. The school's pastor and a gifted music teacher committed the school to a curriculum specializing in the arts with remarkably positive results. more »
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A Westerner explores the institution of arranged marriages with her married Indian friends. She finds that there are many variations in the way these marriages are arranged, but in all cases, the marriage is a family matter, often used to reinforce the social standing of the family, and to preserve values from generation to generation. more »
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This global court room drama reveals how the health of countless people was compromised by the aggressive marketing strategies of the tobacco industry. At stake are billions of dollars. more »
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This film explores the Yemeni culture and its dependency on Qat, which plays a central role in daily life, marriages, and tribal disputes. It focuses on the story of a powerful Qat trader and addict whose wedding is overshadowed by a bitter dispute over his Qat fields. more »
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Vera Bila, a Gypsy singer, is a cabaret star in Europe but in her native land she is viewed with indifference and suspicion. more »
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This amazingly up-close documentary brings us into the lives of an Ethiopian couple, Yezina and Mesagnow. Yezina suffers from a fistula which causes her urine to constantly leak.Two million African women share her fate because tradition forces young girls into early marriages when their bodies are too immature to bear children safely. more »
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In 1999, twenty-year-old Khristian Oliver was sentenced to death in Nacogdoches, Texas after being found guilty of murder. In this Christian community, the fact that the Bible was used as a guide in the jury room was not questioned. This documentary about Oliver¹s trial and its aftermath paints a vivid picture of Christian fundamentalism and the extent to which it is spread across the Bible Belt. more »
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This is a view of China in transition through the eyes of six members of the intelligentsia. They are addressing the issue of freedom of expression and censorship. more »
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This is a colorful, ironic look at Chinese society as it is being transformed by burgeoning capitalism. Untold wealth has accrued to those who once followed Mao's dictates. more »
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What drives a woman like Susan Smith to drown her two young sons? The Southern conservatives think it's a breakdown in "family values." more »
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In the wake of civil unrest in Cincinnati, September 11, and escalating violence in the Mideast, four children of 1970s activists define their own roles in the fight for justice and equality. more »
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A portrait of a Christian fundamentalist woman who was a militant anti-Choice leader but came to question the movement. more »
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Some women in Senegal emerged from their domestic roles into breadwinner roles after the economic crisis in the 1980's. They formed collectives, called Roscas, which are cooperatives very much in keeping with the African sense of community. more »
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When a proposed multinational coal-fired cement plant threatens to change the character and possibly contribute environmental waste to the small city of Hudson, N.Y., its citizens are galvanized into action. more »
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The film is an eye-opening look at the plight of the 260 million untouchables struggling with marginalization in modern India. more »
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