This warm, intimate documentary follows a young Tuareg girl in Niger who is about is about to marry a man she has never met and documents a quickly vanishing tradition.  more »

A touching portrait of an Iraqi refugee family, resettled in the US, that holds on to hope for a better life while dealing with the challenges of adjustment.  more »

This film shares the story of the life and works of Doris Humphrey, a seminal figure in modern dance who forever changed the way dancers move, the conception of choreography, and audiences’ experience of dance.  more »

The life and work of the man who pioneered in the field of medical hypnosis and therapy.  more »

Bolivia, one of the most troubled countries in the region is fractured.  more »

A report of the condition of India¹s "untouchables," whose segregated life has kept them in poverty despite promises of reform.  more »

Documents the dependencies and abuses that existed during apartheid between the white mistress of the house and her black servant.  more »

Amidst the seething conflict between Israel and Palestine, a young Palestinian journalist and an older Israeli editor try to negotiate their own peace. Each of them had their own bitter memories. Muna had been expelled from the land of her birth. Chaim had lost a son in the Six Day War. No reconciliation results but out of this meeting comes a mutual compassion.  more »

What does the veil mean to Muslim women? Is it a symbol of repression or faith? Journalist Samira Ahmed travels from her home in Britain to the Middle East, Asia, Malaysia and Africa interviewing a wide variety of men and women -- spiritual leaders, educators, and activists to understand the roots of the Islamic view of women.  more »

A Pakistani middle class family celebrates the engagements of their two children each who has followed a different path. The son, keeping to tradition, is marrying a woman he has never met. The daughter, a career woman, has chosen her own husband-to-be.  more »

Because of the U.S. embargo, hundreds of Cuban musicians struggle with barely working instruments. "Send a Piana to Havana" is the slogan of a US-based organization that sends pianos and volunteer tuners to Cuba to refurbish their broken- down instruments  more »

A warm portrait of one of the most revered musical families in India, in which the cherished tradition of dhrupad vocal music is passed on from father to son. It presents for the first time on film an in-depth look at the musical training fundamental to this special music.  more »

This cutting-edge documentary ushers viewers through the hospitals, research centers, and clinics where groundbreaking research is being done on the electricity of brain function as a treatment for depression, bipolar disorder, epilepsy, and dystonia.  more »

This film was inspired by the true story of two African-American men on death row. The younger man is being coached to read by the older man, who implores him to fail an IQ test in order to save his life.  more »

The film documents the conflict between major banana companies, like Dole and Chiquita, and small growers who champion environmentally safer production methods.  more »

An elder in Kyrgyzstan passes down the heroic stories of their oral tradition.  more »

The film serves as an exposé of how the banking industry harvests billions of dollars from consumers in the form of overdraft and other fees and shares how individuals can fight against the unfair fees.  more »

Holy Water-Gate explores the lengths to which sexual abuse has been systematically obscured in Catholic organizations throughout the nation.  more »

The poignant, depression-age story of abandoned children from big cities who were sent West to live and work with farm families. It was the idea of Charles Loring Brace, founder of the Children's Aid Society, as an alternative to institionalization.  more »

How can American workers compete with their counterparts in Third World countries earning 30 cents and hour? Filmed in Indonesia, Venezuela, Egypt and Nigeria, it shows the correlation between economic deprivation and political unrest.  more »

A new generation of Africans addresses the appalling lack of progress in that continent, which is suffering from disease, corruption, tribal warfare, and exploitative dictatorships.  more »

In addition to losing manual jobs, the West is finding that highly skilled jobs are also being lost to lower paid Asian technical professionals.  more »

An expose of the environmental hazards accompanying salvage operation in India's shipyards.  more »

This film exposes the power of the pesticide industry, which continues to spray DDT in Indian villages although it has been proven toxic and no long effective against mosquitors. The deadly toxins poison not only the native population but are borne by air currents across the globe.  more »

More and more young Japanese women are rebelling against the societal norm. Instead, these women pursue careers and live with their parents, a trend that's having a dramatic impact on the economy and population.  more »

The conveniences of modern life - cell phones, computers and perfect-looking food - are taking a toll on the health of our children.  more »

This film is about the effect of European trade and agricultural policies which unintentionally doom the world's poorest people to endless poverty.  more »

Mike Van Oman, married and the father of two sons, lost both his sight and hearing when he was in his thirties. With the help of the Helen Keller National Center, he overcame despair and found a renewed sense of life and purpose.  more »

In the 1940s, the uranium for the Manhattan Project was secretly supplied from a mine in the Canadian Arctic. Mined by indigenous people, there was little attention given to the fact that many in the community later sickened and died from various cancers.  more »

This is fascinating portrait of Juchitan, a small Mexican city near the Guatemalan border where homosexuality is fully embraced and gay individuals are considered a third gender.  more »

An undercover report from China reveals the suffering of people who have been exposed to radioactivity from nuclear testing.  more »

Two cameramen, one Israeli and one a Palestinian, cover the Arab/Israeli conflict and find that their presence affects the events they cover. Battles and rhetoric heat up when the camera rolls Though working from opposite sides, the men have become friends and recognize their moral dilemma in reporting the news.  more »

This exclusive portrait is the first to portray North Korea's "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-il, with interviews of North and South Korean politicians, as well as close relatives and former employees who have fled the regime. Jong-il's regime has made North Korea a nuclear rogue state threatening the security of the world.  more »

Since 1986, thousands of Mexican men have legally entered the United States to work as part of the little-known H-2A guestworker program, put in effect during the Reagan administration. Filmed on both sides of the border, The Guestworker chronicles the lives of such farm workers and explores the issues surrounding the program..  more »

Tells the fascinating story of the controversial community founded in central Oregon by Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh  more »

A heartening look at a group of Seattle’s homeless community who took matters into their own hands and erected a series of large tattered tents, until the mayor finally provided a shelter  more »

An old-age home in the Netherlands is dedicated to creating a welcoming environment for elderly gay and lesbian residents.  more »

Street tough and very vulnerable, this young girl has honed her survival skills.  more »

After a twenty- five year debate, the Netherlands became the word's first country to sanction active euthanasia if it is preceded by a very deliberate and prescribed collaboration of patient, family, and medical team. There must be a review by a panel consisting of a lawyer, professor of ethics and attending physician. This film profiles four people who are terminally ill at a palliative care facility in Rijnstadt Hospital, in Arnhem.  more »

The fabled Golden Triangle of southeast Asia is the home of heroin, morphine, and a host of amphetamines. On the rugged hillsides and in remote clearings, rippling seas of golden poppies grow. The area is still the fiefdom of drug lords and their cronies, where conflict is the norm and everyone is armed.  more »

This documentary captures the story of a family devastated by one member’s paranoid schizophrenia, and their ultimate struggle to find the courage to forgive and to enlighten others about mental illness.  more »

For fifteen years, the life of a young Masai woman has been chronicled as she emerges from adolescence to wife and mother.  more »

Permitted to film inside a Madrassa, a fundamentalist Islamic school in Pakistan, the film crew shows the harsh routine of its pupils and the dedication to Jihad that is instilled in the young boys.  more »

This is a multi-award winning documentary about Japan's World War II biological weapons facility as seen from two points of view. The first half gives the perspective of the Chinese and describes the horrors, while the second half, using the same footage, gives the Japanese revisionist perspective.  more »

This film relates the remarkable story of Wojtek, the soldier bear, one of the most beguiling wartime animal personalities who became a legendary mascot during World War II.  more »

This spectacular film brings to light the priceless treasures of China's imperial art collection, relating them to the political climate of their time. It also describes how the collection survived both war and revolution in the 1930-40's.  more »

In this fascinating documentary on transsexuality, Dr. John Money shares his ideas on gender identity.  more »

The myth has captured the imagination of generations. Today's women cast Lizzie in the role of heroine, overpowering patriarchy  more »

Educates women about safe sex and other issues that relate to women regarding this epidemic.  more »

Portraits of women of different ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, who are living full lives although HIV/AIDS positive.  more »