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Father Patrick Desbois, a French Catholic priest, was haunted by his grandfather's stories about the extermination carried out by the Einsatzgruppen firing squads in the Ukraine between 1941 and 1944. He relentlessly searches for the truth about the murder of one and a half million Ukrainian Jews. more »
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Delhi's archaeological ruins, and some of its intact buildings, mirror the city's history of religious strife. The warfare between Muslims and Hindus continues to this day and affects the political climate of Delhi. more »
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This irrepressible film follows the fortunes of two attractive thirty-year old Beijing fashion designers who are out to make their mark on the international fashion industry. more »
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Searching for Wallenberg tells the legendary story of Raoul Wallenberg, who as a Swedish diplomat in Budapest in 1944, saved tens of thousands of Jews from Nazi deportations and certain death. He accomplished this through intimidation, manipulation and sheer courage. more »
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This fascinating film portrays the life and work of five outstanding women photographers, who perfected their craft in an era when photography was a man's domain. Included are Gisele Freund and Lisette Model, the teacher of Diane Arbus. more »
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This film focuses on the assertive market women of Ghana who are subordinate in domestic matters but are powerful in the marketplace. more »
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The Dervishes of Kurdistan captures the mountainous frontier of Iran and Iraq. The Dervishes' religious faith allows them to thrust skewers in their cheeks, plunge daggers in their sides, eat glass, and lick white-hot spoons. This program shows how religion and politics are intertwined in Islamic culture. more »
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Mandy's husband, Josh, was in a motorcycle accident which left him in a seven day coma with death imminent. Mandy, desperate to preserve her tie to her beloved husband, asked that his sperm be harvested so that she could have his child. more »
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Off the coast of Sumatra live the Sakuddei, an egalitarian society cut off from the outside world, living in near perfect harmony with the environment and each other. more »
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From the Disappearing World series, the film shows how a priest must share his influence with the witch doctor. more »
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