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This two-film series shows descendants of slaves exploring their African ancestry through DNA research and looks at how discoveries about their own history affects the participants. more »
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Descendants of slaves explore their African ancestry through DNA research and examine the emotional connections and that result. more »
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Two years after filming A Genetic Journey, this film picks up where the first award-winning film left off. It looks at how discoveries about their own genetic history have affected participants. Shot in the UK, USA, Africa, and Jamaica, this moving film continues three soul-searching journeys that raise fundamental questions about defining heritage. more »
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Our Nation is a stunning portrayal of how Korean youth are using punk rock to find a voice in a rapidly changing culture. more »
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This fast paced and chilling story of the Chernobyl disaster, pieced together from eyewitness accounts and historic film footage, shows a cover- up of epic proportions. This was the biggest disaster of the industrial age. more »
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Since the economic reforms of the 1980s, runaway economic growth has turned China into a major creator of pollution. While the Chinese government ineffectually tries to grapple with its growing environmental problems, there is rising discontent among the masses. more »
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This charming film documents the life of a 94-year-old Hungarian born artist who used his artistic skills to survive the Holocaust. more »
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In a backlash against feminism, European men marry Asian wives through advertisements. This footnote to social history will set any women's studies class gnashing their teeth. more »
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Women of varying ages and social background recall the vivid and often disturbing memories surrounding their first menstrual period. more »
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Filmed in Calcutta at a hospice founded by Mother Teresa, we learn how her legacy of devotion to the destitute inspires the volunteers who now care for them more »
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This film, shot mostly covertly, shows the irony of a regime where 20 million people live in poverty, some on the brink of starvation, while former dictator Kim II Sung builds extravagant monuments to reflect his power. more »
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This film examines the harrowing experiences of three Muslim American teenagers effected by Special Registration, a post-9/11 security measure more »
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In the midst of the simmering animosity between the Israelis and Arabs, there are voices for peace rarely heard by the outside world. While extremists on both sides still prefer the hard line and the spilling of blood, these voices of peace are having an influence on Israel's future. more »
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Daisy was one of thirteen children born to a former slave, who moved to Vermont in 1872, the first black family in that state. She is an amazing storyteller whose memories go back almost to the Civil War. more »
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Shows the disastrous effects of US drug policy on farmers in Bolivia and Colombia. more »
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The political issues behind the control of water in North America. more »
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Minniejean Brown Trickey was 16 years old when she become one of the Little Rock Nine. Since then, she led a life of passionate social activism and been an inspiration to many. more »
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This film makes an impassioned plea for the return of the land that was taken from the Wanatchi Indians of Washington State more »
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This fascinating documentary on the life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach also explores the social, political, and aesthetic forces in Germany during his life. more »
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The turmoil dyslexia can impose on a family is captured in this documentary of a mother’s eighteen -year struggle with the education system in an effort to get her son a good education. more »
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A realistic portrait of the financial and emotional challenges faced by single mothers heading households. more »
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This film documents the lives of three women in New York, who for very different reasons have decided to have home deliveries with midwives. more »
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Who really understands what lies behind Albert Einstein's famous formula? This fascinating documentary follows the development of his scientific ideas with great cinematic style. Special effects and beautifully rendered dramatizations illustrate the important discoveries and events in Einstein's early years. more »
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Recounts the stories of Czech women who endured years of imprisonment during the Communist era because of their beliefs. more »
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This program gives voice to the many moral, legal and ethical concerns raised by the epidemic. What steps should society take to protect people? more »
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This documentary is a hard-hitting look at the heated debate over environmental action now occurring this country. It probes environmental risk, scientific uncertainty, the costs of environmental action and inaction, and the role of law in protecting our environment. more »
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We visit five alternative sentencing programs around the country to find alternatives to imprisonment or probation. more »
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This ground-breaking film introduces us to men and women who have never experienced sexual attraction, and the challenges they face living in a sex obsessed society. more »
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The crime of lynching is long-gone practice, as shown by events in Jasper, Texas, in 1998, where an African American was dragged to his death behind a truck. more »
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Explores the "gender verification test" as it is applied in the sphere of international sports competition. more »
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This provocative documentary introduces several articulate young men and women of mixed racial heritage.They share their struggle to establish, acquire, and assert a racial identity and describe the experiences that have led them to question whether there is room in America for a multiracial identity. more »
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