This film is the record of these meetings of the Geneva Initiative that succeeded in bringing Israelis and Palestinians to the negotiating table in order to discussion a peaceful solution to their conflict.  more »

From Academy Award winner Paul Wagner comes this warm portrait of six elderly Americans whose vigor belies their age. Three are folk artists, one a baker, one a political activist, and one a bayman on the Chesapeake. Though they remember the past, they still relish the present and live it fully.  more »

This eloquent film brings into sharp focus the conflict between freedom of expression and religious conservatism. It focuses on the protests that Satanic Verses provoked throughout Muslim communities all over the world.  more »

Call to Witness focuses on extraordinary pastors and their supporters who want to open not only their pews but also their pulpits to all people, including gay men and lesbians  more »

This intensely personal film documents lesbian videomaker Pam Walton's attempt to reconcile with her long estranged homophobic father, and discover what "family" means to her.  more »

This documentary has been designed to break the silence surrounding adolescent homosexuality.  more »

This remarkably honest and revealing documentary shatters the stereotypes held by many people unfamiliar with the gay community, showing that many lesbians have mainstream values and lead conventional lives.  more »

This is a documentary that portrays the artistic endeavors and the personal journeys of two artists, Zhang Hongtu (b. 1943) and Zhang Jian-Jun (b. 1955), who are part of the Chinese contemporary art community of New York.  more »

Twenty-year-old Jennifer Wittberger, an attractive young woman from an affluent family, destroyed herself with her heroin addiction. Her story is told through the eyes of her best friend who was helpless to save Jenny.  more »

Three children-refugees escape from their native Tibet across the Himalayas in search of a better education in India. Leaving their families behind and risking their lives, they find life in India not as easy they expected.  more »

A 15-year-old brought up by a Mexican family while his mother was incarcerated in the U.S. as a Puerto Rican nationalist, finally comes to know his mother.  more »

Each year the wheelchair-bound 76-year-old Dr. Dicksheet, travels from New York to India to perform free reconstructive facial surgery on hundreds of children. Without the operations, these children would be not be able to develop normally and would be treated as outcasts.The film shows how this quirky, funny, and sometimes difficult character overcomes his own ailments by curing others. His stamina and commitment are truly staggering.  more »

When the Supreme Court ruled that mental patients could not be kept in institutions against their will, it was assumed that there would be community support available. Instead, the newly released people ended up on the streets, impoverished and without help.  more »

This documentary compares the Canadian system of national health insurance with health-care delivery in the United States. It shows that although routine health care is more accessible in Canada, there are high technology procedures for which patients come to the United States.  more »

This powerful documentary by Roger Weisberg (Sound and Fury) profiles the struggle of a family to raise teenage children in a troubled neighborhood in Brooklyn. Faced with violence, teenage pregnancy, truancy, and attempted suicide, the family is held together by the support of The Center for Family Life, a social service agency that has helped two generations.  more »

This cogent analysis of the impact of the aging of America on our strained health care system combines poignant human stories with informed testimony by law makers and public policy experts.  more »

What happens when you're sick and uninsured? "Critical Condition" puts an intimate human face on America's growing health care crisis by chronicling the struggles of a diverse group of uninsured Americans as they battle critical illness over a two-year period.  more »

The film follows six welfare mothers over the course of a year as they struggle to comply with new work requirements, find reliable child care and transportation, battle drug addiction and depression, confront domestic violence, and try to make ends meet in the new era of welfare reform.  more »

This documentary shows that the attempt to contain medical costs can reduce hospital stays and unnecessary tests, but may compromise the quality of care.  more »

Humorist Roy Blount, Jr takes an offbeat journey down the Mississippi River, the literal and figurative Main Stream of America. Blount's unpredictable odyssey celebrates the full range of American diversity and eccentricity -- from a wedding ceremony at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, to a rodeo at America's toughest prison in Angola, Louisiana.  more »

This documentary examines the current wave of welfare reform in America. It looks at the effect of new legislation on people’s lives, searching for initiatives that have proven effective.  more »

Focusing on the bioethical decisions involved in terminal care, this program asks whether a patient who is dying has a right to say, "I'd rather die now."  more »

This documentary investigates the results of a stern policy that allows juveniles as young as thirteen to be tried as adults and incarcerated with adult criminals.  more »

This film examines why millions of today’s poor young children may fail to reach their full developmental potential and considers positive steps that may be taken to address this crisis.  more »

Here is a portrait of the American family in crisis. Half of marriages now end in divorce, and 70% of children are brought up in single parent households. Yet there is a family support movement which is trying to solve social problems by strengthening families.  more »

After being tortured and narrowly escaping execution during Liberia's civil war, Rosevelt Henderson makes his way to America to start his life over again in a strange country. After years of struggle and deprivation, Rosevelt and his family are finally able to enjoy the prosperity and freedom that drew them here.  more »

A teenage theater company educates peers about AIDS prevention.  more »

This Academy Award nominated film is the story of two brothers who anguish over whether to allow their deaf children to have cochlear implants. One brother welcomes the chance for his child to be part of the hearing world. The other brother, who is deaf, does not want his offspring to leave the deaf culture and its sense of community.  more »

"Uncovered" puts a human face on America's health care crisis by chronicling the harrowing struggles of the Nazaretyan family to care for their disabled children without insurance.  more »

"Waging a Living"is an award-winning documentary and Academy Award nominee that chronicles the day-to-day battles of four low-wage earners struggling to earn enough to pay their bills.  more »

This program looks at the human side of the health care crisis where millions of Americans lack insurance or are underinsured.  more »

Despite America's extraordinary medical resources, our health care system fails a large part of the population. While denying routine preventive care to millions, dying patients are often given expensive care they do not want.  more »

Shot over a three year period, this emotionally wrenching story reveals the bond that develops between two brothers who long to be reunited with their cocaine-addicted mother, and their grandmother’s struggle to keep the family together. When a family court threatens to terminate the mother’s parental rights after a failed rehabilitation attempt, the boys impress the judge with their strong desire to keep the family intact.  more »

Navigating the transition from adolescence to adulthood is challenging for even the most mature and privileged youth. For three young people in New York and Los Angeles, making the transition to independent living is considerably more difficult as they “age out” of the foster care system and find themselves suddenly on their own for the first time.  more »

No Tomorrow focuses on the murder of Risa Bejarano, the principal subject of Aging Out, a documentary about teenagers leaving foster care. The film explores how Aging Out unexpectedly documented the last year of Risa’s life and became the centerpiece of a chilling homicide investigation and death penalty trial.  more »

This informative documentary explores the possible origins of autism and the therapies developed for treatment. A broad spectrum of professionals share their views.  more »

For more than twenty years, Lars Westman filmed his mother. The result is a unique record of life's inevitable passage, as well as a tender portrait of an aging mother.  more »

The Twin Towers have attained mythic status in the 21st century. The effect of their destruction and the tragic loss of life is engraved on the American consciousness. Here is a fascinating history of the buildings that set the character of lower Manhattan and symbolized not only the power of New York City but American culture and financial dominance.  more »

This film focuses on the myths and realities of prostitution as related by seven women formerly in "the life."  more »

This film documents the filmmaker's seven-year search for the elusive father he never knew and his coming to terms with the truth of his origins.  more »

This startling documentary reveals how the internet contributes to alienation, especially in the area of human sexuality. In North America alone, more than 8 million people pursue sex online at least 11 hours a week. The internet has actually removed touch and human contact from sex  more »

This gripping documentary exposes the alarming rise of sexual predators on the Internet.  more »

How realistic is it for the U.S. to develop the much talked about "missile shield"? This film recapitulates the search of a defense system beginning with the Cold War until today.  more »

In 1998, forty-five year old Benjy Nelson - former high school athlete, and U.S. Air Force airman - had a sex-change operation. Benjy's wife appears to have been supportive of his decision but his three sons did not take easily to the change.  more »

A poignant portrayal of the effect on an entire family when one of its members faces execution. Part of the Eye for Justice series.  more »

A startling film which examines in detail how the French authorities arrested and interned more than 74,000 Jews before sending them to Auschwitz, which only 2,500 survived.  more »

Shows a state-of-the-art maximum security prison, Potosi Correctional Center, where all the inmates face either death or life in prison without parole.  more »

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This haunting film tells the story of the Lynchburg Colony for the Epileptic and Feebleminded in Virginia where, between 1927 and 1972, more than eight thousand children and young teenagers were forcibly sterilized, a program which became the basis of Hitler's eugenics program.  more »

Composed of historical footage, including newly discovered archival films, Nuremberg brings to life the challenge of administering justice when crimes are on such a scale as those of the Nazis.  more »

Six American states have voted in legislation to castrate sex offenders and release them back into the community. Is this really safe for the community? Part of the Eye for Justice series.  more »

A compassionate portrait of a young man on death row for three years. A.J. Bannister is granted a stay of execution at the last minute, when it is revealed that his crime was really second degree, rather than first degree, murder.  more »

For centuries, the world has jostled for control of the land now known as West Papua, a rugged, isolated region, with its abundant natural resources and strategic position. Colonial ambition, fervent nationalism and cold war politics have played a part in its turbulent history.  more »

This film from the National Film Board of Canada's series "The Elderly at Risk" deals with the difficult issue of community intervention when a reclusive elder neglects himself to the point of offending his neighbors.  more »

These spontaneous, close-up portraits of individuals coping with affairs of daily life in China - finding a mate, running a business, negotiating local politics - put a human face on a nation of over a billion people that is in rapid transition. Please note the varying lengths.  more »