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This engaging film vividly evokes the rich past of the dance craze of the early 30's known variously as the Jitterbug, the Lindy Hop and Swing dancing. more »
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This is the first documentary to tell the complete story of the Flying Tigers, a volunteer group of American pilots who fought with the Chinese against Japan even before Pearl Harbor. more »
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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 »
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An expose of the hypocrisy of the West, which continued to support the Pol Pot regime despite the atrocities they committed. more »
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In the mid-1970's, Cambodia was the victim of a brutal genocide, when the communist Pol Pot regime exterminated every fifth inhabitant. This film shows efforts that are now being made in the country towards reconciliation. For many, the wounds remain deep. more »
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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 »
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This film features six dancers, who at the height of their powers were among the world's most praised artists. Thanks to the vision of Jiri Kylian of Netherlands Dance Theatre III, these superb dancers have been able to continue their careers beyond the age of forty and in remarkable performances break all stereotypes of the older dancer. more »
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Can is the seminal film about one Asian American man’s mental illness and his journey to break the silence in a culture where mental problems are viewed as shameful. more »
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How do cults hold on to their disciples? This film explains how long-term conditioning takes place. more »
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Every September a group of nomad women in Niger travel by camel caravan across the stark desert, 660 miles each way, in order to sell their tribe's dates. The women organize and lead the caravan without men! more »
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Carbon for Water delivers an up-close look at the water filter distribution project that has revolutionized life for families in Kenya. more »
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Carmen Lomas Garza is a Chicana artist who creates images about the lives of Mexican Americans based on her memories and experiences growing up in South Texas. In this charming film, Carmen returns to Texas to revisit the people and places that inspired her work. more »
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A report of the condition of India¹s "untouchables," whose segregated life has kept them in poverty despite promises of reform. more »
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An intimate portrayal of Tibetan resistance to China, it contrasts the moderate approach of the Dalai Lama with that of young rebels who are more confrontational. more »
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This joyous, upbeat film explodes with the color, music, and pride of Carnival in America's largest Caribbean community, in New York. more »
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This richly photographed film shows a special ceremony performed in a remote village in northern Bali to purify the village. Two young girls dance and chant in accordance with strict Balinese traditions. more »
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This remarkable film retraces the life and work of the beloved artist Marc Chagall. Much of the narrative is told in his own words, drawn from his autobiography, interspersed with unique film footage of Chagall being interviewed as he paints. more »
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Through internet interviews a young Algerian college student explores with other women the condition of women in the developed and less developed world. In the process she challenges some prevalent cliches about Muslim women. more »
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In Japan, the old system of arranged marriages is giving way to the "love match," with dramatic social consequences. more »
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Through patience and perseverance, a local woman persuades village elders to reconsider the tradition of female circumcision. more »
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This film concentrates on the "end-use philosophy." Instead of asking how much energy the world will demand, it asks how can less energy be used to give consumers the things they want - lighting, central heating, air conditioning, automobiles, etc. more »
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This beautifully photographed science film makes visible the abstract concepts of what is predictable and what is random in nature. It also explores the state called chaos that lies at the borderline between these two extremes. more »
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In 1940, General DeGaulle escaped to London determined to save France after its surrender to Germany. Archival films together with commentary by journalists and colleagues bring the career of this remarkable leader alive. more »
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This biography of the "Little Tramp" traces his life from his impoverished childhood in London, his meteoric rise to fame, his bitter exile in Switzerland, and to the belated tributes in Hollywood in the seventies. Clips from his films are intercut with the commentary of authors and critics. more »
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Cheating the Stillness: The World of Julia Peterkin chronicles the life of a remarkable woman and author who rebelled against expectations of Southern women in the early twentieth century. more »
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Nuclear disasters in Chelabynsk were kept secret from the outside world although the local population was sickened from radiation and there is still contamination today. more »
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The conveniences of modern life - cell phones, computers and perfect-looking food - are taking a toll on the health of our children. more »
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Twenty-four indigenous women weavers gather for a festival, each gripped by painful memories of the civil war in Chiapas. Music, prayer, and weavings intertwine in a homage to those who have suffered and died resisting oppression. more »
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Chicken has become a global agribusiness, and the chicken in our super markets may have come from far away Thailand. Globalization is forcing the traditional farmer out of business. more »
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This film gives audiences unprecedented access to a commonplace story that remains tightly hidden. Despite being illegal, child marriage remains part of the culture across Africa. more »
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During two days in September 1957 several courageous students and their parents desegregated the Nashville school system. more »
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Shows a pioneering treatment which is based on the autistic child’s hypersensitivity to sound. The treatment combines auditory therapy and counseling. more »
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This documentary portrait of three suicidal youngsters will help counselors, parents and young people begin a constructive dialogue. more »
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An important film that explores the skyrocketing rise of asthma in the last thirty years, with 5 million children affected. more »
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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 »
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Through exclusive archival footage and eyewitness accounts the true depth of the tragedy at Chernobyl is revealed. more »
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This film gives voice to the street children of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil whose dire circumstances forces them to beg, steal and deal drugs. Their loyalty to one another has helped them to survive. more »
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The story of the struggles of Haitian children given up by destitute families to work as unpaid domestics. more »
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This lively film about the kingdom of Cambodia provides a remarkable picture of a country that endured political upheaval and genocide, yet was able to renew itself by reconnecting with ancient beliefs and traditions more »
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Bolivia has silver mines which date back to the Spanish conquest. The miners work in hazardous conditions that have not improved over the years, yet many maintain their livelihood. more »
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A short, dramatic film based on real events that took place during the Civil Rights struggle. more »
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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 »
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Thousands of children have been kidnapped and used as soldiers by the Ugandan rebel army. These children have been traumatized by their experience. This film shows a program that tries to rehabilitate the ones who have been fortunate enough to escape. more »
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The film looks at the Zapatista National Liberation Army¹s struggle to attain justice for the Maya Indians of Chiapas. more »
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Filmed at great risk during the height of Pinochet's power, this Academy Award Nominee documents some of the abuses of his regime. more »
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The filmmaker, a Chilean now living in exile, returns to her country to gather testimony of the abuses under Pinochet. She is shocked to learn the the next generation has little knowledge of the horrors of the regime. more »
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This remarkable film, ten years in the making, documents the aging and death of a grandfather in the care of his family. more »
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This portrayal of gays of Asian descent in Australia explores the relationship between race and sexuality, the reality of racial stereotyping and discrimination in the gay world. 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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The filmmaker was born in Shanghai to a privileged family that lived an enviable life style. When the Communists came to power the family fled. This beguiling film records her first visit back to the land of her birth and the relatives she left behind. more »
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In 1992, Deng Xiaoping's slogan "It is glorious to get rich" unleashed one of the biggest revolutions in thousand-year-old China. He overthrew the classless society and the equal division of the means of production and from then on, China stuck to a socialism with "Chinese characteristics." Which meant that many Chinese families have built successful companies, embracing all the lessons of capitalism. more »
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When a massive earthquake struck China's Sichuan province in May, 2008, China's government presented a new face to the world, allowing increased media coverage. But as the months passed, this newly transparent China melted away into one of secrecy. more »
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Two hundred million farmers have left their roots and migrated to the cities in search for a better life. The film focuses on one young man and his travails in participating in the new economy. more »
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In 1980, the Communist Government of China instituted a policy of one child per family as a means of curtailing population growth. Now, the success or failure of this highly controversial social experiment can be assessed. This report travels from middle class Beijing to poor farms in the countryside to see the effect of the policy. more »
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Despite China's economic success, there has been no progress in civil rights. Workers can be sent away for "reeducation" if they complain about working conditions. People charged with crimes do not get adequate legal representation. more »
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An ambitious Chinese businessman tries to launch a commercial center in a small town in southern Sweden. But when Chinese capitalism and Swedish beaurocracy clash, struggle ensues. more »
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The first film to reveal the horrific impact of the McCarthy era on the Chinese-American community. more »
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This companion film to Contemporary Chinese Art: Artists working in China focuses on the ground-breaking Chinese art being exhibited in the US that has excited Western curators and collectors alike more »
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There has been an astounding flowering of innovative, energetic and challenging contemporary art in China. The film travels to artists studios, galleries and museums where this art is evolving and displayed, and the artists explain their techniques and philosophies. Art experts bring historical context to the new movement.
Accompanying film: Chinese Contemporary Art Comes to America more »
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A pair of small feet -- three-inch golden lilies -- were once the male-designated yardstick for feminine beauty in China. A young girl's feet were broken and bound inwards along the instep, a process that caused excruciating pain. Systematically bound, day after day, the stunted feet began to take on the coveted look of that profoundly sensuous image, the lotus bulb. more »
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In Beijing stands the only hospital in China devoted to giving the terminally ill a death with dignity. more »
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This memorable film asks who should decide on aggressive medical intervention for children. The parents or society? more »
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Filmmaker Marc Radomsky is third generation South African. His grandfather emigrated from Lithuania to escape pogroms. The family established their roots in Johannesburg and prospered. However Marc and his wife see that growing lawlessness and crime in post-Apartheid South Africa has driven the white community into gated communities where armed guards, attack dogs and barbed wire are the brutal signs of the need for increased security. more »
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The filmmaker of Chopin’s Afterlife is a pianist who explores the ways Chopin's music seems to connect people everywhere. Composers Lukas Foss and John Eaton, pianists Abbey Simon and Frederic Chiu are among the artists who engagingly express their love of Chopin's music. more »
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Christine, a 46-year-old with a distinguished career in science, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Three years later she met and married Paul, who loved her despite the diagnosis. Now, ten years later, she still lectures and writes about her experience with the disease. more »
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For fifteen years, the life of a young Masai woman has been chronicled as she emerges from adolescence to wife and mother. more »
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A spirited celebration of traditional African dance filmed in the villages and suburban compounds of Senegal and The Gambia. Chuck Davis performs with his company on a trip to West Africa. more »
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Three short films show the vitality of ethnic identity which blends with the prevailing culture, yet keeps its own spirit. Filmed in Trinidad, Tobago, the U.S. and Britain. more »
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Cinema Korea brings together interviews with directors and actors, archival footage of classic Korean films and accounts of defining historical events to give a fully rounded view of Korean film culture. more »
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Circus School is a rare glimpse into one of China’s most revered institutions, the Shanghai Circus School, where students ranging in age from six to fifteen must complete a grueling seven-year program before working as professionals. It captures the breathtaking feats of gymnastics executed by a new generation of performers in training. more »
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Before long, more than 550 cities worldwide will have a population of more than one million people. With such rapid and unplanned growth, many of these cities lack the planning and infrastructure to accommodate this population boom. Cities on Speed shows how four metropolises are rising to this challenge. What are the visions for solving their deepest issues, and will they be successful? more »
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In the early 1990s, Bogotá was a city with significant problems: social inequality, pollution, out-of-control population growth, and poor public transportation. When Antanas Mockus, a university president, became mayor in 1993, his experimental leadership transformed the city. more »
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When Cairo’s population remained at twelve million people, the city was neat and tidy. Today, Cairo has mushroomed to an estimated twenty million inhabitants. To keep up with the waste of the growing populace, six giant garbage villages have evolved into towns within the city. As the issues—and the garbage piles—visibly mount, officials struggle to determine how to keep the city’s trash in check. more »
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In the world's largest democracy, urban planning can be a complicated task. Despite Mumbai’s exploding population, a collapsing infrastructure could put an end to economic growth. Public trains are filled to the bursting point and traffic is nearing a complete gridlock. But officials are hopeful that building an eight lane highway out at sea will help relieve the strain of the overwrought transportation systems. more »
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Shanghai is a unusual city, bursting with four thousand skyscrapers, thousands of miles of highway, millions of citizens, and thousands of government planners. To make way for new skyscrapers, roads, and industries, vast communities are being expropriated. Can government influence help control Shanghai’s growing pains? more »
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The compelling film that essentially established the field of urban psychology. 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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Since 1993, hundreds of young women who worked in the "maquiladoras" in Juarez, Mexico, have been murdered, and the crimes barely investigated. Many of the victims were assembly-line workers in the over 400 mostly US-owned factories. more »
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In this disarmingly intimate and revealing film three generations of women in an Iranian family describe their struggles for survival within marriages founded on Iranian traditions. more »
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High school kids who are gay and lesbian assert their identity with pride, but some are faced with parental rejection. more »
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This Academy Award winning film is a delightfully warm documentary about a senior citizens' chorus and an elementary school chorus who join for a combined concert, creating a magical performance. more »
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Quilting is interwoven with the history of black women in America. We meet ebullient women and see their colorful creations, which link them to their past. more »
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This classic film that shows the love/hate relationship women have with doing the laundry and pays homage to the commonality of women's experience. more »
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Documents a violent clash between miners and two giant coal companies in an isolated hollow of West Virginia over a decade ago. more »
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This portrait of the global assembly follows the manufacturing of a suit jacket as it travels all over the world to take advantage of maximum quality at minimum cost. more »
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Shows the disastrous effects of US drug policy on farmers in Bolivia and Colombia. more »
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This film exposes the environmental and physical hazards faced by the underpaid coffee pickers in a typical coffee plantation. more »
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Through archival photographs and old newsreels, this documentary shows how coffee has shaped the economy, history and social structure of a large part of Latin America. more »
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An extraordinary portrait of a Chinese ballet dancer who underwent one of the first sex change operations in China to become a woman. She is now the toast of the Chinese theater, despite having challenged very traditional institutions. more »
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An uplifting documentary about ghetto kids of South Central, L.A. who discover their talents and self dignity through "Colors United", a performing arts group created for inner city youth. more »
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This dazzling Academy Award nominee tells the story of a Lithuanian immigrant, who left the shtetl to escape the virulent anti-Semitism there and became a recognized painter in the New World. The film captures his artwork by using innovative animation techniques. more »
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This insightful film offers a rare look into the lives of gays and lesbians in contemporary Poland. While many gay men and lesbians remain in the closet for fear of being ostracized, recent positive changes in attitude and growing acceptance have prompted an increase in the number of Poles who are now openly gay. more »
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Communicating with the "Alzheimer-Type" Population: The Validation Method
The two vignettes depicted in this video show typical examples of troublesome behavior in very old people who are disoriented. more »
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This lively film follows a group of Latina musicians as they break the gender barrier to perform mariachi music in America. more »
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Horace Bristol shot some of the most significant photographs of the 20th century, compelling images that have become icons of our past. However, his photographs were lost for forty years. more »
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This film looks at the efforts to alleviate suffering and spread the message of HIV/AIDS prevention to the young more »
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This film presents classic research and asks questions about why people conform, obey, and dissent in various social situations. more »
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A small core of reservists in the Israeli army have refused to serve in Gaza and the West Bank, on moral grounds. more »
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Yuwali, a member of an Aboriginal group from Western Australia, recounts her people's first interaction with white men when, in 1964, the government began using her desert homeland to test rockets. more »
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This documentary, shot in the remote Brazilian Amazon, graphically depicts the devastating impact of contact with the outside world on an indigenous tribe, the Yanomami Indians, the last major Stone Age people in the Amazon. more »
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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 »
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Costa Rica has been called the Switzerland of South America. It has no army, is a democracy and has maintained its neutrality although surrounded by warring neighbors. more »
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Arguments between couples are an important aspect of interpersonal relationships. The video shows couples arguing over money, sex, alcohol and children. more »
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Covered Girls provides a window into the lives of an animated group of Muslim American teenage girls in New York and challenges the stereotypes many Americans may have about this culture. more »
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Criminal Injustice: Death and Politics at Attica brings the deadly 1971 Attica prison rebellion to life with startling new eyewitness testimonies and documents that call into question historic records of the event. more »
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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 »
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An extraordinary investigation of the long drawn out guerrilla war in the jungles of Burma. more »
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A Catholic priest and a Protestant nun talk about the influence of Buddhism in their lives. more »
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Crude Independence is a rumination on the future of small town America with its focus on Stanley North Dakota, which is turned upside down when geologists discover 200 billion barrels of crude oil beneath the small town. more »
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In Namibia, in one of the most desolate regions of Africa, lives the Himba tribe, one of the last tribes trying to maintain a traditional way of life. With the modern world pressing in on them and the real menace of HIV/AIDS, the Himba find their situation threatened from all sides. more »
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This documentary examines the origins of Castro's revolution and charts US-Cuban relations since 1898. more »
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Shot in Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Egypt, and Ethiopia, this film highlights the complex social, religious, cultural, and economic issues which underpin the ongoing practice of female genital mutilation. more »
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Cyborg technology is a revolutionary development in rehabilitation medicine. It allows the brain and nervous system to manipulate specially engineered devices that help people regain the use of impaired body function. more »
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