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Two important women writers from the West Bank speak out for full participation of women in the Arab world. more »
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In 1969, a young Black Panther named Pete O'Neal was arrested for transporting a gun across state lines. O'Neal fled the country, and has lived in Tanzania since. But while he works hard to serve the local community, his longings for home are undeniable. Can an aging former revolutionary make peace with exile? more »
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Three classic films about cultural confrontation. more »
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This film explores the culture of Samoan fa'afafines, boys who are raised as girls, fulfilling a traditional role in Samoan culture. more »
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This four-part series looks at the primal emotions that are generated in the brain and examines how nature and nurture combine to make humans feel and react the way they do. Featured emotions include Anger, Fear, Love, and Happiness. more »
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This masterful documentary examines pornography in its social and historical context. It explores whether freedom of expression and the preservation of values which define a civilized society are irreconcilable.Well-known law professors, civil rights advocates and feminists give their views. more »
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This film focuses on the debate between the established pharmaceutical industry and the manufacturers of low-cost medicine, The staggeringly high prices of medicines all over the world are a matter of life and death to millions of people suffering with HIV/AIDS in Africa. more »
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Meitner was a brilliant Jewish physicist from Vienna who had to flee Berlin in 1938 after working at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. Together with her close friend and colleague, Otto Hahn, they developed the theory of nuclear fission. Yet after the war she was overlooked by the Nobel Prize Committee who awarded the prize to Hahn alone. more »
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Pain and its relief are of primary importance in medicine. This documentary explores methods of pain control. 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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This dramatized documentary drawn verbatim from testimony examines the painful story of the only known Jew to be lynched in America. Originally from New York, Leo Frank was the manager of a pencil factory in Atlanta in 1913, when he was falsely accused and convicted in the rape and murder of a worker. more »
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The Shining Path, despite their Marxist philosophy, wreaked havoc on the lives of poor Indians, not understanding their culture. After years of terror, the Indians are now rebuilding their devastated villages more »
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A seventy-year-old professor sustains serious brain injury in an accident His family must decide whether to have him undergo risky surgery which could leave him in a vegetative state. more »
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The International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, which takes place every five years, is the oldest and most prestigious piano competition in the world. This spirited film follows four young American pianists from different backgrounds through each stage of the grueling 30-day competition. more »
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This fascinating film illustrates how religious differences, even on the basic level of dietary prohibitions affects the relationship of Malaysia's 12 million Muslims and 6 million Chinese. more »
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The two currencies in Papua New Guinea are the modern cash economy and a traditional economy based around shell money, banana leaves and pig tusks. The problem is that there is no exchange between the two and a bank is badly needed. more »
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The 40,000 Sioux Lakota Native Americans living on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota are the poorest inhabitants in America. In this film, they describe the abysmal conditions there, with neither a bank, a store, an industry or technology of any kind. more »
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Elderly gays and lesbians need a welcoming environment when they require residential care. We see one such old-age home in the Netherlands dedicated to their care. more »
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The second film in the Springroll trilogy, this chronicles the filmmaker’s search through Asia for a cure for devastating allergies, which compromise his primal enjoyment of food. more »
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During the Nazi years, some 17,000 European Jews fled to Shanghai, where no visa was required. Juxtaposing interviews with survivors with archival photographs, this film recounts the days when Jews lived in China under Japanese rule and Shanghai became a place of refuge. more »
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This documentary tells the story of the eviction of the indigenous people from their lands in Tanzania, to make way for the creation of the world's most famous nature reserves. more »
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This four-part series helps to put into perspective the AIDS epidemic that is sweeping the global community. more »
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Filmed in the US, Hungary, India, and Australia, this episode investigates through various case studies how epidemics break out. more »
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Concentrating on bubonic plague (Black Death) and cholera, this film gives a historical account of the spread of these diseases as man explored his world. more »
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This program explores the relationship between the immune system and history, using measles as an example, prevalent in the teaming cities of the ancient Near East and now raging through the Hispanic population of Los Angeles. more »
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This program shows the interaction between the two epidemics, HIV and syphilis, fostered by drug use and prostitution more »
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Falun Gong is an ancient meditative practice that enjoyed a revival in China in the 1990’s. For years, however, the government has been brutally cracking down on practitioners. more »
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This film shares the words of Irish priest Father Doyle, who came to Camden, New Jersey, 40 years ago and never left. His poetry bears witness to a horrendous crime: the total neglect of America’s poorest city. more »
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The Poet's View takes viewers inside the homes and lives of our era's foremost poetic talents as they reminisce about their formative years, reveal their poetic processes, and read some of their best-known works. more »
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This addition to the popular Poet's View series focuses on Pulitzer Prize winning poet C.K. Williams. 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 documentary explores the effects of hard core pornography in our society. Does it indeed contribute to violence and de-sensitization? more »
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This award-winning program is a wise and witty portrait of the outspoken Jessica Mitford. From her acid pen came such books as The American Way of Death, The Trial of Dr. Spock, and Kind and Unusual Punishment. more »
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Daily life in a village in Northern Senegal. more »
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This film captures Mr. Pink, a unique and creative individual, who moved from Jamaica to Britain in the fifties. Inspired by a mixture of dreams, memories of childhood and his religion, he adorned his Victorian mansion to recreate the vivid colors of the Carribbean. more »
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This CBC film delves into the world of forensic science and looks at some of the latest techniques in high-tech sleuthing. more »
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Eloquent and witty, 92-year-old Andree 'Poumy' Moreuil reflects on her adventures when, as a young Jewish mother, she joined the wartime resistance in France. Acting against oppression helped her transcend isolation and fear. more »
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This film focuses on the developing world where the energy debate is carried on against a background of grinding poverty, limited resources and rapidly growing population. Among the affordable solutions demonstrated are more efficient stoves and faster growing trees. more »
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Whitney Young was one of the most celebrated—and controversial—leaders in the Civil Rights Era. As head of the National Urban League, he was an influential liaison between those in power and those striving for change. more »
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This portrait of warlord Mamour Hasan and his villagers illuminates a way of life, a social organization and indeed a mentality that needs to be understood by westerners considering the future of Afghanistan. more »
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Operation Babylift in 1975 helped thousands of South Vietnamese children to escape to America where they were adopted. In their mid-twenties, the adoptees return to their birthplace in search of their roots. more »
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The tragic story of Pela Atroshi, a daughter of Kurdish immigrants living in Sweden, who was murdered by her family after she went out on a date. more »
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This ground breaking exploration of the gender gap between gays and lesbians who are politically united against global homophobia yet poles apart on many life issues. more »
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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 »
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In a Phoenix, Arizona penitentiary, Sheriff Joe Arpalo has initiated an extremely controversial deterrent for juvenile delinquency, called 'Smart Tents' .It involves incarcerating children who have broken the law in a real prison for two days to show them what they could become as adults if dont clean up their act. more »
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A sensitive look at incarcerated women who give birth and care for their babies in prison. more »
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Shot over four years, "Prison Town USA" follows prison guards, inmates and their families as well as the townspeople of Susanville, California, to shed light on the human costs of incarceration. more »
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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 »
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This program sets out to portray the current tensions and frustrations, hopes and fears, of this divided city that was at the center of the civil rights struggle in the '50's and '60's. more »
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This eloquent film recounts the complicated history that led to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, a story of intrigue and deceit among rival empires. more »
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This film explores the lives of two Iranian prostitutes in an uncompromising but sympathetic manner. This cutting-edge film illustrates how prostitution functions in a country where it is banned and where adultery sometimes results in capital punishment. more »
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This film provides an intimate view of one man¹s therapeutic journey to control his abusive behavior toward his wife. We witness his therapy sessions and the support he finds there during painful process of change. more »
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The love affairs of the young men and women of Jaranwala - a village just a few hours out of Lahore - keeps entire families entertained with gossip and sexual intrigue. Through the eyes of a Western woman who has lived in the Punjab for decades, we gain extraordinary access to the private lives and thoughts of her young chef Nawaz and her maid, Mehnaz. more »
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