Investigates the hidden forces that drive the planet's largest and most active volcanic system, the Hawaiian Islands.

Diagnoses the 'disease' of materialism and prescribes its antidote, simple living.

Returning to Todos Santos after 30 years, a look at the profound economic and social changes that have transformed this Guatemalan Mayan village.

An explosive, personal look at secularism in the Muslim country of Tunisia.

A lively documentary history of Syria's Assad regime, tracing its origins and influence, even as it clings to power in the face of the Arab spring.

A behind-the-scenes look at the rivalry between the Arab world's two main TV networks - Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya.

A look inside the secret chambers where designers and scientists are defining your favorite mouthful of tomorrow.

A view of the Iranian Green Revolution protest movement, which followed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed 2009 election victory.

Egypt in the months leading up to the Tahrir Square demonstrations and a revolution already simmering under the surface.

Follow the day by day events during the year after the fall of Ben Ali while Tunisian's elected a new a government and draft a constitution.

The story of a hitman for the drug cartels, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

The story of two young Texans accused of intending to firebomb the 2008 Republican National Convention reveals the workings of the post 9/11 security state.

The life and work of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century, Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel.

One black family's commitment to a quality education, from the pre-1965 time of segregation, through desegregation, and through the recent period of resegregation. **Winner, John E. O'Connor Film Award, American Historical Association**

Explores the unhealthy relationships between society, medical science and the pharmaceutical industry as it promotes not just drugs but also the latest diseases that go with them.

The rise and fall of America's mortgage system and the damage in the wake of its collapse. With Nouriel Roubini, Richard Sylla and Chris Mayer.

A year in the life of one of the country's biggest college newspapers, Penn State's The Daily Collegian, as it struggles with declining circulation and difficult choices about how to represent its diverse readership.

As a team of managers in Gambia try to build a microfinance business, they learn that the loans may be small - but the stakes are very high.

Neuroscientists and psychologists are approaching a common understanding of how the brain's fear circuitry works, and changes.

In a culture where bodies seem customizable, how do we perceive body image, and how are desires for a better self influenced by reality television and the makeover industry?

Director Stefano Savona lived and filmed on the front lines in Tahrir Square, Cairo, to make this film from the heart of the protests that overthrew Mubarak in Egypt last year.

An extended discussion with noted literary critic and Palestinian activist Edward Said filmed less than a year before his death.

The contentious debate over gun control, as seen through the eyes of two mothers on opposite sides of the issue.

A verite documentary that captures the rhythms of agricultural life in Niger, and how the vagaries of market price and harvest can affect the most intimate personal decisions.

A quartet of short films that lay bare the reality of everyday life in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Journalism students at the University of Chile embark on an investigation of El Mercurio, the oldest newspaper in Chile.

A documentary expose of how pharmaceutical companies create demand for the drugs at their disposal, and buy the science they need to prove their effectiveness.

Some people travel to Bolivia to go down the dangerous silver mines, to see the medieval work conditions. Are they crawling through the contaminated tunnels to learn about a foreign culture, or to escape boredom?

The Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation exhumes up to 1,000 bodies a year to identify them, and return the remains to their families.

Contrasts the experiences of Mayan families who came to Indiantown, Florida as refugees fleeing the violence in Guatemala in the early 1980s, with the struggles of those continuing to arrive in search of better lives.

Twenty-two women, ages 6 to 84-years-old, discuss how breasts play a crucial role in the experiences of puberty, motherhood, sex, health, and aging. ** 2002 Outstanding Achievement Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality **

This film provides an intimate look at everyday life in Todos Santos, a village in Guatemala's highlands, before the violence of the 1980s.

Demonstrates how the political turmoil of the 1980s affected this once quiet Guatemalan village.

A lively look at the latest developments in the scientific study of laughter.

The world will have to survive without fossil fuels — sooner, rather than later. What are the alternatives?

French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to turn Paris into the model super-metropolis for the 21st century, and plenty of world-class architects would like the job.

A voyage deep into the Amazon to explore the implications of Brazil's policy on uncontacted indigenous tribes.

Unforgettable life stories told by survivors of the Siege of Leningrad, where more than 1 million people died during World War II.

An oral history of the 1932 massacre of 10,000 El Salvadorans, a trauma that has resonated through six decades of military rule, until the 1992 peace accords ended a brutal, 12-year civil war.

An up-close and personal encounter with this influential philosopher and gender theorist.

An exploration of the life and ideas of Jacques Derrida (1930-2004), arguably the most important philosopher of the 20th Century.

This is the story of Komusa Tenapo, master mason and heir to the secrets of Djenne architecture, the traditional use of mud in Malian buildings.

A film about the Philippines' second largest export product - maternal love - and how the international trade in love and care affects the women involved, their families, and families in the West.

Follows the mission of one theater company to bring the consumer revolution to the people of the highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Renowned architect Rem Koolhaas and students from The Harvard Project on the City explore Lagos, Nigeria, interpreting the chaotic city in an innovative, surprising way.

The oil company MAXUS and Huaroni Indians of the Amazon.

Walter Kerr interviews Arthur Miller.

A new exploration into the relevance of Karl Marx's ideas for understanding the global economic and financial crisis.

Traveling from Copenhagen to China, and from Australia to the US, this documentary looks at the state of carbon emissions and efforts to rein them in.

A global investigation into the evolving nature of food production, and the crisis it may portend.

Based on the theories of William McDonough and Michael Braungart, major corporations embrace environmentally sustainable architecture and production in an ecologically-inspired industrial revolution.

Tells the incredible story of the Tar Creek Superfund site in NE Oklahoma and the massive and deadly remains left by the lead and zinc mines there.

What is happiness? And how do we get more of it? Visiting leading figures in positive psychology and observing clinical experiments, this is a light-hearted but serious investigation.

A design revolution that connects buildings to the natural world, buildings where people feel and perform better.

An uplifting story about Jupiter, Florida's humane response to an influx of day laborers from Jacaltenango, Guatemala.

A personal essay revealing the passionate debates over identity and generational change inside today's American Jewish community.

The fight to save San Francisco's San Bruno Mountain speaks to the global dilemma of economic growth versus species preservation.

Breathtaking photography tells the story of the Colorado River, which flowed to the sea for 6 million years and now dries up 90 miles short of the Sea of Cortez.

An overcrowded maximum-security prison is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient meditation program.

Mayor Amilcar Huancahuari visits Brazil to assess efforts to promote early childhood development there.

Mayor Amilcar Huancahuari is trying to convert his native Peru to his optimistic philosophy of promoting early childhood development.

A daughter's loving film portrait of one of the 20th century's most influential thinkers, Gregory Bateson, anthropologist, systems theorist and ecologist.

The first documentary to dramatize the history of American film criticism and to explore its role in the evolution of American film.

Five 9/11 widows of New York firefighters pay tribute to their husbands by accomplishing extraordinary feats in their communities, turning evil into good.

Professional, Native and antiquarian researchers combine to investigate the archaeological history and modern legacy of Eastern Native civilization in Turners Falls, MA.

Examines and questions the US military's new counterinsurgency initiative, 'Human Terrain Systems', under which social scientists are embedded with combat troops.

Tells the story of three indigenous communities and the land they struggle to protect

Explores the social, political and religious impact of the multiracial movement.

Architect Bill McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart bring together ecology and human design.

Inspirational film that shows a way to bring out the individual talents of five teenagers normally classified as learning disabled.

A non-partisan look at the consequences of big-money campaign donations and a Capitol overrun by lobbyists.

Rachel Carson's love for the natural world and her fight to defend it.

Documents the devastating effect that fracking for natural gas and oil is having on the health of families and the environment in the Rocky Mountain West.

Detroiters are reinventing the old Motor City as a vibrant new self-sustaining and human-scaled city for a post industrial world.

Gives voice to soldiers living with PTSD to help erase the stigma, examines the growing number of military suicides, and shows a successful group therapy program.

Ecological economist Dave Batker questions whether GDP is an adequate measure of society's well-being and suggests workable alternatives.

An inspiring story from Malawi shows that clean water is essential for the achievement of the UN's Millennium Development Goals.

A concise and fast-paced history of the volatile forces at work in Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua in the 1980s.

The life and work of legendary director Robert Flaherty ('Nanook of the North'), the 'father of documentary.'

Ordinary people from Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh recount their tumultuous experiences after the 1947 British subdivision of colonial India.

In Geneva, Switzerland, film directors Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard meet for a surprisingly intimate and sometimes contentious dialogue.

Twenty years after Ceausescu, Romanian GDP is low and infrastructure poor. Featuring interviews with the oligarchs who control the Romanian economy, this documentary seeks to find out what happened.

The story of the founder of the Republic of Turkey, called Ataturk ('the father of the Turks').

A spectacular visual essay composed of epic tableaus, a haunting vision of our modern food industry, and the methods and technology utilized for mass production.

French cinema-essayist Chris Marker reflects on French and international politics, art and culture at the start of the new millennium.

An allegory for a working class suburb in decline, this film investigates the story of Shawn Nelson, who stole a tank and went on a rampage through the residential streets of Clairemont, CA.

A conversation with Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman about her films and her directorial philosophy.

Documents the efforts of the multinational corporation Philips to reach the more than five billion potential consumers among the world's poor, the 'bottom of the economic pyramid.' But can profitability fight poverty?

Oli Truss is an eccentric ex-headmistress in her 90's and her story brings home the complex issues of self-neglect, competence and capacity, and the right to live and die at home with dignity.

This film offers a compelling prospect for living our later years as a unique, exuberant time of life on its own authentic terms. A group of wonderfully diverse individuals, 66 to 106, share their insights on life after sixty

Alzheimer's in the African-American community.

Presents the real-life case of 96-year-old Miss Mary, who is sexually assaulted by her grandson - and documents how she fully participated in his subsequent trial and prosecution.

Real-life stories about when and how to deal with the emotional issue of giving up driving.

A touching and honest glimpse into the intimate self-explorations of several women in their 40's, 50's, and 60's as they face the natural reality of sags and bags, lines and wrinkles.

Applying the basic concepts of habilitation (which is simply caregiving that embraces the remaining abilities of the person with dementia.)

Founders of the Old Women's Project, an activist organization that challenges ageism

Candid stories of four older women who are dealing with abuse at the hands of an adult son.

Explores the life-enhancing impact of continued creativity and artistic expression--well into the later years.

A compilation DVD that gives you access to 14 different video segments that each reflect a positive image of aging.

An exploration of the myths and realities of sensuality and sexuality in Arab society.

Climate change is opening the Northwest Passage through Canada's Arctic for shipping. Examines the ecological and geopolitical ramifications.

Tells the story of the conflict in Peru which left over 10,000 dead or 'disappeared.' through an investigation into the killings of eight journalists.

A groundbreaking documentary that explores what it's like to grow up with gay or lesbian parents, as Americans struggle to re-define family values.

A behind-the-scenes look at Al Jazeera, the most important television news channel in the Arab world. ** Viewer's Choice, 2003 Middle East Studies Association FilmFest **

Tells the story of one of the most astonishing alterations of nature, the North American tallgrass prairie.

In West Africa many young women, who dream of escaping a life of misery by marrying a rich, white foreigner, surf the Internet for marriage proposals.

Wang Jiu-liang travels to more than 500 landfills, documenting Beijing's unholy cycle of consumption.

Huang Weikai collects footage from a dozen amateur videographers and weaves them into a unique symphony of urban social dysfunction.

An investigation of America's food aid programs for famine-stricken nations, a multi-million dollar business, which asks both U.S. and African government officials whether such aid creates more problems than it solves.

The story of the first international conference on Africa, which established its division amongst the European powers, and created Congo as a personal possession of the Belgian king.

Don Normark's haunting photographs bring back to life a Mexican American village razed in the 1950s to build Dodger Stadium.

The role of women in solving development and population problems worldwide.  (BBC Version)

Flat earth theory proved! A lesson in critical thinking and media literacy.

The Lakota struggle to protect their sacred site from climbers and other encroachers.

The Hopi fight to preserve their land and water from strip mining.

The Wintu aim to keep their sacred spring on Mount Shasta from harm.

A dramatic film about the cost of an oil spill to a fishing village in the Philippines.

Saga of two colonists in the Amazon rainforest.

Concludes the Amazon colonists' saga.

Argues that overpopulation is not the real cause of poverty in India or elsewhere.

Unveiling the ancient astronomy of southwestern Pueblo Indians.

Were the WTO protesters right in their effort to protect workers and the environment from exploitation?

A rousing account of the 2002 World Social Forum that will inspire activists everywhere.

Filipino women exploited as maids in Hong Kong.

Caribbean women use drama and reggae to fight domestic violence.

Guatemalan war widows fighting for human rights.

Literacy program spurs anti-liquor campaign in rural India and empowers women.

The debate over women's health care in South Africa.

The caste system and bonded labor are still alive and well in India.

Sea farming empowers women in Fiji.

Part one of the definitive history and visual record of the rise and fall of Joseph Désiré Mobutu, ruler of Zaire (the Congo) for over 30 years.

Part two of the definitive history and visual record of the rise and fall of Joseph Désiré Mobutu, ruler of Zaire (the Congo) for over 30 years.

Part three of the definitive history and visual record of the rise and fall of Joseph Désiré Mobutu, ruler of Zaire (the Congo) for over 30 years.

A barren rock island off the coast of Peru. Every eleven years hundreds of men come here, to dig up guano, the shit the birds leave behind.

In the hyper-connected isolation of social networks names become tags, words are links, and interfaces are never innocent.

The story of the landmark legal case against General Augusto Pinochet of Chile, before and after his arrest in London in 1998.

An exploration of the design and philosophy behind a 20 year-old experimental, ecological collective housing project in the center of Berlin.

The story of a small village in El Salvador, destroyed during the country's civil war, and its remarkable rebirth today.

This top selling video is used to train staff and community about disability etiquette.

The grave consequences of building a road through the heart of Amazonia.

The 1970s fiscal crises in New York and Cleveland.

A panoramic and essayistic portrait of the new global economy and a compelling argument about why it must change.

The inspirational story of a 10-year-old boy with full-blown AIDS.

The strange and sad case of Sara Baartman, kidnapped from South Africa in 1810, 'exhibited' around Great Britain, and then treated as a scientific curiosity.

In 1993, in South Africa, two rallies were held to commemorate the 1960 Sharpeville massacre.

A journey through innovative, futuristic, utopian and sometimes bizarre architecture projects.

After years of unsettling negotiation with France, South Africa finally welcomes home the remains of Sara Baartman in an historic event of repatriation.

A fascinating portrait of world famous artist, engineer, architect and urban studies scholar Santiago Calatrava, and an interdisciplinary reflection on the perception and impact of architecture.

A provocative and often humorous documentary exploring the 'mysteries' of female sexuality, focusing on the clitoris.

A UN-appointed judge and his team track down those responsible of the crimes committed in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge regime from April 1975 to January 1979.

Tells the stories of five people struggling to cope with the suicide of a loved one or their own suicide attempt.

The story of Clara Lemlich, a fledgling union organizer who launched the groundbreaking garment workers strike in 1909 in New York City.

Chronicles the events surrounding the 1997 massacre of 45 indigenous people by paramilitary troops in Chiapas, Mexico.

The first film about the Kyrgyz tradition of bride kidnapping takes viewers inside families, to talk with kidnapped brides who have managed to escape as well as those who are making homes with their new husbands.

Reflections on Islam and clothing, Iranian cinema, Persian painting and more characterize this thought-provoking artistic documentary.

Profiles Ayed, a young psychotherapist for the Palestinian Authority's Clinic for Mental Health, in the Gaza Strip.

Men talk honestly about their penises.

A model of community supported agriculture in the midst of suburban sprawl.

The astonishing discovery of an ancient celestial calendar in Chaco Canyon, NM.

A comprehensive historical account of the queer movement in modern China

Bill Mollison introduces the basic principles, and shows results in Australia, India, and Zimbabwe.

Reversing desertification in Arizona, Botswana and Australia.

Looks at the climates of Europe, Tasmania, and the San Juan Islands in Washington State.

Compares permaculture practices in New York City and Harare, Zimbabwe.

Through the conflict over raising a monument to honor the Italian explorer Petro di Brazza, BLACK AFRICA WHITE MARBLE shines a harsh light on central Africa's colonial past and troubled present.

While George Bush strains to win their trust, Religious Right leaders turn to a new crusade: building a true grassroots power structure from the ashes of the Robertson campaign.

Pat Roberston mobilizes an "invisible army" of fervent believers, many of whom had never before engaged in politics, to support his bid for the Presidency, which inevitably sets the agenda for George H.W. Bush's victory over Michael Dukakis.

Seizing the "pro-family" agenda, New Right conservative strategists midwife a brood of new Christian political organizations, most notably Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority.

After Vietnam and Watergate, America is looking for a Good Father-and despite media befuddlement at the "born-again" Jimmy Carter, his religious faith helps convince voters he can heal the nation.

Billy Graham and Richard Nixon's symbiotic alliance foreshadows the coming union of religion and politics.

Dismayed by Supreme Court rulings banning school prayer and encouraged by the Goldwater '64 campaign, conservative Christians rise up in Anaheim, California, to launch a nationwide revolt against sex education.

Examines the impact of rapid industrialization on traditional Chinese housing styles and ways of living.

A compelling illustration of how the aesthetics of Japanese architecture and design are expressed through simple means, and also shows that the best Japanese architecture, wherever it appears, expresses spiritual qualities that enrich human life.

Cairo is one of the few medieval cities in the world that remains relatively intact. This a portrait of Darb al-Ahmar, a neighborhood in the old city now facing a process of radical change.

The thought and ideas of the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, and his impact on creative work and communities around the world.

An exploration of the growing difference in the voting patterns of men and women in the mid-1980's.

A return 10 years later to the Taylor Chain plant to show labor and management working together against the odds.

In 1981, Pullman workers found themselves in the midst of a fight not only for their jobs but the future of the American rail car industry.

The gritty realities of a seven-week strike at a small Indiana chain factory during 1973-74.

The struggle to keep the Chicago Maternity Center open after 75 years.

A document of the eighteen-day strike by interns and residents at Chicago's only public hospital.

The record of an organizing drive by the United Electrical Workers Union at the Wells Foundry in Chicago.

Striking workers talk about working conditions that led to a walkout in July, 1975.

The opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement between Steelworkers President I.W. Abel and the ten major steel companies.

Children talk about their fear of being forced out of their neighborhood by the gentrification.

Gang members, Vietnam vets, and young factory workers talk about their personal experience with racism - who gets hurt and who profits.

A colorful record of the making of a mural in Chicago's Pilsen community by Ray Patlán, and the roots of the mural movement of the mid-1970's in Mexico.

The story of Winnie, the daughter of a steel worker and a teacher, as a Chicago neighborhood changes from white to black.

The psychedelic rock collective Anonymous Artists of America holds a performance at the University of Chicago.

Two women, expelled a year earlier during a student strike at the University of Chicago, confront students about their convictions and how far they are willing to go to defend their values.

Disbelief, shock, hostility and superstition confronted the wife of one of the filmmakers when she decided to give birth without pain medication using the Lamaze method of childbirth.

Striking students meet at a "Revolutionary Seminar" at the Art Institute of Chicago in response to the invasion of Cambodia and the killing of protesting students at Kent and Jackson State Universities.

Two young nuns explore Chicago, from a supermarket to the Art Institute and in front of churches on Sunday, confronting people with the crucial question, "Are you happy?"

A teenage youth group decides "to bring Christ to their neighborhood" by holding an anti-war Mass at their conservative Chicago parish.

The experiences of two elderly people in their first month at a home for the aged.

The story of the death and rebirth of one of America's most emblematic waterways.

Filmmaker Ike Bertels' portrait of three women veterans of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) offers an intimate view of Mozambique's history since its 1975 independence.

Tells the story of Deni Prieto Stock, killed by the Mexican army in 1973.

A visually elegant paean to the cultivation and harvesting of the sweet red fruit, and the disappearance of a traditional way of life in rural Japan.

Two people with intellectual disabilities and cerebral palsy are united in their commitment to each other and to living their lives with dignity and grace.

Draws on people's stories of an emotionally charged radical song (the long-time anthem of socialism and communism) to celebrate the relationship between music and social change.

Dancer Homer Avila lost his right leg and most of his hip to cancer and thought he'd never dance again until choreographer Alonzo King challenged expectations of what it means to be 'disabled.'

A survey of journalists working in various media and languages around the world, as they grapple with their relationships to government, and the dangers of speaking truth to power.

Two young nuns explore Chicago, from a supermarket to the Art Institute and in front of churches on Sunday, confronting people with the crucial question, "Are you happy?"

Critic and writer John Berger and photographer Sebastião Salgado. A searing examination of imagery and images, the abyss, hope, and globalization.

A revealing, heartrending portrait of two generations of young, single mothers living in the shadow of abuse and abandonment.

Transsexuals in Iran. Intimate conversations with doctors, religious authorities, and transsexuals about the mind/body conflict, Islamic interpretations, and the impact of sex-change treatments on their lives.

The story of Leopold Weiss, a Viennese Jew who converted to Islam in the 1920's and became the Muslim scholar Muhammad Asad.

Examines the experiences of single mothers in South Korea, where there remains a strong social taboo against single parenthood.

Profiles members of the Cuban National women's baseball team, who pursue their passion in a society filled with machismo and prejudice.

Profiles Lency, a man who lives in Cuba's central mountains who has a creative solution to all of life's daily problems there.

Illustrates the decades-long often violent resistance movement of the indigenous Nasa people of Colombia over rights to their native land.

Considers the possible reasons for modern Egyptian women's turn back to tradition.

Seven Brazilian teenagers film their housemaids, exposing issues of class, race, and gender in their families, and in their country.

From the 1950's through the 1970's, autism was widely blamed on cold and rejecting mothers. This film explores the devastating impact of this misdiagnosis through the stories of seven mothers and their children.

Traces the biography and current relevance of this controversial moral and political philosopher, his work, and his contemporary role as an intellectual leader of the anti-globalization movement.

A story of twin sisters, two cultures, and two new chances at life.

'In plain language, master electrician and solar installer Bruce Hankins explains AC coupling, the combining of a grid-tied solar electric installation with an off-grid battery backup system.'

Explores the effects of new screen-based advertising sign systems on urban environments and public space.

The story of Yuri Lotman (1922-1993), little-known - except maybe in Estonia! - pioneer of semiotics.

Performance artist and drag king Diane Torr leads a workshop in which women develop male characters.

Hilarious 7 minute animated introduction to Karl Marx's worldview.

Walter Kerr interviews Archibald MacLeish.

Walter Kerr interviews Frank O'Connor.

Walter Kerr interviews Robert Penn Warren.

Walter Kerr interviews W.H. Auden.

An observational essay shot in the southwestern city of Chongqing, CHINA CONCERTO probes the uses of public spectacle in contemporary China.

A filmmaker's revealing, sometimes comedic personal exploration of Egypt's Copt community.

Documents the devastating effects of the war on drugs and suggests realistic alternatives.

Five Cuban intellectuals discuss censorship as a historical, political and social phenomenon.

Kenyan farmer Moses Shaha journeys through the Tana Delta, where farmers are starting to grow jatropha, a biofuel crop.

What's the best method of growing food for a hungry population of 9.5 billion people: Big, or small?

In Lima, Peru, a new generation of top chefs are cooking with traditional ingredients and supporting traditional livelihoods.

The Nigerian Minister for Agriculture wants to ensure Nigerians eat food grown in Nigeria.

The people of India are faced with a choice: indulge in a Western-style fast food diet, or embrace healthy and indigenous alternatives.

Who will grow China's food as young people leave the countryside for the cities?

A poem about a city, its people, and 20,000 crows.

This kaleidoscope of people and events in the great museum unfolds into a poignant account of Russia's painful 20th century transformed by the 'dwellers' intimate relationship with the art.

The Soviet regime in Estonia went head to head with J.R. Ewing and the heroes of Western television...and lost.

A landmark film that was one of the first to reveal the full horrors of apartheid to the world.

Investigates employee-owned businesses that provide secure, dignified jobs in democratic workplaces even in today's economic crisis.

Portrays the life and work of the famous eco-theologian.

In Kenya can Muniu build a Life App to help William be as good a farmer as he can be?

In Brazil can Pedro build a Life App to help the secret world of urban farms and gardens in Rio's shanty towns?

In India can Sachin build a 'Life App' to help stem the tide of farmer suicides.

In Namibia can Dalton and Lameck build a 'Life App' to help the illiterate and isolated Himba people market their goods?

Young people are writing apps to solve problems from reproductive health care in South Africa to helping young minority adults in London who are 'stopped and searched.'

Explores Sao Paolo in introduction to series examining the effects of globalization on people and cities.

Large homeless contingent in South Africa has organized to build houses for each other.

Investigates horror of child sex industry in Cambodia.

Award-winning journalist, John Pilger, investigates the realities of globalization by taking a close look at Indonesia.

Follows several residents in the 'Elena' building, located in Central Havana, over a three-year period.

An in-depth portrait of a Cuban agricultural collective that has drawn international acclaim for its sustainable practices.

A devout Muslim immigrant faces possible death from stomach cancer but cultural and linguistic confusions complicate his treatment in an American hospital.

Roving the city of Lima, Peru, Heddy Honigmann meets teachers, actors, professionals, civil servants and many others who have turned to taxi driving to earn enough to get by.

An award-winning, stunningly beautiful revelation of how the Chechen War has psychologically affected children in Russia and in Chechnya.

In 1978 in New York City, an unknown Czech artist by the name of Pavel Novak held an exhibit entitled Stolen Art...

Heddy Honigmann's latest film focuses on Peru's capital city of Lima, revealing the contrasts of wealth and poverty, and how its poorest citizens have survived decades of economic crisis and corruption.

Explores the intersection of consumerism and immigration in American culture.

A series on cross-cultural healthcare. These four unique trigger films raise awareness about how cultural barriers affect patient-provider communication and other aspects of care for patients of diverse backgrounds.

Gendun Choephel, a legendary figure in Tibet, turned from the monastic life he was born to (as the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama), to become a fierce critic of his country's religious conservatism and isolationism.

1969 hospital workers struggle in Charleston, South Carolina.

Biographical profile of the out-spoken African-American writer.

One in six victims of sexual assault are under the age of twelve. <i>Talk to Me</i> allows five brave young women to speak directly about their painful experiences of sexual abuse. The film will be a catalyst for dialogue between students, parents, teachers and counselors.

The film contrasts the stories of prison inmates who are forced to give their newborn baby up with a prison nursery where infants spend the first year of life alongside their mothers.

RARE follows an extraordinary mother in a race against time to find a treatment for her daughter's rare genetic disease.

Filmmaker and historian Kamal Hachkar goes in search of a community that has vanished - and confronts fundamental questions of his own identity in the process.

A detailed history of documentary filmmaking in the US and the UK from 1929 to 1941 focused on the social movements of the times, The Great Depression, The New Deal, and the awakening of the Left in the UK.

Examines documentary filmmaking during World War II and how it was used as propaganda.

A unique look into the rapidly growing consumption of meat in China, the increasing industrialization of agriculture. and its effect on sustainability, public health, food security, climate change, and animal welfare.

Behind the scenes at Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder, a leading law firm specializing in personal injury cases.

Till today the history of the 1937 'Rape of Nanking' is a point of contention between China and Japan. How is it seen in each country, and can a shared memory ever be constructed?

An inside look at urban and rural hospice centers across South Africa that provide community-based compassionate care in the face of widespread poverty.

A look at the long-term effects, on U.S. soldiers, the Vietnamese people, and the environment of Vietnam, of the spraying of Agent Orange on Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Holocaust survivor Simone Lagrange vividly recounts her experiences in Auschwitz, and the role she played in bringing Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie to justice.

The story of Dr. Hans Prinzhorn (1886-1933) and his collection of art by schizophrenic patients.

Profile of the Family Health and Birth Center in Washington, D.C. which primarily serves and is likewise staffed by the African American community.

10 contemporary artists and writers invite us to discover or re-discover the painter's work, and to appreciate it in new ways.

First brush the U.S. had with toxic waste at Love Canal.

The Mayor's dream is simple: a better world because every child gets a better start.

The adults of Kibera are working hard to offer kids a safe and stimulating haven in pre-schools.

Three children prepare to enter primary school in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

In Nairobi's Korogocho slum, a group of former thieves trying to go straight now provide an informal motorcycle taxi service.

Hungarian filmmaker Arpad Bogdan sets out to discover what's behind the new wave of anti-Roma sentiment in Hungary today.

In Ivory Coast the national soccer team, the Elephants, helped stop a civil war in 2005. Can the efforts of their top players avert disaster this time?

Dr. Grace Kodindo explores what help is available for the people, particularly women, affected by the ongoing and bloody conflict in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Former World Soccer Player of the Year, George Weah, is running for president again in his native Liberia. Is he out of his depth?

As Egyptian industry is undermined by Chinese imports, Hassan, a university graduate, takes up the government's offer of free land to farm.

Investigates the looming collapse of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna stocks and the role EU policies have played in the crisis.

In the face of rising sea levels due to climate change, Kiribati President Anote Tong must decide the fate of his people. Should he plan for an orderly evacuation of the islands?

With unemployment figures rising across Europe, is there still a place for the niche craft skills of Cluny Lace in the U.K.'s East Midlands?

Charles Stewart, whose 1984 film alerted the world to the Ethiopian famine, returns to check whether the people he filmed then are now free from danger.

Trained advice columnist Sheila launches a campaign in Mozambique to promote condoms as sexy contraceptives - not weapons in the fight against HIV and disease.

Ritu Bhardawaj is an Indian TV reporter who has broken through the silk ceiling which narrows the prospects for so many women in the Asia Pacific region.

Indian TV journalist Ritu Bhardawaj goes to Bihar to investigate the invisible barrier that confronts so many Asian women.

Blind musician, Sorie Kondi, from Sierra Leone looks at what's happening with girls' education in his country 10 years after civil war.

Nigeria has had some success in getting more women into government and business. But what about in the crowded and often violent slums of Lagos?

A female trawler captain in Namibia exemplifies goals set forth for women in the Millennium Development Goals.

A history of the esoteric ideas and myths that served as a breeding ground for Nazi ideology and inspired Adolf Hiter.

Designed to introduce cultural competence and diversity skills to mental/behavioral health professionals and students who deal with multi-cultural client populations.

A detailed investigation, with archives and exclusive interviews with the participants, into how Vladimir Putin rose from mayoral aide in St. Petersburg, to President of Russia, in only eight years.

A film about collisions between the past, present, and future in three Russian cities today.

Analysis of the CIA-sponsored 1954 coup in Guatemala.

Shot secretly and smuggled out of South Africa at the height of the apartheid era, this was the most widely screened and influential anti-apartheid documentary.

The story of a German soldier and the photographs that he took, while serving on the Eastern Front during WWII.

Academy Award nominee for Best Short Documentary. Explores four open-ended cases in which nurses confront serious ethical dilemmas in their day-to-day work.

Following four-year-old Ronen, a young boy with Down syndrome, this intimate documentary concretely demonstrates that inclusive preschool classrooms benefit both children with special needs and their typical peers.

Superstar architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron must negotiate between two cultures, two architectural traditions and two political systems to build the new National Stadium for the Olympics in Beijing.

In divided Germany, studies showed that East Germans enjoyed their sexual lives more than their West German counterparts. What could account for the difference?

An examination of German Jewish life and culture and the lasting intellectual, moral and spiritual void that loss has meant to their fatherland.

Workers at the Yema Watch Factory in Besancon depict their own labor struggles in this collective production initiated by Chris Marker.

With comprehensive and unflustered research into the history of the female anatomy, the directors shed light on every facet of the matter in hand.

Jean Rouch brings his Nigerien collaborators to France to perform a reverse ethnography of late-1960s Parisian life.

Jean Rouch depicts a Hauka possession ceremony that doubles as a theatrical protest against The Gold Coast's colonial rulers.

A playful film that finds three African men performing an ethnography of their own culture.

Jean Rouch's self-reflexive depiction of lion hunting among the Songhay people of Niger, and the social structure that underlies it.

In this landmark documentary, Jean Rouch collaborates with his subjects to produce a complex portrait of Nigerien migrants in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire.

A gentle portrait by Jean Rouch of the spiritual traditions of a fishing village in the Gulf of Guinea.

Philip Zimbardo and Daniel Ellsberg discuss why some people are willing to take courageous nonviolent action in defense of ethical principles.

An ICIJ investigation reveals the secrets of the global fishing industry's last frontier and the fate of the jack mackerel.

Multi-layered story of Cuba's National Art Schools project, designed by three young artists in the wake of Castro's Revolution.

In the 1990s, the kings of opium in Burma switch sides in the narcotics carousel.

Lo Hsing-Han, Khun Sa and the beginning of the war on drugs in Burma.

The story of rainforest defender, Chico Mendes, that ended with his 1988 assassination.

Hong Kong, the drug capital of southeast Asia for the last century.

John Pilger returns to the Middle East and questions why there has been no progress towards peace.

The untold story of the GI movement to end the war in Vietnam.

Gold mining in the Amazon is a dangerous and dirty business.

Squatters face off against gunmen hired by absentee landlords in the Amazon.

Can a mega-city mobilize its 22 million citizens to become water sustainable?

Documents the opposition from both sides of the political spectrum to the ubiquitous practice of fracking for natural gas, and the health and environmental reasons behind it.

From Papua New Guinea to the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, native people fight the loss of land, water, and health to mining and oil industries.

A global survey of the impacts on cultures, economies, and the environment of the most powerful globalizing force of our time: tourism.

From the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia to the Andes of Peru, indigenous highland communities battle threats to their forests, farms, and faith.

In the Altai Republic of Russia and in Northern California, indigenous shamans resist massive government projects that threaten nature and culture.

Aboriginal Australians and Native Hawaiians reclaim land from the government and the military, and resist the erosion of culture and environment.

Workers at a textile factory on strike in pre-May '68 France, not just for more money, but for a different way of life. By Chris Marker.

Five people in a Rust Belt town struggle to reinvent their lives and their dreams in contemporary America.

An intimate portrait of a way of life on the verge of disappearing.

Alan Lomax (1915-2002) traveled the world with his recording equipment, hunting for folk songs.

A beautiful and candid portrait of the American working class experience set against the backdrop of a town's snowmobile race.

Deep inside a mountain in snow-covered Spitsbergen is the Global Seed Vault, an attempt to collect and preserve seeds of all food crops in the world. But to whom do the seeds belong?

An exploration of artist Sol LeWitt's work and philosophy.

The epic chronicle of Chile's open and peaceful socialist revolution, and of the violent counter-revolution against it in 1973. Judy Stone of the San Francisco Chronicle called it 'a landmark in the presentation of living history on film.'

Examines faith working in the lives of a fundamentalist family.

An American entrepreneur struggles to make his pizza business succeed.

The complexities of contemporary American marriage.

High school seniors hurtling toward maturity experience joy, despair, and an aggravated sense of urgency.

The role of competitive sports, in this case basketball, in the community, for the coaches, and, most of all, for the players themselves.

A mayoral race in middle America.

The contemporary art world is changing dramatically. How are collectors, museum directors, dealers and artists responding to transformations in the market?

A film about historian Saul Friedlander and his lifelong quest to describe the extermination of the European Jews without losing or repressing a primary feeling of disbelief.

The epic chronicle of Chile's open and peaceful socialist revolution, and of the violent counter-revolution against it in 1973. Judy Stone of the San Francisco Chronicle called it 'a landmark in the presentation of living history on film.'

A new documentary about the world famous, highly influential sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, whose 40 books and countless articles represent a brilliant renovation and application of social science.

Candid accounts from victims of elder abuse.

Friend and advisor to Martin Luther King, FUNDI reveals the instrumental role that Ella Baker played in shaping the American civil rights movement.

What it would have been like if television had covered the ratification process of the US Constitution in 1781.

Sustainable design in the tropics. The story of a Puerto Rican architect pioneering locally-suited green buildings for over thirty years.

For generations the Bozo people of Mali lived along the banks of the Niger river, fishing for their livelihood. But now...

Domestic abuse is not always physical. Focusing on abusers as well as their victims, this documentary looks at the devastating range of physical, verbal, and emotional assaults which abusers may inflict, but also profiles successful programs which offer awareness, help and healing.

Filmmaker Bill Morrison and musician Bill Frisell evoke the Mississippi River Flood of 1927, and its many legacies.

Filmed in courtrooms, correctional institutions, treatment centers, and family homes, this searing documentary examines the results of the tragic decline in mental health services for children and adolescents at risk.

Examines the challenges that climate change poses and discusses meaningful action that can be taken by individuals and communities.

A year in the life of a forest kindergarten in Switzerland where being outdoors and unstructured play are the main components.

Revisits four children in India, Norway, and South Africa, who were born in 1992, the year of the first Rio Earth Summit, and measures the impact of globalization on their lives.

Revisits three children in the United States, Kenya, and China, who were born in 1992, the year of the first Rio Earth Summit, and measures the impact of globalization on their lives.

Revisits four children in England, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, and Latvia, who were born in 1992, the year of the first Rio Earth Summit, and measures the impact of globalization on their lives.

Pioneering filmmaker Hu Jie uncovers the tragic story of a teacher beaten to death by her students during the Cultural Revolution.

Follows a couple and their premature twins during six months in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, as it explores ethical dilemmas raised by advances in neonatal medicine.

The classic film about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, one of the most significant expressions of black radical thought and activism in the 1960s

In the '70s and early '80s Detroit was the site of an unusual development in U.S. urban politics, as voters elected two socialists to citywide office. The film examines these people against the backdrop of a city in extreme economic crisis.

Extols the many benefits of industrial hemp for the environment and human health, while revealing the obstacles to what could be a thriving industry for U.S. farmers.

Follows a couple and their premature twins during six months in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, as it explores ethical dilemmas raised by advances in neonatal medicine.

When the graves of former slaves are bulldozed in Mississippi, a Boston teacher returns home to protect the community his ancestors settled.

In 1961, Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death for crimes against the Jewish people and against humanity. While this judgment was met with consensus on a national level, some spoke out against it.

Explores the life and legacy of famed conservationist Aldo Leopold (A Sand County Almanac) and his land ethic philosophy.

After 20 years, the filmmaker revisits a group of young punks who struggled with the communist regime during the early 80s.

Animated film based on the life and stories of Manga writer Yoshihiro Tatsumi who revolutionised the art form with darker, more adult stories. The film animates several of his stories.

How a political ingenue guided Hungary through its most critical period in three decades - and laid the groundwork for the fall of the Berlin Wall.

A carefully observed and intimate documentary that follows a family during the crucial year following the death of Chayo and Jorge's father, Antonio.

Welcome to one Parisian school's program for newly arrived immigrant children from all over the world.

The Bokoni are a historic maze of stone circles, terraces and engravings linked by stone passages located in South Africa, indexing successive stages of settlement in pre-colonial Africa.

Reveals how everyday chemicals-pesticides, Aspartame and plastics-may be slowly poisoning us.

Patricio Guzmán tells Allende's story, from his youth in Valparaiso and his early career, to his presidency of Chile and death during the coup of September 11, 1973.

Meet Dana, a feisty, funny, and charming 25-year-old at a crossroads... but not the kind you might expect.

Daily life in the largest public hospital in the Republic of Guinea

Documents the workings of Chile's Forensic Identification Unit in its quest to reclaim the identities of those 'disappeared' and killed during the Pinochet dictatorship.

The definitive account of America's most violent prison rebellion, its deadly suppression, the days of torture that ensued, and the almost 30 year legal case that followed.

Auteur filmmaker Bill Morrison brings to life a new cinematic record of World War I.

One in two thousand babies are born with anatomy that doesn't clearly mark them as either male or female. This provocative documentary demystifies the issue through intimate profiles of people born intersex.

Documenting the least-known part of the civil rights movement, these are the first-person stories of people with developmental disabilities labeled 'mentally defective' who were sent away to state institutions.

Female street artists are on the front lines in the fight for freedom in Egypt today.

The story of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Nobel Prize winner.

Reconstructs the long-forgotten murder of union organizer Frank Little in Butte, Montana, and draws a connection between the unsolved murder of Little, and the attempted murder of the town itself.

The amazing story of the fight to clear Earth First! activist Judi Bari's name after her car was bombed and she was arrested as a terrorist.

The life and work of Wolfgang Beltracchi, a master forger whose work fooled the international art world for 40 years.

Anthropologist's film reunites a family 200 years after they were torn apart by the transatlantic slave trade.

Groundbreaking investigation of fast fashion reveals that while the price of clothing has been decreasing for decades the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically.

How comfortable should Americans be with the growing use of drones by all segments of society?

A gluten intolerant filmmaker's quest for the perfect loaf leads to unexpected discoveries about modern bread.

Two boys come of age looking for solutions to the global problem of reckless oil drilling following years of oil contamination in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

Documents the devastating effect that fracking for natural gas and oil is having on the health of families and the environment in the Rocky Mountain West.

Follows San Francisco's innovative efforts towards achieving zero waste, thereby dramatically reducing the city's carbon footprint.

A classic energy film that reveals our underlying dependence on fossil fuels.

Refugees, asylees and caregivers share their stories to help professionals and volunteers understand the needs of the more than a million survivors of torture rebuilding lives in the US.

From the producer of the classic AFFLUENZA, this film shows why vacations are important for productivity, happiness, family bonding and especially health.

The plight of a nine-year-old Nicaraguan girl, who becomes pregnant as the result of a rape, triggers a battle over whose life has precedence.

Illuminating stories told by scientists who actually worked on the Manhattan Project.

Aided by two black women journalists, the filmmakers visited workers' barracks, a family planning clinic in Soweto, and a shantytown to create the first and most stirring record of black women's lives in South Africa under apartheid.

An animated account of Haiti's liberation told through the eyes of two African slaves.

Director Patricio Guzmán travels to Chile's Atacama Desert where astronomers examine distant galaxies, archaeologists uncover traces of ancient civilizations, and women dig for the remains of disappeared relatives.

Profiles an innovative court in a Brooklyn neighborhood plagued by poverty and crime that is at the center of a legal revolution - the community justice movement.

A multi-cultural array of patients, clinicians, and other healthcare workers explore the many ways that differences in culture, race and ethnicity affect health and the delivery of healthcare services.

An homage to the inspirational African-American civil rights leader.

Tens of thousands of women have been raped during 20 years of war in eastern Congo.

It was once illegal to read books by Roque Dalton, one of El Salvador's most celebrated poets, in his own country.

Tilda Swinton's narration and a treasure trove of rare archival footage trace the origins of today's hyper-connected world.

Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori races against time to save a 5,000-year-old archaeological site from imminent demolition.

Explores the filmmaker's 40 plus films and charts the sites of her peregrinations.

The rising importance of Islamic values in an Indonesian public school is apparent in this portrait of modern schoolgirls Kiki and Dila.

A new generation of freelance photographers flies low-cost to war zones on their own dime in the hope of selling images to printed media or websites.

With his imposing canvasses, pure color and texture, Mark Rothko sought to express fundamental human emotions.

A lively study of visual culture, and an exploration of an age-old urban cultural phenomenon, street art. What is art's role in the context of public space and urban culture?

For millenia erotic art has been created, often by some of the world's best-known artists. But it is rarely on public display.

Barcelona today is a model of urban planning that may prove sustainable.

Brazil has developed generic antiretroviral drugs to care for those afflicted with HIV/AIDS.

Porto Alegre, Brazil has benefited from urban revitalization.

Protein deficiency threatens generations of children in Nepal.

The Gaza Strip has been a virtual prison for Palestinians for over fifty years.

Buddhist monks lead anti-tobacco campaign in Cambodia.

Health care advocates demand universal health care for the world's population at international convention in Dhaka.

In revolutionary programs in Northern Ghana and India, gender roles are challenged, and illiterate adults educated.

Community in Chengdu, China has organized to clean-up polluted river.

Efforts are underway in Egypt and Yemen to fortify flour with iron to wipe out needless malnutrition.

Anemia threatens the population of Niger and Tanzania.

Tour of rapidly urbanizing Hanoi, and the effect on citizens and culture.

Poor Mexicans attempt perilous border crossing to US, often at the expense of family, traditional culture, and their lives.

International patent regulations only protect multinationals.

Pharmaceutical companies block generic drugs, threatening the lives of millions of Africans with AIDS.

Pacific islanders are not benefiting from digital windfall or World Wide Web.

Increase in urban poverty and population, caused by globalization, threatens Peruvians.

Poor Jamaican community overcomes violence.

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are denied human rights.

The International Labor Organization tries to rescue and rehabilitate the street children of St. Petersburg.

Guatemalan agencies try to discourage child labor and fireworks production by poor families.

A cyclone in Bangladesh results in the construction of an experimental community health center.

Assesses the success of UN efforts in rebuilding Kosovo.

India battles HIV/AIDS using generic drugs.

Questions the relevance and success of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.

Zambia begins a nationwide program to deliver Vitamin A to its population.

The AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has crippled the agricultural community while forcing children to undertake the responsibilities of farming.

The US debate over abortion has severe consequences for health care in rural Nepal.

Examines the causes of, and solutions to, severe famine conditions in Malawi.

Ghanaian farmers struggle to get a foothold in the international market.

Dependence on tobacco crops and manipulation by the tobacco industry has stunted the economy of Malawi.

After 11 years of civil war, can Sierra Leone expect tourism to improve the economy?

One in ten people on the planet either send or receive money from abroad.

Zambia tries to change the conditions for international aid.

In Brazil the gulf between the rich and the poor is one of the biggest in the world.

Reversing the brain drain in doctors and nurses from developing countries.

India's $4.5 billion dollar pharmaceutical industry that serves the world's poor is at a crossroads.

Resentment and property ownership issues remain as the UN Housing Property Directorate Mission ends.

Has the corruption in Kenya lessened under its new president?

Breaking the cycle of Roma poverty and persecution.

The Central African Republic struggles to avoid economic and social chaos.

The private school option in a Lagos shantytown.

Examines the massacre at Srebrenica on its 10th anniversary.

Local inhabitants of the Maldives wait for promised tsunami aid.

Reviews the positive steps being taken in India and Brazil to confront the serious public health issue presented by traffic accidents.

Two young doctors in Venezuela have to decide whether to leave the country or stay with their patients.

Dominic Ongwen is both a victim and alleged perpetrator of LRA war crimes. Should he face an international court?

Three Muslim students face a choice between their faith and their future.

Hungarian film director Arpad faces a dilemma - should he track down his Roma father?

A young Indian woman has to choose - stay with a husband who doesn't want female children, or make it on her own.

The Hadza are among Africa's last hunter-gatherers. Should they follow charismatic Baallow into the modern world?

A young Pakistani landowner chooses between trying to implement the MDGs in the village that his family owns, and a quiet life.

Highlights the plight of two young mothers - one in South Wales and the other in Northern Ethiopia.

Eritrea's women fought in the war. Should they now liberate themselves from harmful traditional practices?

Should General Butt Naked (nee Joshua Blahyi) — now a Christian pastor — be forgiven for his role in Liberia's horrific civil war?

Focuses on Uganda's successful economic recovery in the wake of Idi Amin's regime.

Explores the international movement for women's rights.

Connecting more than 18 countries in Western Europe, the Danube River is at the heart of a dilemma over shared resources in the growing European Union.

In the state of Bahia, a new initiative encourages the landless to band together to buy up land -- with low-interest government loans.

The United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia encourages combatants to turn in their weapons and wage peace.

Many coffee-producing countries like Ethiopia are facing economic disaster even as the demand for coffee increases worldwide.

Ukraine's emerging HIV epidemic is contrasted with Africa's longstanding HIV/AIDS catastrophe.

Turkey's ambitious campaign to reduce poverty includes convincing reluctant parents to send their daughters to school.

Five years later, <i>Life</i> rejoins a Brazilian factory worker affected by the globalized economy.

Civil war leads to the internal displacement of millions in Sri Lanka.

In India, two community projects help people move out of poverty and gain control of their lives.

International efforts to assure reproductive health and rights conflict with cultural realities in the Philippines, Latvia, Japan, and India.

Workers at the Mother of Mercy hospice in Zambia provide palliative care for those afflicted with AIDS.

Documents efforts to revitalize the polluted, impoverished communities in the former coal and steel producing valleys of South Wales.

A burgeoning grassroots peace movement in Burundi is aimed at ending civil war between Tutsis and Hutus.

A UNICEF initiative involves children in decisions that affect their own futures, their families and communities.

Explores the ambition and scope of the UN's Millennium Development Goals, and the obstacles to their achievement.

In the aftermath of Liberia's civil war children are fighting to reclaim their futures and return home.

Education and community-driven development combat poverty in Bangladesh and Indonesia.

Reports on China's successful efforts to reduce poverty through sustainable development and targeted programs.

Survivors of the massacre in Srebrenica struggle to heal their community and build a new future.

The slums of Mumbai are an important microcosm of how slums are developing around the world.

Poverty combined with lack of education and health services affect maternal mortality rates in Bangladesh.

Unless sustainable alternatives are introduced, Mongolia's dependence on fossil fuels and rapid urbanization threatens the environment.

Despite the success of the 'Jamaica Hope' milk cow, Jamaica's dairy industry is facing a crisis, as EU trade undercuts island production.

To fulfill the Millennium Development Goals, many poor countries are now implementing 'Poverty Reduction Strategy Programs'.

More than a decade after its unification, Yemen is still struggling to improve the standard of living.

How the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.

A group of health professionals tours the most deprived regions of South Africa providing care.

Examines progress in women's rights globally.

Examines prospects for Vitamin A distribution programs in Guatemala and Ghana necessary for children's health.

The devastating effect that the civil war in Sri Lanka is having on women.

Explores the success of new initiative to reduce widespread poverty.

A young male looks to escape Mexican poverty by becoming a boxer in the United States.

Micro-credit, education, health information, and hope provided to impoverished Chinese.

AIDS drugs unaffordable in developing countries.

Micro-credit organization in Bangladesh provides loans to village poor.

Uganda seeks external debt relief and fights internal corruption.

The odds are against girls getting an education in Zimbabwe and throughout much of Africa.

English MD travels to Bangladesh to improve community health.

Iodine deficiency causes health problems in Indonesia.

Community organization works with at-risk youth in Boston.

The globalized economy affects Brazilian factory worker.

Activists combat tobacco companies that target India.

Kurdish women fight for their rights in Northern Iraq.

Poor health and poverty condemn people in India to sub-standard lives.

Explores the moral and economic dilemmas that adolescents face in the Ukraine today.

Rap group in Sao Paulo, Brazil, expresses social problems.

Globalized economy affects American jobs.

Kalahari Bushmen fight to live on ancestral land in South Africa.

Women are denied human rights in Ethiopia and northern Nigeria.

Growing population of elderly worldwide seeks purpose and care.

The UN General Assembly meets to review progress on social justice worldwide.

Final episode examines the international community's commitment to linking social and economic development with human rights.

Palestinians are denied human rights.

The story of Britain's longest strike, the 1984-85 miners' strike, when Margaret Thatcher declared war on the unions, as told by those who lived through it.

Over 100 people at homeless shelters, food banks, adult literacy programs, and job training centers discuss their experiences of poverty.

The artist, intellectual and storyteller John Berger is the subject of four essay films by Tilda Swinton and the Derek Jarman Lab.

Julia, Ina, Olga and Katia are inmates held in a Siberian mental facility against their wishes.

Fascinating and comprehensive documentary on the Egyptian president who led the country from 1952 until his death in 1970.

A fascinating portrait of one North Korean girl and her parents in the year as she prepares to join the Korean Children's Union on Kim Jong-Il's birthday.

An exploration of nonviolence and organizing through the life and teachings of Rev. James Lawson.

Examines whether human impact has tipped the planet into a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, with all of its political, social and behavioral implications.

Explores the cultural and emotional roots of the loss of the breast through the intimate stories of four breast cancer patients and their surgeons.

Director Marcia Tambutti Allende seeks to understand the man behind the legend that was her grandfather, Salvador Allende.

After the coup in 1973, Chile was turned into a laboratory for the world's most radical neo-liberal experiment. 

An engaging and searing examination of the hitherto unexplored relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction, intergalactic travel, and rapidly progressing computer technology.

A pertinent and impertinent exploration of the profit motive, and its consequences on our daily lives, our history, and our outlook for the future.

The life of the first black photographer to win a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Debra Granik ("Winter's Bone") returns to SW Missouri for her first documentary, looking at the life of Vietnam vet, Ron "Stray Dog" Hall, and shattering some stereotypes.

Based on 14 trips to Afghanistan between 1994 and 2010, A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan is the work of photojournalist Seamus Murphy. His work chronicles a people caught time and again in political turmoil, struggling to find their way.

In 1987, Catherine Russell first stepped on stage in the play, Perfect Crime. Twenty-five years and only four missed performances later, she’s in The Guinness Book of World Records for the most performances by an actor in a single part.

Phillip Toledano’s life is marked by the passing of family. His unique, yet universal, experience delves deeply into questions of identity, and the ability to manage death in an honest and often humorous manner.

An honest, humorous film about three "furries": people who feel, deep-down inside, that being human actually constrains who they are, and they prefer dressing up as animal characters.

A family is determined to give their disabled son a whole and vital life. In the midst of a great burden, one small child — with a seemingly endless supply of love — is the blessing that holds a family together.

Flying in a motorized paraglider over one of the most diverse continents in the world, George Steinmetz captures in his photographs the stunning beauty, potential and hope of Africa's landscapes and people.

Created with 20,000 photographs and a haunting soundtrack, "Airsick" plays out like an unsettling dream. Photographer Lucas Oleniuk examines our addiction to fossil fuel - and its consequences.

One night a week, the stage at the Apollo Theater is an amateur's battleground, where performers have competed for stardom since 1934. Today, the legend of Ella Fitzgerald lives on in the hearts of those who pray for their own big break.

The sale of bear paws, crocodile hearts, and other rare animal parts form the world's third-largest illegal market. Black Market explores the human passions and ancient beliefs that drive the trade and threaten its most endangered species.

AIDS and Family is Kristen Ashburn's intimate portrait of African mothers, fathers and children being crushed by AIDS. Ashburn's work connects us to these people deeply; we learn that only through such connection is hope possible.

Joe Soll has spent half of his life searching for his birth parents, in the process he uncovered a mystery that’s haunted him for years.

The American family farm gives way to a subdivision - a critical cultural shift across the U.S. Common Ground is a 14-year document of this transition, through the Cagwins and the Grabenhofers, two families who love the same plot of land.

Once at the center of the U.S. economy, the family farm now drifts at its edges. In Iowa, old-time farmers try to hang on to their way of life, while their young push out to find their futures elsewhere. Driftless tells their stories.

Diana Ortiz spent over half her life in prison for a crime she committed when she was a teenager. Now 45, she has turned her life around and works to help other inmates rebuild their lives.

Two years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana, photojournalist Brenda Ann Kenneally returns to find those who are headed home. Amid jobs lost, communities scattered, and houses destroyed, what does it take to rebuild a life?

At 76, Warren DeWitt was single and living alone. 90-year-old Arden Peters was caring for his Alzheimer-stricken wife. In "Friends for Life", an unlikely commitment between these two gentlemen eases the burden of old age for both of them.

Hungry Horse captures the spirit of renewal, peace and serenity through the stunning landscapes of Hungry Horse, MT, and the intimate oral histories of its citizens.

In Rwanda, in 1994, Hutu militia committed a bloody genocide, murdering one million Tutsis. Many of the Tutsi women were spared, only to be held captive and repeatedly raped. Many became pregnant. These are their stories.

Right after the fall of Saddam Hussein, in 2005, the Kurdish people in the northern region Iraq enjoyed stable lives for a short period of time. Iraqi Kurdistan takes us into daily life there, and celebrates the beauty of peace.

Kingsley's Crossing is the story of one man's dream to leave the poverty of life in Africa for the promised land of Europe. We walk in his shoes, as photojournalist Olivier Jobard accompanies Kingsley on his uncertain and perilous journey.

California's Central Valley produces more than half of America's produce. But with years of drought, and if it doesn't rain soon the whole country will be soon feeling the effects.

At twenty, College Photographer of the Year winner Matt Eich has maturity dropped on his lap: his world-class career takes off, just as his girlfriend becomes pregnant. Together, they document their budding lives, as they grapple with some very grown-up choices.

Internet cafes have existed in Japan for well over a decade, but in the mid 2000’s customers found a new use for these spaces: living quarters. As a result, cafes are now equipped with showers and laundry service, all reasonably priced for overnight users.

For each of the more than four thousand U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, there is an American family undone by grief. "Never Coming Home" takes us inside these families, to meet the people and sift through the emotions that are left behind.

Nine Digits tells the story of Cesar, an undocumented teenager fighting for U.S. citizenship. While revealing his status could jeopardize his family, Cesar feels like he has no other choice.

Robert Burck couldn't get anyone to listen to his music, until he made a simple discovery. In One Man Brand, we meet a man who has transformed himself from a penniless outsider into one of the Big Apple's most visible attractions.

After the recession of the 1990s, Japan’s white collar salarymen increasingly must work arduous hours for fear of losing their jobs. This often leads to depression and suicide.

The Democratic Republic of Congo sits atop one of the world's most vast deposits of diamonds and gold; yet it is also home to the world's most deadly war. Photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale explores the connection.

For Walter Backerman, seltzer is more than a drink. It’s the embodiment of his family. As a third generation seltzer man, he follows the same route as his grandfather. But after 90 years of business, Walter may be the last seltzer man.

When Madje grew old and her dementia didn't allow her to live alone anymore, her only child, successful photojournalist Maggie, took her from Texas to Miami to take care of her, and documented Madje's life in an assisted living facility.

When Marilyn is diagnosed with dementia at age 58, her daughters refocused their lives to care for her during her most precious years. They try to juggle it all until they are forced to make a heartbreaking decision.

25 year old Gin is raising her 5 year old daughter in a trailer park as a single mother, while taking care of her dying grandfather and pursuing her dream to become a nurse.

Using humor and a love of fantasy, "The Amazing Amy" Harlib connects with audiences through performing strenuous yoga-based contortion acts in New York City. But behind the showmanship lives an incredibly lonely human being.

Michael Thomasson spent a lifetime amassing the world's largest video game collection. Now, with his mother sick and facing an enormous mortgage, Michael must put his collection up for sale.

Set in Seattle, The Long Night gives voice and meaning to the crisis of minors who are forced and coerced into the American sex trade. The film weaves together the stories of seven people whose lives have been forever changed by this issue.

In an apartment above Fifth Avenue, some thirty young people live in a vortex of drug addiction and despair. Jessica Dimmock enters this world, exploring what has been lost and what may be recovered.

Millions of middle-aged Americans are caring for their children as well as their aging parents. When parents Ed and Julie took in her 83-year-old father, they decided to document their own story.

In India, women must confront the cultural pressure to bear a son. The consequences of this preference is a disregard for the lives of women and girls. From birth until death they face a constant threat of violence.

Ian Willey is a young committed and beloved teacher, who spends his life encouraging his middle school students in Harlem to pursue their dreams. They in turn inspire him to follow his--becoming a professional hip hop artist.

It's the late 1980s, while Xiaoli's teachers talk about China's recovery from the devastation of the Cultural Revolution, another wave of cultural change is already underway.

Deals with the creation by ordinary workers and peasants of thousands of local groups of 'popular power.'

'This provocative and often lovely suite of short films explores a range of feelings and concerns women have about their breasts. Together or individually, they offer a wonderful variety of ways to stimulate reflection and discussion.'

Explores an innovative clinical affilitation between nursing homes and universities.

Captures the bond shared between patients and caregivers, grown children and their ailing parents, and challenges stereotypes of aging and dying.

Enter the world of disability as interpreted by six professional comics, who happen to be disabled.

Spotlights the modern epidemic of heart disease in the African-American community

Three families show us what the textbooks and studies cannot show about autism.

Academy Award winning portrait of poet and journalist Mark O'Brien, who contracted polio in childhood and spent much of his life in an iron lung.

A provocative series of portraits of individuals with a range of brain dysfunctions.

A thoughtful look at post-partum depression, which may affect as many as one in five new mothers.

Tina and Samantha are unsure about their sexual identity but want to explore the possibility that they may be bisexual.

The challenges patients, families and health care providers face when addressing end-of-life care and decision-making.

The devastating impact of sickle cell disease.

The metamorphosis of victims of traumatic brain injury as they redefine who they are, through art.

The story of how the world's top decision makers knowingly failed to prevent the spread of the AIDS epidemic.

The story of Dr. Robert Douglas Spencer, who, in addition to providing routine care to his rural Pennsylvania town, also helped women with, what at the time were illegal, abortions.

A comprehensive look into the life and work of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, author of the landmark On Death and Dying.

78-year-old Lois Perelman reflects on aging, disability, self esteem, and public perception.

A look at the processed food industry and at the ways that junk food and beverages are marketed to children

Eleven-year-old Jessica copes with Stargardt's, an inherited form of macular degeneration.

Moving perspectives on coping with the death of loved ones, and the process of recovery

'This program focuses on people who experience complex partial seizures, and whose symptoms are frequently misdiagnosed as psychiatric or emotional disorders.'

Using drama to teach medical ethics.

The story of master kite flyer Rory Heap, blind from birth.

The extra challenges teenagers with learning disabilities face.

A victim of gang violence himself, James Lilly works to help inner city school kids stay on the right track by sharing his story, and by talking about one thing that helped him move on: wheelchair racing

A comprehensive look at how our culture deals with loss in all its forms.

An experienced nurse gives a special perspective on what infants, parents and staff go through in the newborn intensive care unit

This compelling and evocative documentary profiles a unique program which uses the arts in an innovative treatment approach for people living with chronic, disabling physical and emotional challenges. It integrates technology, writing, music, theater, dance, and other arts into patient care, staff training, and wellness programs.

Explores this painful reality of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through the stories of three veterans and their struggles to overcome the trauma of their experiences.

Returning Iraq veteran Ross Graydon copes with the challenges of life back in the U.S., with his new prosthetic arm.

Explores the lives of two deaf women who have learned to function in a hearing society, both before and after the life-changing operation that enables them to recover their hearing

A portrait of a family in crisis and one man's effort to create a new life in the wake of a devastating accident.

A profile of the Kitambo maternity clinic in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, revealing the pressures of economic forces on health care delivery in poor countries.

The coming-of-age story of Mark Puddington, a teenager with multiple disabilities

Looks at the challenges that families face after a newborn is releaseed from a neonatal intensive care unit.

Two extraordinary women face death head on

Perspectives of teens undergoing cancer treatment.

Examines hoarding behavior, including its links to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

A demonstration of the power of recovery and reinvention when life forces a change of plans -- in this case the loss of eyesight at age 20.

Explores the full spectrum of anxiety-related disorders, from panic attacks and phobias to obsessive compulsive disorder.

The struggles faced by homeless families in finding shelter, emplyment, food, health care and eduction.

This documentary brings Autism syndrome out of the shadows, stressing that young people with developmental disabilities can learn and grow, if their individual needs, styles, and abilities are respected.

Profiles the evolution of attitudes toward people with mental disabilities in the United States.

Intimate and movingly filmed interactions between medical personnel and their terminally ill patients encourages health professionals to work with their patients in determing end-of-life care.

An investigation into how war games, worst-case scenarios, complex systems, and networked media produce the very crises they seek to model, predict and report.

Passion, creative energy and persistence come together when Berkeley advocates and educators tackle food reform and food justice in the schools and in the neighborhoods.

The first film to document how a city responds to the imminent tree crisis caused by invasive insects such as the emerald ash borer.

Jose is an excellent student with a bright future except that he is undocumented, the child of migrant farm laborers in California's Salinas Valley.

The first in a new series from the makers of 'Shift Change', WEconomics: Italy reports on the extensive and innovative cooperative economy in the region around Bologna.

Chronicles 350.org's 'Do the Math' bus tour as it launched the fossil fuel divestment campaign onto the national and ultimately international stage.

After his only son is murdered in the Mexican drug war, a mystic poet launches an international crusade to save his country.

The revealing story of what happens to the mountain of clothes--castoffs in today's world of fast fashion--that are donated to charity. Few make it to your local charity thrift store.

Documents the power to transform pain into action and to lift the veil of repression that has gripped a generation of young people orphaned by Argentina's "Dirty War".

The first feature documentary dealing extensively with Tibetan medicine.

The Argentine people, in the face of economic collapse, provide a hopeful example for the rest of us.

An intimate view of new models of work, politics and community development in Argentina.

A moving and complex essay on a unique landscape of the American West, the area around the Hanford Site in Washington State.

The impact of climate change and monoculture on one of the world's staple food crops.

A hard-hitting look at one of the many heinous crimes that came before South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

The environmental impact of the 2,000 factories (maquiladoras) on the US-Mexico border.

An interview with America's foremost environmentalist.

Simple living and its rewards.

Farmers in Ethiopia have mastered dryland agriculture.

Frances Moore Lappe shows how to practice vegetarianism and address world hunger.

A moving portrait of the lives and deaths of homesteading authors, Helen and Scott Nearing.

Ometepe, Nicaragua, and Bainbridge Island near Seattle work together for a better life for both communities.

A portrait of the daily life of America's most famous back-to-the-landers.

Fascinating look at pioneering natural birth doctor, Michel Odent.

Examines the disturbing new corporate practice of patenting life forms.

Centered around the only filmed interview ever given by acclaimed French philosopher Louis Althusser, who murdered his wife, Helene, a few weeks after the interview was given.

The Ottomans ruled three continents for six centuries. How did their rule end, and how does this history inform politics today? Part one of a two part series.

The entrepreneur, diplomat and art collector Uli Sigg has played a role in the transformation of China's art world since the 1970s.

Four dynamic Malian musicians use their music to stand up to religious extremism.

Attempting to escape North Korea, Mrs. B. is sold by smugglers to a Chinese farmer. She becomes a smuggler herself and struggles to reunite with her sons, but the secret service gets involved...

A group of Congo's high school students desperately tries to pass their final exam in order to graduate.

Eight former detainees recall the years spent being tortured in Syria's notorious Tadmor Prison.

What happens when five HIV-positive gay men spend a week preparing for their first solo parachute drop?

A young woman's struggle to forge her own path and start a farm.

From exploiting the cow's physical body to manipulating its cells, a new 21st-century farm animal is under construction.

In southern Italy, a group of shopkeepers stand up to the 'tax' imposed by the local mafia.

Neither man nor woman, Chris is a 'Two-Spirit,' in between genders.

Join young Viscount Arthur de Soultrait in the run-up to his wildly elaborate birthday/brand relaunch party.

In Nazi concentration camps, Japanese war camps and Gulag labor camps, starving prisoners risked their lives to document fantasy recipes.

Six countries in 10 days! A group of Chinese tourists visits Europe at whirlwind speed.

Kigali Shaolin Temple is a kung-fu club in Rwanda started by a group of orphans from the genocide.

A colorful, sensory experience of the Sonepur Fair in India.

A film about ordinary people who transform insignificant things into works of art.

In 1946, Pablo Picasso asked fellow artist Michel Sima to document Picasso's artwork-in-progress.

Explores the immense influence of those with psychological illnesses on artworks and 20th century art history.

A political hireling working for 'United Russia' explains the cold inner mechanic of the system.

A reflection on the Promethean dimensions of nuclear power, following German-born Aby Warburg and Robert Oppenheimer, inventor of the atomic bomb

Newly-minted Russian art collectors have many reasons for investing in fine art, some more sleazy than others.

Madou, a Senegalese fisherman, risks his life on an illegal boat to Europe.

Meet Dr. Pitanguy, the 'Golden Scalpel' at a leading Brazilian plastic surgery clinic.

Why do some books become bestsellers? This documentary examines the phenomenon in today's global publishing industry.

A controversial affirmative action policy in India has brought about unprecedented social and political change.

Despite having been eliminated from popular TV show 'The Voice,' Luc has a 3-year plan to become a millionaire. Will his dream become a reality?

Dr. Maman moves freely between Western medicine and ancestral magical recipes. FEVERS is an unassuming film whose strength is the depth with which it observes this remarkable healer in action.

Largely overlooked by historians and film buffs, the curious 1912 epic 'From the Manger to the Cross' depicted the life of Jesus.

Dr. Moussa Maman, an ethno-psychiatrist who has practiced medicine for 20 years, takes the viewer to Benin, Niger and Senegal to meet some of the faith healers treating AIDS victims.

In Niger, where more than 80% of the population is illiterate, radio is the main means of mass communication.

Before dying of starvation in a concentration camp, Mina carefully recorded her favorite recipes, hoping they would somehow make it to her daughter overseas.

The dreams and disenchantments of a teenager who is discovering the reality of the traditional world of sumo.

Thomas is a hardcore smoker, and he's going to give it up.

Following in his great-grandfather's footsteps, Arnaud undertakes a trek across Anatolia to study the Armenian Genocide.

This musical comedy plays with fact and fiction to depict contemporary Iranian life.

An exploration of the carbon market's fight against global warming, a speculative, impalpable market, and sometimes irresponsible market.

At 91 years of age, Aime decides to finally fulfil his dream of travelling to Morocco. His photographer grandson goes with him.

The UNHCR manages camps that shelter more than sixteen million refugees all around the world, creating a virtual country as large as the Netherlands.

Eight African filmmakers each contributed a documentary portrait of the life of a different West African child.

Eight African filmmakers each contribute a documentary portrait of the life of a different West African child.

Eight African filmmakers each contribute a documentary portrait of the life of a different West African child.

Eight African filmmakers each contribute a documentary portrait of the life of a different West African child.

Eight African filmmakers each contribute a documentary portrait of the life of a different West African child.

Eight African filmmakers each contribute a documentary portrait of the life of a different West African child.

Eight African filmmakers each contribute a documentary portrait of the life of a different West African child.

Eight African filmmakers each contribute a documentary portrait of the life of a different West African child.

An intricately edited documentary composed of film clips from the major works of the Brazilian 'Cinema Novo' movement and period interviews with its leading filmmakers.

The story of activists who opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including their lives, the tactics they used, and the historical context.

The Ottomans ruled three continents for six centuries. How did their rule end, and how does this history inform politics today? Part two of a two-part series.

A grassroots movement challenges Citizens United, corporate power, and moguls of the "sharing economy" to stop gentrification and wrest back control of San Francisco's future.

Investigates the underbelly of the international electronics industry and reveals how even the tiniest devices have deadly environmental and health costs.

Almost 70 years ago Costa Rica abolished its army and committed itself to fostering a peaceful society. It has been reaping the benefits ever since.

Explores the difficult ethical issues arising from advances in biotechnology that make it possible to identify genetic defects during pregnancy.

A dramatic case before the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

A newly-disabled outlaw and country lawyer in Tennessee lead a class action lawsuit that affects the rights of 55 million people.

Prison-survivor and activist Michael Ta’Bon leads a one-man movement in his community to help other young men avoid the revolving door of the prison system he’s been trapped in since he was a teen.

Chris documents his relationship with his twin brother Nick who has cerebral palsy. Now an adult, Nick's steps towards independence challenge Chris to address his fears and feelings about his brother's changing life.

Rebecca Torosian is a surrogate partner therapist, engaging in education and often intimate physical contact and/or sexual activity with clients as part of her practice.

On South Whidbey Island, WA, a school farm shows that a garden can be a valuable addition to the curriculum while encouraging a healthy diet.

After California's "Three Strikes" law was amended, thousands of lifers were suddenly freed, but re-entry presented problems for the lifers, their families and their communities.

Follows a handful of migrant factory workers, both at work where they may labor for more than 12 hours a day and in their off-hours, and as they hang around shabby dorms drinking, dreaming of home, worrying about getting paid, and trying to decide whether their jobs are worth keeping.

The first nonfiction feature film to explore the theme of historical memory in Spain, focusing on the repression of lesbians and gays under Franquismo.

A portrait of Colonel Honorine Manyole, commonly known as 'Mama Colonel,' who works for the Congolese police force and heads the unit for the protection of minors and the fight against sexual violence

An intimate portrait Moroccan immigrant Zineb who found a home at the famous satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

In a Dutch classroom, refugee children learn alongside locals under Miss Kiet's firm but loving hand.

A reflection of filmmaker Chantal Akerman on filmmaking, both through her words and excerpts from her films.

Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yang blurs the border between documentary and fiction to follow a group of Tibetan villagers who leave their families and homes in the small village of Nyima to make a Buddhist 'bowing pilgrimage' - laying their bodies flat on the ground after every few steps - along the 1,200 mile road to Lhasa, the holy capital of Tibet.

The world of maid service in Lebanon.

An examination of our love/hate relationships with our digital devices from the first digitally socialized generation, and what we can do about it.

Follows a community devastated by coal, starting with American Electric Power's buyout and bulldozing of this Ohio River town, after exposing them to years of harmful emissions.

Trophy homes threaten Martha's Vineyard. When he feels he is complicit in wrecking the place he calls home, one carpenter takes off his tool belt and picks up a camera.

Investigates the impact of fracking and exposes the cover-up of related drinking-water contamination in the triple watershed of the Eastern US.

A portrait of one of the most important living thinkers in the fields of feminism, science and technology.

A documentary about Jean Rouch, his films, and his influence on African cinema.

Kisilu, a Kenyan farmer, uses his camera to capture the life of his family, his village and the damages of climate change.

John Akomfrah's remarkable meditation about chance, fate and redemption.

Immerses the viewer into a modern Rwanda rediscovering its heritage in a most secret way: female pleasure.

A dramatic tale of cynical adventurers, of visionaries of a modern and crippling capitalism, told like a Western.

The daily life of Ta'ang refugees, a Burmese ethnic minority who are caught between a civil war and the Chinese border.

Revisits 70 years of communist power in the Eastern Bloc through the prism of sexuality.

Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme's legendary portrait of Paris and Parisians at the close of the Algerian war.

A group of senior citizens take their first steps into cyber-space under the tutelage of teenage mentors

A group of retired actors, dancers, and musicians create a unique take on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Singer-songwriter Lior Tsarfaty engages Alzheimer's care communities in music, song, and dance

An exploration of how we all live and die, and dealing with end-of-life decisions.

Aging as an ongoing creative process.

The emotions and concerns of five diverse families as they navigate a new and often sudden terrain — caregiving

An exploration of the changes that Alzheimer's disease has on intimacy and sexuality.

A follow-up to the video, A Thousand Tomorrows, More Than A Thousand Tomorrows revisits one of the couples, Everett and Betty Jordan and looks at the changes Alzheimer's causes in their intimate relationship.

Following up on More Than a Thousand Tomorrows, Is It the Right Time deals with the tough decision of nursing home placement

Examines the history of the US eugenics movement and its recent resurrection, which uses false scientific claims and holds that an all-powerful 'gene' determines who is worthy and who is not.

An intimate look at the Benedictine Nuns of Our Dear Lady convent in the Swabian Alps.

An in-depth look at the charismatic and controversial sociologist, professor and best-selling author Jean Ziegler and his endless belief in socialism

Diagnosed with learning difficulties, Tori finds her greatest teacher in nature, spending a "gap year" living semi-primitively with four other young women in Oregon's Cascade Mountains.

The filmmaker comes home to Bethlehem to find the city being strangled by the Wall and ongoing Israeli settlements, and starts a campaign to keep Bethlehem open to the world.

Two childhood friends take an impromptu road trip attempting to uncover the causes of our current global crisis and discover a way to bring about change.

Documentarist Raymond Depardon travels through provincial France in a camper, gathering conversations with people from all walks of life.

Stunning imagery and fascinating insight into the largest particle physics laboratory in the world, the Large Hadron Collider.

Legendary filmmaker-photographer Raymond Depardon chronicles the patients of a psychiatric ward where justice and madness meet.

Explores the life and ideas of Lynn Margulis, a scientific rebel who challenged entrenched theories of evolution to present a new narrative: life evolves through collaboration.

Confronted with unforeseen pregnancies and, in most cases, abortions, men reveal their feelings and thoughts.

A Belgrade apartment divided in two—with one half that has been locked for more than 30 years—tells the story of Serbia's political turmoil.

Why do so many Russians still defend Stalin as a great leader and a hero? Russians speak openly about Joseph Stalin and their traumas, rooted in a violent history.

Follows two West African poets and lifelong friends, Syl Cheney-Coker and Niyi Osundare, as they travel through their home countries of Sierra Leone and Nigeria to explore what has shaped their art.

With the "Pivot to Asia" increased activity at the navy base on Whidbey Island, WA is making life unbearable for locals and wildlife — collateral damage in the ever increasing militarization of our society.

In his tiny, one-room, after hours, free school in Brooklyn, Stephen Haff teaches forty Latinx kids reading, creative writing and Latin.

Two extraordinary human destinies, caught up in the implacable political machinery of the burgeoning Soviet Union of the 1920s, prey to famine.

Brings viewers to the places and institutions in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium where the history of "Outsider Art" unfolded and continues to unfold today.

Filmmaker Su Friedrich moves her fiesty mother into an "independent living" facility.

The untold story of the anti-psychiatric "Socialist Patient's Collective" in Germany, from the 1970s.

This newly restored landmark of documentary film presents a largely observational record of colonial French Equatorial Africa in the 1920s.

This final film from groundbreaking auteur Chantal Akerman is a portrait of her relationship with her mother, Natalia, a Holocaust survivor and familiar presence in many of her daughter's films.

An epic 1967 collaboration between cinema greats Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch and Alain Resnais in protest of American military involvement in Vietnam, initiated and edited by Chris Marker.

Renowned documentarian Wang Bing's profile of 10-year-old YingYing, 6-year-old Zhenzhen and 4-year-old Fenfen, who live alone in a tiny rural village in the high mountains of China's Yunnan province. Their father is away working in the city; their mother left the family long ago.

A whole century of Western attitudes towards African culture packed into 8 minutes

The story of the thousands of wild rabbits that lived in the no-man's land between East and West Germany, and what happened when the wall came down.

The last film screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 1968. A provocative, biting portrayal of 1960s Ireland: the stultifying educational system, the repressive, reactionary clergy, and the myopic cultural nationalism.

Filmed over three years on what will soon be the world's largest railway network, traces the vast interiors of China on the move.

Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss built an enormous, precarious structure out of common household items and then, with fire, water, gravity and chemistry, they created a spectacular chain reaction.

A comprehensive, accessible examination of the particularities of the Cuban economy.

Exposes the massacre, cover-up, and the years of denial of what was undoubtedly one of the darkest nights in the history of France.

About Mali's ancient culture, and this culture's position in the country today. Exposes tensions in a society assailed by modernization, Islam and global tourism, yet confident that it will maintain its own distinctive character.

Looks at the stresses and rewards in the lives of five families who are raising children with disabilities. A realistic look at different family strengths and coping styles.

Takes a sharp but disarming approach in examining the romance of gambling, and reveals the decidedly unromantic reality.

Part I of Wang Bing's powerful film of survivors of the Chinese Communist Party’s Anti-Rightist campaign of 1957 reeducation camps.

Explores both sides of the highly controversial trend of arming teachers and staff in America's K-12 schools.

The story of how a mining town recovered from its legacy of pollution and prospered by building community around the battle to save their beautiful river.

The first episode in Chris Marker's remarkable series on the impact of ancient Greek civilization on western life today.

Episode 2 of renowned filmmaker Chris Marker's mythical masterpiece about the influence of Greek culture on our society. This episode explores the theme of "Olympics, or Imaginary Greece".

Episode 3 of renowned filmmaker Chris Marker's mythical masterpiece about the influence of Greek culture on our society. This episode explores the theme of "Democracy, or City of Dreams".

Episode 4 of renowned filmmaker Chris Marker's mythical masterpiece about the influence of Greek culture on our society. This episode explores the theme of "Nostalgia, or The Impossible Return".

Episode 5 of renowned filmmaker Chris Marker's mythical masterpiece about the influence of Greek culture on our society. This episode explores the theme of "Amnesty, or History on the March".

Episode 6 of renowned filmmaker Chris Marker's mythical masterpiece about the influence of Greek culture on our society. This episode explores the theme of "Mathematics, or the Empire Counts Back".

Episode 7 of renowned filmmaker Chris Marker's mythical masterpiece about the influence of Greek culture on our society. This episode explores the theme of "Logomachy, or the Dialect of the Tribe".

Episode 8 of renowned filmmaker Chris Marker's mythical masterpiece about the influence of Greek culture on our society. This episode explores the theme of "Music, or Inner Space".

Episode 9 of renowned filmmaker Chris Marker's mythical masterpiece about the influence of Greek culture on our society. This episode explores the theme of "Cosmogony, or the Ways of the World".