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A hard-hitting look at one of the many heinous crimes that came before South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. | |
 | | Burning in the Sun
An inspirational portrait of a young West African man who starts a business building solar panels from scratch and selling them to rural customers in Mali. | |
 | | Dead Mums Don't Cry
Grace Kodindo's heroic efforts in Chad to lower the rate of maternal mortality, one of the UN's Millennium Development Goals. | |
 | | Food or Fuel?
Kenyan farmer Moses Shaha journeys through the Tana Delta, where farmers are starting to grow jatropha, a biofuel crop. | |
 | | Milking the Rhino
The promise of community-based conservation in Africa. | |
 | | No Fear No Favor
African communities on the front lines of the poaching crisis fight to protect their wildlife for future generations. | |
 | | Runner
Examines Guor Mading Maker's difficult yet triumphant journey from refugee to world-renowned athlete. | |
 | | The Secret Life of Your Clothes
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. | |
 | | Talk Mogadishu
The story of HornAfrik, the first community TV and radio station in Somalia. | |
 | | Water First
An inspiring story from Malawi shows that clean water is essential for the achievement of the UN's Millennium Development Goals. | |
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A-OK?
Examines prospects for Vitamin A distribution programs in Guatemala and Ghana necessary for children's health.
An Act of Faith
A group of health professionals tours the most deprived regions of South Africa providing care.
Addicted to Plastic
Reveals the history and worldwide scope of plastics pollution, investigates its toxicity and explores solutions.
The Age of Stupid
An old man (Pete Postlethwaite) living in a devastated world, watches 'archive' footage from today and asks: Why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?
Aiming High
Focuses on Uganda's successful economic recovery in the wake of Idi Amin's regime.
All Different, All Equal
Examines progress in women's rights globally.
Along the African Rift
Examines the East African Rift, Ethiopia's Afar Triangle, the Nile Valley and the Dead Sea Rift, places where the Earth's crust is ripping apart as molten rock pushes upwards.
Baboon Tales
Dr. Shirley Strum's new interpretation of baboon society.
Back In Business?
After 11 years of civil war, can Sierra Leone expect tourism to improve the economy?
Between Joyce and Remembrance
A hard-hitting look at one of the many heinous crimes that came before South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Between War and Peace
The United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia encourages combatants to turn in their weapons and wage peace.
Biker Boys of the Dirt Island
In Nairobi's Korogocho slum, a group of former thieves trying to go straight now provide an informal motorcycle taxi service.
Burning in the Sun
An inspirational portrait of a young West African man who starts a business building solar panels from scratch and selling them to rural customers in Mali.
Buyer Be Fair
Looks at the benefits of fair trade goods and product certification for people and the environment.
Can Condoms Kill?
Investigates the Catholic Church's allegation in SEX AND THE HOLY CITY that condoms are unreliable and ineffective in preventing the transmission of HIV.
Celso Magumbe in Mozambique
A deaf man fights for the rights of the hearing impaired.
City Life
22-part series examining the effect of globalization on people and cities worldwide.
The Coffee-Go-Round
Many coffee-producing countries like Ethiopia are facing economic disaster even as the demand for coffee increases worldwide.
Collision Course
Reviews the positive steps being taken in India and Brazil to confront the serious public health issue presented by traffic accidents.
Coming Home
Suzuki explores biophilia -- the innate, hereditary need of human beings to affiliate with nature.
The Cost of Living
AIDS drugs unaffordable in developing countries.
Crisis Control
Ukraine's emerging HIV epidemic is contrasted with Africa's longstanding HIV/AIDS catastrophe.
Cultivating Opportunity
Hard-pressed farmers in the southeast US and in Mozambique find co-ops work.
The Cutting Edge
Ugandan project attempts to change attitudes about female genital mutilation.
Dance Me To The End Of Time
Set against the backdrop of Rachel Carson's The Silent Spring, the film documents the last 4 years of the filmmaker's life-partner, outspoken lesbian theater director, Nancy Diuguid's life, as she fought breast cancer.
Day One
Traumatized Middle Eastern and African teen refugees are guided through a program of healing by devoted educators at a unique St. Louis public school for refugees only.
Dead Mums Don't Cry
Grace Kodindo's heroic efforts in Chad to lower the rate of maternal mortality, one of the UN's Millennium Development Goals.
The Debt Police
Uganda seeks external debt relief and fights internal corruption.
Diamond Road
Examines every facet of the diamond trade from the prospectors to the miners, cutters, jewelers, smugglers and dealers, and advocates for fair trade.
The Dilemma Of The White Ant
Dominic Ongwen is both a victim and alleged perpetrator of LRA war crimes. Should he face an international court?
The Donor Circus
Zambia tries to change the conditions for international aid.
Early Life
How irrevocably are we shaped by the first few years of our lives? Early Life explores the arguments through the stories of young children and their families in four different continents.
Edge Of Islam
Three Muslim students face a choice between their faith and their future.
Educating Lucia
The odds are against girls getting an education in Zimbabwe and throughout much of Africa.
The Elephants' Dream of Peace
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?
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets
Examines the global marine fisheries crisis and the efforts to implement sustainable fishing practices.
The End of the Line
The first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans. Based on the book by Charles Clover.
The Farmers of Gaho
Farmers in Ethiopia have mastered dryland agriculture.
Fire and Ice
From the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia to the Andes of Peru, indigenous highland communities battle threats to their forests, farms, and faith.
Food or Fuel?
Kenyan farmer Moses Shaha journeys through the Tana Delta, where farmers are starting to grow jatropha, a biofuel crop.
Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate
2-DVD set explores the human capacity to forgive through a compelling range of stories, from personal betrayal to global reconciliation after genocide.
Future Food
With 9 billion people on planet Earth in the year 2050, this 6-part series examines how we will feed ourselves in the 21st century.
Game Over
Explores the changing face of conservation in Kenya.
Geologic Journey II
5-part series that explores the geologic forces that shape our planet and our lives.
The Gods of Our Fathers
There is nothing innate in patriarchy and militarism. We can change our culture.
Going Home
10-year old soldier escapes rebel forces in Sierra Leone.
Grace Under Fire
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.
The Great Health Service Swindle
Reversing the brain drain in doctors and nurses from developing countries.
A Great Wonder
Documents the difficult transition of three of the "Lost Boys and Girls" of Sudan to life as immigrants in Seattle, WA.
Hassan and The Graduates
As Egyptian industry is undermined by Chinese imports, Hassan, a university graduate, takes up the government's offer of free land to farm.
A Healthy Start
The debate over women's health care in South Africa.
Heart of the Congo
Documents the work done, and difficulties faced, by international aid workers in the Congo.
The Hospice
Workers at the Mother of Mercy hospice in Zambia provide palliative care for those afflicted with AIDS.
How to Become a President
Former World Soccer Player of the Year, George Weah, is running for president again in his native Liberia. Is he out of his depth?
In Search of International Justice
The first film about a crucial new commitment to the international rule of law: the International Criminal Court.
In The Wake of War
A burgeoning grassroots peace movement in Burundi is aimed at ending civil war between Tutsis and Hutus.
Kibera Kids
The adults of Kibera are working hard to offer kids a safe and stimulating haven in pre-schools.
Killing Poverty
Has the corruption in Kenya lessened under its new president?
The Last Child
Tells the behind-the-scenes story of the global campaign to eradicate polio.
Let's Make Money
Erwin Wagenhofer's incredible odyssey tracking our money through the worldwide finance system.
Letters from our Lives
Disabled women write open letters to the world about their plight.
Life
30-part series that looks at the effect of globalization on individuals and communities around the world.
Life 4
A 27-part series about global efforts to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals.
Life 5
A new 13-part series about globalization and the UN Millennium Development Goals.
Life 6
An 11-part series about the effects of globalization on people around the world, and the difficult choices they face as their countries struggle to meet the UN's MDGs.
Life 8
A new 16-part series about the effects of globalization on people around the world, and the difficult choices they face.
Life Apps
5-part series in which tech-savvy young adults from around the globe create mobile apps for a better, more sustainable world.
Lines in the Dust
In revolutionary programs in Northern Ghana and India, gender roles are challenged, and illiterate adults educated.
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The Mayor's Dream
The Mayor's dream is simple: a better world because every child gets a better start.
Milking the Rhino
The promise of community-based conservation in Africa.
The Millennium Goals
Explores the ambition and scope of the UN's Millennium Development Goals, and the obstacles to their achievement.
The Miller's Tale
Efforts are underway in Egypt and Yemen to fortify flour with iron to wipe out needless malnutrition.
Missing Out
Anemia threatens the population of Niger and Tanzania.
Moments of Truth
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.
My Mother Built This House
Large homeless contingent in South Africa has organized to build houses for each other.
Near or Far?
The Nigerian Minister for Agriculture wants to ensure Nigerians eat food grown in Nigeria.
No Fear No Favor
African communities on the front lines of the poaching crisis fight to protect their wildlife for future generations.
No Spare Parts
Ingenious recycling of used car parts in Ghana.
Once a Nomad
In Namibia can Dalton and Lameck build a "Life App" to help the illiterate and isolated Himba people market their goods?
The Pacific Rim: Americas
From the glaciers of Alaska to the Andes of Chile, the relentless subterranean forces that formed the eastern Pacific Rim have convulsed our cities and overshadow our future.
Panjy, Amelia, Justin and Vusumzi
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.
Paying the Price
Pharmaceutical companies block generic drugs, threatening the lives of millions of Africans with AIDS.
Peanuts
A hand-operated peanut-sheller makes a difference in the lives of villagers around the world.
The Perfect Famine
Examines the causes of, and solutions to, severe famine conditions in Malawi.
The Pied Piper of Eyasi
The Hadza are among Africa's last hunter-gatherers. Should they follow charismatic Baallow into the modern world?
Rabi
Modern day fable on family values from Africa.
Rain in a Dry Land
Two Somali Bantu families leave behind a legacy of slavery in Africa and find new homes in urban America.
Rain in a Dry Land (Short Version)
Two Somali families find new homes in urban America.
Reclaim the Condom
Trained advice columnist Sheila launches a campaign in Mozambique to promote condoms as sexy contraceptives - not weapons in the fight against HIV and disease.
Reel to Real: Balancing Acts
Explores the international movement for women's rights.
Reframing Rio
9-part series from the producers of LIFE looking at different aspects of the globalization issue and consisting of LIFE APPS(5 x 27 min), LOOTING THE PACIFIC (27 min) and ZERO TEN TWENTY (3 x 50 min).
Regopstaan's Dream
Kalahari Bushmen fight to live on ancestral land in South Africa.
Returning Dreams
In the aftermath of Liberia's civil war children are fighting to reclaim their futures and return home.
The Right to Choose
Women are denied human rights in Ethiopia and northern Nigeria.
The Road from Rio
Questions the relevance and success of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.
Runner
Examines Guor Mading Maker's difficult yet triumphant journey from refugee to world-renowned athlete.
Running On Empty
Highlights the plight of two young mothers - one in South Wales and the other in Northern Ethiopia.
Scent of the Streets
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?
School's Out!
The private school option in a Lagos shantytown.
The Secret Life of Your Clothes
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.
Seeing is Believing
Zambia begins a nationwide program to deliver Vitamin A to its population.
The Silent Crisis
The Central African Republic struggles to avoid economic and social chaos.
Silent Killer
Highlights promising attempts in Africa, and in South and Central America, to end world hunger.
Silicon Savannah
In Kenya can Muniu build a Life App to help William be as good a farmer as he can be?
The Silver Age
Growing population of elderly worldwide seeks purpose and care.
Sorie K and the MDGs
Blind musician, Sorie Kondi, from Sierra Leone looks at what's happening with girls' education in his country 10 years after civil war.
Sowing Seeds of Hunger
The AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has crippled the agricultural community while forcing children to undertake the responsibilities of farming.
Stephanie, Erdo and Kay-Kay
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.
Stop the World, We Want to Get On
Dramatic impact of civil rights organization for disabled people.
The Story of Eman
A Cairo girl's struggle to attain higher education.
The Story of Idrissa
Cultural values conflict with consumerism for a boy in Africa.
Talk Mogadishu
The story of HornAfrik, the first community TV and radio station in Somalia.
Tectonic Europe
Examines the Earth's surface under pressure, from Iceland to the Alps, landscapes that inspired scientists to invent the study of geology.
TemeTTeme
Dramatic children's film about urbanization and family values in Ethiopia.
Their Brothers' Keepers
A deeply moving film about Africa's AIDS orphans left to fend for themselves.
Three Sisters
Eritrea's women fought in the war. Should they now liberate themselves from harmful traditional practices?
Till Death Do Us Part
Widows are denied inheritance and property rights in Nigeria.
Tina Machida in Zimbabwe
A young woman fights for the rights of gays and lesbians against the odds.
The Trade Trap
Ghanaian farmers struggle to get a foothold in the international market.
The Trash Troll
Calls young kids to action on beach pollution.
Trawler Girl
A female trawler captain in Namibia exemplifies goals set forth for women in the Millennium Development Goals.
The Tree of Our Forefathers
A refugee family makes the long journey home, returning from exile to Mozambique.
The Tribal Mind
Post-apartheid South Africa is the best example of people struggling to overcome tribalism.
Triumph Over Terror
Six films on human rights around the world.
The Unforgiven
Should General Butt Naked (née Joshua Blahyi) - now a Christian pastor - be forgiven for his role in Liberia's horrific civil war?
Up in Smoke
Dependence on tobacco crops and manipulation by the tobacco industry has stunted the economy of Malawi.
The Value of Life
United Nations' HIV/AIDS envoy, Stephen Lewis, makes an impassioned plea for world public opinion to focus on the AIDS crisis in Africa.
Water First
An inspiring story from Malawi shows that clean water is essential for the achievement of the UN's Millennium Development Goals.
Weather Report
A report from the front lines of climate change in Kenya, India, Canada, the Arctic, China, and Montana where people's lives have already been dramatically altered.
Weather The Storm
Fishing communities on France's western coast show the path to sustainability.
Welcome to Womanhood
Efforts to stop female genital mutilation in Uganda.
The Western Pacific Rim
Examines the western Pacific Rim, home to 50% of the world's active volcanoes, and 90% of its earthquakes.
Where Truth Lies
A dramatic case before the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Whose Agenda Is It Anyway?
To fulfill the Millennium Development Goals, many poor countries are now implementing "Poverty Reduction Strategy Programs".
World of Apps
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."
Young Wives' Tales
Very early marriage threatens young girls' health and survival.
Zero Ten Twenty
3-part series revisits 11 children from around the world who were born in 1992, the year of the first Rio Earth Summit, and measures the impact of globalization on their lives.
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