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Tells the story of the incredible, recently discovered, world's largest cave passage and the opportunity and challenges it presents to the small, impoverished Vietnamese community nearby. | |
 | | Daughters of the Forest
A group of girls in a remote forest in Paraguay are transformed at an experimental high school where they learn to protect the threatened forest and build a future for themselves. | |
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Grace Kodindo's heroic efforts in Chad to lower the rate of maternal mortality, one of the UN's Millennium Development Goals. | |
 | | Drowned Out
An Indian family chooses to stay at home and drown rather than make way for the Narmada Dam.
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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. | |
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In a Stanford multidisciplinary, project-based course, student design teams are building a better world...one product at a time. | |
 | | Milking the Rhino
The promise of community-based conservation in Africa. | |
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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). | |
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Ride along with two activists from the Environmental Protection Agency of Kuala Langat, Malaysia, in search of illegal plastics recycling facilities. | |
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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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Vividly reveals the dysfunctionality of the industrialized world food system and shows what world hunger has to do with us. | |
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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.
Aiming High
Focuses on Uganda's successful economic recovery in the wake of Idi Amin's regime.
The Alarm Rings Softly
Caribbean women use drama and reggae to fight domestic violence.
All Different, All Equal
Examines progress in women's rights globally.
All In This Tea
Crusading American tea importer, David Lee Hoffman, supports China's endangered organic farmers by searching out fine, chemical-free teas.
And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
Television in the Caribbean dominated by US and French programs.
Another World is Possible
A rousing account of the 2002 World Social Forum that will inspire activists everywhere.
Arrows Against the Wind
The Dani and the Asmat come face to face with the modern world in Irian Jaya.
At the End of a Gun
The devastating effect that the civil war in Sri Lanka is having on women.
Back In Business?
After 11 years of civil war, can Sierra Leone expect tourism to improve the economy?
Banking on Disaster
The grave consequences of building a road through the heart of Amazonia.
Because They're Worth It
Micro-credit, education, health information, and hope provided to impoverished Chinese.
Big or Small?
What's the best method of growing food for a hungry population of 9.5 billion people: Big, or small?
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.
Bitter Seeds
The final film in Micha X. Peled's Globalization Trilogy examines the epidemic of suicides amongst India's cotton farmers, deeply in debt after switching to genetically modified seeds.
Black Sea
Scientists and religious leaders meet to find the solution to the Black Sea in crisis.
Blowpipes and Bulldozers
The story of the Penan, a tribe of rainforest nomads in Borneo, as seen by Bruno Manser.
Bolivian Blues
Explores the success of new initiative to reduce widespread poverty.
The Bomb Under the World
What are the consequences of consumerism taking hold in developing countries like India?
Borderline Cases
The environmental impact of the 2,000 factories (maquiladoras) on the US-Mexico border.
The Boxer
A young male looks to escape Mexican poverty by becoming a boxer in the United States.
Brazil
Brazil has developed generic antiretroviral drugs to care for those afflicted with HIV/AIDS.
Brazil's Land Revolution
In the state of Bahia, a new initiative encourages the landless to band together to buy up land -- with low-interest government loans.
Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror
John Pilger dissects the truth and lies in the 'war on terror'.
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.
Cash Flow Fever
One in ten people on the planet either send or receive money from abroad.
Castro Or Quit?
Two young doctors in Venezuela have to decide whether to leave the country or stay with their patients.
Caught in the Crossfire
Economic and societal pressures force women into the sex trade.
China Blue
A clandestinely shot, deep-access account of how the clothes we buy are actually made.
Circle of Plenty
John Jeavons demonstrates biointensive agriculture as a way to alleviate world hunger.
Cities
Is "sustainable cities" an oxymoron or can they be made to work?
City Life
22-part series examining the effect of globalization on people and cities worldwide.
City Life
Explores Sao Paolo in introduction to series examining the effects of globalization on people and cities.
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.
The Colonists
Colonists invading the rainforest.
Community
Micro-credit is transforming the lives of women in Bangladesh.
The Cost of Living
AIDS drugs unaffordable in developing countries.
A Crack in the Mountain
Tells the story of the incredible, recently discovered, world's largest cave passage and the opportunity and challenges it presents to the small, impoverished Vietnamese community nearby.
Credit Where Credit is Due
Micro-credit organization in Bangladesh provides loans to village poor.
Crisis Control
Ukraine's emerging HIV epidemic is contrasted with Africa's longstanding HIV/AIDS catastrophe.
Cuba: The Accidental Revolution
Two-part series examining Cuba's enormous experiment in sustainable development in the face of an economic crisis brought on by the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Cuba: The Accidental Revolution - Pt. 1
Examines Cuba's response to the food crisis created by the collapse of the Soviet Bloc in 1989.
Cuba: The Accidental Revolution - Pt. 2
In spite of the economic crisis and US embargo, the Cuban health system is an outstanding success story around the world.
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.
Danger: Children at Work
Guatemalan agencies try to discourage child labor and fireworks production by poor families.
Daughters of the Forest
A group of girls in a remote forest in Paraguay are transformed at an experimental high school where they learn to protect the threatened forest and build a future for themselves.
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.
The Decade of Destruction (Classroom Version - On One DVD)
The story of the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest.
The Decade of Destruction - Classroom Version
The story of the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest.
The Decade of Destruction
A unique chronicle of the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest.
Developing Stories - Series 1
The view on the environment from developing countries
Developing Stories - Series 2
The view from developing countries on population and migration.
The Development Road
A road is always the first step to rainforest destruction.
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?
Discipline with Dignity
The attempt to end corporal punishment in Nepalese schools.
The Doctor's Story
The US debate over abortion has severe consequences for health care in rural Nepal.
Doing the Right Thing
Porto Alegre, Brazil has benefited from urban revitalization.
The Donor Circus
Zambia tries to change the conditions for international aid.
Drowned Out
An Indian family chooses to stay at home and drown rather than make way for the Narmada Dam.
Dry Days In Dobbagunta
Literacy program spurs anti-liquor campaign in rural India and empowers women.
Désounen
Impressionistic look reveals the reality of daily life in Haiti.
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.
Early Life 2
Second series of Early Life programs that follows Mayor Amilcar Huanchuari as he tours Brazil and his native Peru looking at programs promoting early childhood development.
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.
Educating Yaprak
Turkey's ambitious campaign to reduce poverty includes convincing reluctant parents to send their daughters to school.
Escaping from History
Poverty and consumerism clash in Mexico City. What can we do?
Extreme By Design
In a Stanford multidisciplinary, project-based course, student design teams are building a better world...one product at a time.
The Farmers of Gaho
Farmers in Ethiopia have mastered dryland agriculture.
Farming The Seas
The perils and promise of fish farms in a world running out of ocean fish stocks.
Fat or Skinny?
The people of India are faced with a choice: indulge in a Western-style fast food diet, or embrace healthy and indigenous alternatives.
The Fate of the Kidnapper
The cycle of revenge following first contact with the Uru Eu Wau Wau.
Favela Farm
In Brazil can Pedro build a Life App to help the secret world of urban farms and gardens in Rio's shanty towns?
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.
The Fires of the Amazon
Adrian Cowell reports on the situation in the Amazon more than a decade after his series THE DECADE OF DESTRUCTION.
A Fistful of Rice
Protein deficiency threatens generations of children in Nepal.
Food
Devising a sustainable food system -- one that is healthy, accessible, and affordable.
Food or Fuel?
Kenyan farmer Moses Shaha journeys through the Tana Delta, where farmers are starting to grow jatropha, a biofuel crop.
Footprints of Sorrow
Guatemalan war widows fighting for human rights.
For a Few Pennies More
Iodine deficiency causes health problems in Indonesia.
Forgive Us Our Debts
Tells the story of the international grassroots movement to eliminate Third World debt.
Fragments of a People
Frantic efforts to find the Ava-Canoeiro before their land is flooded for a new dam.
From Chechnya to Chernobyl
Fleeing the war in Chechnya, refugees have settled near Chernobyl.
From Docklands to Dhaka
English MD travels to Bangladesh to improve community health.
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.
Gaza Under Siege
The Gaza Strip has been a virtual prison for Palestinians for over fifty years.
Geraldo Off-Line
The globalized economy affects Brazilian factory worker.
Geraldo's Brazil
Five years later, Life rejoins a Brazilian factory worker affected by the globalized economy.
Girls from Chaka Street
The break-up of the Soviet Union leaves some women with few options but prostitution.
The Globalization Trilogy
Micha X. Peled's groundbreaking series explores the production-consumption chain, from cotton grown with GMOs in India used to make the jeans in Chinese sweatshops that are sold in Wal-Marts across the U.S.
Going Home
10-year old soldier escapes rebel forces in Sierra Leone.
The Golf War
Globalization comes to a Philippine seaside community, which has to defend its ancestral lands against golf course development.
GoodWood
Forest communities can have both jobs and trees.
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.
Half The Sky
Changes in the lives of four generations of Chinese women.
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.
Hayley, Rosamaria, Angela and Martens
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.
The Health Protestors
Health care advocates demand universal health care for the world's population at international convention in Dhaka.
A Healthy Start
The debate over women's health care in South Africa.
Heart Of Sky, Heart Of Earth
Six young Maya present a wholly indigenous perspective, in which all life is sacred and connected, as they resist the destruction of their culture and environment.
Heart of the Congo
Documents the work done, and difficulties faced, by international aid workers in the Congo.
Helping Ourselves!
In India, two community projects help people move out of poverty and gain control of their lives.
The Heroin Wars
The history of the narcotics trade in Burma.
The Hospice
Workers at the Mother of Mercy hospice in Zambia provide palliative care for those afflicted with AIDS.
House on Fire
Breaking the cycle of domestic violence.
How to Let Go of the World
Oscar-nominated director Josh Fox contemplates our climate-change future by exploring the human qualities that global warming can't destroy.
The Human Race
Is the western model of global development sustainable in a finite environment?
In the Ashes of the Forest
Saga of two colonists in the Amazon rainforest.
In the Ashes of the Forest
Concludes the Amazon colonists' saga.
In The Mayor's Footsteps - Brazil
Mayor Amilcar Huancahuari visits Brazil to assess efforts to promote early childhood development there.
In The Mayor's Footsteps - Peru
Mayor Amilcar Huancahuari is trying to convert his native Peru to his optimistic philosophy of promoting early childhood development.
In the Name of Safety
False imprisonment violates due process in Bangladesh.
In The Wake of War
A burgeoning grassroots peace movement in Burundi is aimed at ending civil war between Tutsis and Hutus.
India Inhales
Activists combat tobacco companies that target India.
The Indians
The displaced Indian tribes of the Amazon rainforest.
Inside Burma
John Pilger investigates the history and brutality of the military dictatorship in Burma.
Invisible Garments: Expensive Soles
Nike and other multinationals are moving production to countries like Indonesia.
It Takes a Child
15 year-old child labor activist, Craig Kielburger, works for reform around the world.
It Takes a Village
A cyclone in Bangladesh results in the construction of an experimental community health center.
Jongsada Suwanchondee in Thailand
HIV-positive, this former Thai heroin addict helps others understand AIDS.
Kabul Transit
A street-level documentary that explores the soul of a city devastated by nearly three decades of war.
Keepers of the Future
Following El Salvador's civil war, a farmers' cooperative puts down roots, builds resilience and provides a model of how to mitigate climate change and resist unsustainable, extractive development.
Kibera Kids
The adults of Kibera are working hard to offer kids a safe and stimulating haven in pre-schools.
Killing for Land
Squatters face off against gunmen hired by absentee landlords in the Amazon.
The Killing of Chico Mendes
The story of rainforest defender, Chico Mendes, that ended with his 1988 assassination.
Killing Poverty
Has the corruption in Kenya lessened under its new president?
The Kings of Opium
In the 1990s, the kings of opium in Burma switch sides in the narcotics carousel.
La Camioneta
The transformation of an old American school bus into a brightly-colored public bus in Guatemala speaks volumes about our globalized world.
Land of Widows
Population and health problems in post civil war Cambodia.
The Last Child
Tells the behind-the-scenes story of the global campaign to eradicate polio.
The Last of the Hiding Tribes
The Amazon's last uncontacted tribes face extinction.
The Legacy of Malthus
Argues that overpopulation is not the real cause of poverty in India or elsewhere.
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 3
A 12-part series about Globalization and its effect on ordinary people 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 and Debt
Economics and the murder of street children in Rio de Janeiro.
Life Apps
5-part series in which tech-savvy young adults from around the globe create mobile apps for a better, more sustainable world.
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Life: The Story So Far
How the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.
Lines in the Dust
In revolutionary programs in Northern Ghana and India, gender roles are challenged, and illiterate adults educated.
Listen to the Kids!
A UNICEF initiative involves children in decisions that affect their own futures, their families and communities.
The Long March
Community in Chengdu, China has organized to clean-up polluted river.
Lost Generations
Poor health and poverty condemn people in India to sub-standard lives.
Lucia
A dramatic film about the cost of an oil spill to a fishing village in the Philippines.
The Man We Called Juan Carlos
Chronicles the violent history of Guatemala and life of Wenceslao Armira, a Mayan father, farmer, teacher, guerilla, priest and champion of human rights.
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.
Mobile Harvest
In India can Sachin build a "Life App" to help stem the tide of farmer suicides?
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.
Mothers of Malappuram
Literacy and access to health services slow population growth in India.
Mountains of Gold
Gold mining in the Amazon is a dangerous and dirty business.
My First Day at School
Three children prepare to enter primary school in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
My Hanoi
Tour of rapidly urbanizing Hanoi, and the effect on citizens and culture.
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.
The New Rulers of the World
Award-winning journalist, John Pilger, investigates the realities of globalization by taking a close look at Indonesia.
No Country For Young Girls?
A young Indian woman has to choose - stay with a husband who doesn't want female children, or make it on her own.
No Fear No Favor
African communities on the front lines of the poaching crisis fight to protect their wildlife for future generations.
Not for Sale
Examines the disturbing new corporate practice of patenting life forms.
Not The Numbers Game
Six films from around the world on women solving the twin problems of population and development.
Not The Numbers Game (BBC Version)
The role of women in solving development and population problems worldwide.
Nothing Like Chocolate
The story of Mott Green and the solar-powered Grenada Chocolate Company, a farmers' and chocolate-makers' co-op, which makes organic chocolate from tree-to-bar.
Oil & Water
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.
Old or New?
In Lima, Peru, a new generation of top chefs are cooking with traditional ingredients and supporting traditional livelihoods.
On the Way
Sex education project combats teenage pregnancy in Peru.
The On-going Story
Final episode examines the international community's commitment to linking social and economic development with human rights.
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 Opium Convoys
Lo Hsing-Han, Khun Sa and the beginning of the war on drugs in Burma.
The Other Side
Poor Mexicans attempt perilous border crossing to US, often at the expense of family, traditional culture, and their lives.
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.
Paradise Domain
Pacific islanders are not benefiting from digital windfall or World Wide Web.
Patently Obvious
International patent regulations only protect multinationals.
Pavements of Gold
Increase in urban poverty and population, caused by globalization, threatens Peruvians.
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 Perils of Plectropomus
The life and death struggles of fish on a coral reef today.
The Philadelphia Story
Globalized economy affects American jobs.
The Pied Piper of Eyasi
The Hadza are among Africa's last hunter-gatherers. Should they follow charismatic Baallow into the modern world?
Pilgrims and Tourists
In the Altai Republic of Russia and in Northern California, indigenous shamans resist massive government projects that threaten nature and culture.
The Politicians
Politicians plunder the Amazon rainforest.
The Posse
Rap group in Sao Paulo, Brazil, expresses social problems.
The President's Dilemma
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?
The Prince
A young Pakistani landowner chooses between trying to implement the MDGs in the village that his family owns, and a quiet life.
Profit and Loss
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 Question of Rights
Looks at the state of women's human rights in Ethiopia, Latvia, Jamaica and Fiji.
Rabi
Modern day fable on family values from Africa.
The Rainforest
The ecology of a rainforest.
Rainmakers - Series 1
Six youth leaders from around the world are making a difference.
Rainmakers - Series 2
The second series about youth leaders around the world making a difference.
Ramiro Garcia in Peru
Social change is possible through the arts and humor.
Razvan Marcu in Romania
After Ceausescu, Razvan Marcu now fights for a clean environment.
Reaching Out to the Grassroots
Education and community-driven development combat poverty in Bangladesh and Indonesia.
The Real Leap Forward
Reports on China's successful efforts to reduce poverty through sustainable development and targeted programs.
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.
Reel to Real: Holding Our Ground
International efforts to assure reproductive health and rights conflict with cultural realities in the Philippines, Latvia, Japan, and India.
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.
Return to Kandahar
Post-war Afghanistan, as seen through the eyes of Nelofer Pazira, star of the movie "Kandahar," as she searches for her childhood friend.
The Right to Choose
Women are denied human rights in Ethiopia and northern Nigeria.
Rising Above
Vietnamese women build on experiences of war.
Rising Waters
Shows that global warming is already hurting the Pacific Islands.
The Road from Rio
Questions the relevance and success of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.
The Rubber Tappers
Rubber tappers live sustainable lifestyle.
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.
Science For Survival
Fusion of modern science with women's knowledge in India.
The Seattle Syndrome
Were the WTO protesters right in their effort to protect workers and the environment from exploitation?
Secrets of the Choco
The Choco rainforest in Colombia faces development. What is the best option?
Seeds of Plenty, Seeds of Sorrow
The darker side of the Green Revolution.
Seeing is Believing
Zambia begins a nationwide program to deliver Vitamin A to its population.
Sex and the Holy City
Investigates the impact on poor women and families of the late Pope John Paul's position on sex and reproductive health.
Shakuntala Kazmi in India
A low-caste Hindu, Shakuntala Kazmi fights for women's rights.
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.
Slum Futures
The slums of Mumbai are an important microcosm of how slums are developing around the world.
Smack City
Hong Kong, the drug capital of southeast Asia for the last century.
Smiles
The struggle for greater democracy and free speech in Thailand.
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.
Standing on Sacred Ground
In this 4-part series, indigenous people from eight different cultures stand up for their traditional sacred lands in defense of cultural survival, human rights and the environment.
Stay or Go?
Who will grow China's food as young people leave the countryside for the cities?
Staying Alive!
Poverty combined with lack of education and health services affect maternal mortality rates in Bangladesh.
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 Traffick
Investigates horror of child sex industry in Cambodia.
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.
The Story of Pintinho
A young Brazilian athlete hopes soccer will be his ticket out of poverty.
The Story of Puttinan
A determined Thai girl has experienced the hardship of child labor.
The Story of Rosie
Teen pregnancy in Jamaica.
The Story of Sonam
A Tibetan boy in India tries to reconcile religious faith and cultural distractions.
The Summit
The UN General Assembly meets to review progress on social justice worldwide.
Super-Companies
Multinational companies seldom take the needs of people or the environment into account.
Suspended Dreams
The lasting effects of the civil war in Lebanon.
The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels
A tale of love and hope in the Gaza Strip.
Talk Mogadishu
The story of HornAfrik, the first community TV and radio station in Somalia.
Teach a Woman How to Fish And...
Sea farming empowers women in Fiji.
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.
They Keep Quiet So We Make Noise
Ride along with two activists from the Environmental Protection Agency of Kuala Langat, Malaysia, in search of illegal plastics recycling facilities.
Thirst
A piercing look at the global corporate drive to control and profit from our water -- from bottles to tap.
This Hard Ground
Civil war leads to the internal displacement of millions in Sri Lanka.
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.
Together Against Violence
Poor Jamaican community overcomes violence.
The Trade Trap
Ghanaian farmers struggle to get a foothold in the international market.
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.
A Tribe of His Own
Indian journalist reminds us of the meaning of responsible journalism.
Triumph Over Terror
Six films on human rights around the world.
Trouble In Paradise
Local inhabitants of the Maldives wait for promised tsunami aid.
Turning 16
Six teens in six countries talk about their hopes for the future.
Unfinished Spaces
Multi-layered story of Cuba's National Art Schools project, designed by three young artists in the wake of Castro's Revolution.
The Unforgiven
Should General Butt Naked (née Joshua Blahyi) - now a Christian pastor - be forgiven for his role in Liberia's horrific civil war?
Untouchable?
The caste system and bonded labor are still alive and well in India.
Up in Smoke
Dependence on tobacco crops and manipulation by the tobacco industry has stunted the economy of Malawi.
Uranium
Native peoples pay the consequences of uranium mining.
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.
Waiting to Go
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are denied human rights.
Warming Up in Mongolia
Unless sustainable alternatives are introduced, Mongolia's dependence on fossil fuels and rapid urbanization threatens the environment.
Water First
An inspiring story from Malawi shows that clean water is essential for the achievement of the UN's Millennium Development Goals.
Water for Life
Explores the collision of water rights, Indigenous beliefs, and resource extraction through the lives of three Latin American community leaders. The right to clean water is a global issue - in Latin America it has become a matter of life and death.
We Feed the World
Vividly reveals the dysfunctionality of the industrialized world food system and shows what world hunger has to do with us.
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.
When the Cows Come Home
Despite the success of the "Jamaica Hope" milk cow, Jamaica's dairy industry is facing a crisis, as EU trade undercuts island production.
Where Truth Lies
A dramatic case before the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Which Way Home
The personal side of immigration as child migrants from Mexico and Central America risk everything to make it to the US riding atop freight trains.
Which Way Home - Original
The personal side of immigration as child migrants from Mexico and Central America risk everything to make it to the US riding atop freight trains.
Who Shot My Brother?
As German Gutierrez searches for the gunmen who tried to kill his brother, he exposes the root causes of the violence in his native Colombia.
Whose Agenda Is It Anyway?
To fulfill the Millennium Development Goals, many poor countries are now implementing "Poverty Reduction Strategy Programs".
Without Shepherds
Six bold Pakistanis from very different walks of life attempt to build a new future while struggling with their country's current crisis.
A Woman's Place - Short Stories (on one DVD)
Six short films about women and development by local women directors.
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."
World of Difference
Women and human rights around the world.
Yemeni Futures
More than a decade after its unification, Yemen is still struggling to improve the standard of living.
Young Wives' Tales
Very early marriage threatens young girls' health and survival.
Youth and the Future
Teens worldwide consider their futures. What impact will Western culture have?
Youth and the Global Village
How much do teens have in common worldwide?
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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