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Restore Fairness
Restore Fairness
Category: Documentaries
This series of short films, from the organization Restore Fairness, addresses the impact of racism on communities across our country, including the African American, Latino, Arab, Muslim and South Asian communities.
In Focus: The Picture of the Napalm Girl - Part 1
In Focus: The Picture of the Napalm Girl - Part 1
Category: Documentaries
In June 1972 a photograph showing a nine-year-old girl running naked down a street in Vietnam, fleeing her burning village, sent shock waves around the world. This 2-part documentary tells the story of how this famous photo came to be.
In Focus: The Picture of the Napalm Girl - Part 2
In Focus: The Picture of the Napalm Girl - Part 2
Category: Documentaries
In June 1972 a photograph showing a nine-year-old girl running naked down a street in Vietnam, fleeing her burning village, sent shock waves around the world. This 2-part documentary tells the story of how this famous photo came to be.
Al Jazeera English - Witness: Soy Palestino
Al Jazeera English - Witness: Soy Palestino
Category: Documentaries
In this documentary from the Al Jazeera English Witness series, a Palestinian filmmaker finds much in common with a homeless Cuban musician.
Syrian School
Syrian School
Category: Documentaries
Despite rarely finding itself out of the headlines, the Middle East is frequently misunderstood. Syrian School goes beyond the clichés to meet the human face of a fast growing young population, whose government is modernizing the education system to encourage a generation of children able to think for themselves.
Spotlight: Blood in the Mobile
Spotlight: Blood in the Mobile
Category: Documentaries
During the last 15 years the civil war in the DR Congo has killed over 5 million people and 300,000 women have been raped. Blood in the Mobile reveals the connection between our cell phones and the conflict in the Congo.
Spotlight: Stolen Brides
Spotlight: Stolen Brides
Category: Documentaries
This documentary explores the unsettling and widespread phenomenon of bride snatching in Chechnya, revealing the tense and painful negotiations that take place to determine the fate of a young kidnapped bride-to-be.
Spotlight: Secrets of Scientology
Spotlight: Secrets of Scientology
Category: Documentaries
When reporter John Sweeney investigated the Church of Scientology three years ago, he was spied on and condemned as a bigot by the church's leaders. Now, in his return to the church, a whistleblower is helping him reveal the dark secrets of Scientology.
Al Jazeera English - Witness: An Italian Orchestra
Al Jazeera English - Witness: An Italian Orchestra
Category: Documentaries
Members of Rome's Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio use their cross-cultural musicianship to combat the negative stereotypes of immigrants and the increasing xenophobia in Italy.
Syrian School: Changing Schools
Syrian School: Changing Schools
Category: Documentaries
It's the start of the new school year, which this year coincides with the beginning of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month. Passionate head teacher Amal Hassan has been in charge of Zaki Al-Arsuzi Girls' Secondary School for over a decade. She expects a lot of her girls and is surprised that so many are now wearing the hijab.
Syrian School: Rap Refugees
Syrian School: Rap Refugees
Category: Documentaries
At first sight Yarmouk looks like a normal suburb of Damascus. But it's a refugee camp, home to many second and third generation Palestinian refugees, and two girls who want to publicize the Palestinian cause through rap.
Syrian School: Being Inspired
Syrian School: Being Inspired
Category: Documentaries
As a teenage girl it isn't easy to find ways to express yourself in Syria, but there’s one outlet that's releasing a wave of emotion in Zaki Al-Arsuzi School - the Poetry Society.
Syrian School: Syria's Got Talent
Syrian School: Syria's Got Talent
Category: Documentaries
A look at Syria's nationwide search to find Syria’s brightest and best primary school students. It's a way for the ruling party to encourage the top students, see who could be a good representative of their country and ensure that the party's message is reinforced in top students.
Syrian School: Marked for Life
Syrian School: Marked for Life
Category: Documentaries
The whole city seems in a state of panic over the impending arrival of this year's Baccalaureate Examination, from teachers to parents and pupils and the fifth and final episode follows the students as they prepare.
ViewChange: To Educate a Girl
ViewChange: To Educate a Girl
Category: Documentaries
In 2010 filmmakers Frederick Rendina and Oren Rudavsky traveled to Nepal and Uganda, two countries emerging from conflict and struggling with poverty, to find the answer to one question: What does it take to educate a girl?