Senator Obama Goes to Africa
Category: Documentaries
Follow Senator Barack Obama as he travels to the land of his ancestry. From South Africa to Kenya to a Darfur refugee camp, Obama explores the continent that is gaining increasing importance in this age of globalization.

GLOBAL LENS: Rachida
Category: World Cinema
Rachida, a young teacher, becomes the target of terrorists when she refuses to place a bomb in her classroom, forcing her to seek refuge in the countryside. Can she escape?

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Child Miners
Category: Documentaries
Link TV presents Witness, a documentary series presented by Rageh Omaar. In this episode filmmaker Rodrigo Vazquez speaks to the Bolivian child laborers that Trade Union managers turn a blind eye to.

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Insuring Against Famine
Category: Documentaries
A profile of the UN's World Food Program's work to pioneer a weather insurance project designed to plug the gap between natural crisis and aid relief in Ethiopia.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the World Affairs Council
Category: News & Current Affairs
Archbishop Desmond Tutu joins World Affairs Council of Northern California CEO & President, Jane Wales, in a spirited conversation, recorded in April of 2008. He speaks candidly about his role as a cleric and an activist, including his most recent role as chairman of The Elders, a group of world leaders who contribute their wisdom, leadership and integrity to tackle some of the world's toughest problems

Seoul Train
Category: Documentaries
With its riveting footage of a secretive "underground railroad," "Seoul Train" is a gripping documentary exposé into the life and death of North Koreans as they try to escape their homeland and China.

USA vs. Al Arian
Category: Documentaries
This revealing documentary presents a close portrait of an Arab-American family facing terrorism charges leveled by the U.S. government. Watch this important documentary online now.

Beyond Fear
Category: Documentaries
With opening words by Richard Gere, this film documents the remarkable courage of a young Tibetan monk and nun who lead freedom demonstrations against the Chinese occupation of Tibet.

In Focus: At All Costs
Category: News & Current Affairs
This timely documentary examines the mass preparations and censorship that have occurred alongside human rights abuses in China's attempts to show the world that they are capable of success. Click here to join the Seesmic discussion on this topic.

Eye on Tibet: Dreaming of Tibet
Category: Documentaries
This intimate documentary looks at the lives of three extraordinary Tibetan exiles who have survived in exile and are deeply involved in working for the future of their culture.

Shayfeen - Egypt We are Watching You
Category: Documentaries
Follow three women in Egypt who have started a grassroots movement to put democracy on the public agenda, raising awareness of human rights and freedom of speech.

Amy Goodman - Speaking Out for Justice
Category: Documentaries
Amy Goodman says that as an independent journalist her role is to go where the dark resides and shine a light there. In this presentation we air her rousing Green Festival speech, Speaking out for Justice.

Spotlight: Held Hostage in Colombia
Category: Documentaries
From deep within the Colombian jungle, this documentary tells the story of three American defense contractors held hostage since their plane crashed in 2003, landing them in a political minefield.

International Dateline: Egypt's Facebook Freedom
Category: News & Current Affairs
While it's supposed to be a social networking site, Facebook has become the front line tool for Egypt's struggling democracy movement, as Dateline details in this fascinating report.

The Prisoner Or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
Category: Documentaries
This doc details an absurd, but sadly real comedy of errors where a freedom-loving Iraqi journalist is mistaken as Tony Blair's would-be assassin and sent to Abu Ghraib Prison.