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Chahinaz: What Rights For Women?
Chahinaz: What Rights For Women?
Category: Documentaries
A vibrant Algerian student, Chahinaz, doesn't understand why women aren't considered equal to men according to the laws of her country. This leads her on a quest to find out what life is like for other women around the world.
FELA: Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense
FELA: Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense
Category: World Music
He created the genre of Afrobeat, and became the symbol of musical protest; the late great Fela Kuti was a powerhouse of creativity and energy who challenged social, musical and political boundaries.
Darling!
Darling!
Category: Documentaries
Controversial South African political satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys allows writer/director Julian Shaw into his previously off-limits inner world. The result is a startling document of Pieter's work educating school children HIV/AIDS.
The Freedom Files - "Sneak Preview" : Freedom from Abuse of Power
The Freedom Files - "Sneak Preview" : Freedom from Abuse of Power
This special preview shows how our right of due process is being eroded, and how torture and extraordinary rendition are being illegally used by our government in the “war on terror.”
Spotlight: A Baby Business
Spotlight: A Baby Business
Category: Documentaries
This revealing documentary shows the lengths that Indian child traders will go to when providing children for adoptive parents in the West.
Spotlight: No Past to Speak Of
Spotlight: No Past to Speak Of
Category: News & Current Affairs
This moving report explores the horrific reality of infant rape in South Africa and investigates the story of a five-month-old baby girl who was brutally raped in a Johannesburg slum, and the societal factors that contributed to the crime.
Spotlight: The 12 Year Old Cocaine Smuggler
Spotlight: The 12 Year Old Cocaine Smuggler
Category: Documentaries
This disturbing report follows families effected by Bolivia's U.S.-backed drug laws, particularly children who end up in prison either for their own acts, or for the crimes of their parents.
Spotlight: Mystery Flights
Spotlight: Mystery Flights
Category: Documentaries
This investigative report reveals details about the United States' practice of "extraordinary rendition" whereby the CIA flies suspects to harsh detention facilities in places like Morocco and Afghanistan - that exist outside U.S. law.
International Dateline: Torching the Relay
International Dateline: Torching the Relay
Category: News & Current Affairs
This week Dateline invites you to be a fly on the wall, as those hell-bent on disrupting the Olympic Torch Relay plan - and execute - their protests in India.
International Dateline: Meet Sir Richard Branson
International Dateline: Meet Sir Richard Branson
Category: News & Current Affairs
This week's episode of International Dateline features an interview with billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson, alongside segments on free lunches for Indian school kids and Thailand's harsh drug laws.
International Dateline: Mumbai Slums
International Dateline: Mumbai Slums
Category: News & Current Affairs
This episode of International Dateline looks at the slums of Mumbai, home to millions of Indians, and another Indian issue - the bloody Gujarat riots.
Special: The Innocent
Special: The Innocent
Category: Documentaries
Imagine being sentenced to death for a crime you did not commit. Many Americans have lived through this nightmare. In this special we air The Innocent, and are joined by Mike Farrell to talk about the death penalty.
Street Medicine
Street Medicine
Category: News & Current Affairs
In Los Angeles' West Side, teams of health workers bring free critical medical services to people who are often averse to seeking treatment - the homeless. This doc profiles the essential work of Street Medicine.
Mardi Gras: Made in China
Mardi Gras: Made in China
Category: Documentaries
This award-winning documentary follows the path of Mardi Gras beads from the naked streets of New Orleans during Carnival to the disciplined factories in Fuzhou, China, where teenage laborers live and thread beads 24/7.
Everyone Their Grain of Sand
Everyone Their Grain of Sand
Category: Documentaries
This award-winning film reveals the struggles of citizens in Maclovio Rojas, Mexico as they battle the government's attempts to evict them to make way for multi-national corporations seeking cheap land and labor.