CINEMONDO: My Marlon and Brando
Category: World Cinema
In this CINEMONDO film, a Turkish actress can no longer bear the distance between her and her lover from northern Iraq. However, getting into a country at war turns out to be just as difficult as getting out.

Stories of Sevdah - The Balkan Blues
Category: World Music
This doc explores Sevdah, one of the world's great undiscovered musical forms, equal in beauty to Portuguese Fado and Argentine tangos.

The Laya Project
Category: World Music
Laya Project's musicians are from coastal communities in the 2004 tsunami-affected regions of Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar and India. The project is dedicated to the survivors of that historic disaster.

Open Book - Episode 1
Category: Documentaries
WATCH ONLINE! This new show about books introduces you to the storytellers - writers, musicians, actors, poets and more - whose work reminds us we are all connected through the stories we have to tell and the communities we inhabit.

Nora
Category: World Music
"Nora" is a dense and swiftly moving poem of sound and image that tells the story of a dancer growing up in Zimbabwe.

In Focus: Marhaba Africa, Part 4
Category: News & Current Affairs
This documentary series looks at culture, sports, architecture, economy, politics and social issues in the nations of northern Africa, bringing us closer to understanding the Arab world.

Art and the Creative Spirit
This episode of Global Spirit seeks answers to eternal questions about the nature of art and creativity by looking at various sacred art forms, and by engaging with artists keenly aware of the spiritual aspect of the creative process.

Rumi, Poet of the Heart
Surprisingly, the bestselling poet in America today is a thirteenth-century Sufi poet and mystic named Jalaluddin Rumi. What makes Rumi's writings so enticing and unforgettable?

Invisible Face of the Beloved: Revitalizing Shashmaqam
Category: World Music
WATCH ONLINE! The shashmaqam is one of the primary styles of court music from the Silk Road cities of Central Asia. This documentary looks at this profound music of great refinement and poetic beauty.

In Focus: Marhaba Africa, Part 1
Category: News & Current Affairs
This documentary series looks at culture, sports, architecture, economy, politics and social issues in the nations of northern Africa, bringing us closer to understanding the Arab world.

In Focus: Marhaba Africa, Part 2
Category: News & Current Affairs
This documentary series looks at culture, sports, architecture, economy, politics and social issues in the nations of northern Africa, bringing us closer to understanding the Arab world.

In Focus: Marhaba Africa, Part 3
Category: News & Current Affairs
This documentary series looks at culture, sports, architecture, economy, politics and social issues in the nations of northern Africa, bringing us closer to understanding the Arab world.

World Music: DDT, "Belaya Noch"
Category: World Music
It is a brooding vision seen as if in a half-light...A trip through canals, and alleyways, into wax museums and cemeteries, evoking the darker side of the history and culture of the city. What must it be like to love and live in this town?

CINEMONDO: My Father My Lord
Category: World Cinema
This Israeli film is an intimate and disturbing story of the conflict between a father's love and his deep devotion to religion -- a dramatic retelling of the Abraham and Isaac story with a devastating "twist."

CINEMONDO: Almost Brothers
Category: World Cinema
This award-winning, poignant film tells the story of two men in Brazil: white, middle-class Miguel, and black favela-dweller Jorge, who meet as boys through their fathers’ passion for music.