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African School: Football Fever
African School: Football Fever
Category: Documentaries
In this episode, the Masindi School becomes engrossed in a soccer competition, and the students dream of what might happen if they impress the talent scouts.
African School: Sex Education
African School: Sex Education
Category: Documentaries
In this episode we follow Christine, a final-year student who fears she is pregnant. Early pregnancy forces 6,000 girls out of schooling in Uganda every year.
African School: The Womanizer and the Evangelist
African School: The Womanizer and the Evangelist
Category: Documentaries
In this episode, a young womanizer faces the possibility of HIV as the local evangelical church tries to drive home the message that sex before marriage is wrong.
African School: Running for Your Life
African School: Running for Your Life
Category: Documentaries
In this episode of African School, Mr. Ntairaho partakes in a survey of displaced children, while the orphan Opio strives to follow in the footsteps of his late father as a professional athlete.
African School: Boy Meets Girl
African School: Boy Meets Girl
Category: Documentaries
Having a love life in Uganda is not easy. Teenagers face expulsion if they admit to being in a relationship, and teachers often find themselves at opposite ends of the country from their spouse - if they can even afford it.
African School: Culture Clash
African School: Culture Clash
Category: Documentaries
Traditional values and modernization clash as Uganda becomes a melting pot of cultural values. In this episode, the school's choir embraces the 'witchdoctor dance' while the head teacher opposes witchcraft.
CINEMONDO: My Father My Lord
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: Wrong Side Up
CINEMONDO: Wrong Side Up
Category: World Cinema
An eccentric Czech comedy filled with odd characters searching for connections in a post-communist world. Part of our new world cinema series Cinemondo. Tune in Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET.
Silent Companion
Silent Companion
Category: Documentaries
Undeterred by the looming U.S.-Iraq war and despite lurking dangers, a solitary boatman steers his way through the maze of reedy marshes along the border of Iran, intent on his important personal mission. This quiet drama is a tribute to human resilience
CINEMONDO: Stolen Life
CINEMONDO: Stolen Life
Category: World Cinema
In this Chinese film by director Li Shaohong, a young girl finds herself shunned by the world when she becomes pregnant out of wedlock.
Stray Bullet
Stray Bullet
This short film follows the route of five bullets and the people they affect during a shoot-out in Rio de Janeiro.
CINEMONDO: Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures
CINEMONDO: Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures
Category: World Cinema
A moving film about two men who travel the Brazilian countryside in the '40s selling aspirin, a new "miracle drug". Then one finds out he must either return to his home in Germany, or enter a local concentration camp.
Special: Searching For Your Sacred Path
Special: Searching For Your Sacred Path
Category: Documentaries
Journey from the World Cup to Bhutan, in a quest for inner peace and spiritual oneness. Join Dr. Brenda Wade and guest Phil Cousineau for a fascinating discussion, along with the documentary, Words of My Perfect Teacher.
Mayor of the West Side
Mayor of the West Side
Category: Documentaries
A complex, engaging coming-of-age story about a teenager with multiple disabilities who is a local celebrity in his New York City neighborhood.
explore: Specials
explore: Specials
Category: Documentaries
The explore.org Team travels the world, helping courageous non-profits and profiling the selfless acts of others to inspire a revolution of giving. Learn more at www.explore.org.