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In Focus: Praying for Freedom - Religion and Politics in Egypt
In Focus: Praying for Freedom - Religion and Politics in Egypt
Category: News & Current Affairs
The euphoria over Egypt's successful revolution is giving way to disappointment and rage, with many Egyptians wondering what part religion will play in the country's future. Are Islam and democracy compatible?
Al Jazeera English - Witness: This Land is Our Land
Al Jazeera English - Witness: This Land is Our Land
Category: Documentaries
Filmmaker Rodrigo Vazquez goes to Paraguay to see if the efforts of President Fernando Lugo to end corruption and poverty have helped the country's landless peasants.
In Focus: Egypt in Transition
In Focus: Egypt in Transition
Category: News & Current Affairs
In this episode of Deutsche Welle In Focus, follow Egypt's activists, from sit-ins to heated debates, as they shape a country in transition.
Bridge to Iran: Siah Bazi - The Joy Makers
Bridge to Iran: Siah Bazi - The Joy Makers
Category: Documentaries
When Tehran's Siah Bâzi theater troupe faces the closing of their 400-year-old theater due to changing cultural shifts, the performers face uncertain futures as truck drivers and tea-servers. Can the folkloric entertainment survive a modernizing Tehran?
Bridge to Iran: The Queen and I
Bridge to Iran: The Queen and I
Category: Documentaries
Over 30 years ago, Nahid Persson took part in the revolution that brought down Iran's monarchy driving the Shah and his queen, Farah Diba, to exile. Now, Nahid meets her former opponent only to find they have more in common than either would have imagined.
Amplifying the Voices of Climate Change
Amplifying the Voices of Climate Change
Category: News & Current Affairs
Follow the work of Project Survival Media as this team of youth journalists report on frontline perspectives at the UNFCCC COP17 climate negotiations.
Special: Greg Palast - The Vulture's Picnic
Special: Greg Palast - The Vulture's Picnic
Category: Documentaries
Greg Palast speaks in Berkeley, CA, about his new book, in which he exposes corporate malfeasance and names names. From Wall Street to Fukushima, Palast takes the "one percent" to task.
Special: Amy Goodman - Occupy the Airwaves!
Special: Amy Goodman - Occupy the Airwaves!
Category: Documentaries
In this timely speech Amy Goodman speaks out on the importance of independent media, the significance of the occupy movement, and the role journalism plays towards creating a more perfect union.
Special: Glenn Greenwald - With Liberty and Justice for Some
Special: Glenn Greenwald - With Liberty and Justice for Some
Category: Documentaries
Shining a light on the political and financial elite, journalist and lawyer Glenn Greenwald argues that America's justice system is now two-tiered: One for those with enough money or influence to subvert justice, and another for everyone else.
Special: Overdrawn!
Special: Overdrawn!
Category: Documentaries
Overdrawn! is a feature-length documentary about predatory banking fees, with Ralph Nader, Joel Bakan ("The Corporation"), a loan shark, and lots of consumers who are fed up with their banks for ripping them off with overdraft fees.
Special: Locked Out
Special: Locked Out
Category: Documentaries
This documentary tells the David and Goliath story of how miners in the small desert town of Boron, CA stood up to the egregious practices of mine owners Rio Tinto Group -- a huge multinational corporation.
Special: Not Just a Game
Special: Not Just a Game
Category: Documentaries
This powerful new documentary, based on Dave Zirin's bestselling book The People's History of Sports in the United States, argues that American sports have long been at the center of some of the major political debates and struggles of our time.
CINEMONDO: Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story
CINEMONDO: Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story
Category: World Cinema
A modern Egyptian retelling of "The Arabian Nights," features oppressive politics and repressed women in this feature by director Yousry Nasrallah.
In Focus: The Terrorists Next Door
In Focus: The Terrorists Next Door
Category: Documentaries
Ignace Murwanashyaka used to be the leader a vicious Hutu rebel militia based in northeastern Congo. Now he’s facing charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in a German court.
Earth Focus: Nuclear Power - Risks and Consequences
Earth Focus: Nuclear Power - Risks and Consequences
Category: News & Current Affairs
This original Earth Focus investigative report, looks at the untold stories behind three of the world's largest nuclear disasters: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima.