GLOBAL LENS: Dam Street (Hong Yan)
Category: World Cinema
In China in 1983, sixteen-year-old Xiao Yun finds herself pregnant and expelled from school. Ten years later, she still lives in the same town, and has a young friend who tries desperately to protect her from the judgmental community.

Bridge to Iran: Dream of Silk
Category: Documentaries
Young girls at an Iranian all-girls high school talk about their dreams for the future in this Bridge to Iran doc. This is a candid exploration of the young girls' aspirations and hopes, at a powerful and fleeting point in their lives.

Bridge to Iran: Zinat - One Special Day
Category: Documentaries
Zinat lives an ordinary Iranian woman's life, cooking and tending to her home. But this doesn't stop her from running against a man in the local municipality elections, with the support of family and friends.

GLOBAL LENS: Nada +
Category: World Cinema
Cuban postal clerk, Carla, takes up the absurd lengths of red tape in her bureaucracy and ties them up in a bow as she fabricates a rich - and covert - fantasy life out of her comrades' letters.

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?

GLOBAL LENS: The Kite (Le Cerf-Volant)
Category: World Cinema
Lamia must cross a border checkpoint between Lebanon and Israel to fulfill an arranged marriage. But she has a secret: she's in love with the Israeli soldier guarding the checkpoint.

GLOBAL LENS: Luxury Car (Jiang Cheng Xia Ri)
Category: World Cinema
A father travels from his village to the city, determined to find his son. But instead, he discovers his daughter working as a karaoke bar escort, forcing him to face his family's estrangement head-on.

GLOBAL LENS: Daughter of Keltoum (Bent Keltoum)
Category: World Cinema
Rallia, a young Swiss woman, returns to her Algerian birthplace to seek out her roots. Unable to await mother's return, she heads out into the desert to find her.

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Gladiator Women
Category: Documentaries
Marta El Alto confronts Jennifer Two Face in a wrestling ring in La Paz, Bolivia. But there's more at stake than the prize money. Marta represents the underclass - little wonder then that she gets the biggest cheers.

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Romance Chinese-Style
Category: Documentaries
This episode of Al Jazeera English - Witness takes a whimsical look at how speed dating, online romance and love schools have replaced party loyalty in China. But in today's China, is there any time for love?

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Caravan of Love
Category: Documentaries
In this heart-warming and humorous film, documentary filmmaker Cecilia Hue visits the Spanish town of Cabezuela, the land where her mother was born.

In Focus: Charm and Cunning - Women at the Top
Category: News & Current Affairs
Even now only eleven percent of Germany's top managers are female. Those who do make it to the top also profit from general misogynistic conditions. In Focus profiles some of Germany's "superwomen".

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

In Focus: Topsy Turvy - The Gender Game
Category: News & Current Affairs
In this episode - two films on the subject of men and women: how has understanding of the male and female roles changed in Germany over the forty years since the so-called sexual revolution?

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.