Vis à Vis: Beyond The Veil Category: Documentaries A powerful videophone dialogue between Deborah Whitley in Maryland and Sima Daad in Teheran. The two high school teachers confront their cultural and political differences.
Vieques: Worth Every Bit of Struggle Category: Documentaries The struggle between the inhabitants of Vieques Island and the U.S. military, who for 60 years used the island near Puerto Rico for hazardous weapons testing and military training, is examined in this powerful documentary.
Voices in Wartime Category: Documentaries Poets from around the world, along with soldiers, psychologists, civilians, journalists and historians present their diverse perspectives on the impact of war.
Yana's Friends Category: World Cinema A romantic comedy that portrays Russian immigrants in Israel and their romantic foibles in Tel Aviv during the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait, and subsequent Scud attacks on Israel.
Soldiers Speak Out Category: Documentaries A powerful, first-hand testament to the reality of the military experience told entirely in the words of American veterans who have been to war and are now opposing it.
Soweto Uprising Category: Documentaries A definitive account of the Soweto Uprising told through first hand testimonies and archival footage, this program explores the possibility that violence is a necessary catalyst to political change.
Spotlight: Bombies Category: Documentaries Examines the danger of unexploded cluster bombs in modern Laos. The U.S. dropped over 2 million tons of these bombs from 1964-73, making tiny Laos the most heavily bombed country in history.
Spotlight: Aljazeera - Arab Voices Category: Documentaries Filmmaker Ali Essafi follows several journalists for the Middle Eastern satellite news station Aljazeera as they cover the tense build-up to the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq.
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