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Ladies First: Introduction

Ten years after the bloody genocide that killed an estimated 800,000 people in just 100 days, Rwanda's women are leading their country's healing process and taking their society forward into a...

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China Prep: Introduction

“Interesting and thought-provoking.... It also might make you a little uneasy, which is an even better reason to watch.... Focused, fast-moving and compelling” –New York Daily News As the world’s...

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Lord’s Children: Introduction

“Startling and strangely poetic” –PopMatters ABOUT THE ISSUE The region of Northern Uganda was ravaged by one of Africa’s longest civil wars until 2006. For over 20 years, more than 65,000 children,...

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Pakistan at the Polls: Introduction

In the half a century since the country’s founding, changes in Pakistan’s leadership have been marked by assassinations, plane crashes, military coups -- and the occasional democratic election. But...

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Field Trip to the DMZ: Introduction

Up to 100,000 defectors have fled hunger and political repression in North Korea since a devastating famine in the 1990s. But the border between North and South Korea is impenetrable -- the...

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From Jihad to Rehab: Introduction

ABOUT THE ISSUE Fifteen of the 19 hijackers in the attacks of September 11, 2001 were from Saudi Arabia. In the aftermath of the attacks, the Saudi government aggressively pursued domestic terrorists,...

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Once Upon a Coup: Introduction

“A cracking good adventure yarn.... It’s wonderfully made – crisp, fast, thrilling from start to finish – but it’s also thoughtful and thought provoking, in the spirit of the best documentaries.......

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Eyes of the Storm: Introduction

“Tragic and powerful” –Burma Digest On May 2, 2008, a Category 4 cyclone made landfall on Burma’s southern coast. Winds of 130 miles per hour raged all night, and storm surge drowned much of the...

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Victory Is Your Duty: Introduction

About the Issue In the past seven Olympic Games, Cuba, an island nation with a population of 11 million people, has dominated the sport of boxing: 63 medals, 32 of them gold. Boxing has held a special...

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Contestant No. 2: Introduction

“An unexpectedly poignant documentary.... Suspenseful and thought-provoking" –Jerusalem Post “A heartbreaking doc…. What we see is a profoundly bitter confrontation between the individual and the...

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The Market Maker: Introduction

“A true story that should have Hollywood calling” – USA Today “An amazing documentary” –baristaexchange.com Eleni Gabre-Madhin is a woman with a dream. The charismatic Ethiopian economist wants to end...

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Birth of a Surgeon: Introduction

"Tells an admirable story.... It is too early to gauge the long-term effects of Mozambique’s program, but in the glimpse provided by this film, it seems full of possibilities.” –The New York Times...

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Heart of Jenin: Introduction

“Heart-rending” –Denver Post “ A moving...documentary” –Globe and Mail When a 12-year-old Palestinian boy was killed in the West Bank city of Jenin by Israeli soldiers who mistook his toy gun for the...

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Crossing Heaven’s Border: Introduction

“Recounts the harrowing, heartbreaking stories of North Korean refugees who escape – or try to – across the border into China” –Miami Herald “The kind of suspense Hollywood cannot manufacture” – Wall...

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Burning Season: Introduction

ABOUT THE ISSUE Climate change is the “defining issue of our era,” according U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. But the question of how to slow global warming has stymied the international community...

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Ladies First: Introduction

Ten years after the bloody genocide that killed an estimated 800,000 people in just 100 days, Rwanda’s women are leading their country’s healing process and taking their society forward into a...

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China Prep: Introduction

“Interesting and thought-provoking…. It also might make you a little uneasy, which is an even better reason to watch…. Focused, fast-moving and compelling” –New York Daily News As the world’s attention...

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Lord’s Children: Introduction

“Startling and strangely poetic” –PopMatters ABOUT THE ISSUE The region of Northern Uganda was ravaged by one of Africa’s longest civil wars until 2006. For over 20 years, more than 65,000 children,...

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Pakistan at the Polls: Introduction

In the half a century since the country’s founding, changes in Pakistan’s leadership have been marked by assassinations, plane crashes, military coups — and the occasional democratic election. But even...

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Field Trip to the DMZ: Introduction

Up to 100,000 defectors have fled hunger and political repression in North Korea since a devastating famine in the 1990s. But the border between North and South Korea is impenetrable — the...

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