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New! India: Two Hearts-A Struggle to Save Conjoined Twins
Item# 52187
© 2012
29 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-701-1
In many parts of India, particularly its most poverty-stricken corners, life for girls can be difficult indeed. So what hope was there for Stuti and Aradhana-conjoined newborn sisters with two tiny he...
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New! Vietnam: The Wandering Souls
Item# 52186
© 2012
26 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-700-4
Using war records, old maps, and other archival materials, two of Australia's Vietnam veterans have produced the first comprehensive account of where nearly 4,000 missing Vietnamese soldiers might be...
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New! TEDTalks: Bobby Ghosh—Why Global Jihad Is Losing
Item# 53064
© 2012
17 Min.
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Throughout the history of Islam, says journalist Bobby Ghosh, there have been two sides to jihad: one internal—a personal struggle to be better—and the other external. A small minority (most recently,...
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New! Wired: Gaming, Hacking, and Cyber Assaults in Korea
Item# 51872
© 2012
27 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-543-7
Fueled by the fastest and most pervasive Internet connections on Earth, online gaming is now a national obsession in South Korea. But while millions of people are engrossed in virtual warfare, their c...
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New! Nigeria: Endless Oil Spills
Item# 50436
© 2012
22 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-535-2
Over the years, Nigeria has become an economy based almost entirely on the mining of crude oil. But having a single economic focus has not kept the country safe from violent rifts and factionalism—ind...
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New! J, Robot: Japanese Designers Push the Boundaries of Humanoid AI
Item# 52394
© 2012
59 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-492-8
January 17, 1995: a massive earthquake hits Kobe, Japan, trapping thousands in collapsed buildings. Conventional search-and-rescue operations prove inadequate, and in the months and years that follow,...
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The Tree Workers’ Case: Human Trafficking in the European Union
Item# 51900
© 2012
52 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-485-0
Shedding light on one of the most brazen criminal enterprises to be uncovered in the E.U. in the past two decades, this film tells the story of approximately 2,000 workers—mostly from Southeast Asia,...
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Richard III: An Arab Tragedy Tours the World Stage
Item# 50412
© 2012
58 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-476-8
Cofounder of London’s Zaoum Theatre Company and its Arabic-world counterpart, SABAB Theatre, Kuwaiti-born director Sulayman Al Bassam uses his stage productions to explore contemporary issues of ident...
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Mother India: Stories from a Hyderabad Fertility Clinic
Item# 52599
© 2012
56 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-426-3
After eight years of marriage, Jhuma and her husband, Niladri, have not been able to conceive, and they are becoming desperate. They’ve decided to travel to Hyderabad, capital of India’s medical and p...
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Street Journeys: Using Theater to Transform the Lives of At-Risk Youth
Item# 52594
© 2012
57 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-423-2
Shangilia Mtoto wa Afrika (Rejoice Child of Africa) is an orphanage in Nairobi that uses performing arts as a tool to improve the lives of street children—and, in the process, change the negative ster...
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