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102 minutes passed between the first plane’s impact into One World Trade Center, the second plane’s attack on Two World Trade Center, and the eventual collapse of both buildings. In that time, people around New York experienced a range of emotions. Despite the horror and the incomprehensibility of what was happening, many knew, somehow, that they had a unique responsibility to record what they saw.

They reached for their cameras.

This unprecedented documentary special joins hundreds of pieces of their footage and audiotape into a single, seamless historical record. It is an intensely personal perspective of the tragedy, communicating for the first time that morning’s events, as they were experienced by people around New York. It is an evocative, authentic and reverential memorial to one of the most cataclysmic events in world history.

The film is followed by I-Witness to 9/11, an 18-minute documentary short featuring nine of the stories behind these unforgettable images and sounds.

Set in the impoverished back alleys of Victorian London, The Threepenny Opera follows underworld antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) as he tries to woo Polly Peachum and elude the authorities. With its palpable evocation of corruption and dread, Pabst’s story remains a benchmark of early sound cinema.

It is presented here in both its celebrated German and rare French versions.

Filmmakers Benny Brunner and Alexandra Jansse interviewed Palestinians and Israelis from various backgrounds including Azmi Bishara, an Arab-Israeli philosopher and member of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), Shaban Muhmoud, a Palestinian refugee, and Itzhak Pundak, a retired Israeli colonel and diplomat.

Included in the Koran is "The Life of Adam and Eve," a detailed account of the creation story written before Jesus was born. The incestuous account of "The Book of Jubilees" was included in the Orthodox Old Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls. "The Book of Enoch," an ancient bestseller, relates the story of the man said in Genesis to have walked with God and been assumed directly into heaven.

In this courageous, deeply personal new film, Diane Israel examines American culture’s toxic emphasis on thinness, beauty, and physical perfection. Israel, a Boulder-based psychotherapist and former champion triathlete, talks candidly about her own struggle with eating disorders and obsessive exercising, fearlessly confronting her own painful past as she tries to come to terms with American culture’s unhealthy fixation on self-destructive ideals of beauty and competitiveness.

This DVD contains the live performance, an interview with Benjamin Bagby and discussions with Beowulf scholars John Miles Foley, Thomas Cable and Mark Amodio.

In the original Old English (with option for Modern English subtitles).

This film examines challenges that many democratic systems are currently facing and suggests that the future of democracy lies in an inclusive, non-adversarial framework...one which eschews the competitive electoral process. Experts from a variety of political and sociological disciplines share their thoughts on cooperation, planning, diversity, human instinct, and how these relate to the global, egalitarian community they believe is possible.

Where is this Shangri-La? Bhutan.

But can a place like Bhutan really exist? Can such ideals be realized? Can this small, geographically isolated country tucked away in the Himalayans truly protect its environment and culture as they open their doors to the West?

The answer is rooted in the Bhutanese view of the world, anchored in Buddhism, with the simple message that happiness can only be found by taking the middle path the path that balances the needs of man with the powerful spirits of nature.

The Black Man CNN investigates the most critical issues and obstacles affecting African-American men today, dispelling myths and taking a hard look at some disturbing statistics.

Darwin’s great insight-that life has evolved over millions of years by natural selection-has been the cornerstone of all David Attenborough’s natural history series. In this documentary, he takes us on a deeply personal journey which reflects his own life and the way he came to understand Darwin’s theory.

By visiting Darwin’s home and tracing the voyage of the Beagle across the world, David Attenborough explains how the great naturalist revolutionized our understanding of the natural world. New and spectacular wildlife footage of fascinating animal behavior brings the theory to life and fresh evidence and new discoveries reveal how Darwin’s work is endorsed and expounded by today’s cutting-edge science.

The House of Tomorrow The journey concludes with a look at the many emotional and physical transformations that characterize puberty and adolescence. This program shows how that biological metamorphosis - when boys and girls become men and women - is marked in various cultures. We see how whether adolescence is a time of stress or manageable change critically depends upon how parents and teachers respond to a child’s uniqueness throughout the years of childhood. The series concludes by reminding viewers that it matters greatly what we do and say to our children - they are, as Neil Postman once wrote, "living messages to a time we will not see."

Life’s Lessons Between the ages of five and seven, children enter a new and distinctive stage of development called middle childhood, marked by the phenomenon known as "the 5 -7 shift" This change is demonstrated by new abilities and behaviors as children move away from the intimacy of home and family to enter the wider arena of school and work. In sequences showing the first day of school in several countries, this program shows how such universal milestones are recognized by different cultures, and looks at what recent research says makes for effective education.

Love’s Labors An exploration of the fascinating period between six months and three years, when almost every day brings startling evidence of rapid maturation in brain and body -improved coordination, increased mobility, the acquisition of language and an emerging sense of self. We discover how babies and infants are not powerless but are instead active participants in a world they affect and change almost from birth.

EPISODE TWO: "Women of the Country" China’s women have always been under pressure: from men, from family, from work. Now more and more are under new pressure -- from themselves -- to take control of their lives; to get an education; to have a career; to marry for love. It’s a slow, difficult process, and it is changing China.

EPISODE THREE: "Shifting Nature" China is trying to feed 20 percent of the world’s population on 7 percent of the world’s arable land. A third of the world uses water from China’s rivers. But rapid industrialization and climate change have led to bad air, polluted rivers and drought. Environmental activists, Party officials, academics and scientists are in a daily struggle over the damage to nature in China.

EPISODE FOUR: "Freedom and Justice" How free are the Chinese people? How free to worship as they please? To learn the truth from the media? To hear the truth from the Communist Party and the government? How can people with a grievance negotiate with the state?Tibetan Buddhism has long been feared as a rallying point and cover for Tibetan independence. Worship is permitted on the Party’s strict terms -- neither government employees nor students are allowed to practice. A study in contrasts, official Catholicism -- administered not by the Vatican but by the Communist Party -- is far from China’s unofficial churches with 40 million adherents who want nothing between them and their God.

The film also explores Falun Gong and the threat it posed to the Chinese government as well as examining the limits on the right to assembly and press freedom, forced evictions, government cover-up of the AIDS problem, corruption and land grabbing.

Experts predict that by mid-century hundreds of millions of people will be uprooted as a result of sea level rise and an increase in extreme weather events, droughts and desertification. Little is being done to plan for the potential mass migration of millions of refugees who will be forced to cross national borders. According to the UN, there are already more environmental refugees in the world than political or religious refugees. The Pentagon now considers climate change a national security risk and the phrase "climate wars" is being talked about in war-rooms.

The film features a variety of leading scientists, relief workers, security consultants and major political figures including John Kerry and Newt Gingrich. Whether human-caused or a product of nature, the changing climate is already creating humanitarian disasters and will inevitably lead to worldwide political instability.

In recent years, scientists have gained a greater understanding of circadian clocks. This lecture series highlights the research of two biomedical scientists who have made groundbreaking discoveries in understanding the molecular basis of circadian clocks.

In these four lectures-enhaunced by scientific animations and student questions-the scientists explain what circadian clocks are, how they work, and what relevance this knowledge might have for human health. They also describe the scientific techniques that led to their discoveries of the genes, proteins, and other components that make up the circadian clock.

Subverting the conventions of advocacy filmmaking, this award-winning film explores a complex situation from all angles, bringing an important story of environmental peril and human suffering into focus.

What are the Dalai Lama’s solutions to the world’s problems?

This documentary begins where the award-winning Dalai Lama Renaissance Vol I. documentary film, narrated by Harrison Ford, left off.

In this important, profound and intimate meeting, some of the world’s most innovative thinkers meet with the Dalai Lama at his residence in the Himalayan Mountains of Dharamsala, India to present their ideas for a better world.

With humor and profound insight, the Dalai Lama inspires our hearts and minds with some of the greatest wisdom of our Age.

Some of the topics discussed include: spirituality, morality and ethics, business and economics, the environment, education, health and psychology, media and arts, and other subjects.

Eavesdrop on this intimate conversation between great minds in their quest for a better world.

Sister Helen Prejean, a compassionate New Orleansnun, is the spiritual advisor to Matthew Poncelet, a vicious, angry and complex murderer awaiting execution. Her dedication is to help others, like Matthew, find salvation. But as she attempts to navigate Matthew’s dark soul, she encounters a depth of evil that makes her question how far redemption can really go. Can she stave off the fateful day of execution long enough to save Matthew, or will she discover a truth that will rock the very foundation by which she lives her life?

With the help of a unique network of correspondents in and out of the country, FRONTLINE investigates the life and death of the woman whose image remains a potent symbol for those who want to keep the reform movement alive.

The film also explores a number of unanswered questions in the aftermath of the greatest upheaval in Iran since the 1979 revolution: How many were arrested and killed as the security forces attempted to contain the growing protest movement? To what extent was the presidential vote manipulated? What is the nature of the reported divisions among Iran’s ruling elites?

Arthur Miller’s timeless Pulitzer Prize-winning play is brought to the screen with a powerhouse performance by Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman.

In a career-defining performance, Cobb portrays the suffering Willy Loman--the middle-aged man at the end of his emotional rope--with Dunnock equally impressive as his patient wife, Linda. George Segal and James Farentino play their disillusioned sons, Biff and Happy.

When the time comes, the doctor makes a final trip to see his patient "with lead in his shoes." Cees toasts their health, sips his last port, and slowly directs his wheelchair to his bed, where he will end his life peacefully, as he wished, with his wife and doctor present.

The Diamond Empire, which sent shockwaves through the transnational diamond industry when it first appeared, systematically takes apart the myth that "diamonds are forever." It exposes how one white South African family, through a process of monopoly and fantasy, managed to exert control over the global flow of diamonds and change the very way we think about courtship, marriage, and love — an achievement all the more stunning given that diamonds are in fact neither scarce nor imperishable.

Zeroing in on how "the diamond empire" managed to convert something valueless into one of the most coveted commodities in history, the film provides a riveting look at how marketing and consumer culture shape not only global trade and economics, but also our very identities.

1 Past, Present & Promise

2. Understanding Research

3. The Behaving Brain

4. The Responsive Brain

5. The Developing Child

6. Language Development

7. Sensation and Perception

8. Learning

9. Remembering and Forgetting

10. Cognitive Processes

11. Judgment and Decision Making

12. Motivation and Emotion

13. The Mind Awake and Asleep

14. The Mind Hidden and Divided

15. The Self

16. Testing and Intelligence

17. Sex and Gender

18. Maturing and Aging

19. The Power of the Situation

20. Constructing Social Reality

21. Psychopathology

22. Psychotherapy

23. Health, Mind, and Behavior

24. Applying Psychology in Life

25. Cognitive Neuroscience

26. Cultural Psychology

Part I

The research in this program focuses on how the East and West view the world. Westerners tend to focus on objects in a scene independently of each other. Easterners view the whole and the interaction between objects. In each instance, different parts of the brain are activated and different conclusions drawn.

Part II

Perspective of self and others is explored. The West is more ego-centric and individualistic, seeing from the observers point of view. The East tends to be retrospective, considering what others think. For example, in the West you would give lots of drink choices, allowing individual choice. In the East it is polite to consider the persons favorite drink and offer that. This perspective leads the West to value the self whereas the East places importance on the group.

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Using archival news footage, public service announcements, and editorial cartoons, Keen unveils the same frightening pattern in conflict after conflict - World War II, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, Islamic and Christian Fundamentalism - and prefigures the current War on Terrorism.

First we identify ourselves as victims. Then we blame, demonize and finally dehumanize our adversaries, rationalizing our murder of other human beings.

At the court of Charles II, young John Churchill advances his career by serving the king's bastard son, Monmouth, in the field of battle, and by bedding the king's mistress, the Duchess of Cleveland. Young Sarah Jennings is also advancing at court, by befriending the king's sister-in-law, the Duchess of York, and teaching the York princesses, Mary and Anne, the art of gambling. At a court masque, the two meet, and sparks fly.

Bridals

Questions of religion and wealth dominate the negotiations for two marriages. The king’s niece, Mary, is betrothed to the Protestant Prince William of Orange, in hopes of quieting growing alarm regarding the king’s brother and heir, the Catholic Duke of York. Meanwhile, John and Sarah dismay their parents, who demand advantageous marriages for them both. Though penniless, the two are married, thanks to the machinations of the Duchess of York.

Plot Counter-Plot

The infamous Titus Oates whips up anti-Catholic sentiment by concocting fictitious treasons. Lord Shaftesbury has bigger plans: to legitimize the Duke of Monmouth and supplant the Duke of York's succession. Sidney Godolphin mourns the death of his wife in childbirth, while John continues to rise in favor for his military advice, and Sarah adjusts to marriage to a high-ranking, but poorly paid, soldier.

King Charles resists attempts to force a change in the succession, but removes his brother York from England for a time. While accepting subsidy from Louis XIV, he dissolves Parliament. In Scotland, York tortures heretics. Later, the Princess Anne is betrothed to George of Denmark, while Sidney, John, and Sarah continue their rise at court.

Rebellion

The sudden death of Charles II places his Catholic brother James on the throne and galvanizes the Duke of Monmouth into revolt. John proves his military prowess by defeating the rebellion. Sarah becomes Princess Anne’s chief attendant and friend, and the Churchills build their first home. The new king promises religious tolerance, while his heir, Mary of Orange, endures a childless marriage.

The Protestant Wind

The reign of James II deteriorates rapidly, as the king attempts to force the Catholic faith upon the nation. John follows his conscience and switches his loyalty to Princess Mary and her husband, William of Orange. When even Princess Anne deserts him, James flees the country, and William arrives in a bloodless coup. But William and Mary will face more trouble, as, under suspicious circumstances, James's queen has given birth to a son.

Mary II and William III ascend the throne jointly, with Mary insuring that her husband will remain king even after her death. Deposed King James makes trouble in Ireland, but William dispatches Dutch officers, to John's chagrin. Parliament grants Princess Anne an income independent of her sister, which riles the queen. The Churchills' loyalty to Anne causes them to lose influence at court.

The Queen Commands

Princess Anne's refusal to dismiss Sarah from her service infuriates the queen, and Anne withdraws from court. A plot is hatched to discredit John, who is clapped in the Tower on trumped up charges. Finally exonerated, John is frustrated that William continues to lose his war with France. The death of Queen Mary eases tensions, and Anne returns to court with the Churchills, who proudly introduce their daughter Henrietta. Foolishly, they also introduce Anne to Sarah's poor distant cousin, the duplicitous Abigail Hill.

Reconcilliation

The political situation in England complicates Anne’s reliance on Sarah, as Whigs and Tories jockey for position and power. The War of the Spanish Succession rages in Europe, and John’s string of victories against the French proves his military expertise. In appreciation, Queen Anne awards him a dukedom.

Breaking The Circle

Sarah’s bullying tactics toward the queen are in sharp contrast to Abigail’s subtle manipulations, and she falls from favor. Construction of the palace of Blenheim is stalled due to lack of funds. Harley gains power and influence, while Sidney is dismissed from the government, and John resigns in protest. Queen Anne turns to Abigail for comfort at the death of her husband, Prince George.

Not Without Honour

The series winds down in this final episode, in which the aging Queen Anne continues to depend upon Abigail and Harley, while excluding the Churchills from favor. John and Sarah withdraw from public life until the queen’s death brings the ascension of George I, who allows them to enjoy their final days as heroes of the nation.

Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world’s dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel.

Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis, at both the global and human scale, and the film introduces many of the governmental and corporate culprits behind the water grab, while begging the question "CAN ANYONE REALLY OWN WATER?"

Beyond identifying the problem, FLOW also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround.

Through the experience of five normal, Christian, American families-including those of former House Majority Lead Richard Gephardt and Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson-we discover how people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child or family member.

Offering healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of scripture and sexual identity, this landmark film "boldly takes on a loaded topic and examines it both intellectually and emotionally; the result may well leave you blinking away a few tears." (Seattle Times)

But the ground for the protests had been laid in the weeks and months preceding the mass outpouring of opposition. GOODBY MUBARAK! takes us to Egypt during the fall of 2010, in the run-up to legislative elections. What we discover is a revolution-in-waiting already simmering under the surface of Egyptian society.

Over several weeks, the documentary crew travels the country-from Cairo, to Alexandria, to the industrial city of El-Mahalla El-Kubra-introducing us to activists, politicians, and ordinary Egyptians. Activist Mahitav el Gilani walks through a market an night, urging people to sign a petition calling for the end of Egypt’s draconian Emergency Law and for free elections. "If this conversation is broadcast on TV, we’ll be arrested," one woman tells her. Later, a man she approaches says he hopes she makes it out of the neighborhood alive.

We also meet oppostion candidates in the midst of their campaigns-feminist Gameela Ismail, liberal politician Ayman Nour (who was sentenced to five years in prison after winning election in 2005) and Muslim Brotherhood members Saad El Husseini and Hamdi Hassan. They may not agree on much, but all see endemic corruption, the repressive Emergency Law and the lack of political freedom as the key element that must change if the Arab world’s largest and most influential country is to move forward.

And while young, web-savvy activists get much of the credit for the demonstrations, GOODBYE MUBARAK!shows just how deep opposition to the regime ran in the months leading up to the revolution "We only have corrupt and old leaders with nothing to offer," says one angry pensioner. Another adds, "The solution is in the hands of our 12 million jobless kids. they need to go out, demonstrate, and overthrow the regime."

Within weeks, Mubarak’s opponents-led by many of those we meet in this film-would be doing just that. GOODBYE MUBARAK!is an invaluable portrait of a crucial moment in Egyptian society.

This film explores these changes within the lives of four generations of women in the Jiang family in China, from the grandmother who was bought by the Jiang family at age 14 to be the grandfather’s second wife, to her 24-year-old great-granddaughter who works as a sales assistant at the Pierre Cardin boutique in Beijing.

1492 - Christopher Columbus Arrives in the New World 1513 - Ponce de Leon Discovers Florida 1514 - Bartolome de las Casas Establishes Anti-Racism Policy in Spanish Colonies 1519 - Hernan Cortes Brings Horses from Spain to the Americas

Program 2 Spanish American Exploration and Colonization

1539 - Hernando De Soto Explores Southern U.S. 1540 - Francisco Vasques de Coronado Maps America’s Southwest 1565 - Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles Founds Florida’s St. Augustine 1608 - Juan De Onate Expedition Establishes Santa Fe, New Mexico 1711 - Gallegos Family, Pioneers of the Desert Southwest

1720 - Father Antonio Margil de Jesus Helps Found San Antonio, Texas 1740 - Governor Manuel de Montiano Defends St. Augustine Against English Attack 1769 - Junipero Serra Founds a Mission in San Diego 1779 - Bernardo de Galvez Leads Spanish Forces Against Britain In America’s Fight For Freedom 1810 - Spain’s North American Colonists Begin Forging an American Hispanic Identity

Program 4: A New Hispanic Identity Emerges

1819 - Luis de Onís Prevents a War Between Spain and the United States 1821 - Don Facundo Melgares Inaugurates Trade on the Santa Fe Trail 1836 - Jose Antonio Navarro and Lorenzo de Zavala, Founding Fathers of the Texas Republic 1836 - Juan Seguin Stands with Americans at the Battle of the Alamo 1836 - Juana Briones Establishes San Francisco

1848 - The Treaty Guadalupe Hidalgo Cedes Mexican Southwest to the United States 1853 - Joaquin Murieta Becomes the Inspiration for the Cisco Kid and Zorro 1855 - Francisco Ramirez Founds the First Spanish Language Newspaper in Los Angeles 1862 - Indian Fighter Rafael Chacon and Kit Carson Defeat the Navajo 1863 - Hispanics Distinguish Themselves in the American Civil War 1866 - David Farragut Becomes the First Admiral in the U.S. Navy 1866 - Mexican Vaqueros Begin the American Cowboy Tradition

Program 6 Hispanics Become an American Minority

1898 - Spanish American War 1905 - Noted Philosopher George Santayana Publishes The Life of Reason 1929 - United States Begins Its Mexican American Repatriation Campaign 1936 - Dennis Chavez is First Hispanic Elected to the U.S. Senate 1944 - Luis Walter Alvarez Helps Develop Atomic Bomb 1949 -Pancho Gonzales Becomes First Hispanic American Superstar

1959 - Ritchie Valens Initates Hispanic/Latin Renaissance in American Culture 1961 - Emilio Azcarraga Brings Hispanic Television to the United States 1963 - Poet William Carlos Williams Wins the Pulitzer Prize. 1963 - Joan Baez Sings at Civil Rights March on Washington D.C 1965 - Cesar Chavez Founds the United Farm Workers of America Program 8 Era of the Hispanic American Hero Begins

1969 - Judy Baca Brings the Hispanic Muralist Movement to the United States 1973 - Roberto Clemente is the First Hispanic Elected into Baseball’s Hall of Fame 1978 - Hispanic Golfer Nancy Lopez Wins Her First LPGA Championship 1980 - Walter Alvarez Proposes Dinosaur Extinction Caused by Asteroid Impact 1986 - Franklin Chang-Diaz Becomes the First Hispanic American in Space 1990 - Dr. Antonia Novello, First Hispanic Surgeon General 2001 - Linda Alvarado Wins Horatio Alger Award

Everyday, tons of chemicals are released into the environment, without ever knowing how toxic they are in the long term to the living organisms. Moreover: the majority of the 100 000 molecules developed since the World War II which are used in daily products have never been tested…

Some of them found their way into our bodies and into fetuses. Up to 247 toxic substances have been found in new-borns. We are today bequeathing our toxic load to our children along with our DNA!

In a hard-hitting investigation, carried out with intelligence and humor, director, Carole Poliquin, has her own blood tested and explores the links between those toxic substances and some rising health problems such as cancer, allergies, hyperactivity, infertility. Her findings are disturbing and strongly challenge our way of life.

Whether you’re a child who drinks milk or an adult who enjoys a bottle of wine, Human Footprint takes a phase-by-phase journey through life to illustrate the enormous imprint every American makes during his or her time on Earth. Incorporating surprising facts with playful visuals, this enlightening portrait reveals our level of consumption—and the simple changes we can all make to reduce our negative impact on the world.

Bringing together the earlier THE ICEMAN TAPES: CONVERSATIONS WITH A KILLER and THE ICEMAN: SECRETS OF A MAFIA HITMAN with the newly released Dietz interview this new special edition, THE ICEMAN INTERVIEWS is the ultimate compendium of the mind of a murderer.

Includes Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski’s riveting on-camera confession, exclusively for HBO, of the murder of police officer Peter Calabro. Making news in February 2003, Kuklinski accepted a plea bargain for a concurrent 30-year term to his 60-year prison sentence and implicated Sammy "The Bull" Gravano in the crime.

THE ICEMAN INTERVIEWS - this new special edition is guaranteed to run chills up and down your spine all over again.

Kuklinski killed by gun, by knife, by Molotov cocktail, by cyanide and by other unorthodox weapons. He tells a particularly grim story of how he once shot a stranger in the forehead with a crossbow. It wasn’t a contract hit, it wasn’t personal and it wasn’t about money. "I just wanted to see if this thing worked," he says dryly.

In 1986, after three years with a task force bearing down on him, Kuklinski was betrayed by "the only man I didn’t kill." He continues to serve a multiple life sentence in Trenton Maximum Security Prison. The documentary concludes: "The files on the Iceman will never be closed as long as the number and identities of the people he killed remain unknown."

Focused on the issues of gender justice, terrorism, and democracy, this documentary presents this remarkable data deftly, showing how it challenges the popular notion that Muslims and the West are on a collision course. Like the research, the film highlights a shared relationship that is based on facts, not fear.

Many argue that the standard practice of sexual assignment by surgery in infancy should be discontinued giving the intersexual the right to chose or not to chose surgery once that person reaches adolescence. But whatever the surgical choice, intersexuals show us that gender is infinitely more complex than shape of our genitals.

Girls who survive infancy are often subject to neglect and many grow up to face extreme violence and even death at the hands of their own husbands or other family members.

The war against girls is rooted in centuries-old tradition and sustained by deeply ingrained cultural dynamics which, in combination with government policies, accelerate the elimination of girls.

Shot on location in India and China, It’s a Girl reveals the issue. It asks why this is happening and why so little is being done to save girls and women.

The film tells the stories of abandoned and trafficked girls, of women who suffer extreme dowry-related violence, of brave mothers fighting to save their daughters’ lives and of other mothers who would kill for a son. Global experts and grassroots activists put the stories in context and advocate different paths towards change, while collectively lamenting the lack of any truly effective action against this injustice.

Writers Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, Ishmael Reed and William Styron place Baldwin’s major works (including Notes of a Native Son, Another Country, and The Fire Next Time with in the context of African American literature and the broader Civil Rights struggle. This intellectural biography will as the Philadelphia Inquirer says, "make you want to race to the library to read Baldwin’s books themselves."

Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary, but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. His dense, bebop-influenced neoexpressionist work emerged while minimalist, conceptual art was the fad; as a successful black artist, he was constantly confronted by racism and misconceptions. Much can be gleaned from insider interviews and archival footage, but it is Basquiat’s own words and work that powerfully convey the mystique and allure of both the artist and the man.

Featuring interviews with Julian Schnabel, Larry Gagosian, Bruno Bischofberger, Tony Shafrazi, Fab 5 Freddy, Jeffrey Deitch, Glenn O’Brien, Maripol, Kai Eric, Nicholas Taylor, Fred Hoffmann, Michael Holman, Diego Cortez, Annina Nosei, Suzanne Mallouk, and Rene Ricard, among many others.

Filmed across 4000 miles and seventeen states, in Jesus Politics Ziv weaves an historically informed but thoroughly contemporary cinematic essay, a probing look at how deeply religious faith shapes 21st cenury American politics.

Orthodox Christianity: the Rumanian Solution The Orthodox churches in Eastern Europe seem to be bound to the Communist states in essentially loveless marriages, except in Rumania. The Rumanian Orthodox Church is still seen as an important aspect of Rumania’s cultural heritage and ethic identity. The Orthodox liturgy is one the oldest and longest in Christendom and the spirituality of the services intensified by the Byzantine splendor of the setting and the beauty of some of the inspiring choral music to be heard in any church in the world.

Judaism: The Chosen People What is it that makes a Jew a Jew? In New York, Elie Wiesel, author and survivor of the concentration camps, tried to define it. In London, Norbert Brainia and the Amadeus Quartet carry the argument further, both in words and music. Inevitably the search takes us to Jerusalem, where Dr. Pinchas Peli, tenth generation rabbi and the fourth generation Jerusalemite, explains the meaning of prayer and acts as our guide through the religious schools, the synagogues and a museum for the survivors of the Holocaust. We also see Western (Wailing) Wall, a place of prayer and pilgrimage sacred to the Jewish people.

Orthodox Christianity: the Rumanian Solution The Orthodox churches in Eastern Europe seem to be bound to the Communist states in essentially loveless marriages, except in Rumania. The Rumanian Orthodox Church is still seen as an important aspect of Rumania’s cultural heritage and ethic identity. The Orthodox liturgy is one the oldest and longest in Christendom and the spirituality of the services intensified by the Byzantine splendor of the setting and the beauty of some of the inspiring choral music to be heard in any church in the world.

Judaism: The Chosen People What is it that makes a Jew a Jew? In New York, Elie Wiesel, author and survivor of the concentration camps, tried to define it. In London, Norbert Brainia and the Amadeus Quartet carry the argument further, both in words and music. Inevitably the search takes us to Jerusalem, where Dr. Pinchas Peli, tenth generation rabbi and the fourth generation Jerusalemite, explains the meaning of prayer and acts as our guide through the religious schools, the synagogues and a museum for the survivors of the Holocaust. We also see Western (Wailing) Wall, a place of prayer and pilgrimage sacred to the Jewish people.

Orthodox Christianity: the Rumanian Solution The Orthodox churches in Eastern Europe seem to be bound to the Communist states in essentially loveless marriages, except in Rumania. The Rumanian Orthodox Church is still seen as an important aspect of Rumania’s cultural heritage and ethic identity. The Orthodox liturgy is one the oldest and longest in Christendom and the spirituality of the services intensified by the Byzantine splendor of the setting and the beauty of some of the inspiring choral music to be heard in any church in the world.

Judaism: The Chosen People What is it that makes a Jew a Jew? In New York, Elie Wiesel, author and survivor of the concentration camps, tried to define it. In London, Norbert Brainia and the Amadeus Quartet carry the argument further, both in words and music. Inevitably the search takes us to Jerusalem, where Dr. Pinchas Peli, tenth generation rabbi and the fourth generation Jerusalemite, explains the meaning of prayer and acts as our guide through the religious schools, the synagogues and a museum for the survivors of the Holocaust. We also see Western (Wailing) Wall, a place of prayer and pilgrimage sacred to the Jewish people.

E.O. Wilson is an icon of our times: a lord of the ants who sought to explain nature on earth and who now fights for its survival through his worldwide conservation efforts. Actor and environmentalist Harrison Ford narrates this engaging portrait of a ceaselessly active scientist and eloquent writer, who has accumulated two Pulitzer Prizes among his many other honors.