Flying Down to Kabul: Introduction
One day, Danish artist and pilot Simone Aaberg Kærn reads in her morning paper the story of a 16-year-old Afghan girl who dreams of becoming a fighter pilot. Flying 3,000 miles from Denmark to Kabul in...
View ArticleJapan’s About-Face: Introduction
Read the latest news and updates on Japan’s military. About the Issue: Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution reads: Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the...
View ArticleTurkey’s Tigers: Introduction
Turkey sits at a cultural and geographic crossroads where the Eastern and Western worlds meet. Historically a devoutly Muslim country, Turkey — from the volatile eastern Kurdish region near the Iraqi...
View ArticleA Woman Among Warlords: Introduction
“Enthralling…. The almost entirely observational approach of the filmmakers…. produces amazing scenes” –The New York Times The Issue Since Afghanistan emerged from under Taliban rule in late 2001,...
View ArticleIraqi Exodus: Introduction
“A first-rate look at one of the lesser-recognized problems associated with the war in Iraq…. The individual stories are heart-wrenching.” –Los Angeles Daily News “Beautifully filmed…. It’s so good to...
View ArticleThe People’s Court: Introduction
“Shot with grace, poignancy and humor, and never sacrifices elegance for sanctimony…. Suspense derives from this amazing subject: how quickly can a new body of law be instantiated and citizens be made...
View ArticleDemocracy in the Rough: Introduction
About the Film WIDE ANGLE is on the ground as the Democratic Republic of Congo holds its first elections in 45 years — an election supported by more than $450 million from the United Nations. The...
View ArticleBeslan: Seige of School #1: Introduction
Some call it “Russia’s 9-11.” The siege of School No. 1 in the Russian town of Beslan on September 1, 2004 was the bloodiest act of terrorism in Russia since Chechnya declared independence in 1991. As...
View ArticleGaza E.R.: Introduction
“TV’s best documentary series…delivers another eye-opener…. A powerful film” –The Globe and Mail “Intimate and harrowing” –United Feature Syndicate “This just might be the most eye-opening,...
View ArticleLadies 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...
View ArticlePakistan 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...
View ArticleField 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...
View ArticleVictory 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...
View ArticleThe 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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