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Crossing Heaven’s Border: Introduction from 2011-07-12T17:45:08
“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” –...
ListenHeart of Jenin: Introduction from 2011-07-12T17:44:40
“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 gu...
ListenBirth of a Surgeon: Introduction from 2011-07-12T17:43:07
“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 Ne...
ListenThe Market Maker: Introduction from 2011-07-12T17:42:48
“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 ...
ListenContestant No. 2: Introduction from 2011-07-12T17:25:26
“An unexpectedly poignant documentary…. Suspenseful and thought-provoking” –Jerusalem Post “A heartbreaking doc…. What we see is a profoundly bitter confrontation between the individ...
ListenVictory Is Your Duty: Introduction from 2011-07-12T17:05:52
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 s...
ListenEyes of the Storm: Introduction from 2011-07-12T16:07:32
“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...
ListenOnce Upon a Coup: Introduction from 2011-07-12T16:06:43
“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 documentar...
ListenField Trip to the DMZ: Introduction from 2011-07-12T15:20:37
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...
ListenChina Prep: Introduction from 2011-07-11T23:10:30
“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 th...
ListenRaise the Last Glass: Introduction from 2010-01-01T12:45:16
In January 2009, Waterford Crystal went bankrupt. The company’s main factory, in Waterford, Ireland, was closed, and 480 people were fired. Many of them had worked there for more than forty year...
ListenTime for School Series: Podcast Part 2 from 2009-09-21T15:01:16
WIDE ANGLE’s unprecedented, award-winning 12-year documentary project, Time for School, returns in 2009 with visits to seven classrooms in seven countries to offer a glimpse into the lives...
ListenTime for School Series: Introduction from 2009-09-21T15:00:05
“It’s the human stories of overcoming adversity that jump out at one in Time for School…. Wide Angle’s documentaries are about the real world — the world beyond reality TV and Hollywood ex...
ListenPakistan at the Polls: Video: Vote for Benazir’s Blood from 2009-03-04T18:39:31
Abida Hussain is a notoriously sharp-tongued politician with gray hair and a smoker’s raspy voice who is running for parliament in Punjab, Pakistan — against her own cousin. The two ...
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