Short Cut to Nirvana
Category: Documentaries
A voyage of discovery through the vivid and vibrant world of the Kumbha Mela, a spiritual festival that occurs every 12 years in India and attracts more than 70 million pilgrims from around the world.

The Freedom Files - "Sneak Preview" : Freedom from Abuse of Power
This special preview shows how our right of due process is being eroded, and how torture and extraordinary rendition are being illegally used by our government in the “war on terror.”

International Dateline: Happy Snaps from Hell
Category: News & Current Affairs
This week Dateline takes a chilling look at the lives of those who ran the most notorious death camps ever known - Auschwitz.

Spotlight: A Baby Business
Category: News & Current Affairs
This revealing documentary shows the lengths that Indian child traders will go to when providing children for adoptive parents in the West.

Live From Main Street: Minneapolis
Category: News & Current Affairs
In this special event, the first of five to be held in cities around the United States, national and local journalists ask: What does it take to get heard in the era of big media and diminished civil liberties?

The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
Category: Documentaries
In this intense documentary director Kazuo Hara records the strange crusade of Kenzo Okuzaki as he tries to resolve the gruesome WWII mystery which has haunted him for the past forty years.

Bill Moyers: 2007 National Conference on Media Reform
Category: News & Current Affairs
In this speech from the 2007 National Conference on Media Reform, Bill Moyers talks about the importance of a free, independent media.

Spotlight: No Past to Speak Of
Category: News & Current Affairs
This moving report explores the horrific reality of infant rape in South Africa and investigates the story of a five-month-old baby girl who was brutally raped in a Johannesburg slum, and the societal factors that contributed to the crime.

The Freedom Files - "Sneak Preview" : Protecting the Ballot
This episode focuses on legislative efforts in Georgia and Texas to require voters to present photo IDs, though such rules would create barriers for low-income, elderly and disabled people.

CINEMONDO: Distant Lights
Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo
To some it's the end of the world - the river Oder between Poland and Germany. At this crossroads between two worlds Ukrainian refugees beg and bargain for entry to the West. Their moving stories populate this engrossing drama.

International Dateline: My Name Is Rachel Corrie
Category: News & Current Affairs
The story of Rachel Corrie - a young American peace activist killed in Gaza five years ago while trying to stop a bulldozer - has been turned into a play. Dateline invites two people with opposing views on Israel to a performance.

GLOBAL 3000
Category: News & Current Affairs
Deutsche Welle's new globalization magazine looks at the issues that are moving us today, and shows how people are living with the opportunities and risks of globalization. GLOBAL 3000 gives globalization a face.

Democracy Now! Special
Category: News & Current Affairs
Join host Amy Goodman for documentaries, special guests and an opportunity to obtain DVDs and other Democracy Now! gifts.

Beautiful in Beaufort Wes
Category: Documentaries
This lyrical gem of a film follows Gert Vlok Nel, who has become one of South Africa's most celebrated poets and troubadors from his home town of Beaufort Wes, a small town in the extremely remote Big Karoo region.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Category: Documentaries
This short is a combination of stop-animation, claymation and live action. It's divided into three acts: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.

Eric Burdon

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