CINEMONDO: Takva - A Man's Fear of God Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo This extraordinary character study folded into a cautionary tale explores the temptations and struggles of a Turkish man trying to live by ancient religious precepts in the contemporary globalized world.
CINEMONDO: Blind Shaft Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo "Blind Shaft" tells the story of two itinerant miners who risk their lives under dangerous working conditions and develop a murderous scheme in order to better their lives. But the two men’s plan takes an unexpected turn.
CINEMONDO: Vanaja Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo When 14-year-old Vanaja is told by a fortune teller that she will be a great dancer, she presses her alcoholic father to get her a job with a rich local landowner who was once herself a dancer. But caste issues soon arise.
In Focus: The Sarko Show Category: News & Current Affairs May 16, 2008, marks Nicolas Sarkozy's first year in the Élysée Palace. No French president before him has made so many headlines in such a short time. But is it working? This report covers a week in the French president's life.
In Focus: Jewish and Democratic Category: News & Current Affairs Israel likes to describe itself as "the only democracy in the Middle East". But to what extent is Israel a genuine democracy? This report looks at how Israel defines itself in spite of the many social ills and problems it faces.
The Prisoner Or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair Category: Documentaries This doc details an absurd, but sadly real comedy of errors where a freedom-loving Iraqi journalist is mistaken as Tony Blair's would-be assassin and sent to Abu Ghraib Prison.
CINEMONDO: Daratt Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo This fable-like gem opens in a small village in Chad, as the government is about to announce the fates of those accused of war crimes during the country’s long civil war. When amnesty is granted, 16-year-old Atim is sent on a conflicted path of revenge.
CINEMONDO: A Time for Drunken Horses Category: World Cinema: Cinemondo The award-winning first film of renowned director Bahman Ghobadi. In a remote Kurdish village on the Iran-Iraq border, five motherless children endure hard scrabble lives, smuggling in order to survive.
In Focus: The Genetic Conspiracy Category: News & Current Affairs How safe are genetically modified foods? Germany recently started permitting the techniques at home, and In Focus takes this opportunity to examine its use and history.
Who Is Mordechai Vanunu? Category: News & Current Affairs This film recounts the true story of Mordechai Vanunu - the nuclear technician who became one of the most controversial figures in Israel's history.
International Dateline: Zimbabwe Hell Category: News & Current Affairs In the lead up to the Presidential run-off, Dateline enters Zimbabwe to secretly film the horrific reality of daily intimidation, torture and murder of Opposition supporters.
Chahinaz: What Rights For Women? Category: Documentaries A vibrant Algerian student, Chahinaz, doesn't understand why women aren't considered equal to men according to the laws of her country. This leads her on a quest to find out what life is like for other women around the world.
FELA: Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense Category: World Music He created the genre of Afrobeat, and became the symbol of musical protest; the late great Fela Kuti was a powerhouse of creativity and energy who challenged social, musical and political boundaries.
Viewer - and power swimmer - Jim Miller talks about how his hunger for knowledge draws him to Link TV's programming so that, as he puts it, he does not become "an old, stale piece of cheese!"
