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Opening the Eyes: Deciphering the History of the Khmer Empire
Item# 40602
© 2009
53 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-135-4
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-134-7
The gigantic Angkor temple complex in Cambodia is a testament in stone to the Khmer-miles of inscriptions that only Professor Thomas Maxwell and a handful of other experts can decipher. But time is ru...
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Bill Moyers Journal: Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Item# 40613
© 2009
56 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-149-1
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-148-4
Leymah Gbowee was born and raised in Liberia. She inspired and united her countrywomen to march with her against a dictator and restore the rule of law to their country. And her riveting story has bee...
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The Ghosts of My Lai
Item# 40352
© 2008
53 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-801-7
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-802-4
On March 16, 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War, American soldiers killed 504 unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai. After a brief overview of the war and the home front backlash against it,...
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The Ache Indians of Paraguay
Item# 40159
© 2008
49 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-448-4
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-449-1
Inhabiting a shrinking pocket of rainforest in Paraguay's Eastern Canindeyu Region, the Ache are one of South America's last hunter-gatherer societies-and in imminent danger of cultural extinction. Th...
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Coyote: An Immigration Case Study-in Spanish with English Subtitles
Item# 40203
© 2008
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-444-6
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-445-3
For guidance northward, illegal immigrants from Latin America frequently enlist mercenary escorts known as "coyotes." This program examines one such charming and unseemly figure and the three Guatemal...
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The Explorers: Five Europeans Who Redrew the Map of the World
Item# 39999
© 2008
72 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-136-0
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-137-7
Using sophisticated animation and expertise from modern scholars and archivists, this program reconstructs European voyages of discovery that took place in the 15th through 18th centuries and profiles...
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Great Cities: Rise of the Megalopolis
Item# 40204
© 2007
52 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-446-0
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-447-7
In 1950, only two of the world's urban centers boasted populations of eight million or more. Today, dozens of cities contain at least that many people, with dozens more pushing to join the list. This...
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Food for All: Global Agriculture and the Developing World
Item# 39438
© 2007
47 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-608-2
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60467-609-9
Satisfying one's hunger is a primal act which most Westerners never connect to global issues. But the diets and farming systems of wealthy countries can be directly linked to starvation in the underde...
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Mama Coca's War: How the War on Drugs Impacts Latin America
Item# 39600
© 2007
52 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-481-1
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60467-482-8
Since the United Nations prohibited coca cultivation in 1961, a battle has raged around the simple, versatile plant. In the West, coca is synonymous with violence and terror. For the people of the And...
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Crossroads: Ukraine and the Triumph of Democracy
Item# 39532
© 2007
63 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-382-1
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60467-383-8
Examining Ukraine's past and present politics, this program features firsthand accounts from six Ukrainians who witnessed and took part in the 2004 Orange Revolution-a climactic chapter in the country...
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