Great Wall Across the Yangtzeby Ellen Perry In the heart of China engineers are constructing the world’s largest dam across the legendary Yangtze River. Critics fear the dam will be a social and environmental disaster. Global Voices | |
A Healthy Baby Girlby Judith Helfand A woman who contracted cancer as the result of exposure to a synthetic hormone in utero documents her journey with humor and grace. POV | |
Heart Strings: The Story of the Kamaka Ukuleleby Dawn Kaniaupio and Stuart Yamane Heart Strings is the story of Kamaka Hawaii, an instrument manufacturing business run by four generations of one Hawaiian family. | |
Ice Peopleby Anne Aghion and Benoit Gryspeerdt Join the few scientific teams who have braved the beautiful and silent landscape of Antarctica and discover the secrets about the Earth’s past and what the future may hold. Global Perspectives Collection | |
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Frontby Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman A behind-the-curtain look at the Earth Liberation Front, the radical environmental organization that the FBI calls the “number one domestic terrorism threat” in America. POV | |
In the Light of Reverenceby Christopher McLeod and Malinda Maynor (Lumbee) Land-use battles in three sacred places pull Native Americans into conflicts with mining companies, New Age practitioners, tourists, and rock climbers. POV, True Stories | |
Indonesia: After the Waveby Orlando de Guzman When the tsunami’s waters retreated in the Indonesian territory of Aceh, two opposing forces swept in: foreigners and the Islamic law, Sharia. Indonesia: After the Wave follows the massive influx and subsequent challenge to Aceh’s conservative moral standards. Frontline World, Global Perspectives Collection | |
The Island Presidentby Jon Shenk, Bonni Cohen, and Richard Berge The impassioned president of the Maldives struggles to save his vulnerable island nation from the tragic effects of the looming climate apocalypse. Independent Lens, Diverse Muslim Voices | |
King Cornby Aaron Woolf, Curt Ellis, and Ian Cheney Two recent college graduates plant a single acre of the nation's most powerful crop--corn--and set out to follow it on its journey from a seed to the dinner plate. Independent Lens | |
Land (and how it gets that way)by Walter Brock A look at how land-use issues are affecting one community in Kentucky, and how the ramifications translate to other communities across the nation. |
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