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The English Surgeon

by Geoffrey Smith and Rachel Wexler

A British neurosurgeon confronts the dilemmas of the doctor-patient relationship on his latest mission to Ukraine.

POV, Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices

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Escape from Auschwitz

by Alex Dunlop

The story of two young Slovak Jews who managed to escape and help save as many as 120,000 Jews by sharing their detailed account of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Global Perspectives Collection, Secrets of the Dead

Every Day Is a Holiday

by Theresa Loong

A war veteran and P.O.W. takes a long and complicated path to U.S. citizenship, made even more dramatic by his daughter's discovery of his wartime diary.

The Fighting Spirit

by George Amponsah, Jacqui Timberlake, and Mike Tait

Three young boxers from Bukom, Ghana try to navigate the glittering prizefighting rings of Europe and North America through triumph and defeat.

Global Perspectives Collection, AfroPop

First Australians

by Darren Dale and Rachel Perkins

This epic story combines landscapes, interviews, art and archival footage to present the birth of contemporary Australia from the perspectives of its first peoples.

Global Perspectives Collection

For God, Tsar and Fatherland

by Nino Kirtadze and Paul Rozenberg

Russian nationalism percolates in a castle outside Moscow, where Mikhail Morozov — who longs for a return to the glory days of Old Russia — rules autonomously over young initiates, laying the groundwork for a rapidly growing right-wing movement.

Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices

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Give Up Tomorrow

by Michael Collins and Marty Syjuco

When a teenager from a political family in the Philippines is accused of double murder, the country’s judicial system is put to the test after years of alleged corruption.

POV

God Loves Uganda

by Roger Ross Williams

Inspired by his own roots in the African American Baptist church, director Roger Ross Williams delves into the evangelical movement in Uganda.

Independent Lens

Granito: How to Nail a Dictator

by Pamela Yates, Peter Kinoy, and Paco de Onís

Discover how a 26-year-old documentary became vital forensic evidence in the trial of a dictator for human-rights abuses.

Women and Girls Lead, POV

Great Wall Across the Yangtze

by 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

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