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Global Elections Project: Rules of the Game
Papua New Guinea is one of the most remote places on Earth--fragmented by tribes and clans that collectively speak 800 different languages. RULES OF THE GAME follows the 2007 elections in which three candidates are vying to be the next governor in a system often plagued with political corruption...
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Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey
Dictator or liberator? General or president? Pakistani filmmaker Sabiha Sumar sat down with former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, prior to his resignation, to find answers. In an intimate and hard-hitting interview, the former president discusses his vision for the future of Pakistan and its...
Air date: 10/29/2012
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Street Ballad: A Jakarta Story
Titi Juwariyah, 27, is a street singer in Jakarta, Indonesia. She leads a challenging, conflicted life ? from her migration to Jakarta as a lost teen from the Java countryside to her heartfelt quest for identity and acceptance in her adopted city.
Air date: 10/22/2012
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Family Portrait in Black and White
Olga Nenya, from a small Ukrainian town, is raising 16 black orphans in a country of Slavic blue-eyed blondes. The reality of growing up as a bi-racial child in Eastern Europe ? a rare and truly visible minority ? is not for the faint of heart. These children always have to be on guard against the...
Air date: 10/15/2012
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Last Days of the Arctic
Ragnar Alexsson, a.k.a. RAX, is among the most celebrated photographers in the world. His series "Faces of the North" -- three decades in the making -- is a living document of the dying cultures of the far northern reaches of the planet. On his final shoot for the series, RAX tracks hunters on the...
Air date: 06/11/2012
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Milking the Rhino
The native herding tribes of Africa are emerging from a century of ?white man?s conservation,? which turned their lands into off-limits game reserves. Now, with a new model of conservation, African wildlife is back in their hands and the tribes are vying for a piece of the ecotourism pie. But can...
Air date: 09/10/2012
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