Independent Lens - Beauty Is Embarrassing
Bonus Episode: Have You Heard From Johannesburg
Faced with governments reluctant to take meaningful action against the apartheid regime, athletes and activists around the world hit white South Africa where it hurts: on the playing field.
Air date: 01/26/2012
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Sentencing the Victim - A Women and Girls Lead Online...
March is Women's History Month and to celebrate we're bringing you 10 films as part of the Women and Girls Lead Online Film Festival. Watch Sentencing the Victim, about a South Carolina woman who, after a vicious gang-rape, is transformed into a committed and eloquent activist challenging laws she...
Air date: 03/01/2012
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Children of Haiti
In the midst of Haiti's lush mountains and historical relics is an epidemic of over 500,000 orphan children who wander the streets. Known as the "soulless" and forgotten by their own people, they do what they must to survive each day. Follow three teenage boys who share a common dream of education...
Air date: 01/02/2012
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Strong!
A formidable figure standing at 5'8" and weighing more than 300 pounds, Cheryl Haworth struggles to defend her champion status as her lifetime weightlifting career inches towards its inevitable end. Her journey as an elite athlete presents physical and personal challenges, including popular notions...
Air date: 07/27/2012
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Summer Pasture
Locho and Yama are nomadic herders in Tibet's high grasslands, who carve their existence from the land as their ancestors have for generations. As traditional nomadic life confronts rapid modernization, Summer Pasture captures a family at a crossroads, ultimately revealing the profound sacrifice...
Air date: 05/10/2012
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