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Global Voices

Global Voices
Global Voices offers intimate and uncommon stories by and about everyday people. From North Korea to Israel, South Africa to the former Soviet Union, Global Voices offers rare insights and firsthand perspectives from the world and its people.
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Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey
Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey
Air date: 10-29-2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2292076806/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false 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... /episodes/get/6053 /episode/6053 Global Voices: Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey /episode-player/6053
Street Ballad: A Jakarta Story
Street Ballad: A Jakarta Story
Air date: 10-22-2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2292074903/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false 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. /episodes/get/5997 /episode/5997 Global Voices: Street Ballad: A Jakarta Story /episode-player/5997
Global Elections Project: Hell of a Nation
Global Elections Project: Hell of a Nation
Air date: 10-15-2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2286120275/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Watch this film now through November 13. /episodes/get/1360 /episode/1360 Global Voices: Global Elections Project: Hell of a Nation /episode-player/1360
Global Elections Project: Rules of the Game
Global Elections Project: Rules of the Game
Air date: 10-15-2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2286109940/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false 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... /episodes/get/1362 /episode/1362 Global Voices: Global Elections Project: Rules of the Game /episode-player/1362
Family Portrait in Black and White
Family Portrait in Black and White
Air date: 10-15-2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2289819130/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false 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... /episodes/get/5940 /episode/5940 Global Voices: Family Portrait in Black and White /episode-player/5940
The Boy Mir - Ten Years in Afghanistan
The Boy Mir - Ten Years in Afghanistan
Air date: 10-08-2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2284575673/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false What of the generation of Afghans who have grown up since 9/11 and the resulting war in their country? From the director of the international hit, The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan, this film tracks the irrepressible and lovable Mir from a naïve 8-year-old to a fully grown adult. /episodes/get/1376 /episode/1376 Global Voices: The Boy Mir - Ten Years in Afghanistan /episode-player/1376
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Peace vs Justice
Peace vs Justice
When the International Criminal Court was established, it was championed by human-rights crusaders as a long-overdue end to impunity. But what if the victims of heinous crimes don't want the court's version of justice? Peace vs Justice takes a critical look at the problems of applying Western...
Air date: 05/06/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2230437777/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false When the International Criminal Court was established, it was championed by human-rights crusaders as a long-overdue end to impunity. But what if the victims of heinous crimes don't want the court's version of justice? Peace vs Justice takes a critical look at the problems of applying Western... /episodes/get/1370 /episode/1370 Global Voices: Peace vs Justice /episode-player/1370
Motherland Afghanistan
Motherland Afghanistan
One in seven Afghan women currently dies in childbirth. Motherland Afghanistan introduces the women behind these devastating statistics. Afghan American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi examines her father's works as an OB/GYN as he struggles to make a difference, first at Kabul's Laura Bush Maternity...
Air date: 05/13/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2233089738/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false One in seven Afghan women currently dies in childbirth. Motherland Afghanistan introduces the women behind these devastating statistics. Afghan American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi examines her father's works as an OB/GYN as he struggles to make a difference, first at Kabul's Laura Bush Maternity... /episodes/get/1368 /episode/1368 Global Voices: Motherland Afghanistan /episode-player/1368
Comrade Duch: The Bookkeeper of Death
Comrade Duch: The Bookkeeper of Death
Kaing Guek Eav (alias Duch) is a Jekyll-and-Hyde character who began as a mathematics teacher, and then became the commandant of Tuol Sleng prison in Cambodia, ultimately responsible for the torture and murder of 14,000 people. Comrade Duch recounts his flight, conversion to evangelical...
Air date: 05/20/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2236598408/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Kaing Guek Eav (alias Duch) is a Jekyll-and-Hyde character who began as a mathematics teacher, and then became the commandant of Tuol Sleng prison in Cambodia, ultimately responsible for the torture and murder of 14,000 people. Comrade Duch recounts his flight, conversion to evangelical... /episodes/get/1359 /episode/1359 Global Voices: Comrade Duch: The Bookkeeper of Death /episode-player/1359
Lakshmi and Me
Lakshmi and Me
Have you ever dreamed of being waited on hand and foot? For the past six years, Lakshmi has been doing just that for her employers--virtually unnoticed. That is, until one of Lakshmi's employers begins to film her daily life on the job in Mumbai, India. In a deeply personal portrait, the film takes...
Air date: 05/27/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2238737966/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Have you ever dreamed of being waited on hand and foot? For the past six years, Lakshmi has been doing just that for her employers--virtually unnoticed. That is, until one of Lakshmi's employers begins to film her daily life on the job in Mumbai, India. In a deeply personal portrait, the film takes... /episodes/get/1365 /episode/1365 Global Voices: Lakshmi and Me /episode-player/1365
Tales of the Waria
Tales of the Waria
While many in the West view Islam as socially repressive, in Indonesia there exists a transgender community known as the warias; men who live openly as women. This film uncovers a world that not only defies our expectations of gender and Islam, but also reveals our endless capacity as human beings...
Air date: 06/04/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2241070776/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false While many in the West view Islam as socially repressive, in Indonesia there exists a transgender community known as the warias; men who live openly as women. This film uncovers a world that not only defies our expectations of gender and Islam, but also reveals our endless capacity as human beings... /episodes/get/1375 /episode/1375 Global Voices: Tales of the Waria /episode-player/1375
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