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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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Last Days of the Arctic
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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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2243415829/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false 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... /episodes/get/1366 /episode/1366 Global Voices: Last Days of the Arctic /episode-player/1366
Town of Runners
Town of Runners
Town of Runners follows three children keen to follow in their heroes' footsteps, as they move from school track to national competition and from childhood to adulthood. Set against the background of the seasonal rhythms of this farming region, and the impact of increased urbanization and...
Air date: 06/18/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2245747336/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Town of Runners follows three children keen to follow in their heroes' footsteps, as they move from school track to national competition and from childhood to adulthood. Set against the background of the seasonal rhythms of this farming region, and the impact of increased urbanization and... /episodes/get/1380 /episode/1380 Global Voices: Town of Runners /episode-player/1380
The Day My God Died
The Day My God Died
Young girls whose lives were shattered by the child sex trade describe the day they were abducted from their villages as "the day my god died." By weaving footage from the brothels of Bombay with these girls' stories, Levine offers an unforgettable examination of the growing plague of child sex...
Air date: 06/25/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2247830654/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Young girls whose lives were shattered by the child sex trade describe the day they were abducted from their villages as "the day my god died." By weaving footage from the brothels of Bombay with these girls' stories, Levine offers an unforgettable examination of the growing plague of child sex... /episodes/get/1378 /episode/1378 Global Voices: The Day My God Died /episode-player/1378
Putin's Kiss
Putin's Kiss
Nashi is an increasingly popular political youth organization with direct ties to the Kremlin. Officially, its goal is to support the current political system by creating a future elite among the brightest and most loyal Russian teenagers. But their agenda is also to keep the political opposition...
Air date: 07/02/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2251513132/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Nashi is an increasingly popular political youth organization with direct ties to the Kremlin. Officially, its goal is to support the current political system by creating a future elite among the brightest and most loyal Russian teenagers. But their agenda is also to keep the political opposition... /episodes/get/1372 /episode/1372 Global Voices: Putin's Kiss /episode-player/1372
Acrobat
Acrobat
Fabrice Champion, a young internationally renowned trapeze artist, hit another acrobat in mid-air during a show and was paralyzed. Following years of rehabilitation therapy, hopes lost and found, he returns to the circus as director and teacher.
Air date: 07/16/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2255735921/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Fabrice Champion, a young internationally renowned trapeze artist, hit another acrobat in mid-air during a show and was paralyzed. Following years of rehabilitation therapy, hopes lost and found, he returns to the circus as director and teacher. /episodes/get/1355 /episode/1355 Global Voices: Acrobat /episode-player/1355
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