The conflict
May 14, 1948: David Ben-Gurion declared the independence of the Jewish state of Israel. The following day the neighboring Arab populations declared war. Israel was born from this conflict and emerged a refuge for a people dispersed throughout the wo...
Frankfurt: the Euro-city
An emerging high-tech focal point, Frankfurt has the largest foreign and immigrant population in continental Europe. This program studies the effects of that diversity, for Frankfurt specifically and within the larger context of German culture as it...
Heart of Darfur: fighting an international humanitarian crisis
With the Darfur Peace Agreement in shambles, this Wide Angle report portrays the desperation of daily life five years into the Darfur conflict, from the sprawling Abu Shouk refugee camp to volatile rebel-held areas of Sudan seldom reached by Western...
Ancient Rome
At its zenith, the Roman Empire included North Africa, Spain, France, and Britain. The wealth that these conquests generated allowed Roman citizens to live in a sumptuous world of beautifully decorated homes and opulent cities. In this program, scho...
Multilingual Hong Kong: a sociolinguistic case study of code-switching
Using multilingual Hong Kong as a case in point, this program makes the hot-button phenomenon known as language-mixing easily accessible to any viewer through interviews with dozens of Hong Kong residents. Their explanations of why and when they mix...
Iran
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, battle lines are drawn between conservative clerics claiming a God-given right to rule and reformers challenging their authority. This provocative program seeks to understand what happens when a modern state is re-cr...
Ancient Greece
Whether looking at Western language, history, or institutions, no other civilization has so greatly influenced our contemporary world. This program re-creates the Greek world, from the morning market to the evening symposiums, from burial rituals to...
Muslims in America: Islam in exile
This program examines the surprisingly rapid growth of Islam in the heart of America's Bible Belt, a predominantly fundamentalist Christian locale. Yet for Muslims living in Appalachia, the daily challenge lies not so much in acceptance by their nei...
Update on the kids from Camden: keeping hopes and dreams alive
Returning to three young at-risk citizens of Camden, New Jersey, and their stories of hardship and hope, this ABC News program illustrates the conditions many children face in urban America. How have the lives of Ivan, Billy Joe, and Moochie develop...
This is Hope
An audiovisual slideshow tour of the New Jersey town Hope, including its structures and history. Moravians founded the town in 1769 and constructed many features that have been preserved to this day, including the Grist Mill (now the Inn at Millrace...