Clot busters: case studies of stroke treatment
Stroke is about sudden loss of function. Stroke intervention is about rescuing the brain - and, by extension, the mind and personality. This program brings viewers into the ER and the OR, the CT-scanning suite and the rehab room, of Calgary's Foothi...
Identity Crisis: Self-Image in Childhood
What shapes a child’s identity—situation and surroundings, or unchangeable factors within the child? This program weighs in on that question by capturing the emotional and psychological development of 25 boys and girls at age five. In fascinatin...
Banished
Banished vividly recovers the too-quickly forgotten history of racial cleansing in America when thousands of African Americans were driven from their homes and communities by violent, racist mobs. The film places these events in the context of prese...
Inside a Shari'ah Court
Some democratic governments have considered allowing Muslim communities to conduct their own courts of law, or Shari’ah courts. Westerners who oppose such measures cite reports of amputation and stoning wherever Shari’ah has taken hold. This pro...