The Terrible Transformation (1450–1750)
The brutal roots of the American slave trade are exposed in this program, focusing on the years 1450–1750 when Native Americans first encountered Europeans and when their world was transformed—and largely destroyed�..
The True Cost
This is a story about clothing. It's about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on our world. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and env..
The War on Democracy
Journalist John Pilger examines the role of the United States' government in Latin American government, arguing that the United States has covertly worked to stifle "true" Latin American democracies whose policies have r..
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The War on Democracy [Expurgated Version]
Journalist John Pilger examines the role of the United States' government in Latin American government, arguing that the United States has covertly worked to stifle "true" Latin American democracies whose policies have r..
The Wasting of a Wetland
The Everglades, most critically endangered of all National Parks, is being threatened by modern industrial pollution, agriculture, and development for a burgeoning human population. The abuse of wetlands--by filling, dra..
The Watermelon Woman
Cheryl Dunye's debut feature is as controversial as it is sexy and funny. Cheryl is a twenty-something black lesbian working as a clerk in a video store while struggling to make a documentary about Fae Richards, an obscu..
The Watermelon Woman (DVD Bonus Content)
Cheryl Dunye's debut feature is as controversial as it is sexy and funny. Cheryl is a twenty-something black lesbian working as a clerk in a video store while struggling to make a documentary about Fae Richards, an obscu..
The age of the shoguns (1600-1868)
This was the age of the Tokugawa family, the era of Edo, a period of over two-and-a-half centuries during which Japan was hermetically sealed off from the rest of the world and only a few Dutch and Chinese - constantly w..
The bottom line in education: 1980 to the present
In 1983, the Reagan Administration's report, A Nation at Risk, shattered public confidence in America's school system and sparked a new wave of education reform. This program explores the impact of the "free market" expe..
The conquest of Mexico:
This program provides a portrait of Cortez and his world - the real world and the imaginary one painted by theologians, mystics, imaginative travelers, poets, and liars; of the New World as seen by a small number of Span..