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1. Through Saudi eyes (2002)
In this program, a broad cross-section of Saudis give their perceptions of events and issues relating to the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks. Those interviewed are: parents and neighbors of the accused hijacke...
In this program, a broad cross-section of Saudis give their perceptions of events and issues relating to the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks. Those interviewed are: parents and neighbors of the accused hijacke...
2. The road to nowhere (1993)
Examines the fervent Croatian and Serbian nationalistic movements that have turned the territory around the Highway of Brotherhood and Unity into a no-man's land of gunfire and bombardment.
Examines the fervent Croatian and Serbian nationalistic movements that have turned the territory around the Highway of Brotherhood and Unity into a no-man's land of gunfire and bombardment.
3. America at war fifty years (1941-1991) (1991)
Using documentary footage and excerpts from news broadcasts, this film covers 50 years of almost continuous action by America's military, including World War II, Korea, the Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, Grenada, and Operati...
Using documentary footage and excerpts from news broadcasts, this film covers 50 years of almost continuous action by America's military, including World War II, Korea, the Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, Grenada, and Operati...
4. The Bielski brothers the unknown partisans (1996)
Explains how the four Bielski brothers commanded the largest Jewish partisan group in occupied Europe during World War II. The two surviving Bielski brothers, and other survivors, relate experiences and stories from...
Explains how the four Bielski brothers commanded the largest Jewish partisan group in occupied Europe during World War II. The two surviving Bielski brothers, and other survivors, relate experiences and stories from...
5. Irish Civil War the madness from within (1999)
This program features interviews with participants from the Irish Civil War interspersed with archival footage and photographs from the period.
This program features interviews with participants from the Irish Civil War interspersed with archival footage and photographs from the period.
6. Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War and Plato, Alcibiades I (1991)
Set against the backdrop of the impending 1991 Persian Gulf War, Thucydides' history of the events leading up to the 27-year Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta is re-enacted. The film demonstrates, by using...
Set against the backdrop of the impending 1991 Persian Gulf War, Thucydides' history of the events leading up to the 27-year Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta is re-enacted. The film demonstrates, by using...
7. Facing hate (1991)
Elie Wiesel helps probe the logic of hatred as expressed in books, religion, history and personal experience. When he was 15, his family perished in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. As he has struggled to u...
Elie Wiesel helps probe the logic of hatred as expressed in books, religion, history and personal experience. When he was 15, his family perished in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. As he has struggled to u...
8. The Korean War (1990)
A brief overview of the Korean War, its causes and aftermath in the North.
A brief overview of the Korean War, its causes and aftermath in the North.
9. Ancient civilizations The Vikings (1996)
Studies the effects of Viking aggressions on the history of Europe, their attacks upon the Church, their art and society and the activity of the Viking longboats in the development of European trade.
Studies the effects of Viking aggressions on the history of Europe, their attacks upon the Church, their art and society and the activity of the Viking longboats in the development of European trade.
10. Simon Bolivar the great liberator (1984)
Discusses the life of Simon Bolivar, including family, education, military career, and his role in the freedom of the South American colonies. Also reviews the history of the colonies under Spanish rule, such as exp...
Discusses the life of Simon Bolivar, including family, education, military career, and his role in the freedom of the South American colonies. Also reviews the history of the colonies under Spanish rule, such as exp...
11. The Holocaust judgment in Jerusalem (1987)
Using the 1961 war crime trial of Adolf Eichmann as a centerpiece, this program examines writer Hannah Arendt, who covered the proceedings, and the Holocaust itself.
Using the 1961 war crime trial of Adolf Eichmann as a centerpiece, this program examines writer Hannah Arendt, who covered the proceedings, and the Holocaust itself.
12. The diary of Anne Frank (1987)
The story of Anne Frank, her life as a virtual prisoner in an Amsterdam attic, hiding from the Nazi terror against the Jews. This dramatization presents a portrait of the heroine, her family and those who risked the...
The story of Anne Frank, her life as a virtual prisoner in an Amsterdam attic, hiding from the Nazi terror against the Jews. This dramatization presents a portrait of the heroine, her family and those who risked the...
13. The forgotten war Korean War veterans remember (2003)
Correspondent Phil Ittner embeds himself with a group of Korean War veterans who make a pilgrimage to Korea for the first time since the war. They are treated with the upmost respect by the South Korean military, bu...
Correspondent Phil Ittner embeds himself with a group of Korean War veterans who make a pilgrimage to Korea for the first time since the war. They are treated with the upmost respect by the South Korean military, bu...
14. Our time in hell the Korean War (1997)
Through personal accounts from Americans and Koreans, original film footage, newsreels, and narration, this documentary presents the history and the horrors of the Korean War.
Through personal accounts from Americans and Koreans, original film footage, newsreels, and narration, this documentary presents the history and the horrors of the Korean War.
15. Iraq sanctions and suffering (2000)
A documentary on the effects that sanctions have had on Iraq's civil infrastructure, and civilians. Also, discusses the UN's oil-for-food program, Iraq's illegal oil export revenues, and the increase of anti-Western...
A documentary on the effects that sanctions have had on Iraq's civil infrastructure, and civilians. Also, discusses the UN's oil-for-food program, Iraq's illegal oil export revenues, and the increase of anti-Western...
16. Legacy of Nuremberg (1995)
Shows excerpts from the Nuremberg trials and then discusses their influence on contemporary wars and genocide by looking at war crimes in Bosnia and the process of reconciliation in the new South Africa today. Desmo...
Shows excerpts from the Nuremberg trials and then discusses their influence on contemporary wars and genocide by looking at war crimes in Bosnia and the process of reconciliation in the new South Africa today. Desmo...
17. Justice and Jihad (2002)
Bill Moyers interviews journalists and scholars about the conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians. Their dialogue explores the religious and political roots of these chronic troubles and presents an outline of a...
Bill Moyers interviews journalists and scholars about the conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians. Their dialogue explores the religious and political roots of these chronic troubles and presents an outline of a...
18. In the name of revolution (2003)
Examines radical political movements in Germany, Italy, Peru, and Colombia to see how Che's theories have fared in practice. Former gunman Peter Jurgen Boock, of the Baader-Meinhof Gang; former gunman Valerio Morucc...
Examines radical political movements in Germany, Italy, Peru, and Colombia to see how Che's theories have fared in practice. Former gunman Peter Jurgen Boock, of the Baader-Meinhof Gang; former gunman Valerio Morucc...
19. In the name of the state (2003)
Profiles cases of Iranian-sponsored terrorism via the Hezbollah and the PLO as well as the Argentine government's use of terror tactics against its own people. Analyzes the U.S. backed insurgency in Nicaragua via th...
Profiles cases of Iranian-sponsored terrorism via the Hezbollah and the PLO as well as the Argentine government's use of terror tactics against its own people. Analyzes the U.S. backed insurgency in Nicaragua via th...
20. In the name of liberation (2003)
This program analyzes terrorism used in the name of national liberation through studies of covert wars for independence in British Palestine, British Malaya, French Algeria, apartheid South Africa, and Northern Irel...
This program analyzes terrorism used in the name of national liberation through studies of covert wars for independence in British Palestine, British Malaya, French Algeria, apartheid South Africa, and Northern Irel...
21. In the name of God (2003)
By detailing key incidents ranging from the Dawson's Field hijackings to the Luxor massacre, this program charts the ever-widening holy war that is pitting Muslims against Zionists and the Arab world against the Wes...
By detailing key incidents ranging from the Dawson's Field hijackings to the Luxor massacre, this program charts the ever-widening holy war that is pitting Muslims against Zionists and the Arab world against the Wes...
22. Amal Amireh on life in the occupied West Bank (2002)
Professor Amal Amireh, a Muslim Palestinian from Ramallah, discusses the realities of life under Israeli military occupation in an interview with Bill Moyers.
Professor Amal Amireh, a Muslim Palestinian from Ramallah, discusses the realities of life under Israeli military occupation in an interview with Bill Moyers.
23. The Life of Anne Frank (1987)
Story of Anne Frank told through quotations from her diary, pictures of her hiding place, photos from the Frank family album, and historical documentary footage.
Story of Anne Frank told through quotations from her diary, pictures of her hiding place, photos from the Frank family album, and historical documentary footage.
24. Spain, 1936: prélude ā la tragédie (1986)
Documentary covering the Civil War in Spain from its beginning to its bitter end with the fall of Madrid.
Documentary covering the Civil War in Spain from its beginning to its bitter end with the fall of Madrid.
25. Dreaming a nation (1993)
This program introduces us to warlords and guerrilla camps in Iran, and demonstrates how people who are threatened by genocide feel that a state of their own is their only protection.
This program introduces us to warlords and guerrilla camps in Iran, and demonstrates how people who are threatened by genocide feel that a state of their own is their only protection.