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New! Bill Moyers Journal: Investigating the Attacks in Gaza
Item# 41277
© 2009
57 Min.
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A controversial investigation found that both Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces may have committed war crimes in Gaza earlier this year. In this edition of the Journal, Bill Moyers talks with the ma...
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Opening the Eyes: Deciphering the History of the Khmer Empire
Item# 40602
© 2009
53 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-135-4
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-134-7
The gigantic Angkor temple complex in Cambodia is a testament in stone to the Khmer-miles of inscriptions that only Professor Thomas Maxwell and a handful of other experts can decipher. But time is ru...
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New! Opening the Door: How Deng Xiaoping Transformed China's Economy
Item# 40670
© 2008
48 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-260-3
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-259-7
Given the vitality of China's economy today, it is difficult to imagine that Deng Xiaoping's early reforms met any resistance-but they did. This program examines Deng's transformation from a Maoist fu...
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New! Becoming a Superpower: Deng Xiaoping's Reforms and Their Legacy
Item# 40671
© 2008
44 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-262-7
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-261-0
What forces drove Chinese capitalism forward and enabled a generation of innovators and business leaders to emerge? Can the tragedy of Tiananmen Square be understood in terms of China's economic, rath...
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New! China's Capitalist Revolution
Item# 40669
© 2008
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-258-0
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-257-3
It is among the most dramatic turnarounds in world history: the adoption of certain capitalist principles by the Communist Party of China. This two-part series provides a detailed look at China's post...
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Alaa Al Aswany
Item# 40649
© 2008
29 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-189-7
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-188-0
In the early years of his dental practice, Alaa Al Aswany had an office in Cairo's deteriorating Yacoubian Building-eventually turning his experiences there into a successful novel by the same title....
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Orhan Pamuk
Item# 40648
© 2008
29 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-187-3
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-186-6
Refuting any connection with overt political goals, Turkish novelist and Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk aims to create stories "as a child, not knowing where I am going next." Yet few writers in the Islam...
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Detective Shi and the Stolen Brides: Human Trafficking in China
Item# 40601
© 2008
52 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-133-0
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-132-3
Due to a traditional preference for male offspring, rural China now suffers from a shortage of women-and, in turn, an increase in kidnapping and human trafficking. This documentary follows a determin...
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Pakistan on the Brink
Item# 40612
© 2008
45 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-147-7
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-146-0
Pakistan's greatest enemy is no longer India but rather the internal menace of the Taliban, who have reinvented themselves in a bid to take over the country. This program examines the conflict ravagin...
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Veil of Dreams: Women's Soccer and Islamic Tradition in Iran
Item# 40606
© 2008
47 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-143-9
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-142-2
Exploring a clash between sacred customs and contemporary athletic aspirations, this program follows an Iranian women's soccer team daring to push traditional limits and pursue victories both on and o...
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