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- Algeria's Bloody Years - Chronicles the country's struggle for peace, stability and democracy since independence, and the surprising origins of the brutal conflict between Islamic fundamentalists and the national Army.
- Ariel Sharon - Rare archival footage and interviews with family, colleagues, critics and historians form an essential biographical portrait of the former general and Israel's controversial Prime Minister.
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- Bethlehem Diary - On the West Bank, the town of Bethlehem is under siege. And things only get worse as the second intifada continues...
- The Bombing - The September 4, 1997 suicide bombing of the Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall in Jerusalem.
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- The Camden 28 - A story of the "Catholic Left" and the anti-Vietnam War movement—priests and lay people who risked jail to break into draft boards and destroy government records.
- Chile, Obstinate Memory - Patricio Guzmán's landmark film The Battle of Chile (1976) documented the "Popular Unity" period of Salvador Allende's government, the tumultuous events leading up to the 1973 coup, and Allende's death. Guzmán has returned to
- Chronicle Of A Genocide Foretold - Shot over three years, CHRONICLE OF A GENOCIDE FORETOLD follows several Rwandans before, during, and after the 1994 genocide.
- Close, Closed, Closure - Made with an Israeli and Palestinian crew, this film shows the growing desperation of the men and women who live in the Gaza Strip.
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- Death Squadrons - The previously untold story of how the French military trained Latin American death squads in the 60s and 70s (and even U.S. Special Forces in the early days of our Vietnam War).
- Denial - A long overdue investigation into the 1981 El Mozote massacre in El Salvador, and the Reagan administration's cover-up of it.
- The Diaries of Yossef Nachmani - A history of the early Zionists' acquisition and settlement of Palestinian lands in the Galilee, from the 1920's thru 1948. Based on the diaries of a land broker for the Jewish National Fund.
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- Edward Said: The Last Interview - An extended discussion with Prof. Edward Said filmed less than a year before his death. The noted literary critic and Palestinian activist delivers his final testament about his life and work as a committed intellectual.
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- Father, Son and Holy War - Does the root of India's recent bloodshed - perhaps all bloodshed - lie in male insecurity, itself an inevitable product of the very construction of "manhood?"
- First Kill - Compellingly brings out the contradictory feelings that war evokes - fear and anger, but also seduction, fascination and excitement. With Michael Herr (Apocalypse Now, Dispatches).
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- Gacaca - Ventures into the rural heart of the African nation of Rwanda to follow the first steps in one of the world's boldest experiments in reconciliation: the Gacaca (Ga-CHA-cha) Tribunals.
- Guns & Mothers - The contentious debate over gun control, as seen through the eyes of two mothers on opposite sides of the issue.
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- Hellfire: A Journey From Hiroshima - The profound vision of painters Iri and Toshi Maruki who created the Hiroshima Murals after witnessing the aftermath of that city's destruction.
- Human Weapon - The first sober, in-depth examination of the history of suicide bombing. Filmed in Iran, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Israel, Palestine, Europe and the United States.
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- I Am Become Death: They Made the Bomb - Illuminating stories told by scientists who actually worked on the Manhattan Project.
- Imperfect Journey - Filmmaker Haile Gerima surveys his native Ethiopia after the fall of the Mengistu dictatorship.
- In Memory of Friends - Documents the violence and terror in Punjab, India - a land torn apart by religious fundamentalists and a repressive government.
- In Rwanda We Say... - 2004 was the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, and the government released 16,000 confessed killers into their communities. Captures the first steps toward reconciliation between Hutu and Tutsi that followed.
- In the Name Of God - The violent campaign waged by the militant Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to destroy the 16th century Ayodhya mosque.
- Investigation of a Flame - An intimate look at the Catonsville Nine who on May 17, 1968 walked into a Catonsville, Maryland draft board office, grabbed hundreds of selective service records and incinerated them with homemade napalm.
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- The Jackets Green - Republicans in Northern Ireland answer the question "What are you fighting for?"
- Japan's Peace Constitution - Explores the origins of Japan's Constitution in the ashes of war, and the significance of its famous peace clause, Article 9, and the debates surrounding it, in the 21st century.
- Joe Polowsky: An American Dreamer - The story of a World War II veteran who dedicated his life to promoting peace.
- The Junction - They had little in common in life, but Israeli soldier David Biri and Palestinian Fahmi Abou Ammouneh are linked in death, their fates tied to a Gaza crossroads between an Israeli settlement and Palestinian refugee camp.
- Justice and the Generals - Investigates the human rights and legal issues involved when two Salvadoran generals are sued in an American court for atrocities (such as the murder of four American churchwomen) committed during El Salvador's civil war.
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- Kim's Story: The Road from Vietnam - The story of Kim Phuc, the subject of perhaps the most famous photograph of the Vietnam War - a story of the personal and public healing of wounds from this century's longest, most divisive war.
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- Moshe Dayan - An detailed personal and political portrait of the controversial Israeli general turned statesman, a one-time national hero and eventual political exile.
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- Nanjing - Till today the history of the 1937 "Rape of Nanking" is a point of contention between China and Japan. How is it seen in each country, and can a shared memory ever be constructed?
- No More Hiroshima! - Introduces the "hibakusha," anguished survivors of the Hiroshima atomic blast, who fear their experiences will be ignored and others will suffer the horrors of nuclear war.
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- On the Edge of Peace - Chronicles the first year of the implementation of the Israeli-Palestinian accords as experienced by both Palestinians and Israelis from all walks of life.
- On The Objection Front - When a group of Israeli officers and soldiers announced that, while willing to serve in Israel's defense, they would no longer participate in the "War of the Settlements." they provoked fierce reactions in Israeli society.
- One Bright Shining Moment - Retracing George McGovern's doomed presidential campaign of 1972, this film asks: could the ultimate political defeat of the American Century, also have been its high watermark?
- 119 Bullets + Three - Penetrates the religious extremist movements of Israel to address incendiary issues which may determine that nation's - and the whole region's - future.
- Out of Place - Traces the life and work of Edward Said (1935-2003), the Palestinian-born intellectual who wrote widely on history, literature, music, philosophy and politics.
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- Palestine: Story of a Land - The story of Palestine from the nineteenth century through current times.
- The Peacemakers - The premiere episode of the acclaimed Ordinary People series visits two rallies commemorating the 1961 Sharpeville massacre - one staged by the Inkatha Freedom Party, the other by the African National Congress.
- People Power - The first in depth look at non-violent revolutions around the world.
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- Remembering Romero - Eleven months prior to Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero's assassination, a well known photograph of the Archbishop of San Salvador standing amidst a large group of young people was taken. REMEMBERING ROMERO returns to El Salvador to find the
- Resist - Chronicles the history and mission behind The Living Theatre, one of the most significant companies in the history of American theatre and the avant garde.
- The Ribbon - The journey of the "Peace Ribbon," created by South African mothers both black and white, to protest the government's brutal internal policies.
- The Road From Kampuchea - The story Tun Channareth - Cambodian ex-soldier, landmine survivor and co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Price for his work to ban landmines.
- The Road to Peace: Israelis and Palestinians - Explores the implications of an historic crossroads in Israeli-Palestinian relations - a process now in great jeopardy.
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- Safe Haven: The United Nations and the Betrayal of Srebrenica - Investigates the possibility of complicity - knowing or not - by the commanders of the United Nations forces in Bosnia in the disaster that befell Srebrenica.
- Seeing is Believing - From Rodney King to Osama bin Laden, handicams aren't just for weddings and vacations anymore!
- Shadows in the Sun - Japanese veterans of WWII and the descendants of their fallen comrades revisit Papua New Guinea to confront their personal losses and Japan's legacy in the "Forgotten War."
- Shadows Over the Future - An Israeli, a Palestinian and a German discuss the Israeli/Palestinian question.
- Shirin Ebadi - In-depth introduction to Nobel Peace Prize winner in her Tehran office, interwoven with speeches at international conferences and a visit to the children's center she founded.
- Slaves of the Sword Series - This 3-part series investigates the lives, strengths, and limitations of 3 Israeli general/politicians, and asks: why does Israel, a democracy, continue to choose military men to lead?
- Story of a Beautiful Country - A South African filmmaker travels in a mini-van taxi across his country with a hand-held camera. Topics range over controversial issues such as land, race, language, democracy, identity, and violence.
- The Struggle for Peace - Introduces grassroots organizations with very different perspectives on how to bring about a peaceful settlement to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
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- The 3 Rooms of Melancholia - An award-winning, stunningly beautiful revelation of how the Chechen War has psychologically affected children in Russia and in Chechnya.
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- Wandering Souls - Thirty years after the end of the war against the United States, two Vietnamese veterans continue to search for the remains of their dead comrades.
- War and Peace - From India's leading documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan. Filmed over 3 years in India, Pakistan, Japan and the US. An epic journey of peace activism in the face of religious fanaticism, militarism and war.
- War and Peace in Ireland - Retraces the conflict in Northern Ireland from 1968 up until the present day peace process.
- The War at Home - This Academy Award nominated film chronicles the awakening and growth of the Vietnam protest movement in the United States.
- Welcome to Colombia - Millions of displaced persons, 35,000 murders per year, a kidnapping every ten minutes ... but as Colombian filmmaker Catalina Villar traverses her country, she finds hope in people working for peaceful change.
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- Yitzhak Rabin - Examines late Israeli general, statesman, and pioneer for peace in the Middle East, who was assassinated in 1995 while implementing the doomed Oslo peace accords.
- You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train - The life and times of Howard Zinn, the historian, activist and author of the best selling classic "A People's History of the United States."
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