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18 with a Bullet: El Salvador's American-Style Gangs
Item# 36342
© 2006
57 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-5686-0
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-5687-7
In the 1990s, thousands of Salvadoran nationals living illegally in the U.S. were deported to their homeland. Some took Los Angeles gang culture with them. This Wide Angle report documents six months...
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1-800-INDIA: Importing a White-Collar Economy
Item# 36341
© 2006
56 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-5672-3
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-5673-0
Over the past decade, India has emerged as the leader in the global market for outsourced white-collar jobs-one reason for the nation's rapid economic growth. This Wide Angle case study explores the e...
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1893-1945: Against the Tide-Mao's Early Years
Item# 35370
© 2005
61 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-3502-5
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-3503-2
Part one of the series China: Through Mao's Eyes describes Mao Zedong's youth, his formative adulthood, and his consolidation of power. Archival photographs from Mao's childhood and education, film cl...
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1945-1959: The Sorcerer's Apprentice-Founding the Republic
Item# 35371
© 2005
60 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-3504-9
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-3505-6
Part two of the series China: Through Mao's Eyes explores the formation of the People's Republic of China, its complicated relationship with the Soviet Union, and events that prefaced the Cultural Rev...
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1958-1969: Not a Dinner Party-The Cultural Revolution
Item# 35372
© 2005
61 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-3506-3
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-3507-0
Part three of the series China: Through Mao's Eyes examines the origins of the Cultural Revolution, Mao's orchestration of it, the political and economic shockwaves it created, and its human cost. Rar...
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1970 and Beyond: Mao Is Not Dead
Item# 35373
© 2005
59 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-3508-7
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-3509-4
Part four of the series China: Through Mao's Eyes details the watershed Nixon-Mao diplomacy, Mao's death and its aftermath, and the legacy of his rule and philosophy. Scenes showing an aged and infirm...
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21st-Century Trends in Latin American Literature-Spanish with Optional English Subtitles
Item# 37463
© 2008
51 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-7815-2
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-7816-9
Complacency has never been a hallmark of Latin American literature. As the 21st century dawned, many young writers-and even some who had fueled the Latin American Boom-grew disenchanted with the statu...
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9/11 Through Saudi Eyes
Item# 30919
© 2002
53 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-0-7365-5613-2
DVD ISBN: 978-0-7365-6270-6
In this program, a broad cross-section of Saudis-parents and neighbors of the accused hijackers, editors of Arab News and Asharq Al Awasat, political and military analysts, a psychologist, and others-...
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The Ache Indians of Paraguay
Item# 40159
© 2008
49 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-448-4
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-449-1
Inhabiting a shrinking pocket of rainforest in Paraguay's Eastern Canindeyu Region, the Ache are one of South America's last hunter-gatherer societies-and in imminent danger of cultural extinction. Th...
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The Afar Tribe: A Bride's Story
Item# 11798
© 2000
54 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-0-7365-3609-7
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-9354-4
This program provides an introduction to the Afar by recording two major life events: the arranged marriage of a most reluctant bride and the initiation of a nervous would-be warrior. Can Fatuma, daug...
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