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Developing World DVDs & Videos


  • A-OK?
    Examines prospects for Vitamin A distribution programs in Guatemala and Ghana necessary for children's health.

  • An Act of Faith
    A group of health professionals tours the most deprived regions of South Africa providing care.

  • Aiming High
    Focuses on Uganda's successful economic recovery in the wake of Idi Amin's regime.

  • The Alarm Rings Softly
    Caribbean women use drama and reggae to fight domestic violence.

  • All Different, All Equal
    Examines progress in women's rights globally.

  • And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
    Television in the Caribbean dominated by US and French programs.

  • Another World is Possible
    A rousing account of the 2002 World Social Forum that will inspire activists everywhere.

  • Arrows Against the Wind
    The Dani and the Asmat come face to face with the modern world in Irian Jaya.

  • At the End of a Gun
    The devastating effect that the civil war in Sri Lanka is having on women.

  • Back In Business?
    After 11 years of civil war, can Sierra Leone expect tourism to improve the economy?

  • Banking on Disaster
    The grave consequences of building a road through the heart of Amazonia.

  • Because They're Worth It
    Micro-credit, education, health information, and hope provided to impoverished Chinese.

  • Black Sea
    Scientists and religious leaders meet to find the solution to the Black Sea in crisis.

  • Blowpipes and Bulldozers
    The story of the Penan, a tribe of rainforest nomads in Borneo, as seen by Bruno Manser.

  • Bolivian Blues
    Explores the success of new initiative to reduce widespread poverty.

  • The Bomb Under the World
    What are the consequences of consumerism taking hold in developing countries like India?

  • Borderline Cases
    The environmental impact of the 2,000 factories (maquiladoras) on the US-Mexico border.

  • The Boxer
    A young male looks to escape Mexican poverty by becoming a boxer in the United States.

  • Brazil
    Brazil has developed generic antiretroviral drugs to care for those afflicted with HIV/AIDS.

  • Brazil's Land Revolution
    In the state of Bahia, a new initiative encourages the landless to band together to buy up land -- with low-interest government loans.

  • Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror
    John Pilger dissects the truth and lies in the 'war on terror'.

  • Buyer Be Fair
    Looks at the benefits of fair trade goods and product certification for people and the environment.

  • Can Condoms Kill?
    Investigates the Catholic Church's allegation in SEX AND THE HOLY CITY that condoms are unreliable and ineffective in preventing the transmission of HIV.

  • Cash Flow Fever
    One in ten people on the planet either send or receive money from abroad.

  • Castro Or Quit?
    Two young doctors in Venezuela have to decide whether to leave the country or stay with their patients.

  • Caught in the Crossfire
    Economic and societal pressures force women into the sex trade.

  • China Blue
    A clandestinely shot, deep-access account of how the clothes we buy are actually made.

  • China Blue & Store Wars
    Two films by Micha X. Peled exposing the way the consumer goods we buy are produced and sold.

  • Circle of Plenty
    John Jeavons demonstrates biointensive agriculture as a way to alleviate world hunger.

  • Cities
    Is "sustainable cities" an oxymoron or can they be made to work?

  • City Life
    22-part series examining the effect of globalization on people and cities worldwide.

  • City Life
    Explores Sao Paolo in introduction to series examining the effects of globalization on people and cities.

  • The Coffee-Go-Round
    Many coffee-producing countries like Ethiopia are facing economic disaster even as the demand for coffee increases worldwide.

  • Collision Course
    Reviews the positive steps being taken in India and Brazil to confront the serious public health issue presented by traffic accidents.

  • The Colonists
    Colonists invading the rainforest.

  • Community
    Micro-credit is transforming the lives of women in Bangladesh.

  • The Cost of Living
    AIDS drugs unaffordable in developing countries.

  • Credit Where Credit is Due
    Micro-credit organization in Bangladesh provides loans to village poor.

  • Crisis Control
    Ukraine's emerging HIV epidemic is contrasted with Africa's longstanding HIV/AIDS catastrophe.

  • Cuba: The Accidental Revolution
    Two-part series examining Cuba's enormous experiment in sustainable development in the face of an economic crisis brought on by the collapse of the Soviet Union.

  • Cuba: The Accidental Revolution - Pt. 1
    Examines Cuba's response to the food crisis created by the collapse of the Soviet Bloc in 1989.

  • Cuba: The Accidental Revolution - Pt. 2
    In spite of the economic crisis and US embargo, the Cuban health system is an outstanding success story around the world.

  • The Cutting Edge
    Ugandan project attempts to change attitudes about female genital mutilation.

  • Danger: Children at Work
    Guatemalan agencies try to discourage child labor and fireworks production by poor families.

  • Dead Mums Don't Cry
    Grace Kodindo's heroic efforts in Chad to lower the rate of maternal mortality, one of the UN's Millennium Development Goals.

  • The Debt Police
    Uganda seeks external debt relief and fights internal corruption.

  • The Decade of Destruction (Classroom Version - On One Tape)
    The story of the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest.

  • The Decade of Destruction - Classroom Version
    The story of the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest.

  • The Decade of Destruction
    A unique chronicle of the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest.

  • Developing Stories - Series 1
    The view on the environment from developing countries

  • Developing Stories - Series 2
    The view from developing countries on population and migration.

  • The Development Road
    A road is always the first step to rainforest destruction.

  • The Dilemma Of The White Ant
    Dominic Ongwen is both a victim and alleged perpetrator of LRA war crimes. Should he face an international court?

  • Discipline with Dignity
    The attempt to end corporal punishment in Nepalese schools.

  • The Doctor's Story
    The US debate over abortion has severe consequences for health care in rural Nepal.

  • Doing the Right Thing
    Porto Alegre, Brazil has benefited from urban revitalization.

  • The Donor Circus
    Zambia tries to change the conditions for international aid.

  • Drowned Out
    An Indian family chooses to stay at home and drown rather than make way for the Narmada Dam.

  • Dry Days In Dobbagunta
    Literacy program spurs anti-liquor campaign in rural India and empowers women.

  • Désounen
    Impressionistic look reveals the reality of daily life in Haiti.

  • Edge Of Islam
    Three Muslim students face a choice between their faith and their future.

  • Educating Lucia
    The odds are against girls getting an education in Zimbabwe and throughout much of Africa.

  • Educating Yaprak
    Turkey's ambitious campaign to reduce poverty includes convincing reluctant parents to send their daughters to school.

  • Escaping from History
    Poverty and consumerism clash in Mexico City. What can we do?

  • The Farmers of Gaho
    Farmers in Ethiopia have mastered dryland agriculture.

  • Farming The Seas
    The perils and promise of fish farms in a world running out of ocean fish stocks.

  • The Fate of the Kidnapper
    The cycle of revenge following first contact with the Uru Eu Wau Wau.

  • The Fires of the Amazon
    Adrian Cowell reports on the situation in the Amazon more than a decade after his series THE DECADE OF DESTRUCTION.

  • A Fistful of Rice
    Protein deficiency threatens generations of children in Nepal.

  • Food
    Devising a sustainable food system -- one that is healthy, accessible, and affordable.

  • Footprints of Sorrow
    Guatemalan war widows fighting for human rights.

  • For a Few Pennies More
    Iodine deficiency causes health problems in Indonesia.

  • Forgive Us Our Debts
    Tells the story of the international grassroots movement to eliminate Third World debt.

  • Fragments of a People
    Frantic efforts to find the Ava-Canoeiro before their land is flooded for a new dam.

  • From Chechnya to Chernobyl
    Fleeing the war in Chechnya, refugees have settled near Chernobyl.

  • From Docklands to Dhaka
    English MD travels to Bangladesh to improve community health.

  • Gaza Under Siege
    The Gaza Strip has been a virtual prison for Palestinians for over fifty years.

  • Geraldo Off-Line
    The globalized economy affects Brazilian factory worker.

  • Geraldo's Brazil
    Five years later, Life rejoins a Brazilian factory worker affected by the globalized economy.

  • Girls from Chaka Street
    The break-up of the Soviet Union leaves some women with few options but prostitution.

  • Going Home
    10-year old soldier escapes rebel forces in Sierra Leone.

  • The Golf War
    Globalization comes to a Philippine seaside community, which has to defend its ancestral lands against golf course development.

  • GoodWood
    Forest communities can have both jobs and trees.

  • The Great Gene Robbery
    The genetic diversity crisis.

  • The Great Health Service Swindle
    Reversing the brain drain in doctors and nurses from developing countries.

  • A Great Wonder
    Documents the difficult transition of three of the "Lost Boys and Girls" of Sudan to life as immigrants in Seattle, WA.

  • Half The Sky
    Changes in the lives of four generations of Chinese women.

  • The Health Protestors
    Health care advocates demand universal health care for the world's population at international convention in Dhaka.

  • A Healthy Start
    The debate over women's health care in South Africa.

  • Heart of the Congo
    Documents the work done, and difficulties faced, by international aid workers in the Congo.

  • Helping Ourselves!
    In India, two community projects help people move out of poverty and gain control of their lives.

  • The Heroin Wars
    The history of the narcotics trade in Burma.

  • The Hospice
    Workers at the Mother of Mercy hospice in Zambia provide palliative care for those afflicted with AIDS.

  • House on Fire
    Breaking the cycle of domestic violence.

  • The Human Race
    Is the western model of global development sustainable in a finite environment?

  • In the Ashes of the Forest
    Saga of two colonists in the Amazon rainforest.

  • In the Ashes of the Forest
    Concludes the Amazon colonists' saga.

  • In the Name of Safety
    False imprisonment violates due process in Bangladesh.

  • In The Wake of War
    A burgeoning grassroots peace movement in Burundi is aimed at ending civil war between Tutsis and Hutus.

  • India Inhales
    Activists combat tobacco companies that target India.

  • The Indians
    The displaced Indian tribes of the Amazon rainforest.

  • Inside Burma
    John Pilger investigates the history and brutality of the military dictatorship in Burma.

  • Invisible Garments: Expensive Soles
    Nike and other multinationals are moving production to countries like Indonesia.

  • It Takes a Child
    15 year-old child labor activist, Craig Kielburger, works for reform around the world.

  • It Takes a Village
    A cyclone in Bangladesh results in the construction of an experimental community health center.

  • Jongsada Suwanchondee in Thailand
    HIV-positive, this former Thai heroin addict helps others understand AIDS.

  • Kabul Transit
    A street-level documentary that explores the soul of a city devastated by nearly three decades of war.

  • Killing for Land
    Squatters face off against gunmen hired by absentee landlords in the Amazon.

  • The Killing of Chico Mendes
    The story of rainforest defender, Chico Mendes, that ended with his 1988 assassination.

  • Killing Poverty
    Has the corruption in Kenya lessened under its new president?

  • The Kings of Opium
    In the 1990s, the kings of opium in Burma switch sides in the narcotics carousel.

  • Land of Widows
    Population and health problems in post civil war Cambodia.

  • The Last Child
    Tells the behind-the-scenes story of the global campaign to eradicate polio.

  • The Last of the Hiding Tribes
    The Amazon's last uncontacted tribes face extinction.

  • The Legacy of Malthus
    Argues that overpopulation is not the real cause of poverty in India or elsewhere.

  • Letters from our Lives
    Disabled women write open letters to the world about their plight.

  • Life
    30-part series that looks at the effect of globalization on individuals and communities around the world.

  • Life 4
    A 27-part series about global efforts to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals.

  • Life 4
    Any six programs for $595. See note in description below.

  • Life 5
    A new 13-part series about globalization and the UN Millennium Development Goals.

  • Life 5
    Any six programs for $595. See note in description below.

  • Life 6
    A new 11-part series about the effects of globalization on people around the world, and the difficult choices they face as their countries struggle to meet the UN's MDGs.

  • Life and Debt
    Economics and the murder of street children in Rio de Janeiro.

  • Life III
    A 12-part series about Globalization and its effect on ordinary people and communities around the world.

  • Life III
    Any six programs for $595. See note in description below.

  • Life Running Out of Control
    Thorough examination of the issues surrounding the genetic manipulation of plants, animals and human beings.

  • Life Running Out of Control (Short Version)
    Thorough examination of the issues surrounding the genetic manipulation of plants and animals.

  • Life: The Story So Far
    How the globalized world economy affects ordinary people.

  • Lines in the Dust
    In revolutionary programs in Northern Ghana and India, gender roles are challenged, and illiterate adults educated.

  • Listen to the Kids!
    A UNICEF initiative involves children in decisions that affect their own futures, their families and communities.

  • The Long March
    Community in Chengdu, China has organized to clean-up polluted river.

  • Lost Generations
    Poor health and poverty condemn people in India to sub-standard lives.

  • Lucia
    A dramatic film about the cost of an oil spill to a fishing village in the Philippines.

  • The Man We Called Juan Carlos
    Chronicles the violent history of Guatemala and life of Wenceslao Armira, a Mayan father, farmer, teacher, guerilla, priest and champion of human rights.

  • The Millennium Goals
    Explores the ambition and scope of the UN's Millennium Development Goals, and the obstacles to their achievement.

  • The Miller's Tale
    Efforts are underway in Egypt and Yemen to fortify flour with iron to wipe out needless malnutrition.

  • Missing Out
    Anemia threatens the population of Niger and Tanzania.

  • Mothers of Malappuram
    Literacy and access to health services slow population growth in India.

  • Mountains of Gold
    Gold mining in the Amazon is a dangerous and dirty business.

  • My Hanoi
    Tour of rapidly urbanizing Hanoi, and the effect on citizens and culture.

  • My Mother Built This House
    Large homeless contingent in South Africa has organized to build houses for each other.

  • The New Rulers of the World
    Award-winning journalist, John Pilger, investigates the realities of globalization by taking a close look at Indonesia.

  • No Country For Young Girls?
    A young Indian woman has to choose - stay with a husband who doesn't want female children, or make it on her own.

  • No Dam Good
    WIll dams solve our economic problems?

  • Not for Sale
    Examines the disturbing new corporate practice of patenting life forms.

  • Not The Numbers Game
    Six films from around the world on women solving the twin problems of population and development.

  • Not The Numbers Game (BBC Version)
    The role of women in solving development and population problems worldwide.

  • On the Way
    Sex education project combats teenage pregnancy in Peru.

  • The On-going Story
    Final episode examines the international community's commitment to linking social and economic development with human rights.

  • The Opium Convoys
    Lo Hsing-Han, Khun Sa and the beginning of the war on drugs in Burma.

  • The Other Side
    Poor Mexicans attempt perilous border crossing to US, often at the expense of family, traditional culture, and their lives.

  • Paradise Domain
    Pacific islanders are not benefiting from digital windfall or World Wide Web.

  • Patently Obvious
    International patent regulations only protect multinationals.

  • Pavements of Gold
    Increase in urban poverty and population, caused by globalization, threatens Peruvians.

  • Paying the Price
    Pharmaceutical companies block generic drugs, threatening the lives of millions of Africans with AIDS.

  • Peanuts
    A hand-operated peanut-sheller makes a difference in the lives of villagers around the world.

  • The Perfect Famine
    Examines the causes of, and solutions to, severe famine conditions in Malawi.

  • The Perils of Plectropomus
    The life and death struggles of fish on a coral reef today.

  • The Philadelphia Story
    Globalized economy affects American jobs.

  • The Pied Piper Of Eyasi
    The Hadza are among Africa's last hunter-gatherers. Should they follow charismatic Baallow into the modern world?

  • The Politicians
    Politicians plunder the Amazon rainforest.

  • The Posse
    Rap group in Sao Paulo, Brazil, expresses social problems.

  • The Prince
    A young Pakistani landowner chooses between trying to implement the MDGs in the village that his family owns, and a quiet life.

  • A Question of Rights
    Looks at the state of women's human rights in Ethiopia, Latvia, Jamaica and Fiji.

  • Rabi
    Modern day fable on family values from Africa.

  • The Rainforest
    The ecology of a rainforest.

  • Rainmakers - Series 1
    Six youth leaders from around the world are making a difference.

  • Rainmakers - Series 2
    The second series about youth leaders around the world making a difference.

  • Ramiro Garcia in Peru
    Social change is possible through the arts and humor.

  • Razvan Marcu in Romania
    After Ceausescu, Razvan Marcu now fights for a clean environment.

  • Reaching Out to the Grassroots
    Education and community-driven development combat poverty in Bangladesh and Indonesia.

  • The Real Leap Forward
    Reports on China's successful efforts to reduce poverty through sustainable development and targeted programs.

  • Reel to Real: Balancing Acts
    Explores the international movement for women's rights.

  • Reel to Real: Holding Our Ground
    International efforts to assure reproductive health and rights conflict with cultural realities in the Philippines, Latvia, Japan, and India.

  • Regopstaan's Dream
    Kalahari Bushmen fight to live on ancestral land in South Africa.

  • Return to Kandahar
    Post-war Afghanistan, as seen through the eyes of Nelofer Pazira, star of the movie "Kandahar," as she searches for her childhood friend.

  • The Right to Choose
    Women are denied human rights in Ethiopia and northern Nigeria.

  • Rising Above
    Vietnamese women build on experiences of war.

  • Rising Waters
    Shows that global warming is already hurting the Pacific Islands.

  • The Road from Rio
    Questions the relevance and success of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.

  • The Rubber Tappers
    Rubber tappers live sustainable lifestyle.

  • Running On Empty
    Highlights the plight of two young mothers - one in South Wales and the other in Northern Ethiopia.

  • School's Out!
    The private school option in a Lagos shantytown.

  • Science For Survival
    Fusion of modern science with women's knowledge in India.

  • The Seattle Syndrome
    Were the WTO protesters right in their effort to protect workers and the environment from exploitation?

  • Secrets of the Choco
    The Choco rainforest in Colombia faces development. What is the best option?

  • Seeds of Plenty, Seeds of Sorrow
    The darker side of the Green Revolution.

  • Seeing is Believing
    Zambia begins a nationwide program to deliver Vitamin A to its population.

  • Sex and the Holy City
    Investigates the impact on poor women and families of the late Pope John Paul's position on sex and reproductive health.

  • Shakuntala Kazmi in India
    A low-caste Hindu, Shakuntala Kazmi fights for women's rights.

  • The Silent Crisis
    The Central African Republic struggles to avoid economic and social chaos.

  • Silent Killer
    Highlights promising attempts in Africa, and in South and Central America, to end world hunger.

  • The Silver Age
    Growing population of elderly worldwide seeks purpose and care.

  • Slum Futures
    The slums of Mumbai are an important microcosm of how slums are developing around the world.

  • Smack City
    Hong Kong, the drug capital of southeast Asia for the last century.

  • Smiles
    The struggle for greater democracy and free speech in Thailand.

  • Staying Alive!
    Poverty combined with lack of education and health services affect maternal mortality rates in Bangladesh.

  • Stop the Traffick
    Investigates horror of child sex industry in Cambodia.

  • Stop the World, We Want to Get On
    Dramatic impact of civil rights organization for disabled people.

  • The Story of Eman
    A Cairo girl's struggle to attain higher education.

  • The Story of Idrissa
    Cultural values conflict with consumerism for a boy in Africa.

  • The Story of Pintinho
    A young Brazilian athlete hopes soccer will be his ticket out of poverty.

  • The Story of Puttinan
    A determined Thai girl has experienced the hardship of child labor.

  • The Story of Rosie
    Teen pregnancy in Jamaica.

  • The Story of Sonam
    A Tibetan boy in India tries to reconcile religious faith and cultural distractions.

  • The Summit
    The UN General Assembly meets to review progress on social justice worldwide.

  • Super-Companies
    Multinational companies seldom take the needs of people or the environment into account.

  • Suspended Dreams
    The lasting effects of the civil war in Lebanon.

  • The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels
    A tale of love and hope in the Gaza Strip.

  • Talk Mogadishu
    The story of HornAfrik, the first community TV and radio station in Somalia.

  • Teach a Woman How to Fish And...
    Sea farming empowers women in Fiji.

  • TemeTTeme
    Dramatic children's film about urbanization and family values in Ethiopia.

  • Their Brothers' Keepers
    A deeply moving film about Africa's AIDS orphans left to fend for themselves.

  • Thirst
    A piercing look at the global corporate drive to control and profit from our water -- from bottles to tap.

  • This Hard Ground
    Civil war leads to the internal displacement of millions in Sri Lanka.

  • Three Sisters
    Eritrea's women fought in the war. Should they now liberate themselves from harmful traditional practices?

  • Till Death Do Us Part
    Widows are denied inheritance and property rights in Nigeria.

  • Tina Machida in Zimbabwe
    A young woman fights for the rights of gays and lesbians against the odds.

  • Together Against Violence
    Poor Jamaican community overcomes violence.

  • The Trade Trap
    Ghanaian farmers struggle to get a foothold in the international market.

  • The Tree of Our Forefathers
    A refugee family makes the long journey home, returning from exile to Mozambique.

  • The Tribal Mind
    Post-apartheid South Africa is the best example of people struggling to overcome tribalism.

  • A Tribe of His Own
    Indian journalist reminds us of the meaning of responsible journalism.

  • Triumph Over Terror
    Six films on human rights around the world.

  • Trouble In Paradise
    Local inhabitants of the Maldives wait for promised tsunami aid.

  • Turning 16
    Six teens in six countries talk about their hopes for the future.

  • The Unforgiven
    Should General Butt Naked (née Joshua Blahyi) - now a Christian pastor - be forgiven for his role in Liberia's horrific civil war?

  • Untouchable?
    The caste system and bonded labor are still alive and well in India.

  • Up in Smoke
    Dependence on tobacco crops and manipulation by the tobacco industry has stunted the economy of Malawi.

  • Uranium
    Native peoples pay the consequences of uranium mining.

  • The Value of Life
    United Nations' HIV/AIDS envoy, Stephen Lewis, makes an impassioned plea for world public opinion to focus on the AIDS crisis in Africa.

  • Waiting to Go
    Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are denied human rights.

  • Warming Up in Mongolia
    Unless sustainable alternatives are introduced, Mongolia's dependence on fossil fuels and rapid urbanization threatens the environment.

  • Water First
    An inspiring story from Malawi shows that clean water is essential for the achievement of the UN's Millennium Development Goals.

  • We Feed the World
    Vividly reveals the dysfunctionality of the industrialized world food system and shows what world hunger has to do with us.

  • When the Cows Come Home
    Despite the success of the "Jamaica Hope" milk cow, Jamaica's dairy industry is facing a crisis, as EU trade undercuts island production.

  • Where Truth Lies
    A dramatic case before the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

  • Who Shot My Brother?
    As German Gutierrez searches for the gunmen who tried to kill his brother, he exposes the root causes of the violence in his native Colombia.

  • Whose Agenda Is It Anyway?
    To fulfill the Millennium Development Goals, many poor countries are now implementing "Poverty Reduction Strategy Programs".

  • A Woman's Place - Short Stories (on one tape)
    Six short films about women and development by local women directors.

  • A Woman's Place - Short Stories
    Six short films about women and development by local women directors.

  • World of Difference
    Women and human rights around the world.

  • Yemeni Futures
    More than a decade after its unification, Yemen is still struggling to improve the standard of living.

  • Young Wives' Tales
    Very early marriage threatens young girls' health and survival.

  • Youth and the Future
    Teens worldwide consider their futures. What impact will Western culture have?

  • Youth and the Global Village
    How much do teens have in common worldwide?



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