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This videodisc looks back at the all but vanished Jewish way of life that existed in eastern Europe before World War II. Through never before seen archival films, vintage photographs, traditional cantorial and Klezmer music, and personal recollections, once-vibrant cities and small towns come alive again. Narrated by Elliot Gould, the film explores everything from the fascinating language of Yiddish to the style of dress and more.

En route to open an Arab cultural center, an Egyptian police band loses their way and spends the night in an Israeli village, where they cross the cultural divide to bond with their hosts.

In the midst of 1990s war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina and ethnic cleansing, Serbian soldier Danijel protects his lover Ajla, a Muslim artist, who is now captive in the camp he oversees.

Explores Jewish life in Poland before World War II and the holocaust.

"Illustrates both unchanging views and an evolution of attitudes by Israelis and Palestinians from before and after the Oslo peace process. This program is a journey through the psychological landscape where Arabs and Jews meet. By allowing both Palestinians and Israelis to explore their own attitudes, the film searches throught their minds and emotions for the points of conflict and the regions of accord."

Kurdish people are the major ethnic group on earth that are without their own homeland. Freelance journalist Kevin McKiernan brings the stories and history of the Kurdish people and their modern struggle for independence to life by going into the war zones in the Middle East. The program also presents a paradox in U.S. foreign policy which portrays the Kurds as "good" when they are Saddam Hussein's victims and "bad" when they are waging an armed insurrection...

Set in the Limehouse district of London, this is the story of Lucy, a 15-year-old living with her abusive prizefighter father, Battling Burrows. Driven from her home, she finds love and protection in the home of a gentle Chinese man. Together they begin to discover the joys that life has denied both of them. Then Lucy's father finds her, brutally beats her protector, takes her back home, and, in his rage, kills her. The grief stricken Chinese man...

This groundbreaking Sundance Award winner about the Guatamalan human rights struggle is a powerful and exhilarating film that tells the true story of Rigoberta Menchu, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Details the historical events that have given rise to the Arab-dominated Darfur government's willingness to kill and displace its own indigenous African people, and examines the international community's failure to respond.

Portrays Barbara Smith Conrad's struggle at the dawn of the Civil Rights era when she was denied the opportunity to perform the lead role in an opera at the University of Texas at Austin because the Texas legislature took issue with an African American woman performing opposite a white male.