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June 11th, 2009

Focal Point

Raise the Last Glass: Video
FOCAL POINT follows two Waterford Crystal workers as they fight to save their jobs and a bit of Irish heritage.

March 4th, 2009

Focal Point

Pakistan at the Polls: Video: Vote for Benazir’s Blood
In this episode of Focal Point, meet Abida Hussain, a sharp-tongued politician with gray hair and a smoker's raspy voice who is running for parliament in Punjab, Pakistan -- against her own cousin.

March 4th, 2009

Focal Point

Pakistan at the Polls: Video: You Cannot Hide from Allah
In this episode of Focal Point, meet the Michael Bloomberg of Pakistan, a man of humble origins who hits the jackpot and decides to run for mayor of his hometown.

February 11th, 2009

Focal Point

Underground Zimbabwe: Life Lines
In Zimbabwe's Life Lines, we meet a young man who survives by selling basic goods on the black market.

February 11th, 2009

Focal Point

Underground Zimbabwe: Demonstrating Under Dictatorship
In defiance of repressive laws curtailing public gatherings, a women's empowerment movement stages non-violent street protests to agitate bread-and-butter issues.

August 19th, 2008

Full Episode

Iraqi Exodus: Video: Full Episode
WIDE ANGLE reports from the frontlines of the staggering refugee crisis in the Middle East as Iraqis flee their war-torn country.

August 14th, 2008

Full Episode

China Prep: Video: Full Episode
China Prep follows five Chinese students through their final high-pressure year at an elite high school in Sichuan Province.

July 29th, 2008

Full Episode

Lord’s Children: Video: Full Episode
Lord’s Children follows three former child soldiers who escaped from the bush and have since taken refuge in a rehabilitation center.

July 23rd, 2008

Full Episode

Burning Season: Video: Full Episode
Burning Season kindles both sides of the climate divide in Indonesia and explores whether capitalism can step in where altruism has so far failed to succeed.

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