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January 1st, 2010
Focal Point
Field Trip to the DMZ: Video
Up to 100,000 defectors have fled hunger and political repression in North Korea. FOCAL POINT trains its lens on one of the 15,000 North Korean defectors who have made it to South Korea.
June 11th, 2009
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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
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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.
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