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An intimate look at the 2005 multi-party elections in Egypt through the eyes of three women who are working to assure the election’s legitimacy. These women--known collectively as Shayfeen.com--offer an insiders perspective on activists operating in and around the highest levels of both government and opposition groups. SHAYFEEN.COM aired on WORLD TV on 5/1/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 5/2/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
SHAYFEEN .COM
In the city of Wuhan in central China, three eight-year-old elementary school students campaign for the coveted position of class monitor. This is the first election for a class leader ever to be held in China. The candidates hold debates, campaign tirelessly and show their intellectual and artistic skills, until one is voted the winner. PLEASE VOTE FOR ME airs on WORLD TV on 5/8/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 5/9/11 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
PLEASE VOTE FOR ME
Four violinists in four different corners of the globe perform one of the world's most beloved pieces of classical music: Vivaldi's
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Meet the Japanese Mafia’s latest son: a 20 year old named Naoki, part of a surging, decade-long wave of juvenile delinquency in Japan. As Naoki rejects school, jobs and family, his desperate mother decides to take one last chance to save him--by handing him over to the Mafia for one year and letting him choose his own path. YOUNG YAKUZA airs on WORLD TV on 5/22/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 5/23/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
YOUNG YAKUZA
Born in a Thai refugee camp on Cambodian New Year, filmmaker Socheata Poeuv grew up in the United States never knowing that her family had survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. In NEW YEAR BABY, she embarks on a journey to Cambodia in search of the truth and why her family's history had been buried in secrecy for so long. NEW YEAR BABY airs on WORLD TV on 5/29/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 5/30/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time. *Filmmaker Socheata Poeuv will participate in live chat at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
NEW YEAR BABY
Aided by two locals, Director Simon Chambers goes to the poorest area in India where a tribe is fighting to save a sacred mountain from multinational mining moguls who say its resources will bring prosperity to the people. COWBOYS IN INDIA explores accusations of murder and whether the company-built hospitals and schools actually exist--landing these investigators in bigger trouble than expected. COWBOYS IN INDIA airs on WORLD TV on 6/5/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 6/6/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time
COWBOYS IN INDIA
Belarus is Europe's last dictatorship, a society of total political control, nuclear pollution and mass poverty. Human rights activists in Belarus often fall victim to a merciless strategy of persecution by the government. BELARUSIAN WALTZ is the story of Alexander Pushkin, a performance artist who used his
BELARUSIAN WALTZ
With an official kidney referral agency as the backdrop, IRANIAN KIDNEY BARGAIN SALE follows young Iranians through the organ trade process: from their first encounter to surgery and kidney removal. IRANIAN KIDNEY BARGAIN SALE airs on WORLD TV on 6/12/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 6/13/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
IRANIAN KIDNEY BARGAIN SALE
A divorced mother of two returns to her home and children in Bolivia after 15 years of struggling for a better life in Israel, only to find her family members have become strangers. A WORKING MOM is a story that demonstrates the extremes that individuals will go to in order to save their families--sometimes saving and losing them in the same act. WORKING MOM airs on WORLD TV on 6/19/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 6/20/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
WORKING MOM
STORM OF EMOTIONS chronicles the Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip and efforts to achieve democracy amidst great social and political turmoil. Told from the perspective of the Israeli police force, this film explores how these individuals try to balance their emotions, beliefs and conscience while attempting to maintain civil order. STORM OF EMOTIONS airs on WORLD TV on 7/3/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 7/4/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
STORM OF EMOTIONS
From Che Guevara's military campaign to avenge Lumumba in the Congo up to the fall of apartheid in South Africa, 300,000 Cubans fought alongside African revolutionaries. CUBA, AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY is the previously untold story of Cuba's support for African revolutions, one of the Cold War's most vigorous contests over resources and ideology. CUBA, AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY - PART 1 airs on WORLD TV on 7/10/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 7/11/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
CUBA, AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY - PART 1
From Che Guevara's military campaign to avenge Lumumba in the Congo up to the fall of apartheid in South Africa, 300,000 Cubans fought alongside African revolutionaries. CUBA, AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY is the previously untold story of Cuba's support for African revolutions, one of the Cold War's most vigorous contests over resources and ideology. CUBA, AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY - PART 2 airs on WORLD TV on 7/17/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 7/18/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
CUBA, AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY - PART 2
THE MOSQUITO PROBLEM AND OTHER STORIES is the tale of a of a village, turned concentration camp, turned city, turned nuclear power plant. In a world instantly transformed by ideologies, regimes and dreams of economic prosperity, characters' lives intersect in a sinister past and nuclear future. THE MOSQUITO PROBLEM airs on WORLD TV on 7/24/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 7/25/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
THE MOSQUITO PROBLEM
In December 1996, Nestor Cerpa, leader of the Peruvian Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, and his squad of commandos seized the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima, holding dozens of foreign diplomats and businessmen hostage for 126 days. Cerpa demanded the immediate release of his guerrilla comrades, but staked his life on the freedom of just one--his wife. THE SIEGE airs on WORLD TV on 7/31/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 8/1/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
THE SIEGE
For the past quarter-century, Cuba has dominated the field of Olympic boxing and helped propel this tiny nation onto the world stage. SONS OF CUBA reveals how the legendary Havana Boxing Academy--where physical training and revolutionary indoctrination go hand in hand--grooms young boys to fight for the honor of the revolution. SONS OF CUBA airs on WORLD TV on 8/7/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 8/8/11 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time
SONS OF CUBA
An intimate and unflinching look at life in Iran through the eyes of young men choosing to undergo sex change surgery, BE LIKE OTHERS explores the implications and sacrifices of those living on the fringes of Islamic society, the irrevocable nature of their decisions and the relegation to second class women's status. BE LIKE OTHERS airs on WORLD TV on 8/14/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 8/15/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
BE LIKE OTHERS
Following the lives of people that push, pull or pedal some kind of vehicle to earn their living on Brazil's city streets, ON WHEELS BRAZIL establishes a relationship between the wheel's movement and the inconstancy of life itself, primarily for those without stable jobs and who have to create and improvise daily just to survive. ON WHEELS BRAZIL airs on WORLD TV on 8/21/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 8/22/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
ON WHEELS BRAZIL
In the 1920s and 30s, tens of thousands of children were born on an Israeli kibbutz and raised as part of a social experiment to create a new and improved human. The film traces the
CHILDREN OF THE SUN
In the wake of Kenya's 2007 election violence, Kenyans scramble to produce a dramatic TV soap opera series about a fictional soccer team, hoping taboo storylines can bridge deep ethnic divisions. THE TEAM explores whether the lowliest of art forms can achieve the loftiest of ideals: transformative social change. THE TEAM airs on WORLD TV on 9/4/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 9/5/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
THE TEAM
One of America’s first post 9/11 hate crime murders punctuated a growing wave of violence in retaliation for the terror attacks. Told from the perspective of the victim’s brother, A DREAM IN DOUBT travels to Mesa, Arizona to reveal a story of national tragedy, murder, community and the American dream. A DREAM IN DOUBT airs on WORLD TV on 9/11/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 9/12/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
A DREAM IN DOUBT
THE JUDGE AND THE GENERAL reveals the transformation of Judge Juan Guzmán in Chile as he is assigned by judicial lottery to investigate the first criminal cases filed against former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. An international detective story, the film follows the judge as he uncovers the truth about the regime he had supported. THE JUDGE AND THE GENERAL airs on WORLD TV on 9/18/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 9/19/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
THE JUDGE AND THE GENERAL
Imran, a young Muslim American, struggles to take over his father's neighborhood halal slaughterhouse in New York City. The son of an immigrant, Imran must confront his mixed heritage and gain acceptance from his father's conservative community. On one of Islam's holiest days, Imran must lead a sacrifice that will define him as a Muslim, as an American and as a son. An INDEPENDENT LENS selection. A SON'S SACRIFICE airs on WORLD TV on 9/25/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 9/26/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
A SON'S SACRIFICE
Tom Cholmondeley, heir to the largest white-owned estate in Kenya, stands accused of murdering a black poacher on his land. THE LAST WHITE MAN STANDING follows the ongoing case and gives an in-depth look at its socio-political context. THE LAST WHITE MAN STANDING airs on WORLD TV on 10/2/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 10/3/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
THE LAST WHITE MAN STANDING
SISTERS IN LAW looks at the work of one small courthouse in the African nation of Cameroon. With fierce compassion, the tough-minded state prosecutor Vera Ngassa and court president Beatrice Ntuba dispense wisdom, wisecracks and justice in fair measure. An INDEPENDENT LENS/ITVS International acquisition. SISTERS IN LAW airs on WORLD TV on 10/9/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 10/9/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
SISTERS IN LAW
COMPANERAS profiles America’s first all-female mariachi band, Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles. Founded in 1994, the 12 members of Reyna shatter age-old stereotypes while expanding the popularity of mariachi music. In a culture and a musical tradition that has always been male-dominated, these women are true pioneers, literally giving voice to Latinas. An INDEPENDENT LENS acquisition. COMPANERAS airs on WORLD TV on 10/16/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 10/17/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
COMPANERAS
With unprecedented access, this intimate documentary goes behind the scenes with Africa's first freely elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia. The film explores the challenges facing the new president and the extraordinary women surrounding her as they develop and implement policy to rebuild their ravaged country and prevent a descent back into civil war. An INDEPENDENT LENS selection. IRON LADIES OF LIBERIA airs on WORLD TV on 10/23/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 10/24/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
IRON LADIES OF LIBERIA

Born in a Thai refugee camp on Cambodian New Year, filmmaker Socheata Poeuv grew up in the United States never knowing that her family had survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. In NEW YEAR BABY, she embarks on a journey to Cambodia in search of the truth and why her family's history had been buried in secrecy for so long. NEW YEAR BABY airs on WORLD TV on 5/29/2011 at 9am, 3pm, 10pm, and on 5/30/2011 at 2am. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

Filmmaker Socheata Poeuv will participate in live chat at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET on Friday, May 27 to discuss her film New Year Baby.

The documentary follows the personal story of filmmaker Socheata Poeuv, who grew up in the United States never knowing that her family survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. In New Year Baby, Poeuv embarks on a journey to Cambodia in search of the truth about her family's past.
New Year Baby will air on Global Voices on Sunday, May 29 on the WORLD Channel.


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