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			Pickles, Inc.

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08/24/2009

Are these ladies still in business and if so are their pickles being exported to the USA?

10/06/2005
Al Balboni
Las vegas, NV

Also enjoyed ALIVE IN LIMBO as it provided a human perspactive on a complex tragedy that is so often subject to soundbite treatment in American electronic media.

K.C.
Antim, NH

I just wanted to say thank you - to the filmmaker, to the exceptional and brave women who allowed their lives to be filmed, and to PBS for airing this documentary.

J.W.
Allentown, PA

My wife and I sat transfixed throughout the one-hour presentation of this progam. We both lived in Israel, I 21 years, my wife 13 years. We had never read or heard about Arab women, from a non-city background doing this. Their success lay not in the amount of money they made from the business, but from the fact that they had the courage to flout conventional wisdom and go out of their shell into the business world. In this they succeeded beyond their tribal constraints of ëa woman's place.í

Andrew
Indianapolis, IN

Unbelievable story about the Arab pickle factory. PBS continues to shine with its stories on culture.

B.L.
Bronx, NY

What a beautiful film about beautiful women and what an interesting interview with the film maker on line. It does not matter that the Pickle factory failed. Many small businesses fail because they cannot make the leap from wanting to keep control to growing and possibly losing control. The important thing was that these women found a valid productive way to empower themselves in a society with many restrictions for women. In that endeavor, they were very successful; they had camaraderie and, I'm sure, a very tasty product. Ms. Timor's writing about the way the film was made only added to its singing, joyous power.

C.R.
Ann Arbor, MI

This was the first Wideangle I've seen and I was very much impressed. If other segments are as good as this one I'll be a confirmed viewer. The story/docu. was well done, informative and afforded a view of which I would never have been aware, or at least sat down to think about. Thanks.

S.H.
Woodbury, MN

Tonight is the first night I've actually managed to catch an entire "Wide Angle" presentation. What a wonderful story! What wonderful women! I was moved beyond words by their personalities, their humor, their determination, their imagination, and saddened beyond words by the ultimate failure of their enterprise, despite an excellent product and their total dedication to their work. And the following interview with Azza Karam gave me again a little hope that there are still intelligent people at work analyzing the problems on our planet and devoted to devising solutions. Thank you, thank you!

M.P.
New York, NY

I love wide angle. I think your slogan "...200 countries..." says it all. Thank you. I just saw the show on Pickles, 8.30.05. I want to see more on micro-enterprise & cooperatives . . . please air more shows with this topic.

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