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Visit the companion website >> (San Francisco, CA)—While America’s most visible fight against communism in the late 1960s was in Vietnam, a secret war was being conducted in neighboring, neutral Laos. At the time, Washington feared that if Laos fell to the Communists, the rest of Southeast Asia would follow. So the CIA was dispatched to make a stand…

Visit the companion website >> (San Francisco, CA)—With the arrest warrant against the president of Sudan for atrocities in Darfur and the extradition of Charles Taylor of Liberia, “international justice” seems once again to be on the world’s agenda as the ultimate hope to stop the cycle of impunity. One of the most brutal dictators of the 20th…

(Arlington, VA / San Francisco, CA)—In a joint venture, Independent Television Service (ITVS) and PBS announce the Independent Digital Distribution Lab to explore revenue-generating partnership models for independent filmmakers and public television. Nearly 50 independent works will be distributed over the next six months through PBS…

(San Francisco, CA)—Is it really possible for one person to change the world? In the case of Wangari Maathai, the answer is a resounding yes. Inspiring and uplifting, TAKING ROOT: The Vision of Wangari Maathai is the story of a woman whose stand for peace and justice was as strong and immovable as the trees she planted. The wisdom of Maathai was that she…

Visit the companion website >> (San Francisco, CA)—A bloody kill on the sun-drenched Serengeti. Dramatically intoned warnings about endangered species. These clichés of nature documentaries ignore a key feature of the landscape: the villagers who live just off-camera, navigating the dangers and costs of living with wildlife on a daily basis.…