DOC-DEBUT: A Nun's New Habit
Category: Documentaries
Follow the adventures of Sister Carmel Wauchope, a nun who kicked off her habit some 20 years ago, but who now has found a new habit at the forefront of the fight to help refugees incarcerated in detention centers.

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Avalon
Category: Documentaries
Witness heads to one of South Africa's largest and fastest growing cemeteries, Avalon. Once known as the final resting place of anti-apartheid activists, now the cemetery is running out of space because of AIDS.

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Deadly Playground
Category: Documentaries
Since the end of the 2006 war with Israel, thirteen year-old Hussein from the village of Sadikkeen in south Lebanon has been watching the de-mining experts, in his area, clearing the fields of the unexploded cluster bombs which the Israelis fired.

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Jungle Music
Category: Documentaries
Classical music, originally introduced by Jesuit priests, is regaining popularity in today's Bolivia. Witness goes to meet those making a very different kind of "Jungle Music", a way out of the poverty and alienation felt by many young Bolivians.

In Focus: The Mystery of Alzheimer's
Category: News & Current Affairs
Three million people are suffering from Alzheimer's Disease in Europe alone. What are the new therapies being developed in North America and Germany, and why is new research sometimes held back?

In Focus: Race Against the Ice, Part 2
Category: News & Current Affairs
After the ship "Dagmar Aaen" was stuck for almost a year in the winter harbor of Cambridge Bay, Arved Fuchs weighed anchor for a second attempt to conquer the passage. It was the beginning of a dramatic race against time.

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Meltdown Nepal
Category: Documentaries
Even in this remote region of the planet, there are worrying signs of climate change. This episode of Witness takes a look at the devastating effect global warming could have for those who live on the "roof of the world".

DOC-DEBUT: Goddess and the King
Category: Documentaries
In Nepal, a nine-year-old girl is worshipped as a Virgin Goddess. It is she who gives the King his power to rule. But democracy is coming to this kingdom, and the future of the Goddess and the King are delicately intertwined.

Global Spirit: In Search of Ecstasy
This episode explores the ecstatic state - a global phenomenon found in all kinds of spiritual and religious traditions. How is ecstatic trance practiced around the world, and why are so many people today fascinated by it?

Global Spirit: Music, Sound and the Sacred
In this episode, host Phil Cousineau explores the transcendent qualities of spiritual and sacred music with guests Rev. Alan Jones and Grammy Award-winning singer Joanne Shenandoah.

Global Spirit: Forgiveness and Healing
This episode explores forgiveness and healing on a personal and societal level. Watch as a group of Vietnam vets comes to terms with their actions, and as a father forgives his son's murderer.

GLOBAL LENS: Dam Street (Hong Yan)
Category: World Cinema
In China in 1983, sixteen-year-old Xiao Yun finds herself pregnant and expelled from school. Ten years later, she still lives in the same town, and has a young friend who tries desperately to protect her from the judgmental community.

In Focus: Kanun - A Code of Honor
Category: News & Current Affairs
Kanun is a centuries-old code of revenge and honor in Albania and dictates the lives of many people. Thousands can no longer leave their houses because they are too scared of the men seeking revenge.

International Dateline: In America - Election Panel
Category: News & Current Affairs
Americans have turned their backs on eight years of Republican rule and embraced as President the African-American senator from Chicago, Barack Obama. An International Dateline panel discusses the implications.

In Focus: Child Slavery
Category: News & Current Affairs
Child slavery is booming. Two reporters infiltrated the child slavery networks with a hidden camera, speaking with children, parents, and traffickers, and returned to Germany to confront corporations with the pictures.

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