DOC-DEBUT Category: Documentaries A weekly series on Link TV, DOC-DEBUT highlights unique and groundbreaking international documentary films. Each week features the U.S. television premiere of a new foreign doc.
Al Jazeera English - Witness: Two Schools in Nablus Category: Documentaries This special episode of Witness documents the life and routines at two schools in the West Bank, where teachers go unpaid, classrooms are overcrowded, and the surrounding violence often results in tragedy.
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: Jungle Music Category: Documentaries Classical music 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.
Senator Obama Goes to Africa Category: Documentaries Follow Senator Barack Obama as he travels to the land of his ancestry. From South Africa to Kenya to a Darfur refugee camp, Obama explores the continent that is gaining increasing importance in this age of globalization.
International Dateline: Magic Mint Menace Category: News & Current Affairs International Dateline reports on the dangers of the drug salvia. Also in this episode, an interview with author Thomas Friedman on the global economy, and a look inside Mexico's battle against drug cartels.
GLOBAL LENS: Max and Mona Category: World Cinema Max Bua has his sights set on becoming a doctor. However, unable to pay his university fees, he must crash at his hard-drinking uncle's place...with goat in tow.
GLOBAL LENS: Luxury Car (Jiang Cheng Xia Ri) Category: World Cinema A father travels from his village to the city, determined to find his son. But instead, he discovers his daughter working as a karaoke bar escort, forcing him to face his family's estrangement head-on.
Al Jazeera English - Witness: Gladiator Women Category: Documentaries Marta El Alto confronts Jennifer Two Face in a wrestling ring in La Paz, Bolivia. But there's more at stake than the prize money. Marta represents the underclass - little wonder then that she gets the biggest cheers.
Al Jazeera English - Witness: Banking on the Future Category: Documentaries In this episode of Al Jazeera English - Witness, we present a documentary about a special kind of bank in India aimed at helping street children. Meet the bank's manager, 13-year-old Ajay.
Special: The Corporation - Part 1 Category: Documentaries Corporations control almost every aspect of our lives - so why do they often seem immune to legal controls? Amy Goodman of "Democracy Now!" joins Link TV to present "The Corporation," and discuss the issues.
Special: The Corporation - Part 2 Category: Documentaries Corporations control almost every aspect of our lives - so why do they often seem immune to legal controls? Amy Goodman of "Democracy Now!" joins Link TV to present "The Corporation," and discuss the issues.
