Wide Angle RSS feed for PBS programming.http://video.pbs.org/en-ushttp://video.pbs.org/Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:49:16 -0500Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:49:16 -0500http://video.pbs.org/video/1248818700/WIDE ANGLE's award-winning 12-year documentary project, Time for School, follows seven children from seven countries who are struggling to achieve a basic education.http://video.pbs.org/video/1248818700/Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:43:27 -0700News & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/EducationNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/Social IssuesRegionRegion/AfricaRegion/Asia-PacificRegion/EuropeRegion/Latin AmericaRegion/Middle EastFollow 7 children from 7 countries who are struggling to achieve a basic education.eeducation, India, Japan, Afghanistan, Brazil, Middle East, United Nations, Europe, Africa, Kenya, Benin, RomaniaNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/EducationNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/Social IssuesRegionRegion/AfricaRegion/Asia-PacificRegion/EuropeRegion/Latin AmericaRegion/Middle Easthttp://video.pbs.org/video/1239934544/WIDE ANGLE's award-winning 12-year documentary project, Time for School, follows seven children - from Afghanistan, Benin, Brazil, India, Japan, Kenya and Romania - who are struggling to achieve what is not yet a global birthright - a basic education. In part three of the series the students struggle to complete middle school and continue to the next level.http://video.pbs.org/video/1239934544/Thu, 3 Sep 2009 12:46:22 -0700News & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/EducationNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/Social IssuesRegionRegion/AfricaRegion/Asia-PacificRegion/EuropeRegion/Latin AmericaRegion/Middle EastSeven kids In 7 countries. A 12-year project on kids struggling to get a basic education.eeducation, India, Japan, Afghanistan, Brazil, students, United Nations, school, Kenya, Benin, kids, Romania, Millennium Development GoalNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/EducationNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/Social IssuesRegionRegion/AfricaRegion/Asia-PacificRegion/EuropeRegion/Latin AmericaRegion/Middle Easthttp://video.pbs.org/video/1230881158/A failed coup attempt...a British mercenary in a notorious African prison...a dictator suspicious of Western powers...and beneath it all, a spectacular underwater oil reserve. "Once Upon a Coup" is WIDE ANGLE's penetrating look at the mysterious goings-on in Equatorial Guinea, a tiny West African nation newly rich with oil and infamous for corruption.http://video.pbs.org/video/1230881158/Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:35:15 -0700News & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/EnergyNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/National SecurityNews & Public Affairs/PoliticsRegionRegion/AfricaA tale of intrigue from the oil-rich country of Equatorial Guinea.eNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/EnergyNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/National SecurityNews & Public Affairs/PoliticsRegionRegion/Africahttp://video.pbs.org/video/1220928755/"Eyes of the Storm" tells the struggles of several orphaned children left to fend for themselves in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. A Burmese team shot undercover for over 10 months in defiance of the ruling junta's media blackout to provide a rare window into one of the world's most secretive countries.http://video.pbs.org/video/1220928755/Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:54:58 -0700News & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsRegionRegion/Asia-PacificOrphaned children fend for themselves in Burma after Cyclone Nargis.eBurma, Myanmar, orphans, Aung San Suu KyiNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsRegionRegion/Asia-Pacifichttp://video.pbs.org/video/1215415379/At the Havana Boxing Academy, boys live and train with a single purpose: to bring home Olympic gold. Victory Is Your Duty follows the young boxers as they build up to the biggest event of their lives: the annual National Boxing Championships. After the film, WIDE ANGLE's Aaron Brown reports from Miami to tell what happens when Academy boxers grow up: and defect to the United States.http://video.pbs.org/video/1215415379/Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:40:48 -0700News & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Individual ProfilesNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/SportsMeet young boxers at the Havana Boxing Academy as they train for Olympic gold.eNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Individual ProfilesNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/Sportshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1203517070/An Arab-Israeli teen sets her sights on the Miss Israel pageant.http://video.pbs.org/video/1203517070/Mon, 3 Aug 2009 08:56:29 -0700News & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalAn Arab-Israeli teen sets her sights on the Miss Israel pageant.eNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Internationalhttp://video.pbs.org/video/1197888947/Eleni Gabre-Madhin is a charismatic Ethiopian economist wants to end hunger in her famine-plagued country. But rather than relying on foreign aid, she has a truly radical plan. She has designed the nation's first commodities exchange, which she hopes will revolutionize an ancient market system whose inefficiencies have been partly responsible for the country's persistent food shortages.http://video.pbs.org/video/1197888947/Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:53:35 -0700An attempt to end famine in Ethiopia by starting a commodities exchange.eEthiopia, economy, agriculture, Africa, Aaron Brownhttp://video.pbs.org/video/1185253188/WIDE ANGLE travels to Mozambique where, for the first time, midwives are being trained in advanced life-saving surgery. Suffering from an acute shortage of doctors, Mozambique's bold grassroots initiatives have cut its maternal death rate. Birth of a Surgeon received an Emmy nomination for Oustanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in 2009.http://video.pbs.org/video/1185253188/Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:23:52 -0700Health & WellnessHealth & Wellness/Health CareHealth & Wellness/Policy & RegulationHealth & Wellness/Public HealthRegionRegion/Africa2009 Emmy Nominee: Midwives in Mozambique trained in life-saving surgery reduce maternal mortality.ehealth, women, Africa, Mozambique, Maternal Mortality, mothers, U.N., MDG, hospital, surgeryHealth & WellnessHealth & Wellness/Health CareHealth & Wellness/Policy & RegulationHealth & Wellness/Public HealthRegionRegion/Africahttp://video.pbs.org/video/1176693725/When a Palestinian boy was killed by Israeli soldiers who mistook his toy gun for the real thing, his death could have been just one news story. Instead, Ahmed's parents decision to donate his organs turned tragedy into hope for six Israelis. Heart of Jenin tells the story of Ahmed's tragic death and his father Ismael's journey to visit three of the organ recipients two years later.http://video.pbs.org/video/1176693725/Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:30:41 -0700HistoryHistory/Middle EastNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/PoliticsNews & Public Affairs/ReligionRegionRegion/Middle EastA Palestinian boy's death gives five Israelis the gift of lifeeHistoryHistory/Middle EastNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/PoliticsNews & Public Affairs/ReligionRegionRegion/Middle Easthttp://video.pbs.org/video/1171612608/In the past decade, up to 100,000 defectors have crossed the waters of the Tumen and Yalu Rivers into northeast China to escape from North Korea, the world's last closed Communist state. In Crossing Heaven's Border, WIDE ANGLE tells the moving and dramatic stories of a few of them.http://video.pbs.org/video/1171612608/Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:56:49 -0700News & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/MediaNews & Public Affairs/PoliticsNorth Korean defectors on the dangerous journey to South Koreanrrefugees, North KoreaNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/MediaNews & Public Affairs/Politicshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1155718068/In January 2009, Waterford Crystal went bankrupt. The company's main factory, in Waterford, Ireland, was closed, and 480 people were fired. Many of them had worked there for decades. But the Waterford workers refused to give up their jobs without a fight. FOCAL POINT's "Raise the Last Glass" follows two Waterford Crystal workers as they try to save their jobs and a bit of Irish heritage.http://video.pbs.org/video/1155718068/Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:50:18 -0700Arts & LiteratureArts & Literature/CraftsNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Business & EconomyTwo Waterford Crystal workers try to save their jobs and a bit of Irish heritage.eIreland, Waterford, crystal, Economic Crisis, Wide AngleArts & LiteratureArts & Literature/CraftsNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Business & Economyhttp://video.pbs.org/video/1240116814/WIDE ANGLE's web-exclusive series of documentary shorts, FOCAL POINT, visits the demilitarized zone that separates North and South Korea. FOCAL POINT trains its lens on one of the 15,000 North Korean defectors who have made it to South Korea.http://video.pbs.org/video/1240116814/Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:45:00 -0700News & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/GovernmentNews & Public Affairs/InternationalVisit the demilitarized zone that separates North and South Korea.eNorth Korea, South KoreaNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/GovernmentNews & Public Affairs/Internationalhttp://video.pbs.org/video/1242366121/In this episode of Focal Point, meet Abida Hussain, a sharp-tongued politician with gray hair and a smoker's raspy voice who is running for parliament in Punjab, Pakistan -- against her own cousin.http://video.pbs.org/video/1242366121/Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:58:58 -0700News & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/PoliticsRegionRegion/Middle EastA sharp-tongued politician runs against her cousin for parliament in PakistanePakistanNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/PoliticsRegionRegion/Middle Easthttp://video.pbs.org/video/1242300115/In this episode of Focal Point, meet the Michael Bloomberg of Pakistan, a man of humble origins who hits the jackpot and decides to run for mayor of his hometown.http://video.pbs.org/video/1242300115/Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:38:36 -0700News & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/GovernmentNews & Public Affairs/Individual ProfilesNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/PoliticsRegionRegion/Middle EastMeet a Pakistani man who hits the jackpot and decides to run for mayor of his hometown.ePakistanNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/GovernmentNews & Public Affairs/Individual ProfilesNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/PoliticsRegionRegion/Middle Easthttp://video.pbs.org/video/1242429529/Explore the black markets and underground protest movements of Zimbabwe in this web-exclusive video from WIDE ANGLE.http://video.pbs.org/video/1242429529/Fri, 4 Sep 2009 11:14:50 -0700News & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/PoliticsNews & Public Affairs/Social IssuesRegionRegion/AfricaExplore the black markets and underground protest movements of Zimbabwe.eZimbabwe, Africa, inflation, food shortageNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/PoliticsNews & Public Affairs/Social IssuesRegionRegion/Africahttp://video.pbs.org/video/1246030058/Go inside a rehabilitation center in Saudi Arabia, where art therapy and religious re-education are being used to reform militant jihadists, like Ahmed al-Shaya, who went to Iraq on a suicide mission in 2004. Meet Juma Al-Dossary who has returned to Saudi Arabia after spending six years in Guantanamo, and hear from Dr. Awad Alymai, the detainees' art therapist, about his patients' transformation.http://video.pbs.org/video/1246030058/Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:52:11 -0700News & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/National SecurityRegionRegion/Middle EastScienceScience/PsychologyGo inside a rehabilitation center for former militant jihadists in Saudi Arabia.eterrorism, Saudi Arabia, jihad, art therapyNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/National SecurityRegionRegion/Middle EastScienceScience/Psychologyhttp://video.pbs.org/video/1163078349/WIDE ANGLE reports from the frontlines of the staggering refugee crisis that is unfolding in the Middle East as Iraqis flee their war-torn country at the rate of up to 50,000 people per month.http://video.pbs.org/video/1163078349/Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:15:07 -0700News & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/MilitaryNews & Public Affairs/ReligionNews & Public Affairs/Social IssuesA frontline report on the staggering Iraqi refugee crisis in the Middle East.eIraqi, refugee, Iraqi Exodus, Syria, JordanNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/MilitaryNews & Public Affairs/ReligionNews & Public Affairs/Social Issueshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1161506568/"China Prep" follows five Chinese students through their final high-pressure year at an elite high school in Sichuan Province. Eighteen hundred students vie for spots in Beijing's top two universities. Last year only 59 made it. Who among them will be most likely to succeed? the daughter of the Party official or the farmer's son? Who will be the boss?http://video.pbs.org/video/1161506568/Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:15:07 -0700CultureCulture/CareerNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/EducationNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/Social IssuesThe next generation of Chinese leaders are molded under pressure at an elite high school.eeducation, China, china and education, China PrepCultureCulture/CareerNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/EducationNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/Social Issueshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1168586547/Follow three former child soldiers in Uganda who escaped from the bush and have since taken refuge in a rehabilitation center. Lord's Children received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in 2009.http://video.pbs.org/video/1168586547/Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:59:26 -0700News & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/MilitaryNews & Public Affairs/Social IssuesRegionRegion/Africa2009 Emmy Nominee: Follow three former child soldiers in Uganda who try to put their lives back together.eWide Angle, child soldiers, Joseph Kony, ugandaNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/MilitaryNews & Public Affairs/Social IssuesRegionRegion/Africahttp://video.pbs.org/video/1157019251/WIDE ANGLE travels to the Indonesian rainforest and follows a green entrepreneur's plan to fight global warming. He hopes to stop clear cutting in the region's three large forests, and to turn a profit by selling carbon credits to polluters in the West.http://video.pbs.org/video/1157019251/Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:21:18 -0700Nature & EnvironmentNature & Environment/BiodiversityNature & Environment/ConservationNature & Environment/EarthNature & Environment/EnvironmentNature & Environment/Humans & NatureNature & Environment/Plant LifeNature & Environment/Weather & Natural DisastersNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Business & EconomyNews & Public Affairs/EnvironmentNews & Public Affairs/InternationalTechnologyTechnology/EnergyA carbon credit plan in the Indonesian rainforest could help stop global warming.ebiofuel, indonesia, climate change, Burning Season, carbon credits, emissions trading, Kyoto Protocol, rainforestsNature & EnvironmentNature & Environment/BiodiversityNature & Environment/ConservationNature & Environment/EarthNature & Environment/EnvironmentNature & Environment/Humans & NatureNature & Environment/Plant LifeNature & Environment/Weather & Natural DisastersNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Business & EconomyNews & Public Affairs/EnvironmentNews & Public Affairs/InternationalTechnologyTechnology/Energyhttp://video.pbs.org/video/1167537304/Japan's About-Face is a remarkable window into the shifting role of the military in post-war Japanese society. WIDE ANGLE acquired unprecedented access to the National Defense Academy, Japan's "West Point." We follow cadets preparing for a future that may involve overseas deployment, and meet with a group of peace activists on a grueling two month, 750-mile protest march from Hiroshima to Tokyo.http://video.pbs.org/video/1167537304/Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:58:26 -0700News & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/MilitaryNews & Public Affairs/National SecurityNews & Public Affairs/PoliticsRegionRegion/Asia-PacificJapan's About-Face is a window into the changing role of the military in Japanese society.eMilitary, China, Japan, Japan blog, Article 9, National Defense AcademyNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/MilitaryNews & Public Affairs/National SecurityNews & Public Affairs/PoliticsRegionRegion/Asia-Pacifichttp://video.pbs.org/video/1162425897/The film Heart of Darfur captures the desperation of daily life in remote villages, crowded refugee camps and in El Fasher, the once sleepy capital of North Darfur that is now home to 100,000 refugees and 10,000 U.N. personnel.http://video.pbs.org/video/1162425897/Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:15:10 -0700CinemaCinema/Independent FilmNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/MilitaryNews & Public Affairs/Social IssuesMeet the people affected by what is called "the world's largest humanitarian crisis."eCinemaCinema/Independent FilmNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/MilitaryNews & Public Affairs/Social Issueshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1162004650/WIDE ANGLE goes behind the scenes at Arab television channel MBC in Cairo for an inside look at the hit all-female talk show, KALAM NAWAEM. The film provides a nuanced portrait of four Arab women harnessing the power of transnational satellite TV to boldly and effectively push social reform.http://video.pbs.org/video/1162004650/Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:15:12 -0700CultureCulture/IdentityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/PoliticsNews & Public Affairs/Social IssuesA hit all-female talk show in Cairo features four Arab women who push social reform.eArab World, Cairo, Satellite televisionCultureCulture/IdentityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Human RightsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/PoliticsNews & Public Affairs/Social Issueshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1167487486/Travel to the United Arab Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah as His Highness Sheikh Saud solicits top European architects to carry out his grandiose dream of a new capital city in the middle of his desert kingdom. See inside an unfolding drama in which agents of East and West struggle to arrive at an architectural vision both worlds can embrace.http://video.pbs.org/video/1167487486/Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:54:48 -0700News & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalRegionRegion/Middle EastTechnologyTechnology/EngineeringEast and West struggle to arrive at a vision for a new capital city in a desert kingdom.earchitecture, West, Arab World, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, Arab, democracy, East, Sheikh Saud, The Sand CastleNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalRegionRegion/Middle EastTechnologyTechnology/Engineeringhttp://video.pbs.org/video/1167820181/In the summer of 2006, Iranian pilgrims left Tehran by bus for the holy city of Karbala, deep inside a shattered Iraq. "Pilgrimage To Karbala" follows this journey into the heart of Shia Islam, revealing how two ancient crimes, the murder of Muhammad's grandson and the disappearance of a six-year-old imam, became the founding legends of Shiism and dominate events in the Middle East today.http://video.pbs.org/video/1167820181/Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:12:42 -0700CultureCulture/Spirituality & ReligionHistoryHistory/Middle EastNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/PoliticsNews & Public Affairs/Religion"Pilgrimage To Karbala" follows Iranian pilgrims to the holy city of Karbala in Iraq.eIraq, Iran, Tehran, Karbala, Lebanon, ShiaCultureCulture/Spirituality & ReligionHistoryHistory/Middle EastNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/InternationalNews & Public Affairs/PoliticsNews & Public Affairs/Religion