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Independent Lens KNOCKING PBS

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:45:14 -0400

They are moral conservatives who stay out of politics, but they won a record number of court cases expanding freedom for everyone. They refuse blood transfusions on religious grounds, but they embrace the science behind bloodless surgery. In Nazi Germany, they could fight for Hitler or go to the concentration camps. They chose the camps. Following two families who stand firm for their controversial and misunderstood Christian faith, KNOCKING reveals how Jehovah's Witnesses have helped shape history beyond the doorstep. KNOCKING premieres Tuesday, May 22 on Independent Lens, a weekly series airing on PBS. Hosted by Terrence Howard, the acclaimed series showcases powerful and innovative independent films. Presented by ITVS, Independent Lens is broadcast on PBS stations nationwide. Visit the Web site for more: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/kn...

FRONTLINE/WORLD Uganda : Condom Controversy PBS

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:26:37 -0400

AIDS and the abstinence debate Description: "You must learn how to say no," booms Ugandan evangelical minister Martin Ssempa. "Say 'I do not want to have sex. I have chosen not to have sex.'" So begins this week’s FRONTLINE/World Rough Cut, which looks at the controversy over US funding for AIDS relief in Africa. www.pbs.org

FRONTLINE "A Hidden Life" at pbs.org/frontline

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:42:07 -0400

On May 5, 2005, the residents of Spokane, Washington, awoke to one of the strangest headlines in the town's history: "West Tied to Sex Abuse in '70s, Using Office to Lure Young Men." The popular, socially conservative Republican mayor of Spokane, Jim West, had been outed by the town's newspaper The Spokesman-Review. The paper told the sordid story of a man with two lives: in public, he had once sponsored legislation forbidding gays from teaching in public schools, while in private, the paper alleged, he was trawling for young men online, using the trappings of his office to lure them into sexual relationships. But as bizarre as the revelations were, so too were the newspaper's methods. For months, a middle-aged "forensic computer specialist" had posed as an 18-year-old boy online, engaging the mayor in a relationship that became more and more intimate, ultimately exploding on the front page of the newspaper. In a media climate where sexual scandals dominate the headlines, FRONTLINE producers Rachel Dretzin and Barak Goodman investigate the complex relationship between politics, sexuality, fear, and judgment in one all-American town.

INSIDE THE TEENAGE BRAIN: Chapter 1

Wed, 30 May 2007 17:55:39 -0400

BIGGER THAN ENRON: Chapter 2

Wed, 30 May 2007 17:46:49 -0400

THE PERSUADERS: Chapter 1 -

Wed, 30 May 2007 16:30:27 -0400

Correspondent Douglas Rushkoff sets out on his tour through the modern machinery of selling. His first stop: The marketing blitz underway for the launch of a new, stylish low cost airline - Song.

Soccer/Fútbol

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:19:26 -0500

(Latin Pulse: June 2, 2008) In Latin America soccer is a game of passion, and it’s taken to heart. What many consider to be the biggest game in the world has become so huge that when national teams play, entire countries come to a stop. It's also big business. Is soccer simply a game or is it an escape from the reality of poverty and corruption in Latin America? En Español: En Latino América fútbol es un juego con pasión, y se toma en serio. Muchos lo consideran el deporte más importante en el mundo, y se ha vuelto tan grande que cuando la selección nacional juega, el país entero se toma el tiempo para seguir el juego. Es también un negocio importante. ¿Es el fútbol simplemente un juego, o es un escape de la realidad que conlleva pobreza y corrupción en Latino América? GUESTS: Branko Milanovic, World Bank, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Visiting Scholar Branco is a lead economist in the World Bank's research department, where he has been working on the topics of income inequality and globalization. Previously, he was a World Bank country economist for Poland and a research fellow at the Institute of Economic Sciences in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Since 1996, Milanovic has also served as a visiting professor teaching the economics of transition at the Johns Hopkins University's School for Advanced International Studies. He received his Ph.D. in economics in 1987 from Belgrade University. As a senior associate on a two-year assignment with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Global Policy Program, Milanovic focused his research on globalization and world income distribution, as well as the interaction between politics, reform, and inequality in transition countries. He remains an associate scholar with the Endowment. Mylene Moreno, Documentary Filmmaker, "Fanáticos" Los Angeles-based filmmaker Mylène Moreno makes documentaries that reflect her diverse cultural interests. She is currently following Mexican fútbol fanáticos in souther...

Obama comments on year-end issues

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:10:53 -0500

Dec 24 - U.S. President Barack Obama tells PBS Newshour that he is happy with the healthcare bill and that he understands disappointment over the outcome of the Copenhagen climate summit.