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New! Is Netanyahu’s Government Heading in the Wrong Direction?: A Debate 50 min.

Benjamin Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history. First elected more than a quarter-century ago, he served as the nation’s leader from 1996 to 1999 and 2009 to 2021. Despite his being on trial for corruption, he was reelected prime minister in November 2022. Since then, he has introduced measures to allow Israel’s Parliament to overrule Supreme Court decisions and give...

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2023

New! America and the Taliban 180 min.

Examine how America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory, drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporting, and interviews with Taliban and US officials.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2023

New! America and the Taliban: Part 1 54 min.

How America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporting, and interviews with Taliban and US officials, hour one of an investigation of the missteps and consequences.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2023

New! America and the Taliban: Part 2 54 min.

How America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporting, and interviews with Taliban and US officials, hour two of an investigation of the missteps and consequences.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2023

New! America and the Taliban: Part 3 54 min.

How America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporting, and interviews with Taliban and US officials, the final hour of an investigation of the missteps and consequences.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2023

New! Putin vs. the Press 54 min.

The story of one journalist’s battle to defend free speech in Putin’s Russia. With unique access, the film follows Nobel prize-winner Dmitry Muratov as he fights to keep his newspaper alive and his reporters safe amid a government crackdown.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2023

New! Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack 54 min.

A dramatic and intimate look inside the Russian assault on Kharkiv. An updated account through a year of war, told by civilians surviving underground and first responders risking their lives in Ukraine’s second largest city.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2023

New! Inside the Iranian Uprising 54 min.

Inside the protests that have rocked Iran since the death of a young woman in police custody. With a trove of footage filmed by protestors, much of it previously unseen, the film sheds new light on a regime under unprecedented pressure.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2023

Empire Builders: The Inca Empire 59 min.

The Inca were one of the world's largest civilizations of the late Middle Ages until their conquest by the Spanish in 1533 in modern-day Peru and surrounding countries. The center was in Cusco in the Peruvian Highlands, and the Incas expanded into the largest pre-Columbian kingdom in the Americas, spreading across a diverse selection of climates such as the highlands of the Andes, plateaus, and ju...

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2023

Empire Builders: The Pacific 120 min.

The idyllic Pacific Islands have been a battleground for centuries - from wars to colonial rivalry between France and UK to controversial nuclear tests by France and the United States. Indigenous Austronesian and Polynesian tribes fought one another for centuries, sometimes even eating their victims after successful conquests. In the 18th century, great European powers launched 'journeys of discov...

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2023