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In a school in Natal, South Africa, an emerging black middle class finds the confidence to ask why their white teachers should be able to tell them what to do. Although the post-apartheid zeitgeist gives liberation, it is also causing problems for education.

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From Danger to Dignity

United States | 1995

From DANGER to DIGNITY weaves together two parallel stories: the evolution of underground networks that helped women find safe abortions outside the law, and the intensive efforts by activists and lawmakers to decriminalize abortion through legislative and judicial channels. This film combines rare archival footage with interviews that document the courageous efforts of those who fought to break …

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Road Warriors

Somalia | 1995

This week we bring back 'Road Warriors', a documentary that paints a picture of the anarchy that followed the failed US intervention in Somalia. The last time the Americans went in on their own to 'sort out' a failed Islamic state, it left the nation even more de-stabilised than before. In the end only the establishment of an Islamic court and implementation of Sharia Law saved a desperate popula…

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Trading in Death

China | 1995

The Death Penalty in China is increasingly prescribed as a panacea for social ills. Prisoners with death sentences are paraded through the streets with placards advertising their crimes. We profile Muslims, Christians and artists who have suffered discrimination, intimidation and torture.

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Working for the Enemy

United Kingdom | 1995

Sean McAllister's bleak, extraordinarily intimate film offers an insight into the lives of 35 year old Kevin, who hasn't worked in 18 years, and his 19 year old girlfriend Robbie, who earns 70 pounds a week as a seamstress.

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Jo'burg Cocktail

South Africa | 1995

Johannesburg is a thriving melting pot of nationalities: African, German, Indian, and is home to a multitude of different arts and cultures.

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Delta Force

Nigeria | 1995

When the Ogoni people began to protest the pollution and exploitation caused by the oil industry operating in their lands, they were met with prompt brutality. Nigeria's military government attracted international condemnation for its oppression of these people of the Niger Delta. Villages were destroyed, their inhabitants indiscriminately killed, and Ogoni leader and writer Ken Saro-Wiwa held in…

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