S1.E1 ∙ Christmas 1988

A cinematic impression of Vietnam, told through the eyes of Vietnamese immigrants.

Uranium Drive-In is a haunting story of a hardscrabble community striving for one last chance at survival. The film follows a proposed uranium mill in southwestern Colorado-the first to be built in the U.S. in 30 years-and the emotional debate pitting a population desperate for jobs and financial stability against opposition from an environmental group based in a nearby resort town. The lives of the community members and the role of intervening "outsiders" parallel resource extraction stories from across the globe, where individuals and communities struggle to survive.

A shortage of drinking water caused by droughts is conquering the Planet. The salvation is living in harmony with Nature. The most ancient and the purest lake on the planet Baikal is an example of an ideal model of the world as it shall be. Together with a fresh-water seal, we will go on an exciting journey along the Lake to discover its secrets of life.

In the midst of the ever-fraught Israeli-Palestinian political landscape, two women, one Israeli and one Palestinian, attempt the seemingly impossible: to build a business together. Fighting against societal and family pressure, anti-normalization currents and a chauvinistic, male-dominated industry, the two combine forces to create a logistics company which helps Palestinian businessmen to navigate the everyday absurdities of Israeli control of the West Bank. But while they help their clients to overcome the obstacles of Israeli occupation, the divisions between them threaten to tear their partnership apart. Can the bond between them overcome the impossible?

Shlomi Elkabetz shares a love letter to his sister, the late actress and director Ronit Elkabetz.

"Monsters, Madmen and Machines: 80 Years of Science Fiction" was a retrospective on science fiction and fantasy films from early efforts like George Melies' "A Trip to the Moon" (1902) to George Lucas' "Star Wars" (1977).