S1.E9 ∙ Subsistence: The Nanotech Revolution

At age 50, after a 23-year marriage to a man, Jan sets out on a journey to discover what it means to be lesbian.

Smart investors know how to really make money, you go where no one else is looking. Today that place is Africa. Stock exchanges, bonds, mutual funds, and more, all on a continent assumed to be an investment wasteland. Look again. These frontier markets are posting high growth rates and astonishing returns. Africa Investment Horizons, by award-winning producer Carol Pineau, follows the money.

In a world where so many are searching for meaning, we now have the opportunity, for the first time in human history, to be part of something absolutely amazing. We, the generations alive right now, could be the ones to end hunger and extreme poverty everywhere. We've cut both in half since 1970, and now it's time to finish the job...to make poverty history. EVERY THREE SECONDS tells the compelling stories of five everyday people (a kid, a college student, a thirty-something and two seniors) who stepped up and took action in the fight against hunger and poverty, and who, in the process, ended up both transforming themselves and changing the world.

Multiracial people are the fastest growing demographic in America, yet there is no official political recognition for mixed-race people. Multiracial Identity explores the social, political, and religious impact of the multiracial movement.

President Carter discusses whether congress will pass key domestic legislation, including taxes, employment, and energy. Other topics include the upcoming Israeli-Egyptian peace talks in Washington, strategic nuclear negotiations with the soviet union, progress on the Salt II talks, the resignation of salt negotiator Paul Warnke and reports on the activities of Soviet defector Shevchenko.

This film is an examination of the life and poetry of the black feminist poet and social voice of Natasha Ria El-Scari. Presented in an 'abstractumentary' or abstract-documentary style, the director juxtaposes intimate interviews, dramatic performances, and archival footage to examine El-Scari's work in context of the African American struggle.