S1.E6 ∙ Is it Wrong to Fly?

Bow is a little girl from Thailand, who was abandoned at birth. She has HIV and was born with disfiguring fetal alcohol syndrome. Our dream came true when our foundation could offer Bow a chance to come to the U.S. for a few reconstructive facial surgeries and now she can smile again.

Take a tiny piece of copper, about the size of a penny. What kind of machines do researchers need to observe copper's properties at the atomic scale? School children move atoms one at a time throughout the day with the help of a special microscope, learning about nanotechnology and creating artistic images along the way.

Set in the Northern region of Thailand, Building for Life: Moving AIDS to the Positive Light, tells a feature documentary of life, of hope, and of happiness in the midst of the darkness currounding HIV/AIDS. It reveals that lasting recovery comes for those with HIV/AIDS as they experience three different stages of acceptance:personal, familial, and communal.

A small group of Somali refugee girls struggle to put the distrust and animosity of war behind them as they create a new life in America. A dedicated middle school principal is challenged as an educator, a leader and a peacemaker.

This first is a first person documentary about an unemployed filmmaker who decides to film his life in order to fight with his unemployment.

A woman gears up for her fiftieth birthday, plagued by memories of a disastrous fortieth year. She decides to make 50 positive by tackling 50 new things in her fiftieth year. Not a bucket list, these events range from serious to rather frivolous: rollerblading, having a soul retrieval, selling peanuts at the ballpark, taking a sword play class, jet skiing, taking a friend to chemo, making a plaster face mask, and more. This film documents that journey, and her post year reflections and discoveries. What started as a documentary about life and vitality, becomes a funny and poignant exploration into change and facing fear.