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Afghan filmmaker documents injustices done to a targeted group of his neighbors, the Baha'is of Iran, by telling the life story of one current prisoner, Fariba.

Michael Wolff in conversation with Dick Polman, "Writer in Residence" at the University of Pennsylvania, and national political columnist at WHYY News.

Blank Street is a documentary film about economic struggles in Virginia, the people experiencing them, and the idea of becoming involved in your community.

Story of an Indian immigrant in the US establishing a women's college in his remote and desolate native village in Malsisar in Rajasthan state of India where there was no college before. The College has completed ten years and 600 women have graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees. Some 450 are studying there in 2009-2010. The College is making a big difference in the lives of women and families in the area. It is a role model for similar colleges in rural areas of developing countries to promote economic development and women's empowerment through higher education.

A story of finding your way in an unfamiliar world, 'Resident Aliens' follows three American outcasts forced to resettle in the unforgiving Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, land of their birth. KK, China and Looney - all former gang members and ex-cons - are Cambodian refugees whose families survived a genocide that wiped out nearly a fifth of the country's population. They grew up in California but were deported - along with hundreds of others - after felony convictions. With few skills, little money and no family to fall back on, they face new obstacles and follow different paths towards reconciliation. While China and Looney erect walls to block out the pain, KK, through breakdancing, takes on the challenge of helping kids in even more desperate circumstances than him.