New Look Back

'The best and the brightest' is how Harvard University is described today. People all over the world admire Harvard. But Harvard is not just an Ivory Tower. It is an organ of American ruling class. This documentary critically examines Harvard's historical role and its global impact. As a training ground for the elite, Harvard has maintained close ties with the U.S. government and provided crucial dimensions of state ideology, particularly during the Cold War. Including the Harvard Russia aid scandal which led the Russian economy into bankruptcy, the director exposes many unknown episodes in Harvard's history. The documentary questions what the real purpose of education should be. It contains interviews with many progressive American intellectuals including Prof. Noam Chomsky.

History of the status of women in Tunisia from 1930 to 1975.

Toward the end of the 19th century, 25 people from four different Chilean indigenous groups were kidnapped from Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by a German businessman and taken to Europe to be exhibited as attractions in cities throughout the continent. THE HUMAN ZOO uncovers the history of this colonial spectacle, and follows the fallout into the present.

Three young men from the South known as the 'Three Musketeers' fly with the Royal Air Force in World War I. One, John McGavock Grider, is killed in action. His diary is published after the war and becomes a huge publishing success. Much later it is revealed that the diary was actually written by his friend Springs, who felt responsible for Grider's death.

Lucy Beaumont presents this documentary marking the 50th anniversary of the triple trawler tragedy of 1968 and the protest by trawler-men's wives against the dangerous working conditions.

9 out of 10 Jewish children perished during the Holocaust. "Hiding Halina" is the amazing story of a little girl who beat incredible odds. Told from the point of view of a child, critics agree this is unlike any Holocaust doc you've seen!