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In 1942, when computers were human and women were underestimated, a group of female mathematicians helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age. Summer 2010 marks the 65th anniversary of the end of WWII, yet the story of these female ‘computers’ remains untold.

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The Storm That Swept Mexico, a two-hour HD documentary for PBS and other distribution, tells the story of the Mexican Revolution of 1910, its causes and its legacy, using contemporary footage and interviews with participants, historians, and others, as well as with period photographs and motion picture from the earliest days of cinema. The film, and an accompanying website, will debut in the fall of 2010, on the centennial of the revolution.

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This film examines the presence of today's UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti, known as MINUSTAH. Acclaimed by the international community for restoring peace to a nation ridden with violence, perceived by the population as a racket for making money off of the country’s problems, and critiqued by human rights investigators for inaction and excessive use of force, this film explores the complexities of foreign intervention through the eyes of peacekeepers and residents of the infamous slum where they have been most actively engaged.

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A documentary film on media suppression in Sri Lanka

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This innovative documentary combines original and archival footage with animation to tell the story of the great Senegalese filmmaker/novelist Ousmane Sembene, who used storytelling as a means of political resistance and cultural renaissance. By dedicating his life to creating meaningful, fully African works, Sembene created a potent counter-narrative to the alienating stories presented by outsiders from Europe and the U.S.

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TRANSCENDING - THE WAT MISAKA STORY is a documentary feature about Japanese American basketball star, Wat Misaka, who in 1947 was the first person to be drafted into what is now the NBA. Overcoming the political climate of WWII, Wat led the University of Utah to the NCAA and NIT championships, before becoming the first draft pick ever for the New York Knicks.

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The Insular Empire is a character-driven documentary about the history of America's colonies in thewestern Pacific: Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Following four indigenous islanders, it explores the story of a patriotic island people struggling to find their place within the American political family.

 

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News You Might Have Missed has published important but overlooked news from around the world every Wednesday since February 2002, and now is expanding to a free daily service and a syndication-based revenue model.

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BOMBS IN OUR BACKYARD is the story of how toxic chemicals buried in the past continue to haunt the residents of an affluent neighborhood in Washington, DC.