Flying Down to Kabul: Introduction
One day, Danish artist and pilot Simone Aaberg Kærn reads in her morning paper the story of a 16-year-old Afghan girl who dreams of becoming a fighter pilot. Flying 3,000 miles from Denmark to Kabul in...
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ABOUT THE ISSUE Women have become primary targets in today’s armed conflicts and are suffering unprecedented casualties. Simultaneously, they are emerging as necessary partners in brokering lasting...
View ArticleTime for School Series: Introduction
“It’s the human stories of overcoming adversity that jump out at one in Time for School…. Wide Angle’s documentaries are about the real world — the world beyond reality TV and Hollywood excess.”...
View ArticleUnderground Zimbabwe: Introduction
For the first time since independence in 1980, President Robert Mugabe is no longer the sole leader of Zimbabwe. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in as prime minister on Wednesday morning...
View ArticleTurkey’s Tigers: Introduction
Turkey sits at a cultural and geographic crossroads where the Eastern and Western worlds meet. Historically a devoutly Muslim country, Turkey — from the volatile eastern Kurdish region near the Iraqi...
View ArticlePilgrimage to Karbala: Introduction
Photos: Adam Toy In the summer of 2006, as the Iranian-backed Hezbollah fought off Israelis in Lebanon and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faced down President George Bush at the United Nations, a bus...
View ArticleA Woman Among Warlords: Introduction
“Enthralling…. The almost entirely observational approach of the filmmakers…. produces amazing scenes” –The New York Times The Issue Since Afghanistan emerged from under Taliban rule in late 2001,...
View ArticlePickles, Inc.: Introduction
About the Film In the Arab Israeli village of Tamra, in Galilee, widows lead a cloistered and restricted life, and often live below the poverty line, struggling to raise their children on a monthly...
View ArticleClass of 2006: Introduction
About the Film WIDE ANGLE cameras are on location in Morocco as history is made. In May 2006, an imam academy in the city of Rabat holds a graduation ceremony. But the class of 2006 is no ordinary...
View ArticleDishing Democracy: Introduction
“A rare and welcome program that allows Arab men and women to present themselves as three-dimensional human beings and discuss social and personal issues without refracting their stories through the...
View ArticleLadies First: Introduction
Ten years after the bloody genocide that killed an estimated 800,000 people in just 100 days, Rwanda’s women are leading their country’s healing process and taking their society forward into a...
View ArticlePakistan at the Polls: Introduction
In the half a century since the country’s founding, changes in Pakistan’s leadership have been marked by assassinations, plane crashes, military coups — and the occasional democratic election. But even...
View ArticleContestant No. 2: Introduction
“An unexpectedly poignant documentary…. Suspenseful and thought-provoking” –Jerusalem Post “A heartbreaking doc…. What we see is a profoundly bitter confrontation between the individual and the...
View ArticleBirth of a Surgeon: Introduction
“Tells an admirable story…. It is too early to gauge the long-term effects of Mozambique’s program, but in the glimpse provided by this film, it seems full of possibilities.” –The New York Times...
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