Season 1 (1989)

Olongapo Rose
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May 25, 1989 • 50m

Olongapo City in the Philippines is bounded on one end by the US naval base on Subic Bay, and on the other by a line of massage pa...Read more

Four Days in Summer
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June 1, 1989 • 57m

The Palio di Siena is the most dangerous horse race in the world. It is the culmination of the Sienese year, where ancient rivalri...Read more

Spirits of Defiance
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June 8, 1989 • 58m

Once feared by explorers as fierce cannibals, the Mangbetu tribe inhabit the edge of the Zaire rainforest in the heart of Africa. ...Read more

Masks of Arcadia
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June 15, 1989 • 51m

In the rice village of Kurokawa, the contradictions of rural life in Japan are particularly evident. Tradition appears strong, but...Read more

Dust and Ashes
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June 22, 1989 • 50m

The pilgrimage to Kumbh Mela is the largest gathering of people in the world. Every 12 years, millions come to the holiest place i...Read more

Voice of the Whip
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July 6, 1989 • 51m

For centuries, semi-nomadic Arabs have brought camels along the '40-day road' from central Sudan to the camel markets of Egypt. Fo...Read more

The Shaman and His Apprentice
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July 20, 1989 • 50m

In a world where there are no hospitals or doctors, the medicine man or shaman cures the sick using purely supernatural powers. Jo...Read more

Celso and Cora
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July 27, 1989 • 1h 30m

An intimate and moving portrait of a young Filipino couple trying to survive in the slums of Manila. Celso and Cora are sharply aw...Read more

One Generation More
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August 3, 1989 • 50m

Estonia is in the forefront of Soviet nationalist movements awakened by glasnost. As Estonian Jews celebrate their new freedom, th...Read more

Adios General
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August 10, 1989 • 51m

General Pinochet's violent military coup ended a long tradition of democracy in Chile. For the Santiago shanty town of La Victoria...Read more