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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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