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Making Pregnancy Safer in Uganda

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One district in Uganda, the Soroti, tackles maternal and newborn in an innovative approach adopted by the community and the government.

09:30

Money from London
A great documentary about money-transfer shops and some of those who depend on their services. Winner of the Renderyard Short Documentary Award 2008.

01:24:36

McLibel
It was the biggest corporate disaster ever. Two penniless activists hauled McDonald's through the longest trial in English history, determined to defend their right to criticise the company. But that wasn't enough for the 'McLibel 2'. Next they took the British Government to court, arguing that the original trial was unfair because they were forced to defend themselves against the country's most expensive lawyers. Against all odds, they won! The UK's notorious libel laws will now have to be rewritten.

09:52

Fathouses
We investigate a very different perception of beauty in Nigeria, host to the Miss World Pageant in November 2002. Girls in the region of Calabar are fed six meals a day and massaged with chalk to make them as fat as possible so they can attract a husband. Although the practice is both frowned upon and illegal, there is no shortage of takers.

02:12

GOOD: Diamonds 101
If you're planning on popping the question this year, you're probably in the market for some jewelry. And we realize you might be too busy crafting the perfect proposal to research the pedigree of your engagement ring. That's why we do the legwork for you in our latest video Transparency.

03:26

Swing State (Cameron Hickey)
Tuesday mornings are reserved exclusively for women golfers at the Llanerch Country Club in the Main Line section of suburban Philadelphia - a key region in this swing state for the 2008 election. Mary Pat McClatchey and her friends golf every Tuesday morning at 8am before having lunch at the clubhouse, an event which you can "hear all across the club" says fellow Llanerch club member Thomas Feeney. We'll follow Pat and her golf foresome through eighteen holes of golf and their ladies' lunch afterward. We'll ask them how "historic" they feel this election is, how they and their respective families feel about the candidates this year, and what this means for their children's future. As a critical swing area in a critical swing state, the Main Line is part of the broad center in American politics, and these women are at the heart of this pivotal battleground.

09:15

FLOORED Episode 8
A world that's more riot than profession, the trading floors of Chicago are a place where gambling your family's mortgage is all in a day's work. Floored offers a unique window to this lesser-known world of finance. These men may not have degrees, but they've got guts, and penchant for excess that solicits simultaneous feelings of revulsion and admiration. But like many aspects of our economy, technology is changing the way these traders do business, and these eccentric pit denizens aren't the type to take kindly to new tricks.

01:44:24

OzDox: Sedition and Anti-Terror Laws
With Julie Rigg, Richard Harris, Alida Stanley, Julian Morrow. Charied by Martha Ansara. Alarm bells are ringing in the Australian Creative Community as the Howard government cracks down on dissent. Why are they doing so at a time when other democracies have repealed their Sedition Laws? What are the consequences of this legislation for you, and what are we going to do about it? All these questions and more will be discussed at the lively (and possibly seditious) Ozdox Forum. Is Sedition only a storm in a tea-cup, or if there is something very weird happening right now in the land of Oz... There will be a screening of anti-sedition work and a free-speech forum with Julie Rigg (ABC Film Critic, member of the Watch on Censorship); Richard Harris (Executive Director of the Australian Screen Directors Association) who organised the infamous illegal screening of the banned move Ken Park; Alida Stanley, Senior Solicitor at the Arts Law Centre; and special guest Julian Morrow of the Chaser. You may like to read a previous background paper about Proposed Offences for Sedition in the Anti-Terrorism Bill 2005. This was a Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee 27 October 2005 - by Chris Connolly. Law Faculty, University of NSW The Sedition Act undermines the right of free speech, which has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. James Madison, 1778 Fourth US President and "founder" of the US Constitution.

10:11

A Short Film About Laughter
A lovely documentary about old age and how it affects all of us.

06:37

Vagina Monologues
A play about pre-menstrual syndrome, vaginas and tampons may not seem like an obvious hit in the Middle East. But Beirut's version of 'The Vagina Monologues' is pulling in the crowds.

09:23

Connah
A 10 minute documentary about 8 year old Connah Broom and his grandparents Jim & Deborah, who have turned to an alternative therapy called Photo Dynamic Therapy to treat Connah's stage 4 Neuroblastoma.
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