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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.

05:10

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

01:30

The Great Detective Biryiani
Insight into the favorite food of an Indian dancing detective team in Kolkata.

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02:48

Celebrity Spotlight
"Cruelty Can't Stand the Spotlight!" 22nd Annual Genesis Awards, the star-studded Beverly Hills event put on by the Hollywood office of The Humane Society of the United States.

20:00

Migrant workers back home - "Gastarbajteri nazaj...
The documentary film “Gastarbajteri nazaj doma” (Migrant workers back home) is a poetic portrait of three former migrant workers who left Yugoslavia in the seventies to try their luck in Germany. The economic boom of post-war Europe produced an increased demand for labour. Hence so called ‘Gastarbeiter’ (guest workers), mostly from Yugoslavia and Turkey, were invited to work in the car industry and custodial services. Whereas Germany became a new home for some of them, the protagonists of the film decided to return to their home country. However, being back home they had to realise that a lot of things had changed: not only people have changed, but also the political system – a new state was born. During insightful interviews, Malika, Jože and Marija speak about their experiences of leaving their families, living in a foreign country and returning home.

05:28

Bomb It: Part 8 - Cape Town
A city-by-city breakdown of the history of graffiti and street art.

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01:02:14

OzDox: Video activism and the Chiapas Media Project
World-wide along with the extended use of video in both domestic and public environments, in the last decade we have seen the development of different independent and community media projects (not affiliated to media networks). These projects are run by communities (virtual or real) and respond to the beliefs and information needs of individuals not of large corporations. Independent media are becoming important instruments of democratisation, attempting to empower minorities and to challenge media institutions and their links to power structures. Amongst the different independent media projects video technology is playing an important role. Video technology allows ordinary people to register and report issues and events the big mainstream media corporations do not cover, like the uprising of the Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional or Zapatista Nartional Liberation Army (EZLN) on 1 January 1994. Thanks to the auspices of the Pro medios de Comunicacion Comunitaria, also known as the Chiapas Media Project, indigenous Zapatistas in Chiapas and peasants in Guerrero, Mexico, have been able to learn how to use the video camera as a key weapon in their struggles for recognition and self-determination. The Chiapas Media Project is a collective media project that provides training and tools for indigenous peoples and peasants to produce their own videos. What makes the experience of the Chiapas Media Project unique is that it works with indigenous peoples and peasants. It has given them the training and equipment to become independent video-makers, to be able to self-represent and create their own audiovisual messages about who they are what are they fighting for, and what are they accomplishing in their struggle.

01:50:21

OzDox: Who Can Represent Whom?
Frances Peters-Little with Romaine Moreton, Adrian Wills, Erica Glynn comprise our panel of film-makers and academics addressing the question of what rights we have, or should have, when making documentaries representing other cultures - either Aboriginal cultures, ethnic or other subcultures or societies overseas. Convened by Gillian Leahy.

08:42

Illusion Dwellers
Members of an often overlooked and frequently misunderstood community share their uniques views of the world.

05:17

The Yoruba Tree
A intimate documentary about the legacy of slavery in Cuba, as seen through the experience of someone who practices the Yoruba religion.

15:42

Soil and Sand
I grew up in the small hamlet of Sagaponack, a rural Eastern Long Island, New York farming community, where I spent the first twelve years of my life. During the last few decades, Sagaponack has undergone some major changes; widespread development, skyrocketing land values and the end of many local family farms. A combination of video and oral history, Soil and Sand is a short documentary on the community during its current bid for incorporation, an attempt by its citizens to protect the home that they love. Through a series of interviews throughout this tumultuous time (2005), the film explores how residents are dealing with these changes and their aspirations for Sagaponack’s future.

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