Arab Diaries - A five-part documentary series that presents a fresh, insightful picture of contemporary life across the Arab world. (new September, 2001)

Bethlehem Diary - During the special holiday of Christmas 2000, the town of Bethlehem was expecting around 5 million visitors, but the streets are virtually empty; the town has been closed off by the Israeli army. (new November, 2001)

Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman - A self-portrait by experimental & feminist Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman. (new September, 2001)

Cinema, of Our Time - A collection of films, cinematic profiles really, about some of the great filmmakers of the 20th century. (new September, 2001)

Diamonds and Rust - On a trawler moored off the coast of Namibia, diamond mining goes on around the clock, but their extraction is muddied by politics, and fraught with racial tension. (new November, 2001)

Eric Rohmer: With Supporting Evidence - A portrait of French filmmaker Eric Rohmer, patriarch of the New Wave and fomer editor of Cahiers du Cinema, who discusses his films and his appoach to cinema. (new September, 2001)

Gao Rang (Grilled Rice) - The story of the North Vietnamese combat cameramen who filmed the Indo-Chinese & Vietnam Wars, and founded Vietnamese cinema. (new September, 2001)

Ghosts of Attica - The definitive account of America's most violent prison rebellion, its deadly suppression, the days of torture that ensued, and the almost 30 year legal case that followed. (new November, 2001)

A Grin Without A Cat - Chris Marker's epic film-essay on the worldwide political wars of the 60's and 70's: Vietnam, Che, May '68, Prague, Chile, and the fate of the New Left. (new September, 2001)

History Lessons - Experimenting with the form of historical documentary, an entertaining pastiche of cultural celluloid artifacts, appropriated historical footage, and dramatically composed skits focusing on lesbian life and revelry pre-Stonewall. (new September, 2001)

Human Faces Behind the Rain Forest - Documents the testimonies of peasants and indigenous peoples fighting against the social chaos caused by illicit drugs in Colombia. (new November, 2001)

In the Mind of the Architect - From Modernist ideas through the eccentricities of Postmodernism, this 3-part series from Australia is an investigation into the eclectic world of architects and their creations. (new September, 2001)

Investigation of a Flame - An intimate look at the Catonsville Nine who on May 17, 1968 walked into a Catonsville, Maryland draft board office, grabbed hundreds of selective service records and incinerated them with homemade napalm. (new November, 2001)

John Cassavetes - A portrait of filmaker John Cassavetes, father of the American independent film, shot during the making of "Faces". (new September, 2001)

Living With The Past - Cairo, Egypt is one of the few intact medieval cities that remain in the world. This a portrait of Darb al-Ahmar, a neighborhood in the old city now facing a process of radical change. (new September, 2001)

Naguib Mahfouz: The Passage of the Century - A portrait of Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, the first and still only Arab winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. (new September, 2001)

Brotherhood of Hate - An investigation of a seemingly isolated murder in rural Arkansas, revealing the virulent, dangerous mentality of white supremacy in America, handed down from one generation to the next. (new January, 2001)

Derrida's Elsewhere - An exploration of the life and ideas of Jacques Derrida (1930-2004), arguably the most important philosopher of the 20th Century. (new March, 2001)

Dreamland - Takes a sharp but disarming approach to examining the romance of gambling, and reveals the decidedly unromantic reality. (new June, 2001)

Faith and Fortune - The rise and fall of one of the most secretive, wealthy Jewish families. Examines the tensions between their ultra-Orthodox religious beliefs and huge ambitions in the business world. (new January, 2001)

A Female Cabby in Sidi Bel-Abbès - The story of the only woman cab driver in the Algerian city of Sidi Bel-Abbès. (new January, 2001)

Fighter - Two old friends, Holocaust survivors, journey into their past, to retrace one's daring escape through Nazi-occupied Europe. (new February, 2001)

Forging Identity - Recounts the remarkable 'underground' life of Adolfo Kaminsky, a master forger, who helped thousands of Jews escape Nazi persecution. (new February, 2001)

From Opium to Chrysanthemums - The Hmong, in Southeast Asia and America - struggling to preserve essential aspects of their culture, while coping with the enormous changes forced upon them. (new January, 2001)

Killing Time - A provocative documentary that explores the nature of time; with Theoretical Physicist Julian Barbour, author of "The End of Time". (new March, 2001)

Knorosov: The Decipherment of the Mayan Script - The story of the decipherment of the ancient Mayan writing system, and of the little-known Russian linguist who, almost 500 years after their discovery, figured it out. (new April, 2001)

Love Stories - A series of three documentaries about extraordinary love affairs, set in South Africa. (new June, 2001)

The Man Who Bought Mustique - The astonishing and hilarious story of how Lord Glenconner (aka Colin Tennant), bought a tiny Caribbean island in 1956, and turned it into a playground for the rich and famous. (new March, 2001)

Old Enough to Know Better - The remarkable story of the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning, a University whose student body is composed entirely of retired persons. (new January, 2001)

Optimum - The legacies of three 19th century visionaries - Jeremy Bentham, Charles Babbage, and Francis Galton - who helped shaped modern (post) industrial society. (new January, 2001)

Paulina - As a young girl in a small Mexican village Paulina was traded for land by her parents, and raped by the town boss. But today a vital, resilient woman, she returns for a visit ... (new February, 2001)

Prisoners of Conscience - Early film by India's leading documentary filmmaker, Anand Patwardhan, now on video for the first time. Human rights, political prisoners & the State of Emergency in India from 1975 to 1977. (new June, 2001)

Profits of Punishment - A critical look at America's booming private prison industry. (new April, 2001)

Red Hat - Where Are You Going? - An examination of the socio-political role of the Mossi chiefs in the West African nation of Burkina Faso. (new May, 2001)