DOC-DEBUT
Category: Documentaries
A weekly series on Link TV, DOC-DEBUT highlights unique and groundbreaking international documentary films. Each week features the U.S. television premiere of a new foreign doc.

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Avalon
Category: Documentaries
Witness heads to one of South Africa's largest and fastest growing cemeteries, Avalon. Once known as the final resting place of anti-apartheid activists, now the cemetery is running out of space because of AIDS.

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Jungle Music
Category: Documentaries
Classical music, originally introduced by Jesuit priests, is regaining popularity in today's Bolivia. Witness goes to meet those making a very different kind of "Jungle Music", a way out of the poverty and alienation felt by many young Bolivians.

In Focus: The Plight of the Hungry
Category: News & Current Affairs
This episode of Deutsche Welle: In Focus looks at a global survey of food prices, and the present situation involving the political fight against hunger.

Senator Obama Goes to Africa
Category: Documentaries
Follow Senator Barack Obama as he travels to the land of his ancestry. From South Africa to Kenya to a Darfur refugee camp, Obama explores the continent that is gaining increasing importance in this age of globalization.

International Dateline: Magic Mint Menace
Category: News & Current Affairs
International Dateline reports on the dangers of the drug salvia. Also in this episode, an interview with author Thomas Friedman on the global economy, and a look inside Mexico's battle against drug cartels.

GLOBAL LENS: Max and Mona
Category: World Cinema
Max Bua has his sights set on becoming a doctor. However, unable to pay his university fees, he must crash at his hard-drinking uncle's place...with goat in tow.

GLOBAL LENS: Luxury Car (Jiang Cheng Xia Ri)
Category: World Cinema
A father travels from his village to the city, determined to find his son. But instead, he discovers his daughter working as a karaoke bar escort, forcing him to face his family's estrangement head-on.

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Gladiator Women
Category: Documentaries
Marta El Alto confronts Jennifer Two Face in a wrestling ring in La Paz, Bolivia. But there's more at stake than the prize money. Marta represents the underclass - little wonder then that she gets the biggest cheers.

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Banking on the Future
Category: Documentaries
In this episode of Al Jazeera English - Witness, we present a documentary about a special kind of bank in India aimed at helping street children. Meet the bank's manager, 13-year-old Ajay.

Special: The Corporation - Part 1
Category: Documentaries
Corporations control almost every aspect of our lives - so why do they often seem immune to legal controls? Amy Goodman of "Democracy Now!" joins Link TV to present "The Corporation," and discuss the issues.

Special: The Corporation - Part 2
Category: Documentaries
Corporations control almost every aspect of our lives - so why do they often seem immune to legal controls? Amy Goodman of "Democracy Now!" joins Link TV to present "The Corporation," and discuss the issues.

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Caravan of Love
Category: Documentaries
In this heart-warming and humorous film, documentary filmmaker Cecilia Hue visits the Spanish town of Cabezuela, the land where her mother was born.

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Insuring Against Famine
Category: Documentaries
A profile of the UN's World Food Program's work to pioneer a weather insurance project designed to plug the gap between natural crisis and aid relief in Ethiopia.

Special: Senator Obama Goes to Africa
Category: Documentaries
Barack Obama is already a legendary figure, inspiring acolytes with a promise of change in Washington. But who is the real Barack? Join us on a journey with Obama to Africa in this special presentation.

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