Season 21
(2008)
Cast
Episodes
Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North 0.0
June 24, 2008
The 21st-season opener features "Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North," an exploration of filmmaker Katrina…
Election Day 0.0
July 1, 2008
Forget the pie charts, color-coded maps and hyperventilating pundits. What's the street-level experience of voters in t…
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández 0.0
July 8, 2008
In 1997, U.S. Marines patrolling the Texas-Mexico border as part of the War on Drugs shot and killed Esequiel Hernández…
The Last Conquistador 0.0
July 15, 2008
Renowned sculptor John Houser has a dream: to build the world's tallest bronze equestrian statue for the city of El Pas…
9 Star Hotel 0.0
July 22, 2008
A group of young Palestinian men work illegally as construction laborers in the Israeli city of Modi'in. Caught between…
Campaign 0.0
July 29, 2008
This is democracy — Japanese style. Campaign provides a startling insider's view of Japanese electoral politics in this…
Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music 0.0
August 5, 2008
In this classic 1969 documentary, the Man in Black is captured at his peak, the first of many in a looming roller-coast…
Belarusian Waltz 0.0
August 12, 2008
Belarus has been called "Europe's last dictatorship." Since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko has ruled the ex-Soviet republic…
The Judge and the General 0.0
August 19, 2008
When in 1998 Chilean judge Juan Guzmán was assigned the first criminal cases against the country's ex-dictator, General…
Calavera Highway 0.0
September 16, 2008
When brothers Armando and Carlos Peña set off to carry their mother's ashes to south Texas, their road trip turns into …
Critical Condition 0.0
September 30, 2008
What happens if you fall sick and are one of 47 million people in America without health insurance? Critical Condition …
In the Family 0.0
October 1, 2008
How much would you sacrifice to survive? When Chicago filmmaker Joanna Rudnick tested positive for the "breast cancer g…
Up the Yangtze 0.0
October 8, 2008
Nearing completion, China's massive Three Gorges Dam is altering the landscape and the lives of people living along the…
Soldiers of Conscience 0.0
October 16, 2008
When is it right to kill? In the midst of war, is it right to refuse? Eight U.S. soldiers today, some who killed and so…
Inheritance 0.0
December 10, 2008
Imagine watching Schindler's List and knowing the sadistic Nazi camp commandant played by Ralph Fiennes was your father…