Episode 4: The Power of Knowledge
The final program looks at the new heroes who are working to improve lives by creating opportunities for education in societies that often leave children to fend for themselves. Among these are Sompop Jantraka, who has started a school for young Thai girls with the goal of saving them from entering into or being sold into prostitution, and Dina Abdel Wahab who has started schools in Egypt for that nation's often-neglected children with disabilities. And the program returns once more to India, this time to Calcutta, where Inderjit Khurana has set out to bring education to children who beg in the train stations — setting up a school right on the railway platforms. "These were kids who were surviving on their own. Making all decisions, all adult decisions and hardly leading a child's life. I wanted somehow to alter this if I could. Give them back a childhood and hold out hope for the future."
Film Credits
INDERJIT KHURANA
- PRODUCER: Carl Byker
- CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mitch Wilson
- EDITOR: Isaac Mizrahi
- CO-PRODUCER: Karin Stellwagen
- INDIA PRODUCER: Girish Thakur
- SOUND: Rajendra Hedge
- SPECIAL THANKS: Sandhya Bhattacharya, Sanatan Sahoo, and Rameshwari Prasad Dwivedy
DINA ABDEL WAHAB
- PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Charles C. Stuart
- CAMERA/VIDEOGRAPHER: Hossam Aboul-Magd
- EDITOR: Cob Carlson
- SOUND: Magdy Moussa
- PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: Melissa Anthony, Phebe Rand, Joe Sousa
SOMPOP JANTRAKA
- PRODUCER: Bonni Cohen
- FIELD DIRECTOR: Jonathan Halperin
- CAMERA: Camille Servan-Schreiber
- SOUND: Doug Dunderdale
- EDITOR: Andrew Gersh
- SPECIAL THANKS: Nang Hseng Noung, Sinee Chakthranont
Series Credits
HOST
Robert Redford
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
David Davis
SERIES PRODUCERS
Mike Malone
Bob Grove
MUSIC COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED BY
Christopher Hedge
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MUSICAL GUESTS
Paul Horn - Flutes
Titos Sompa - African Instruments
OPB National Production
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Kami Horton
Kelly Davis
AUDIO POST PRODUCTION
Digital One
BUSINESS AFFAIRS
Susan Smith
DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO
Victoria Morgan
GRAPHICS
Sandy Engel
Marshall Arts Motion Graphics
LEGAL SERVICES
Kristin Ingram
NATIONAL PROMOTION
Selena Lauterer
Nimmi Singh
Kim Helton
ONLINE EDITOR
Bruce Barrow
POST PRODUCTION
Howard Beckerman
PRODUCTION SERVICES
Milt Ritter
PRODUCTION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Cheri Arbini
Susan Boyd
SR. DIRECTOR, NATIONAL PRODUCTION
John Booth
SPECIAL THANKS
Skywalker Ranch
SPECIAL THANKS
The Flora Family Foundation
EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION
Jack Galmiche