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(September 2 & 9, 2009) WIDE ANGLE’s award-winning 12-year documentary project, Time for School, follows seven children from seven countries who are struggling to achieve a basic education.
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This slideshow shows the kids from Time for School through the years, as they’ve grown into teenagers, and some cases, have had to take on very adult responsibilities.
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China has a voracious demand for resources that Africa possesses. Explore this interactive map to learn where China is extracting oil and minerals from the African continent.
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At least 21 Burmese volunteers were imprisoned after they provided assistance to survivors of Cyclone Nargis.
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Learn about the major turning points in Burma’s history of colonization, military coups, and popular uprisings and watch rare video footage from the Democratic Voice of Burma.
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Find out what's happened to the characters in Victory Is Your Duty in the two years since the original film was shot.
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Learn more about the faith, culture and history of the Druze, a tight-knit social and religious community with an estimated one million members worldwide.
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See how buyers and sellers negotiate on the trading floor of Ethiopia's Commodity Exchange.
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Hear about the imbalance of high-tech maternal health care in the United States vs. the developing world.
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Funding for Wide Angle is provided by PBS, Ford Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation, Judy and Josh Weston, the Estates of Helen and Sam Roseman, Bernard and Irene Schwartz, The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, and the Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation. Corporate support is provided by Mutual of America Life Insurance Company. Special funding for Time for School 3 is provided by Ida C. Schwartz, in memory of Bernard S. Schwartz; Carnegie Corporation of New York; and Paul P. Tanico. Additional funding for educational materials is provided by The Overbrook Foundation.
