Archive for July, 2008

Lord’s Children: What You Can Do

WIDE ANGLE viewers often ask what they can do to help. Here is a short list of organizations that are working to help child soldiers in Uganda and around the world.

Jul 29th, 2008

Lord’s Children: Resources

Links to additional online resources about "Lord's Children" and child soldiers.

Jul 29th, 2008

Lord’s Children: Credits

Credits for Lord's Children

Jul 29th, 2008

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Lord’s Children: Video: Full Episode

Lord’s Children follows three former child soldiers who escaped from the bush and have since taken refuge in a rehabilitation center.

Jul 29th, 2008

Lord’s Children: Aaron Brown Interview: Betty Bigombe

WIDE ANGLE host Aaron Brown interviews Betty Bigombe, a former Ugandan government minister who is involved in negotiations with the LRA.

Jul 29th, 2008

Lord’s Children: Map: Child Soldiers Fighting Around the World

An estimated 300,000 child soldiers serve as armed combatants, sex slaves, spies, messengers, minesweepers and even suicide bombers around the world. This interactive map shows where child soldiers are involved in armed conflicts.

Jul 29th, 2008

Lord’s Children: Audio: Filmmaker Notes

An interview with filmmaker Oliver Stoltz about the making of "Lord's Children."

Jul 29th, 2008

Lord’s Children: Video: Victims Fight to Heal

WIDE ANGLE visits the Liberian community on Staten Island and speaks with Mike Wessells, a psychologist who has worked with war-affected youth in over 15 situations of armed conflict.

Jul 29th, 2008

Lord’s Children: Audio: Ugandan Women Tell Their War Stories

Ugandan women tell their personal stories of rape, abuse, displacement, enslavement and torture.

Jul 29th, 2008

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Burning Season: Video: Full Episode

Burning Season kindles both sides of the climate divide in Indonesia and explores whether capitalism can step in where altruism has so far failed to succeed.

Jul 23rd, 2008

Burning Season: Audio: Carbon Entrepreneurs

In this WIDE ANGLE web exclusive, we’ll hear from three different carbon entrepreneurs from around the world, each with his own plan for using market forces to protect the environment.

Jul 22nd, 2008

Burning Season: Aaron Brown Interview: Tom Vilsack

Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack discusses the politics of climate change with host Aaron Brown.

Jul 22nd, 2008

Ladies First: Handbook: Rwanda’s Challenges

Like many African nations, Rwanda is a former colony struggling to become an economically and politically stable nation. Its recent past is marred by the 1994 genocide, and while its people work hard at rebuilding their lives and their futures, the road ahead is far from easy.

Jul 22nd, 2008

Ladies First: Map: Global Gender Balance

Rwanda has the highest percentage of women elected to a house of parliament. But how does the rest of the world stack up? Use this map to view statistics about the first and last place finishers within each region.

Jul 22nd, 2008

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