DescriptionThis collection includes seven documentaries: Days of Infamy Within the living memory of Americans are two deadly surprise attacks against the United States: Japan's assault on Pearl Harbor, and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Both times…
DescriptionFrom the trials of Nazis at Nuremberg to the prosecution of war criminals in the former Yugoslavia, to people's courts in Rwanda: how effective is the machinery of international justice? Correspondents: Stephen Smith, Michael Montgomery, and Deborah George Coordinating Producer: Sasha Aslanian Project Coordinator: Misha Quill Production Assistance: Naomi Lubick and Dania Akkad Technical Direction: Craig Thorson Editors: Deborah George and Peggy Girshman Host: Deborah Amos Executive Producer: Bill Buzenberg Major funding for American RadioWorks. is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. American RadioWorks is the documentary project of American Public Media.
DescriptionAs his country was being torn apart by violence during the Rwandan genocide of 1994, hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina, the "Oskar Schindler of Africa", refused to bow to the madness that surrounded him. Confronting killers with a combination of diplomacy…
DescriptionIn 1994, Immaculee Ilibagiza's world was ripped apart when her native country of Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Her family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans. Miraculously, Immaculee survived the slaughter. For 91 days, she and seven other women huddled silently together in the cramped bathroom of a local pastor while hundreds of machete-wielding killers hunted for them. It was during those endless hours of unspeakable terror that Immaculee forged a profound and lasting relationship with God. The triumphant story of this remarkable woman's journey through the darkness of genocide will inspire anyone whose life has been touched by fear, suffering, and loss.
DescriptionIn his million-copy best seller Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much of the world. Now in this brilliant companion volume, Diam…
