"Even though I live in South Korea, my heart is in North Korea. The [North Koreans] are not strangers, but my brethren." These words spoken by Mr. Lee, the film's main character, reveal an internal conflict in the national psyche of the Korean people. Since the armistice agreement at the end of the Korean War in 1953, tensions between the two nations--still technically at war--have shown little sign of abating. In their sixty years apart, the two Koreas have taken dramatically different paths....

Unfortunate Brothers Korea's Reunification Dilemma

War is complicated and has always been so. Fog and Friction is a glimpse into the decision making process at the height of battle, the ability of the media to portray an accurate view of war, and, according to military scientists, what is being done on a continual basis to overcome the uncertainty of fog and friction...

Fog and Friction

Some argue that the weapons bought and sold at IDEX serve to prolong, intensify and escalate conflicts the world over. Others argue transparency in the arms trade promoted by fairs like IDEX creates stability around the world. Arms Bazaar lets the viewer decide by putting him in the middle of the largest conventional arms show in the world...

Arms Bazaar

Ukraine Sonata looks at the years before, during, and after the great "Perestroika" of the Soviet Union and how the Independent Republic of Ukraine is negotiating the changes on a musical level...

Ukraine Sonata

Chechnya: Separatism or Jihad? examines the nature of Islam in the ongoing Chechen conflict. In early 1995, numerous foreign mujahadeen arrived in Chechnya to assist the separatist movement, and there have been foreigners there ever since. Their contribution on the battlefield and their influence in the political situation within the Chechen resistance is not clear and has often been politically manipulated by all sides in the conflict...

Chechnya

Separatism or Jihad?

The beautiful and historic Caucasus Mountains are home to three major conflicts in the former Soviet Union, Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and Chechnya, and multiple minor struggles. Corruption is rampant and coups, random killing and kidnappings are so prevalent that foreigners in Georgia's capitol Tbilisi are warned not to walk after dark in its most affluent district, Rustaveli, more commonly referred to as the "red zone"...

Fault Lines & Pipelines

Swift and Company K follows Kilo Company 3/25 Marines as they interact for the first time with their West African counterparts. As one of only three reserve infantry battalions not activated for deployment since September 11, 2001, this is the unit's first overseas deployment, consisting of a variety of missions including joint patrol, helo insertions, live-fire exercises with multiple weapons, riverine operations, and amphibious landings.

In the context of increased global security concerns, Kilo Company's mission to Africa also marks an increasing US interest in Africa. It also gave the Marines a chance to engage one-to-one with West African soldiers at a time when stereotypes of Africa, Muslims, Christians, and Americans are hazy at best....

Swift & Company K

3/25 Marines Engage in West Africa

Virgin Soldiers

With unprecedented access, award winning filmmaker Dodge Billingsley tells the story of India Company 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine regiment, crack U.S. frontline troops in Iraq. With some as young as 19, the invasion of Iraq was the first time any of them had actually been sent into combat. Experience a day in the life of these young men as they play a vital role in the liberation of Iraq.

With remarkable battle footage, Virgin Soldiers reveals the true story of men who fought their way into the heart of Baghdad...

The unstable and dangerous environment of 1930s China led aspiring author Helen Foster to spend a year gaining life experience and gathering material for her great American novel. She would, in fact, leave a full decade later--a writer, an activist, and witness to a revolution....

Helen Foster Snow

Witness to Revolution