Confucius was one of history's most influential thinkers. He was a sage, philosopher and teacher who, with Socrates and Buddha, lived at an extraordinary time in the evolution of human civilization. This stunningly beautiful drama-documentary explores the life and times of Confucius, while reflecting on his influence on modern justice and morality. Today, Confucius is a window into China's rise.
Explores the plans for the construction of the monumental dam on China's Yangtze River, the structur...
Here's a Special Edition DVD that captures the most dramatic and exciting moments from the 2008 Summ...
How do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often se...
Examines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new gener...
The director accompanies the German women's national soccer team.
At the turn of the 19th and 20th century Finnish philologist G. J. Ramstedt travelled around Mongoli...
The absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the “Chinese Dream.” Driven by mesmerizi...
The Ta'ang or Palaung people, an ethnic minority living in the mountainous area between Myanmar's Ko...
Leading Chinese Sixth Generation filmmaker Jia Zhangke returns home to Fenyang in Shanxi province af...
10 May 2007 - China's staggering economic growth has overshadowed a more subtle shift in Chinese soc...
Shot over the course of ten years on both film and video, the film consists of a series of carefully...
MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edw...
Expedition China invites you on location in some of the world's most intense, hard-to-reach environm...
The accumulated history of Tibet and other issues contributing to the current situation in the regio...
China's top drama academy stages the American musical "Fame," China's first official collaboration w...
A documentary about Caroll Spinney who has been Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since ...
It's the most extraordinary feat of engineering in history, and one of the most iconic man-made stru...
During the brutal invasion of China in 1937 by Imperial Japanese forces, tens of thousands of civili...
Russia, China and Iran: three former empires are determined to take their revenge and reassert their...