In the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan, tradition is king. Polo's still played with a freshly killed goat and the men still marry their women the old-fashioned way: by abducting them off the street and forcing them to be their wife. Bride kidnapping is a supposedly ancient custom that's made a major comeback since the fall of Communism and now accounts for nearly half of all marriages in some parts.

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The story of Jaycee Lee Dugard, a girl who was kidnapped outside a school bus stop and found alive e...

After the Kyrgyzstan Independence in 1991, the ancient practice of Ala-Kachuu ("grab and run") retur...
A 20-minute documentary film about the Kyrgyz people living by the Narym River.

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One of the highest achievements of the new wave of Kirghiz cinema, which emerged in the mid-1960s. T...

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A documentary recounting the kidnappings of British Trade Commissioner James Cross and Quebec Vice-P...

The disappearance of nursing student Holly Bobo remains a mystery for years. Even after a tight-knit...

A family falls prey to the manipulative charms of a neighbor, who abducts their adolescent daughter....

Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the myst...

Documentary examining the mysterious disappearance of financial advisor Lynda Spence, who vanished w...
Documentary about the twin sister Jutta and Gisela Schmidt. In the late sixties the two women rebel...

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