Danny Glover

An extraordinary trial is taking place in a residential courtyard in BAMAKO, the capital city of Mali. African citizens have taken proceedings against such international financial institutions as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), whom civil society blames for perpetuating Africa's debt crisis, at the heart of so many of the continent's woes. As numerous trial witnesses (schoolteachers, farmers, writers, etc.) air bracing indictments...

Here is the story of the unusual friendship between two great American leaders. At a time when racial tensions were high and racial equality was not yet established, Lincoln and Douglass formed a strong bond over shared ideals.

Micah Mangena is sitting on a powder keg and doesn’t know it. He’s a sergeant in South Africa’s police force, a supporter of the powers that be. But the strife tearing at the fabric of 1980 South Africa is about to rip Micah’s own world apart.

This video examines the controversial case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a journalist on death row in connection with the fatal shooting of a Philadelphia police officer. It provides a careful analysis of an influential ABC 20/20 report as an important case study for students of journalism and communication. Framing an Execution raises serious questions about balance, fairness, and accuracy in media.

Scout, a rebellious teenager from rural Texas, and Sam, a wealthy but depressed New Yorker, are total opposites. When the two meet, they form an instant bond. After Scout loses the only thing in the world that really matters to her -- her little sister, Lulu -- she convinces Sam to go on a road trip to help get Lulu back. Traveling across West Texas in a stolen car, they skip from one tiny town to the next looking for her sister. After a convenience...

From acclaimed director Fernando Meirelles comes this extraordinarily intense and gritty thriller based on Nobel Prize-winning Jose Saramago's novel. Led by a powerful all-star cast featuring Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Danny Glover, this unflinching story begins when a plague of blindness strikes and threatens all of humanity. One woman (Moore) feigns the illness to share an uncertain fate in quarantine, where society is breaking down as fast...

Documentary tracing the development and production of the mini-series '"Lonesome Dove" (1989), from Larry McMurtry's novel of the same name. Stars Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones, among others, described the circumstances of filming, and director Simon Wincer comments on the adaptation of the novel. Others from the crew, including wranglers and stuntmen, describe some of the difficulties of this massive project.

Based upon the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Larry McMurtry and set in the late nineteenth century, this sprawling epic of the Old West is the story of the last defiant frontier, a daring cattle drive, and an undying love. LONESOME DOVE was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards, and won seven. It won two Golden Globes including Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV.

You're more likely to go to prison in the USA than any other country in the world. THE SURVIVORS GUIDE TO PRISON explores the current state of the US prison system, focusing on the experiences of two wrongly convicted men, Reggie Cole and Bruce Lisker. Featuring gripping commentary from former and current inmates, officials, attorneys and celebrity activists including Danny Glover, Macklemore, Deepak Chopra, RZA, Busta Rhymes, Quincy Jones, Tom Morello,...