BEYOND OUR BORDERS

33 x 30 minutes
Available for Worldwide Broadcast and DVD

This ongoing cultural geography series helps viewers understand other peoples’ histories, values, and interests. It also features information-rich maps that clarify a country’s global location, major regions, and important cities. The series’ scripts and narrators reflect indigenous cultures, occupations, and locales.

• All footage is recently shot, on-location, conveying a rich mix of geography and culture
• Maps and other geographical data designed to convey clear information for student retention
• Numerous captions of words from the various countries' languages will familiarize viewers with unfamiliar names and places.

Three new programs on India, China, and Iran just finished production!
Countries include: Spain, Germany, Italy, France, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Cuba, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Russia, Scandinavia, Egypt, Switzerland, Morocco, Poland, Israel, Argentina, Hungary, Jordan, Ukraine, Peru, The Philippines, Benelux, Thailand, China, Iran, and India.

CHINA

1 x 60 minutes
Available for Worldwide Broadcast and DVD

With an eye on the future, more Chinese are reaching out to the people and culture of the West. They have opened their nation to the gaze of visitors as more Westerners are touring this remarkable republic for themselves. This beautiful video visits the national capital of Beijing, a powerhouse tempered by parks and the magnificent Forbidden City. Make a stop in Suzhou, the Venice of the Far East, and Hangzou and the West Lake, where Chinese newlyweds spend their honeymoons. Marvel at the physical and historical expanse of The Great Wall, built by human muscle and stretching nearly four thousand miles over mountains and desert. At X’ian, see the famed Clay Army of terra cotta warriors that guarded the tomb of China’s first emperor. Visit Guilin, a picturesque river valley known for its artistic inspiration. Make stops in Guangzhou and Shenzhen before visiting Shanghai, a magical megalopolis known as the world’s most energetic city. Finally, travel to Hong Kong, one of the most thrilling urban centers with the most beautiful skyline on Earth.

AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS

4 x 60 minutes
Available for Worldwide Broadcast and DVD

Visit all 55 American National Parks and see why each is treasured as an irreplaceable part of our national legacy. From Alaska and Hawaii to Florida and Maine, this unique collection celebrates the protected wilderness areas and the amazing recreational opportunities offered by our national parks. No two vistas are alike in this stunning program, but every park has one thing in common. Each of them is a living symbol of the untamed American spirit.

Sample destinations include: American Samoa; Arches; Biscayne; Bryce Canyon; Canyonlands; Carlsbad Caverns; Crater Lake; Denali; Everglades; Glacier; Glacier Bay; Grand Canyon; Grand Tetons; Great Basin; Great Smoky Mountains; Haleakala; Hawaii Volcanoes; Lake Clark; Mount Rainier; North Cascades; Olympic; Redwood; Rocky Mountains; Saguaro; Virgin Islands; Yellowstone; Yosemite; Zion Canyon; Acadia; Badlands; Big Bend; Black Canyon/Gunnison; Capitol Reef; Channel Islands; Death Valley; Dry Tortugas; Gates of the Artic; Guadalupe Mountains; Hot Springs; Isle Royale; Joshua Tree; Katmai; Kenai Fjords; King's Canyon; Kobuk Valley; Lassen Volcanic; Mammoth Cave; Mesa Verde; Petrified Forest; Sequoia; Shenandoah; Theodore Roosevelt; Voyageurs; Wind Cave; Wrangell-St. Elias.

RAISING THE BAMBOO CURTAIN
– VIETNAM, BURMA, AND CAMBODIA

2 x 60 minutes
Available for Worldwide Broadcast and DVD

Take a fresh look at the history, people, and cultures of Vietnam, Burma, and Cambodia. Narrated by Martin Sheen.

Episode 1: Awakening Vietnam - Martin Sheen narrates this fascinating look at a nation rising above its war-torn past to embrace a promising future. After more than four decades of war, the Vietnamese are intent on economic reinvention and rekindled interest in their cultural identity and heritage. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, previously called Saigon, have become boomtowns of capitalist energy, attracting waves of investment signalling Vietnam's emergence as a major Asian economic force. Awakening Vietnam examines a country putting the past to rest, to awaken a prosperous future.

Episode 2: Emerging Burma and Cambodia - Outsiders have only just recently begun to travel more freely in Burma, a country that all but closed it's borders in 1930. Visitors can now admire the cultural treasures of this profoundly Buddhist country: Rangoon's Shwedagon Temple, the floating island gardens of Inle Lake, and the 2,000 abandoned temples on the Plains of Pagan. Cambodia is slowly recovering from the genocidal ravages of the Khmer Rouge which all but tore the heart out of a people whose civilization dates back 6,000 years. Visit the magnificent ruins of Angkor Wat, a 200-acre city of temples whose ancient stones rise out of the jungle to sustain the spirit of Cambodia, and its hope for a brighter future.