NOW on PBS: 2/5/2010 DVD

Called "one of the last bastions of serious journalism on TV," NOW occupies a unique place in the American television landscape. Hosted by veteran journalist David Brancaccio, NOW goes beyond the noisy churn of the news cycle through documentary segments and interviews with original thinkers. NOW gives viewers the context to explore the larger world in an era where commercial values in journalism risk overwhelming democratic values.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2010
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 1/29/2010: Saving Haiti's Mothers DVD

Haiti's catastrophic earthquake has exacerbated a much more common and lethal emergency: dying during childbirth. Challenges in transportation, education, and quality health care contribute to Haiti having one of the highest maternal mortality rates, a national crisis even before the earthquake struck. A NOW team that had been working in Haiti during the earthquake reports on this deadly but correctable trend.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2010
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 1/22/2010: Repeat of NOWD6547, Who's Helping Our Wounded Vets? DVD

The Pentagon estimates that as many as one in five American soldiers are coming home from war zones with traumatic brain injuries, many of which require round-the-clock attention. But lost in the reports of these returning soldiers are the stories of family members who often sacrifice everything to care for them. NOW reveals how little has been done to help these family caregivers, and reports on dedicated efforts to support them.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2010
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 1/15/2010: Saving American Journalism DVD

Is good journalism going extinct? Fractured audiences and tight budgets have downsized or sunk many of the fourth estate's major battleships. NOW's David Brancaccio talks to professor Bob McChesney and journalist John Nichols about the perils of a shrinking news media landscape, and their bold proposal to save noncommercial journalism with government subsidies. Should public journalism get the next government bailout?

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2010
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 1/8/2010: Targeting the Taliban DVD

NOW reports directly from Pakistan's dangerous and pivotal border with Afghanistan, where Pentagon war planners acknowledge many of the enemy fighters and their leaders are based. The U.S. has been relying on Pakistan to act against Taliban militants there, but the Pakistani army's commitment is in question. NOW takes you to the true front lines for an eye-opening, inside look you haven't seen before, and won't soon forget.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2010
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 1/1/2010: Soap Opera for Social Change DVD

There are places in the world where the success of a soap opera is measured not just in TV ratings, but in human lives. On January 1, NOW travels to Kenya, where ambitious producers and actors hope one such TV show, "The Team", can help foster peace amongst the country's 42 official tribes. In "The Team", soccer players from different tribes work together to overcome historic rivalries and form a common bond.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2010
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 12/11/2009: The Marines Are Landing DVD

Over the next five years, as many as 30,000 service members and their families will descend on the island of Guam. It's part of a larger agreement that the U.S. signed with Japan to realign American forces in the Pacific. NOW travels to the U.S. territory of Guam to find out whether their environment and infrastructure can support such a large and quick infusion of people, and why the buildup is vital to our national security.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 12/4/2009: Pre-existing Conditions DVD

As Congress hammers out legislation that will determine the future of health care in this country, NOW travels to the nation's heartland to see what reform could mean for the middle class. NOW's Maria Hinojosa meets two tight-knit Oklahoma families whose problems with private health insurance left them unable to get proper medical care, and on the brink of financial ruin.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 11/27/2009: Climate Crisis DVD

The Maldives, a nation of roughly 1200 low-lying islands in the Indian Ocean, could be underwater by the end of this century if climate change causes ocean levels to rise. On the eve of the big climate summit in Copenhagen, the country's president, Mohamed Nasheed, is warning of a massive exodus from the Maldives if drastic global action is not taken. NOW talks with President Nasheed about the crisis and why he compares it to genocide.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 11/20/2009, Repeats 1/22/2010, Who's Helping Our Wounded Vets? DVD

The Pentagon estimates that as many as one in five American soldiers are coming home from war zones with traumatic brain injuries, many of which require round-the-clock attention. But lost in the reports of these returning soldiers are the stories of family members who often sacrifice everything to care for them. NOW reveals how little has been done to help these family caregivers, and reports on dedicated efforts to support them.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 11/13/2009: Elizabeth Warren on the Economy DVD

What exactly is going on with the economy? Stocks are up and big bonuses are back, they're throwing parties on Wall Street, yet there's pain on Main Street. NOW talks with Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren, who's been heading up the congressional panel overseeing how the bailout money is being spent, about how we got to this point, and where we go from here.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 11/6/2009: David Sirota on Tuesday's Election Results DVD

Only one year after a historic election rerouted the course of America's political culture, do the 2009 election results show momentum swinging in the opposite direction? NOW's David Brancaccio talks to political author and columnist David Sirota about populist anger, the Obama administration's successes and failures, and how this week's election results foreshadow the state of politics in 2010.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 10/30/2009: Electric Car Dreams. DVD

NOW investigates how the Danish government and Shai Agassi's Better Place are working together to put electric cars into the hands of as many Danish families as possible. The idea is still having trouble getting out of the garage here in America, but Denmark could be an inspiration. Will so much green enthusiasm bring about a Copenhagen Protocol? This show is part of a series on social entrepreneurs at work, called Enterprising Ideas.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 10/23/2009: Water World DVD

Coastal populations around the world are being inundated by water, battered by cyclones, and flooded from their homes. Maria Hinojosa travels to Bangladesh to examine how people there are using innovations to prepare for a feared coastal catastrophe.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 9/18/09: Wombs for Rent? DVD

NOW follows the surrogate pregnancy of a single mother. When she was 14 weeks pregnant, the surrogate agency that brokered the deal between her and the future parents vanished, leaving the woman stranded without health insurance and nowhere to turn. NOW investigates how shady surrogacy services and a lack of regulation in the U.S. may be defrauding hopeful couples and victimizing mothers trying to help them.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 9/4/09: Life After Guantanamo DVD

Closing Guantanamo Bay's prison will do little to close the debate on what we should do with alleged terrorists. NOW, as part of a collaboration with the nonprofit investigative unit ProPublica, investigates the controversial tactic of preventative detention, a government plan that may detain suspects indefinitely without trial or even formal charges.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 9/25/09: Pre-Existing Conditions DVD

Can your health coverage still leave you uncovered? As the health care debate reaches a fever pitch in Washington, NOW travels to the nation's heartland to see what reform could mean for the middle class. Meet two tight-knit Oklahoma families whose problems with private health insurance left them unable to get proper medical care, and on the brink of financial ruin.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 7/24/2009: Wall Street Reform and You DVD

The Obama Administration recently released its proposal for financial regulatory reform, but before change comes to Wall Street, a reform plan has to get through Congress. Zanny Minton Beddoes, of The Economist magazine, reviews the proposal and its ramifications for America. Beddoes encourages streamlining the regulatory system, leaving fewer but more efficient overseers. But where powerful interests are at stake, nothing is a sure bet.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 7/17/2009: Inside Israel's Army DVD

As President Obama begins a new push for peace in the Middle East, NOW travels to Israel to see how a lifetime of war shapes the psyche of a nation where almost every able-bodied man and woman must serve in the military. NOW goes inside Israel's defense forces, where few have gone before, to speak with reservists about the impact of constant war on both their lives and their world view.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOW on PBS: 7/10/2009: Peace and Prosperity for the West Bank? DVD

Once one of the most dangerous and violent cities in the West Bank, today, however, there's been a huge turnaround. Jenin is now the center of an international effort to build a safe and economically prosperous Palestinian state from the ground up. But can the modest success in Jenin be replicated throughout the West Bank, or will the effort collapse under the intense political pressure from all sides?

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 30 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

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NOW on PBS: 7/24/2009: Wall Street Reform and You DVD

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