Wide Angle

8 Seasons 2002 - 2009 NR 1h 00m 7.8

Wide Angle was an American documentary television series produced by Thirteen/WNET New York for broadcast on PBS and for worldwide distribution. The weekly one-hour series covered international current affairs and was last hosted by veteran journalist Aaron Brown. Wide Angle began broadcasting on PBS in 2002, and aimed to expand the awareness and understanding of Americans about the changing world in which they live. It was the only documentary series on American television devoted exclusivel...

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Episodes:

Episode 2 To Have and Have Not

2. To Have and Have Not

Aired: Jul 18, 2002

Every year this nation's economy struggles to absorb 20 million new unemploye...

Episode 3 Greetings from Grozny

3. Greetings from Grozny

Aired: Jul 25, 2002

Small and fiercely independent,the republic of Chechnya has been embroiled fo...

Episode 5 The Empty ATM

5. The Empty ATM

Aired: Aug 8, 2002

In December 2001, the Argentinian government defaulted on $155 billion in pub...

Episode 6 Bitter Harvest

6. Bitter Harvest

Aired: Aug 22, 2002

In the new political landscape of Central Asia, U.S. troops are on the ground...

Episode 7 Growing Up Global

7. Growing Up Global

Aired: Aug 29, 2002

Ten years ago, filmmaker Bruno Sorrentino began recording the lives of eight ...

Episode 8 Cause for Murder

8. Cause for Murder

Aired: Sep 5, 2002

Recently Mexico was startled by the murders of two young women lawyers, one f...

Episode 9 Media by Milosevic

9. Media by Milosevic

Aired: Sep 12, 2002

The most successful and most brutal European dictator since Hitler, Slobodan ...

Episode 10 Soul of India

10. Soul of India

Aired: Sep 19, 2002

The bloody conflict between Hindus and Muslims in northwestern India is at th...

Info about Wide Angle

Network: PBS

Genres: Documentary