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Wide Angle

Season 5 (8 Episodes)

8 Seasons2006NR1h 00m8

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...

Season 5 Episodes:

Episode 1 18 with a Bullet

1. 18 with a Bullet

Aired: Jul 11, 2006

With unprecedented access to the lives of these self-proclaimed “homeboys,” "...

Episode 2 Mixed Blessings

2. Mixed Blessings

Aired: Jul 18, 2006

"Mixed Blessings" looks at Ireland's dramatic transformation from a poor nati...

Episode 3 Class of 2006

3. Class of 2006

Aired: Jul 25, 2006

WIDE ANGLE cameras are on location in Morocco as history is made. In May 2006...

Episode 4 Flying Down to Kabul

4. Flying Down to Kabul

Aired: Aug 1, 2006

One day, Danish artist and pilot Simone Aaberg Kærn reads in her morning pape...

Episode 6 Turkey's Tigers

6. Turkey's Tigers

Aired: Aug 29, 2006

Characterizing the racial breakdown of Brazil is even more complex than chara...

Episode 7 Ransom City

7. Ransom City

Aired: Sep 5, 2006

In Sao Paulo, where someone is kidnapped every three days on average, "Ransom...

Episode 8 Back to School

8. Back to School

Aired: Sep 12, 2006

A follow-up to the 2003 episode “Time for School,” which followed first-grade...


Info about Wide Angle

Network: PBS

Genres:Documentary