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Patrice Lumumba was the first elected prime minister of the former Belgian Congo. While popular with the Congolese, he alienated many in Europe and the United States. A few months after becoming prime minister, he was overthrown by a military coup and then killed. Nobody has been charged with the crime.

Egypt's President Sadat signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1977. Islamic fundamentalists, considering him a traitor, called for his death. Traces the events leading up to his assassination in 1981, revealing the final days of Sadat's mission for peace. Features interviews with his widow Jehan al-Sadat, former Israeli president Ezer Weizmann and US president Jimmy Carter.

"On April 20th, 2008, carried by a tremendous popular support worthy of the greatest South American revolutions, Fernando Lugo, the "suspended" bishop, is elected president of the Republic of Paraguay. After sixty years of absolute power, the Colorado party is compelled to accept the changeover of political power. By listening to the newly elected president, to his deposed Colorado opponents, to the specialists of the history of the country and to...

A look at the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968 after the California primary. With interviews of eyewitnesses and others, the film explores the belief that Sirhan Sirhan committed the crime and that others were involved.

On June 27, 1985, Matthew Goniwe, a teacher and anti-apartheid activist was killed by the South African security police along with 3 others, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkonto, and Sicelo Mhlauli. The DVD tells of the career of Matthew Goniwe as well as the history of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa.

"It crosses the roof of the world, winding more than 4,000 tortuous kilometers across 20 mountain chains and two desert plateaux. It spans four great rivers, and cuts through the territory of 26 different ethnic groups. This is the ancient Tea Road, which opens Southwest China onto Tibet and thereby Nepal, India, Persia, Mongolia and Russia, and then Europe. The legendary Tea Road, crossed by Marco Polo during his travels, but used by innumerable...

"It crosses the roof of the world, winding more than 2,400 tortuous miles across 20 mountain chains and two desert plateaus. It spans four great rivers, and cuts through the territory of 26 different ethnic groups. This is the ancient Tea Road, which opens Southwest China onto Tibet and thereby Nepal, India, Persia, Mongolia and Russia, and then Europe. The legendary Tea Road was crossed by Marco Polo during his travels, but used by innumerable horse...

Summary: "In the Netherlands, a country so keen on consensus, Pim Fortuyn, a political outsider, criticises both the traditional right-of-centre, and the established left-of-centre parties. His main target was immigration, the problems of social security, unemployment and public safety. In cities like Rotterdam, there is an immigrant majority. In the past it had been "Come to tolerant Holland, you're welcome." First came the old colonies, then the...

The disc explores the career and death of Columbian Liberal Party leader, Jorge Gaitan and how Columbian politics are still divided across the sames lines today as they were on April 9, 1948.

Through archival video, first-hand testimonies of Vietnamese veterans and historian commentary, the film examines the impact of Ho Chi Minh in the evolution of 20th century Vietnam.