Global Voices
Witnesses to a Secret War (#205)
This program tells the stories of three generations of Hmong refugees as they struggle with their personal and political legacies. The Xiong family, who fought on America's side of the "secret" war in Laos, tries to claim their own piece of the American dream while Hmong American Ka Ying Yang tries to understand her own similar family history. [56 minutes]
This episode has not aired in the past few months on Iowa Public Television.
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Global Voices | When Hari Got Married | PBS (#603)
Full Program: Watch this film through July 16. 53:27
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Global Voices | Not Another Word | PBS (#1)
Full Program: A special presentation of Global Voices in partnership with Women & Girls Lead 13:46
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Global Voices | Half of Her | PBS (#3)
Full Program: A special presentation of Global Voices in partnership with Women & Girls Lead 11:58
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Global Voices | Garbage Dreams | PBS (#602)
Full Program: Watch this film through July 9. 54:16
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Global Voices | Where Heaven Meets Hell | PBS (#601)
Full Program: Watch this film through June 24. 55:15
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Series Description: A new international independent documentary series from the Independent Television Service (ITVS), GLOBAL VOICES samples the best of international documentary. In its premiere season, the series features five all-new global docs and 21 notable international documentaries that have previously aired on PBS in other forums.
All Upcoming Episodes
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Lakshmi and Me (#503)
In this intimate examination of the relationship between Indian filmmaker Nishtha Jain and her young maid, Lakshmi, Jain holds up a mirror to her own culture and the pervasive caste system that can... [55 minutes]
- Sun, June 23, 6:00 PM on IPTV World
- Tue, June 25, 4:00 AM on IPTV World
- Tue, June 25, 10:00 AM on IPTV World
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Unmistaken Child (#604)
When one of Tibet's greatest monks passes away, his shy, gifted disciple must complete a monumental task assigned by the Dalai Lama: to find the child who is the reincarnation of his master. [86 minutes]
- Sun, June 23, 9:00 PM on IPTV World
- Mon, June 24, 1:00 AM on IPTV World
- Mon, June 24, 9:00 AM on IPTV World
- Mon, June 24, 2:30 PM on IPTV World
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Ninos De La Memoria (#605)
Hundreds - possibly thousands - of children disappeared from El Salvador in the midst of that country's civil war in the 1980s. Ninos de la Memoria follows three of those children as they return to... [56 minutes]
- Sun, June 30, 9:00 PM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 1, 1:00 AM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 1, 9:00 AM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 1, 3:00 PM on IPTV World
- Tue, July 2, 4:00 AM on IPTV World
- Tue, July 2, 10:00 AM on IPTV World
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Bolinao 52 (#606)
A group of Vietnamese survivors of a tragic boat accident struggle to find peace years after the incident took place. [56 minutes]
- Sun, July 7, 9:00 PM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 8, 1:00 AM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 8, 9:00 AM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 8, 3:00 PM on IPTV World
- Tue, July 9, 4:00 AM on IPTV World
- Tue, July 9, 10:00 AM on IPTV World
- Wed, July 10, 5:00 PM on IPTV World
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The Flute Player/50/Fifty (#121)
A musician tries to rescue traditional Cambodian music from extinction and recover his identity. [56 minutes]
- Sun, July 7, 10:00 PM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 8, 10:00 AM on IPTV World
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Episode #607
[56 minutes]
- Sun, July 14, 9:00 PM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 15, 1:00 AM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 15, 9:00 AM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 15, 3:00 PM on IPTV World
- Tue, July 16, 4:00 AM on IPTV World
- Tue, July 16, 10:00 AM on IPTV World
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Greener Grass: Cuba, Baseball and the United States (#119)
The sport has been used as a political tool by both nations and has served as a bridge and barrier. [56 minutes]
- Sun, July 14, 10:00 PM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 15, 2:00 AM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 15, 10:00 AM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 15, 5:00 PM on IPTV World
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A Son's Sacrifice (#422)
Imran, a young Muslim American, struggles to take over his father's neighborhood halal slaughterhouse in New York City. [26 minutes]
- Sun, July 21, 8:30 PM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 22, 8:30 AM on IPTV World
- Tue, July 23, 4:00 AM on IPTV World
- Tue, July 23, 10:00 AM on IPTV World
- Sat, July 27, 10:30 PM on IPTV World
- Sun, July 28, 3:30 AM on IPTV World
- Sun, July 28, 9:30 AM on IPTV World
- Sun, July 28, 5:30 PM on IPTV World
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Episode #608
[86 minutes]
- Sun, July 21, 9:00 PM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 22, 1:00 AM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 22, 9:00 AM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 22, 2:30 PM on IPTV World
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Episode #609
[56 minutes]
- Sun, July 28, 9:00 PM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 29, 1:00 AM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 29, 9:00 AM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 29, 3:00 PM on IPTV World
- Tue, July 30, 4:00 AM on IPTV World
- Tue, July 30, 10:00 AM on IPTV World
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Overbooked (#122)
Sergio, an Italian, and Yousseff from Morocco experience chaos managing a bus trip agency in Turin. [56 minutes]
- Sun, July 28, 10:00 PM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 29, 2:00 AM on IPTV World
- Mon, July 29, 10:00 AM on IPTV World
Past Episodes
These episodes of Global Voices aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.
- Lakshmi and Me (#503)
- When Hari Got Married (#603)
- Garbage Dreams (#602)
- Where Heaven Meets Hell (#601)
- Mai's America/Someday Flowers Bloom (#125)
- Poor Us: The Animated History of Poverty (#525)
- Daughter from Danang/Balikbayan (#118)
- Welcome to the World (#528)
- Education Education (#527)
- Land Rush (#526)
- Stealing Africa (#524)
- Give Us the Money (#523)
- Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey (#522)
- A Lion's Trail (#120)
- Street Ballad: A Jakarta Story (#521)
- Family Portrait in Black and White (#520)
- The Boy Mir (#519)
- Motherland Afghanistan (#310)
- Chahinaz: What Rights for Women? (#518)
- Our Disappeared/Nuestros Desaparecidos (#517)
- The English Surgeon (#516)
- Milking The Rhino (#515)
- I Was Worth 50 Sheep (#514)