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Wide Angle

Aaron Brown, a journalist, hosted the documentary TV series Wide Angle, which examined international current events, on PBS from 2002.

Episodes:

Episode 1 Saddam's Ultimate Solution

1. Saddam's Ultimate Solution

Aired: Jul 11, 2002

The next episode explores the devastating aftermath of Saddam Hussein's genoc...

Episode 2 To Have and Have Not

2. To Have and Have Not

Aired: Jul 18, 2002

The economic struggle to integrate 20 million newly unemployed individuals ea...

Episode 3 Greetings from Grozny

3. Greetings from Grozny

Aired: Jul 25, 2002

The Republic of Chechnya, a small yet fiercely independent nation, has been e...

Episode 4 Land of the Wandering Souls

4. Land of the Wandering Souls

Aired: Aug 1, 2002

Cambodia's digital frontier grows as a team of workers lays a state-of-the-ar...

Episode 5 The Empty ATM

5. The Empty ATM

Aired: Aug 8, 2002

A nation on the brink: Argentina's economy teeters on collapse following a ca...

Episode 6 Bitter Harvest

6. Bitter Harvest

Aired: Aug 22, 2002

Troops are being deployed in Central Asia and Western military bases are bein...

Episode 7 Growing Up Global

7. Growing Up Global

Aired: Aug 29, 2002

A decade of pioneering research and technological innovations in sustainable ...

Episode 8 Cause for Murder

8. Cause for Murder

Aired: Sep 5, 2002

A brutal double murder of two young women lawyers, one representing conservat...

Episode 9 Media by Milosevic

9. Media by Milosevic

Aired: Sep 12, 2002

A ruthless European leader, Slobodan Milosevic, rose to power by exploiting n...

Episode 10 Soul of India

10. Soul of India

Aired: Sep 19, 2002

Identity struggles escalate in northwestern India as a dominant Hindu nationa...

Info about Wide Angle

Seasons: 8

Network: PBS

Genres:Documentary