politicians

Profiles eight leaders for their attempts to introduce functional democracy in their respective countries: Andrei Sakharov, Alexander Dubcek, Boris Yeltsin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Vaclav Havel, Lech Walesa, Father Jerzy Popieluszko, and Pastor Laszlo Tokes.

Biography of Aung San Suu Kyi, a political prisoner in Burma who was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.

A biography of the Russian leader who was elected president in 1990.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali recounts her life story, discussing her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya, her intellectual awakening and activism in the Netherlands, and her current life under armed guard in the West.

Politician Roscoe Conway has decided to severe his political ties and step out of the limelight, but the harder he tries to live a quiet life, the more he finds himself being confronted by secrets from his past.

After John and Kathy realize that their marriage has been built on deception, Kathy mysteriously disappears in the Minnesota north woods.

Presents an illustrated children's biography of American patriot, Samuel Adams, and examines his opposition to British oppression and involvement in the First and Second Continental Congress.

Presents biographies of twelve women who have held positions of political leadership around the world, including Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher, Winnie Mandela, Corazon Aquino, Wilma Mankiller, and Benazir Bhutto.