Commissioned by the International Labor Organization, this film explores the stories of female migrant workers, the dangers and challenges they encounter, and the tips and skills needed to navigate this new avenue of financial independence & empowerment for the women of Nepal.
Director/Producer: Julie BridghamLisa meets 3 different African American Muslims and learns that Islam has had a long history in America as well as the power of Islam to reshape lives in the black community.
Executive Producers: Lisa Ling, Amy Bucher, & David Shadrack-SmithOcean Warriors weaves stories of courage and conflict, from the Antarctic's remote Southern Ocean to the coral reefs of Tanzania and the vast tuna fisheries of the Western Pacific.
Director: Mark BenjaminA family torn apart by the effects of PTSD are saved by virtual reality.
For more info on the series, Dark Net, visit: http://www.sho.com/dark-net
Producer & Writer: Allison Koch
Director of Photography: Nora Ballard
Editor: Xuan Vu
Music: Justin Melland
Airdate: April 6, 2017
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"Exploit", the third episode on the premiere season of Showtime's Dark Net series, exposes the terrible crime of child pornography and reveals the roots of pedophilia.
A review from the Hollywood Reporter says, "[I]n the especially wrenching episode three, the series tackles the terrible ubiquitousness of child pornography on the deep web, looking at both the exploiters (mostly Western men) and the exploited — in this case the residents of a village in the Philippines where selling your children for virtual sex is a tacitly accepted practice due to how lucrative it can be. It's as if Dark Net wants us to be simultaneously repelled and seduced by everything we see, a simulacrum of the very emotions the Internet often stirs in its users."
For more info on the series, Dark Net, visit: http://www.sho.com/dark-net
Director & Writer: Billy Shebar
Producers: France Costrel, Jenny Kubo, & Billy Shebar
Directors of Photography: Peter Hutchins & Giuseppe Malpasso
Editor: Xuan Vu
Music: Justin Melland
Airdate: February 4, 2016
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American suburbs are becoming more diverse, but the “exurbs” that surround them remain overwhelmingly white. In this half-hour episode on PBS's America by the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa, we visit Coeur d’Alene, Idaho— a town that successfully ousted the Aryan Nations in 2000, but remains overwhelmingly white.
For the full episode, please click here and confirm your local PBS station.Director & Producer: Billy Shebar
Director of Photography: Jonathan Furmanski
Editor: Xuan Vu
Music by: Wendy Blackstone
Airdate on WORLD: Oct 16, 2014
Airdate on PBS Weekend: Oct 18, 2014
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The steamship Sultana exploded without warning one night in 1865, killing 1,800 people.
For more info on the series, History Detectives, visit: http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives
Producer/Directorr: Billy Shebar
Directors of Photography: Teodoro Maniaci & John Murphy
Editors: Trevor Ristow & Xuan Vu
Lion Television © 2014
Part of the America Heard web series, a collaborative effort by indie filmmakers across from the country who attempted to understand the other side and bridge the partisan divide.
We meet Bo McBratnie of Orangeburg, South Carolina, in the weeks after the 2016 election. He offers straight talk and explains why he voted for Donald Trump.Short promotional video for PBS's America by the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa: Learn how Asian American, Black Millennial, Arab American, and Latino Evangelical voters are exerting their growing strength and influence in this 2016 election special about power and politics, demographics and democracy.
Executive Producer & Anchor: Maria HinojosaJosé de Jesús, a 31-year-old Mexican immigrant, was found dead in his cell after just three days in immigration detention.
Find out more at http://latinousa.org/josedejesus/WINNER of the 2009 "I Love SF Water" video contest!
Director & Producer: Alexis van Gelder