The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2012

New democratic freedoms are allowing farmers to protest as companies grab their land for agriculture and land. Lucy Ash reporting.

Does the Bollywood film industry need to broaden its fanbase to appeal to international, non-Indian audiences to survive in the future?

A look at the unique narratives and symbolism of the lullabies of the Arab world, which are a form of self-expression for women.

El Salvador's violent street gangs have made a truce. The murder rate has plummeted, and quality of life for many Salvadorans has improved dramatically. But can it last?

After 100 years of Bollywood cinematic magic, how are filmmakers dealing with India's diverging audiences and wildly different expectations?

A powerful memorial to the bravery of an ordinary man Leigh Pitt, who saved a boy from drowning but did not himself survive.

The IMF is threatening to throw Argentina out of the Fund if it doesn’t start reporting credible figures for inflation.

Many ex-offenders in the US leave prison indebted to the courts. Why do one in five people in Philadelphia owe around $1.5 billion in criminal court debt?

For 95 years, the ‘Anzac Legend’ has been at the heart of Australia’s national identity. Through a government-sponsored programme of commemoration and education, Australians are taught that part of their identity was forged on the battlefields of Europe, the Gallipoli peninsula and in South-East Asia throughout the twentieth century. Sharon Mascal asks what Anzac means today.

Sol River talks to James Meredith, who walked into history as the first black student at the University of Mississippi in 1962.