The Making of 6 Billion Others takes us behind the scenes of a most intriguing series. The idea of for this series came from Yann Arthus-Bertrand, an award-winning filmmaker who was filming Earth from Above in Mali. One day when the helicopter that he was filming from was out of commission, he tried to draw a portrait of contemporary humankind by asking questions about universal values. What is happiness, love, fear, success, family? What lessons...

What is the price for a room full of pageant trophies? In this powerful program-part indictment, part testimonial-the ultra-competitive world of beauty pageantry is presented from the perspective of those who walk the runway. Teenage girls from a cross-section of ethnic backgrounds open their hearts about life as a beauty queen, discussing the pressure to fulfill a societal ideal, the allure of celebrity, and the artificiality of the modeling trade....

Increasingly, boys appear to be falling behind girls academically. Test statistics, grades and college degrees are part of the story, but experts are also concerned about the messages young men get about masculinity. Gwen Ifill talks with Michael Thompson, author of Raising Cain; Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys; Ever Forward Club founder Ashanti Branch; and Christina Hoff Sommers, author of The War Against Boys.

By several measures, men are in trouble. As women’s participation in the U.S. labor force climbs, men are dropping out in record numbers. Women are also enrolling in college and graduating in higher numbers. Meanwhile, men face higher levels of substance abuse, more overdoses, greater incarceration rates, lower life expectancies, and suicide levels that are nearly four times above those of women. Men could use a hand, supporters argue, lest these...

In this film, Diana Maria Olsson shares her most intimate experiences from a violent relationship and at the same time, challenges the image of Sweden as a country that respects gender equality.

Today, we see India as a rising economy and powerhouse set to compete with giants such as the U.S.A. and China. However, beneath this potential and growth lies a pertinent problem yet to be properly addressed: the sex ratio imbalance. This is the direct consequence of bride trafficking, female feticide, and excess female mortality after birth—issues that most of us do not encounter in our daily lives, yet so crucial and persistent in India. Both...

Dawn Langley Simmons was one of the first transgender and interracial marriage pioneers from the 1960s. Dawn’s little-known story was one in which mystery and legend swirled, even to this day.

Interwoven with gripping footage from recent conflicts in the Middle East, Bosnia, northern Uganda, and South Africa, this compelling program captures women's personal experiences of military violence, explains how they survived, and reflects on their growing resistance to war. The women's feelings of loss, uncertainty, and anguish are expressed through stories of cruelty, degradation, and psychological trauma, while their attempts to achieve reconciliation...

An undercover investigation into the Taliban’s crackdown on women in Afghanistan. Correspondent Ramita Navai finds those being punished by the regime and confronts Taliban officials.

If the challenges and complexities of a transgendered lifestyle are hard for some people to identify with, first-hand accounts of those experiences may be the best means of creating more understanding. This program features real-world portraits of individuals from the transgendered community-men and women describing for the camera what they've gone through and, in other scenes, going about their daily lives. Namoli Brennet, a singer-songwriter, talks...