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4-Volume Set. Holly Morris hits the road, searching for new landscapes and modern-day heroines-- "divas" -- to interpret them. As she traverses Cuba, India, New Zealand, and Iran, the people she meets take you closer to the untapped potential of the world of divadom. Among the intrepid traveler's finds are a Santeria priestess in Cuba, a revolutionary Indian financier who takes bangles as collateral, reclusive...

VHS. PBS Home Video. In Havana, a sizzling girl rap group cooks up a street performance for Holly and her crew. They tell her that in Cuba, a country that celebrates salsa, rap empowers: "We are like vitamins for little girls." Hitching across the island country, Holly confers with a Santeria priestess, talks culture and feminism with a TV host and catches an impromptu drag...

VHS. PBS Home Video. Taking on India is like plunging into a cauldron of spirituality -- really good goop, but you could drown if you're not careful. Adventure Divas wades through the land of deities and meets some ladies who revel in their country's spiritual fabric and ethic of giving back. Filmmaker Ruchira Gupta, muckraker redefined, leads the crew through Mumbai's red light district and...

PBS Home Video. 5-Volume Set. VHS/NTSC British actor and comedian Michael Palin takes you along on an entertaining journey around the Pacific Rim, traveling by boat, train, plane and helicopter. Meet the Eskimos of the island of Diomede in the Bering Strait. Depart in one of their skin boats for Alaska's mainland, then voyage on to view Russia's westernmost wonders. Visit Japan's legendary Kodo Drummers,...

VHS. PBS Home Video. Once again, Michael Palin takes his viewers on a hilarious yet insightful trip. This segment from his series on a grand tour of the Pacific Rim provides wonderful glimpses of the complexities of Chilean society and politics against the back drop of that nation's spectacular scenery. The trans-Andean railroad/bus trip to Bolivia is funny but clearly demonstrates the stark contrast between...

PBS Home Video. Once again, Michael Palin takes his viewers on a hilarious yet insightful trip. This segment from his series on a grand tour of the Pacific Rim provides wonderful glimpses of the complexities of Chilean society and politics against the back drop of that nation's spectacular scenery. The trans-Andean railroad/bus trip to Bolivia is funny but clearly demonstrates the stark contrast between Chile...

PBS Home Video. VHS. Once again, Michael Palin takes his viewers on a hilarious yet insightful trip. This segment from his series on a grand tour of the Pacific Rim provides wonderful glimpses of the complexities of Chilean society and politics against the back drop of that nation's spectacular scenery. The trans-Andean railroad/bus trip to Bolivia is funny but clearly demonstrates the stark contrast between...

VHS. PBS Home Video. 10 Volume Set. Michael Palin shares his adventures around the 50,000 miles of the Pacific Rim as experienced by air, train, foot and boat. From China to Mexico, Palin explores the geography, people, customs and transportation of these diverse lands. Titles include "China," "Vietnam & the Philippines," "Peru & Columbia," "Mexico & USA," "Alaska & Russia," "Japan & Korea," "Borneo &...

PBS Travel Series. On this program, GOING PLACES takes viewers "down under" to Sydney, Australia, with its beautiful beaches, laid-back populace, and fascinating colonial history. Sip a home-brewed beer at the Lord Nelson Hotel, bargain for boomerangs at the Rocks Market, and take off for the bush to explore Australia's wild, untamed Outback, where wallabies run free. Taste cuisine ranging from fresh-caught local fish to...

DVD. PBS Home Video. Where in the world have Hindus, Muslims, Christians and Jews lived together in harmony? In the small Indian state of Kerala, where trade and spices brought them together. This program takes viewers there, traveling through its varied regions, from tropical lowlands studded with coconut palms to the cool mountain ranges where tea, cardamom, pepper, ginger and rubber trees grow. Host Bruce...

VHS. PBS Home Video. Where in the world have Hindus, Muslims, Christians and Jews lived together in harmony? In the small Indian state of Kerala, where trade and spices brought them together. This program takes viewers there, traveling through its varied regions, from tropical lowlands studded with coconut palms to the cool mountain ranges where tea, cardamom, pepper, ginger and rubber trees grow. Host Bruce...

PBS Home Video. The finest of Tuscany - the food, wine, people, places and heritage all uncovered in a tour of Italy's northern heartland. Join food critic and author John Guerrasio as he travels the magnificent countryside from the Chianti region to the finest of Florence - the cathedral, the Piazza della Signoria and the Ponte Vecchio as well as the celebrated vineyards and tiny...

PBS Home Video. The finest of Tuscany - the food, wine, people, places and heritage all uncovered in a tour of Italy's northern heartland. Join food critic and author John Guerrasio as he travels the magnificent countryside from the Chianti region to the finest of Florence - the cathedral, the Piazza della Signoria and the Ponte Vecchio as well as the celebrated vineyards and tiny...

VHS. Journey again across the globe to uncover the beauty, bounty and majesty of Earth's most sacred places. Spend an hour with the residents of the "top of the world." In Bhutan, the only surviving Buddhist Himalayan kingdom, you'll learn the secrets of living in harmony with nature. Simple subsistence farmers and pastoralists, the Bhutanese live in quiet concert with their colorful and exotic neighbors:...

Journey again across the globe to uncover the beauty, bounty and majesty of Earth's most sacred places. Spend an hour with the residents of the "top of the world." In Bhutan, the only surviving Buddhist Himalayan kingdom, you'll learn the secrets of living in harmony with nature. Simple subsistence farmers and pastoralists, the Bhutanese live in quiet concert with their colorful and exotic neighbors: the...

PBS Home Video. VHS. Discover one of the most beautiful secrets in the world. The Manu Biosphere Reserve, one of the richest Amazonian wildernesses on earth, is nestled at the eastern base of the Peruvian Andes. The river Manu provides the life blood for this Eden, where 90 percent of the flora and fauna have yet to be identified! 60 minutes.

PBS Home Video. 3-Volume Set. Set out on an expedition with one of the country's most revered intellectuals Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as he traces the roots of 20th-century Africa. Travelling by land and sea, he's on a mission to locate legendary towns and palace ruins unearthing the often disturbing truths in modern cities and suburbs. Into the Sudanese desert he begins at the pyramids...