WUSTL Film and Media Archive

Title Work

Title No: 11389

Title: Afghanistan's Opium Farmers: "Failure of Expectation"

Medium: Moving Image

Original Medium: Television; Video

Date: 2 May 2008 (Broadcast)

Original Summary:

Part of the "Foreign Exchange with Daljit Dhaliwal" series, this episode looks at Syria's role in the Middle East in wake of Jimmy Carter's visit to the region with Kinda Kanbar, "Failure of Expectation", clips from a film about the impossible choice facing Afghanistan's opium farmers, and a Chinese perspective on the human rights demonstrations casting a shadow over the 2008 Beijing Olympics with Cheng Li.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Forms: Television series

Genres: Interview

Subjects: Syria--Foreign relations--Arab countries; Opium poppy--Afghanistan; Human rights--China; Olympics--Moral and ethical aspects

Name As Subjects: Carter, Jimmy

Credits:

	Role	Name
	Production Company	Azimuth Media
	Executive Producer	Blair, Bruce G.
	Host	Dhaliwal, Daljit
	Sponsor/Funder	Ford Foundation
	Interviewee	Kanbar, Kinda
	Interviewee	Li, Cheng
	Production Company	Oregon Public Broadcasting
	Broadcaster	Public Broadcasting Service
	Production Company	Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
	Senior Producer	Sapienza, Stephen
	Series Producer	Suggs, Mark
	Sponsor/Funder	William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

Notes:

Sources Used: www.foreignexchange.tv

Items ^x1

	Item	Description
	11389-1	Video Tape : Digital Betacam

Contained By ^x1

	Title No	Title
	11087	Foreign exchange television series collection