Product Details

• Actors: Alex Chadwick
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: National Geographic Video
• DVD Release Date: November 26, 2002
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006G8K4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,728 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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AMBASSADOR:INSIDE THE EMBASSY - DVD Movie

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Outside The Embassy, May 24, 2005

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Mark Byron "markbyrn" (Orlando, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: National Geographic - Ambassador: Inside the Embassy (DVD)

Having worked in an Embassy, this National Geographic documentary does a marginal job of encapsulating the top level mission of an Embassy as seen through various Ambassadors, but the title is certainly misleading. Other than a brief glimpse of a hapless junior foreign service officer working in the consular office and an Ambassador's residence, all you see is the 'outside' of the Embassy. The rest of the State Department functions and other agencies that make up an Embassy are simply ignored in favor of one dimensional political intrigue. For example, the US Ambassador to Guatemala is shown as an overly strong figure lecturing the President of Guatemala about corruption in his impoverished country, but nothing is said about the US Agency for International Development's (USAID) role in providing hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. aid to assist Guatemala. Assistance programs are a big part of the Embassy's mission in developing countries, but the good folks at National Geographic chose to ignore this important element. While the film is useful for those want to get an Ambassador's viewpoint on how they approach the job, don't expect to learn anything about an Embassy and the film is too topical and is already out of date.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing documentary, January 30, 2005

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Stefano Baldi - See all my reviews
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This review is from: National Geographic - Ambassador: Inside the Embassy (DVD)

I do not think it really explains what an Embassy does and what and Ambassador is and represents. It is a rather confusing presentation of different situations and experiences. Unfortunately there are very few films or videos on diplomacy, that is why this DVD can still be a useful tool for those interested in diplomatic activity.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your time, June 27, 2004

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Warren Goldstein (Minneapolis, Minnesota United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: National Geographic - Ambassador: Inside the Embassy (DVD)

Don't waste your time on this garbage, I didn't remotely learn anything from this DVD. There's some clips of the ambassador's to Japan, Pakistan & Guatemala, and it says that people go to the embassy to get a VISA to get into the US. Basic, basic information. No one should waste thier time with this garbage. It wasn't worth a second of my time, yet alone an hour of my time. Save yourself, and don't see this.