In 1964 three civil-rights workers were murdered in Mississippi.
A 1963 documentary reports on the U.S. South nine years after Supreme Court-ordered integration.
Hippies in 1967 Haight-Ashbury read poetry, sing and express views on rejecting mainstream society.
In 1966 filmmaker Allan King visits an Ontario center for emotionally disturbed children.
The film 'Harlan County U.S.A.' depicts Kentucky coal miners on strike in the early '70s.
Emile de Antonio's 1971 documentary traces Richard Nixon's career.
President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy react in 1963 as blacks are barred from the University of Alabama.
Filmmaker Don Shebib's perspective on war includes footage from the World Wars and scenes from veterans' parades and hospitals.
The Beatles visit Toronto in 1964.
A 1967 documentary examines John F. Kennedy's assassination and questions the Warren Commission's findings.
A 1966 documentary filming U.S. jungle patrols, gun boats and bombers shows the Vietnam War's effect on the peasants.
Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker chronicles Bob Dylan's 1967 British concert tour.
Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker chronicles Bob Dylan's 1965 British concert tour.
Patrick Watson interviews John Lennon and Yoko Ono as they 'lie-in for peace' at a Montreal hotel in 1969.
Emile de Antonio's 1969 documentary, 'The Year of the Pig,' uses archival footage and interviews to examine the Vietnam War.
A documentary on the death sentence in the 1960s United States follows a condemned black man.
Morley Markson's 1971 documentary examines the '60s ideologies of Allen Ginsberg, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and Buckminster Fuller, and shows American youth culture.
A 1981 National Film Board documentary explores pornography.
A 1974 documentary examines the case of Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, executed in 1953 for spying.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's son discusses his efforts to exonerate his parents and his work with a foundation for orphaned children.
A 1965 documentary shows racism in the church, including a Nebraska minister's efforts to integrate his congregation.
Russia's people face challenges and opportunities in the day-to-day struggle to survive.
Two documentaries focus on nuclear weapons.
Soviet filmmaker Marina Goldovskaya profiles a Soviet journalist and his family.
The 1969 film 'Seasons Change' shows a Vietnam War demonstration at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Documentary examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Filmmaker Beryl Fox returns to Vietnam to film a documentary about a comrade killed in the war.
Filmmaker Barbara Trent ties the 1989 invasion of Panama to Manuel Noriega, the CIA and U.S. policy since 1903.
As FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover keeps tabs prominent politicians, the Mafia allegedly does the same to him.
Filmmaker Nick Broomfield captures the inner workings of the Afrikaner Resistance Party.
Excerpts from 1950s U.S. government films include test-site scenes and tips on how to avoid fallout.
The confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas uncover deep issues in black America.
The film 'Stolen Children -- Argentina's Dirtiest War' documents the search for children abducted by the Argentine police due to battling military and government factions.
Paul Watson documents a fishing trip on which four wealthy Englishmen lament the extinction of the class system and privilege.
Economic and political turmoil damage professional baseball.
At the BBC's request, Albanian Dr. Ylli Hasani videotapes his rural practice.
Paul Watson shows the Smith family view of American values on Thanksgiving.
Raising her children in a Sicilian slum, Angela battles poverty, violence, abuse and crime.
Land-rights disputes in British Columbia strain relations between Natives and whites and hamper the economy.
Derspiegel Television documents nine days of race rioting in Rostock, Germany, and probes the slow response by police.
Profiles of six formerly middle-class women who are now homeless.
The novelist's great-grandson visits Europe and tries to cash in on the family name.
DEA agent pursues Dennis Howard Marks.
The growing problem of violent sex offenders spurs efforts to protect society.
Friends of 11 terrorist-bombing victims in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, reminisce.
Coverage of world events may be filtered to serve agendas.
Five 16-year-old girls reveal their conflicts, fears, desires discussing everything from religion to sex.
Profile of a white South African family; South Africa's future, as seen by three children.
A South African reveals his personal life within political/social upheaval.
Mandela tours West Africa and discusses Africa's problems.
Winnie Mandela's growing political support.
Profile of Oskar Schindler and his deception of Nazi Germany.
Serbian parents try to find out how their child died and where he is buried.
'The War Room' shows the workings of Bill Clinton's presidential campaign.
Aileen Wuornos allegedly admitted to the murders of seven men in Florida.
Sex and corruption in postperestroika Russia.
Robert Redford interprets events surrounding the murder of two FBI agents and the subsequent arrest of Native activist Leonard Peltier.
Being openly gay in the South; AIDS impact on small towns; gay rights and civil rights.
Strategist James Carville and George Stephanopoulos.
Checkbook journalism.
Courts and social workers address child abuse; Little Rascals Daycare Center in North Carolina.
Two-year investigation and sexual abuse trial of seven people.
Daily lives of families in Sarajevo.
Mississippi voter registration conflicts (1961-1964).
Performer Josephine Baker, a political activist and mother to 12 adopted children, symbolized freedom for Parisian women in the 1920s.
'Talk 16' sequel profiles five teenage girls confronting lost innocence.
Four photojournalists die trying to reveal truths about the Afghan War.
Reflecting male and female roles, The Takarazuka Revue is paradigm for the Japanese society.
Five culturally diverse couples reminisce about their 50 years together.
Three women in their 30s choose artificial insemination; family patterns.
After 18 years, the Padilla family breaks away from a religious cult in California.
The perspective of women journalists, from Sarajevo to Afghanistan, along the front-lines of war.
Report analyzes the career and dealings of boxing promoter Don King.
Children at an inner-city school in North Philadelphia.
Documentary recounts experiences in Nazi concentration camps.
A dam being built on India's Narmada River is a source of controversy.
Survivors of the concentration camp at Buchenwald recount their experiences.
Scandalous photos given to tabloids.
Cosmonauts give an in-depth view of the Soviet space program and its accompanying physical and emotional scars.
Profile of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
800,000 people live in the shadow of Chernobyl, still waiting to be evacuated.
Five suffer for speaking the truth.
Millions of female babies in China are abandoned to state run orphanages.
Escalation of quarrels between neighbors.
Children of single parents; how the United States deals with deadbeat dads.
Man in Israel reforms a prison with a violent history.
Coping with the murder of a loved one; people who have experienced the tragedy.
The response of the United Nations and international aid organizations to the crisis in Rwanda.
Interview with Diana, Princess of Wales
Selling South American babies.
Filmmakers Allie Light and Irving Saraf profile 11 San Francisco Opera chorus singers.
The role of the Roman Catholic Church; Poland's abortion laws impact.
Profiles Polish-American author Jerzy Kosinski and the controversy surrounding him.
Filmmakers Yeud Levanon and Amit Goren document the people and events that could determine the future of Israel and the Middle East.
Debate on the validity of repressed memories considers how memory works; techniques to aid recall.
An update of the 'The Dying Rooms' reports on children left to die in Chinese state orphanages.
Three Englishmen turn to dating services and personals ads to find mates.
Six Holocaust survivors, hidden from the Nazis as children, discuss residual psychological problems.
In Indochina, young officers' paths cross before each meets death in 'The Four French Lieutenants.'
A powerful study of one of the most dangerous international terrorist movements facing the West.
Racial integration causes conflict at Berkeley High School in California.
Hundreds of Cubans have chosen death over socialism.
Profiles of Susan Seidelman and four other women shows women growing up in 1960s America.
An innovation combats cancer with vaccines instead of chemical and radiation therapies.
Victims of human-rights abuses struggle with issues of forgiveness and reconciliation.
An exploration of what big campaign donors want for their money.
Profile of controversial underground artist Robert Crumb.
1994 Virginia Senate race between Oliver North and Charles Robb.
The movie 'Citizen Kane' was nearly destroyed before the public viewed it.
The intimate relationship of two sets of twins.
A suicide bombing in Israel leaves an emotional aftermath for survivors and families of the victims.
One man's extraordinary fight against Colombia's drug trade.
Two nannies influence the families who employed them.
Tension before the Quebec Referendum.
An intimate story of two modern women caught in the Bosnian War.
Intimate details of the lives of panhandlers.
Autobiography of animator Paul Fierlinger. Animated
Litigation based on leaked evidence could bankrupt the U.S. tobacco industry.
Claude Njike Bergeret, the 25th wife of an African chieftan in Cameroon.
A 6-year-old boy talks to people at a park.
A blood transfusion gives a woman HIV, then her husband and their baby contract it.
Former South African police officer Eugene de Kock.
The diversity of New Orleans.
The Omega Boys Club of San Francisco helps juvenile offenders.
Life with a rock 'n' roll star.
Inside look at the Colombian drug cartels.
Refugees of Balseros, Cuba, try to escape to the United States on rafts.
Megan's Law: providing public information about the whereabouts of sex offenders.
Children's beauty pageants.
Peter Brook, director of the 1963 'Lord of the Flies,' returns to the island.
Cloning.
Women changing gender.
Gerda Weissman talks about being in a Nazi concentration camp in World War II.
Men who protect the ayatollahs.
Kennedy dynasty and its political machine.
The people of Hong Kong prepare for Chinese rule.
Soviet killer Sergei Maduev.
Peter Lilley, British secretary of social security.
Public hospital in Conakry, Guinea.
Muhammad Ali.
Comedian Elle McFeast; psychology of breasts and breast cancer awareness.
Suicide bombers.
Movie characterization of homosexuality evolves.
Allegations against Winnie Mandela.
A relationship develops between a Nazi and a Jew during wartime.
Life of convicted murderer Mumia Abu-Jamal.
The life of Timothy Leary.
Girl has heart and lung transplants.
Apartheid soldier Gerrie Hugo and reporter Louise Flanagan develop a relationship.
The Barbie doll.
Talk shows go to extremes for high ratings.
Shocking advertisements.
Regulating surrogacy.
A Cuban commits to fighting for change in his country.
Representation of African Americans in American cinema.
Canceled weddings.
Edward Earl Johnson awaits his 1987 execution for murder in Mississippi.
Rivka Hartman examines mother/daughter relationships of three generations of Jewish women.
Holocaust survivors' tactics for justice after World War II.
Hollywood's portrayal of sports.
First 100 days of the presidency of Lyndon Johnson.
An Australian runs a prostitution business from his home.
French author Simone de Beauvoir and American writer Nelson Algren have a love affair.
Supermodels; model Kate Moss.
Two cameramen cover world events.
1994 World Cup Soccer Championship.
Rwanda prisons; conflict between Tutsi and Hutu.
A relationship develops between a Nazi and a Jew during wartime; Holocaust survivors seek justice after World War II.
Investigation into the death of Princess Diana; paparazzi's fascination.
Military coup changes democratic socialist government into dictatorship.
Women in film; Sharon Stone; Rosie O'Donnell; Glenn Close; Kathleen Turner; Sally Field; Kathy Bates.
Rise of Islam in the United States.
Children abducted by a parent.
Women's influence on the Mafia.
The Springhill mine disaster.
Lives of death row inmates.
Space pioneer Sergei Korolyov.
World War II propaganda cartoons.
Russian soldier captures civil war footage on film.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan negotiates with Saddam Hussein.
Nike products.
Investigation of President Kennedy's assassination.
Lying.
Land-mine survivor Tun Channareth promotes an international treaty to ban the weapons.
Chilean women's vibrant tapestries tell of loved ones who 'disappeared.'
The history, methods and changing fads.
Economic conditions in Thailand and Singapore.
Economic conditions in Korea and Indonesia.
Effects of the 1793 trade mission to China.
Pan Am flight 103 crash over Lockerbie, Scotland.
A sea captain who transported slaves writes 'Amazing Grace' after his own redemption.
State of the Russian economy.
1998 ice storm.
Art dealer Pierre Nahon networks with artists, curators, critics and collectors.
Finnish filmmaker tours Harlem.
Chronicling a North Carolina sexual abuse case.
The Palestinian state.
Chronicling a North Carolina sex abuse case.
Hutu refugees struggle to survive.
Journalists risk death for a story.
Diversity trainer Jane Elliott.
Onassis heiress Athina Roussel's fortune starts a legal battle.
Iraq sanctions.
Advertising and consumerism.
Everyday lives in Russia.
Chongqing, China.
Woman with cerebral palsy writes and performs in film.
Man is murdered due to his sexual orientation.
House Speaker Gilbert Parent.
1995 massacre in Srebrenica, Yugoslavia.
Islamic growth in France.
Rise of Islam in the Russian Federation.
Tensions between Albanians and Serbs.
Profiles a performing arts group in Los Angeles - “Colors United” - which functions as an alternative to gang life for minority teens living in Watts.
Chinese migrants pay thousands of dollars to businessmen for passage to the United States.
Ethical implications of technology.
Three young convicted killers undergo therapy to accelerate rehabilitation.
Current views of the Tiananmen Square uprising; Shanghai stock market; illegal computer industry.
Image of Virgin Mary appears on church wall on South Australia.
Broadcaster Adrienne Clarkson.
Deena Mullen, former Simpson civil-trial juror.
Health care in Niger is sacrificed in order to pay off the country's national debt.
Prison rehabilitation program.
Cochlear implants for the deaf.
Impact of media manipulation during the 1994 Rwanda civil war.
Parents of the victims in a suicide bombing confront the terrorists.
A New Yorker asks a Canadian woman to spend the holidays with him, with disastrous results.
Chinese Canadians serve in the military during World War II despite discrimination.
Events leading up to the opening of the East and West German border.
Silvia Morini returns to Cuba after living in exile for 38 years.
Englishwomen travel to Poland for cosmetic surgery.
Frontiers of AIDS research; prospects for AIDS suffers elsewhere in the world.
Some 20th-century photographs.
Three women survive stalkings.
Young girls in the modeling industry.
St. John's, Newfoundland.
Honoring the work of Rory Peck Trust.
Four Americans share Black Panther past.
A unique group of police officers uses video in outreach work.
Behind the scenes look at feature filmmaking.
The government attempts to crack down on the Wonderland Club, an international pedophile ring on the Internet.
Media campaign affects the war in Kosovo.
Woman deals with her husband's Alzheimer's.
Satirist Michael Moore confronts corporate chiefs about downsizing.
Rita Atria breaks the Mafia code of silence to avenge the deaths of her father and brother.
The life of Pope John Paul II.
Climber Mark Whetu learns to accept the death of his friend on Mount Everest.
In 1924 George Mallory and Andrew Irvine die attempting to climb Mount Everest.
Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay climb Mount Everest in 1953.
Jodie Foster narrates an account of an expedition to the summit of Mount Everest.
Climber begins journey to the summit of Mount Everest at sea level in India.
Canadian expedition to the summit of Mount Everest.
Filmmaker Alan Berliner depicts his family history.
Canada's newest territory.
Ethnic hairstyles.
Canadian cartoonist's art and politics.
Highlights of the queen mother in Canada.
Highlights of the celebrations for the queen mother in London.
Britain's royal family.
Britain's royal family.
Queen Mother Elizabeth.
Auctions of her dresses help keep alive people's memories of Princess Diana.
Transformation of athletes into marketable commodities.
Track-and-field athletes take risks to become stronger and faster.
International Olympic Committee controls marketing and advertising for the games.
International Olympic Committee.
Runners Maurice Greene, Donovan Bailey, Bruny Surin and Ato Boldon prepare for the Olympic Games in Sydney.
Iraq uses foreigners in strategic areas to prevent enemy bombings during the Gulf War.
Cases of racial violence during South African apartheid.
Results of terrorist acts in Montreal in 1970; past and present independence movements and their leaders.
Events in Montreal during the October Crisis of 1970.
Film footage chronicles the reign of Gen. Augusto Pinochet in Chile.
A Brazilian factory worker questions decisions that led to his layoff.
Filmmaker Gerry Rogers chronicles her struggle with breast cancer.
Filmmaker Joe Viszmeg chronicles his struggle with cancer.
Filmmaker Paul Cowan investigates the pornography business.
Julia Query helps in organizing the first union of strippers in the United States.
Repercussions of the war in Kosovo.
The presidential fight between Gore and Bush.
Writer Ken Wiwa returns to Nigeria to give his father, activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, a proper burial.
Four filmmakers at the Cannes Film Festival.
Six New Zealand families return to Romania with their adopted children to reunite them with their birth families.
Opinion polls.
The impact of Jewish settlers making their homes in Arab neighborhoods.
Interviews with Yoko Ono, filmmaker Patrick Watson, rock critic Richie York.
The outbreak of war in Israel.
Life imitates Cuban TV soap opera.
Reality television; Survivor.
Two couples travel to a Russian orphanage to adopt children.
Australian Peter Bland attempts to travel to both the North and South poles.
The imposition of U.N. Security Council sanctions nine years ago affects daily life in Iraq.
Fashions at the Oscars.
Dachau concentration camp survivor Martin Zaidenstadt.
Fred A. Leuchter Jr. collaborates with Ernst Zundel seeking to disprove the Holocaust.
The phenomenon of loyal Elvis fans.
Filmmaker Sorious Samura documents the emigration of Africans from Sierra Leone to Europe.
The drug crisis in Vancouver.
Final years of Hitler's war against the Jews.
Filmmakers follow three women struggling with eating disorders.
New Hampshire Dr. Wayne Golder stirs up controversy by choosing to perform abortions.
Russian journalist Andrei Babitsky searches for truth behind the propaganda on the Chechen war.
Journalists and photojournalists nominated for Rory Peck Awards.
Growing phenomenon of suicide bombers.
Life of Prince William.
Political leader Nelson Mandela.
The inside story of the Beslan school siege.
2003 season premiere
Behind the scenes at Al Jazeera during the war in Iraq.
A teacher in Kanazawa, Japan, teaches his kids to care for each other by having them share stories of their lives.
The search for the identity of an anonymous victim of a bus bombing in Israel.
The struggle of Saudi princes to control a country pulled between Bin Laden's extreme Islam and George Bush's America.
Hollywood's relationship with the Pentagon.
A young man returns from the grave to give a frank and humorous account of how he lived his last months.
An investigation of the power base within the Bush administration.
The role that the U.S. media will play in the Presidential election.
An American family struggles to understand the U.S. mission in Iraq after losing a son in the conflict.
The President's toughest challenge: Iraq.
Japanese researcher pieces together the life of a young victim of a World War II death camp.
The life of Yasser Arafat.
A Cambodian orphan searches for her mother and discovers her homeland.
Intimate portrait of life in Chechnya under Russian siege.
Racism tears apart a Long Island, N.Y., town after an influx of illegal Mexican workers.
A documentary about young Americans who tried to overthrow the U.S. government in the 70s.
Kidnapped women in Central Asia.
A story of children of rock legends and their struggles to be seen as themselves.
The best and most dangerous photojournalism of the year.
Internationally acclaimed anti-racism expert Jane Elliot.
President George W. Bush.
Canadian Lt.-General (ret.) Romeo Dallaire may never fully come to terms with the horrific events that unfolded while he commanded the United Nations peace-keeping mission in Rwanda, but the emotionally scarred Dallaire is trying. Over 100 nightmarish days in 1994, more than 800,000 men, women and children were brutally murdered, despite the valiant efforts of Dallaire and his small number of peacekeepers.
People whose virtual worlds become more compelling, more real than the outside world.
Examining Hollywood's complex and contradictory responses to the horrors of Nazi Germany.
Portrait of Iraq though the eyes of Baghdad's most famous pianist.
Return to Sender is the emotionally charged story of a girl named Alexandra whose life is turned upside down when her Canadian adoptive parents send her back to Romania. For the past 13 years, she has been stateless-she belongs to no one, and to no country. In this film, Alexandra sets out on a mission to understand what happened during that very traumatic time in her life, and to try to regain her identity.
Prostitution Behind the Veil explores a side of Iran rarely seen or talked about. For over a year, director Nahid Persson filmed the everyday lives of two young female prostitutes as they eked out a living in a country where the profession is banned. The filmmaker often took great risks to follow Minna and Fariba as they sought out customers-men who would often marry them briefly, so as not to violate the laws of the Koran by having extramarital sex. The two women are good friends and neighbors, who have experienced the widespread mistreatment of women and the double standards that permeate Iranian society today.
The crisis that emerged within the Roman Catholic Church as victims of child sex abuse by priests fight to bring their abusers to justice.
Six men who are keenly aware of ethnic profiling, because they share the same name as Osama bin Laden.
Inside the U.S. Special Forces covert operation in Afghanistan as they set out to find Osama Bin Laden.
The lives of U.S. National Guardsmen who have been deployed into Iraq.
A Texas teen takes on small-town politicians in a fight to bring sex education classes to her high school.
Teenage sexuality.
The FBI and the murder of civil-rights activist Viola Liuzzo.
How the changes in hockey reflect life in the new Russia.
Canadian men who marry Indian women for their dowries.
Canadian Mohawk ironworkers and their rivals rebuild the towers of New York.
Examines whether our perception of a global terrorist network is an illusion created by politicians.
TV war reporting from the Vietnam War to Iraq.
A look at how Iceland and Newfoundland's decisions regarding nationhood have played out.
Fireworks.
Volunteers at an athletic training camp test the effects of performance-enhancing drugs.
Surrogacy through the eyes of a Winnipeg couple who resorted to hiring a surrogate.
The lives of 12 young women in Liberal, Kansas who are employed as part-time Dorothy's.
The impact of the first atomic bomb on the city and the people of Hiroshima.
The royal world that Diana left behind.
The pressures of media on Prince William and Prince Harry.
Hostage and murder of athletes at the 1972 Olympics.
Prince Harry entertains and visits with young AIDS orphans in Lesotho.
The American military machine and the forces that shape it.
The power structure of the Hamas group.
A profile of three unique gay couples.
The dangers of radiation from diagnostic testing.
Families struggling with the ever growing problem of crystal meth use by teens.
Michael Moore's documentary examining the Columbine High massacre and violence in America.
Frankensteer is a disturbing documentary that reveals how the ordinary cow has been turned into an antibiotic-dependent, hormone-laced potential carrier of toxic bacteria, all in the name of cheaper food. Frankensteer exposes the harsh and sometimes frightening realities of how our beef gets to our tables.
Investigation of the avian flu.
The impact of post traumatic stress disorder on combat veterans from Canada's military.
American political consultant James Carville and his team help influence the outcome of the presidential election in Bolivia.
A man whose memory is only seven seconds as the result of a viral infection.
Peter Newman's conversations with Brian Mulroney.
The kidnapping of journalists in Iraq and the impact that is having on reporting in Iraq.
The rise and fall of legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans.
An irreverent portrait of the man who would be king.
The case for two-tier medicine in Canada.
A look at the Boxing Day tsunami and the astonishing stories of survivors.
The greatest whistler in the world.
The magic and legacy of singer Nat King Cole.
In-depth look at the confused chain of command during the New Orleans hurricane.
Reconstruction of New Orleans' disaster through the gripping eyewitness testimony.
The 1974 kidnapping of teenage newspaper heiress Patty Hearst by a militant political group.
Political thriller follows the rise and fall of a Peruvian President.
Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko suffers from dioxin poisoning.
The political, social and religious beliefs that divide mankind and the universal human themes that bind them.
Director Steve James reunites with Stevie Fielding, whom he had mentored as a boy.
Following Philippe and Louise, teachers at a major pediatric hospital in Montréal.
Striptease stars of the burlesque era reveal all.
Preparations for the Olympics in Beijing through the eyes of a Chinese filmmaker.
French film actresses, from Brigitte Bardot to Audrey Tautou, exhibit seductive powers.
Explanation of the rationale for the Bush administration's interrogation policy.
Practicing ceremonial duty in preparation for the opening of Parliament.
Acting as bodyguard to the queen and fighting in tanks on the battlefield.
Behind the scenes at the Queen's birthday celebrations; parade.
Gunners of the armored regiment go to school with fiery consequences.
Musical tribute to the living legends of the Motown music revolution.
Young classmates test the waters of academia in a boarding kindergarten in China.
Investigation of the relationship between the Mafia and Italian politics.
Story of the discovery and development of the Athabasca oil sands.
The lives of three lesbian women within the orthodox Jewish community as they struggle for acceptance and self-realization.
Child prostitution and pornography in Acapulco and the people who fight it.
Filmmaker Wilfried Huismann presents a new scenario of JFK's assassination.
Boris Berezovsky wages personal war against President Putin from exile in England.
Billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky stands accused of fraud and tax evasion.
The first driving school in Kabul to offer lessons to women.
The people who are fighting against U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq.
The flower-power decade gave the world a wealth of great music, from England's mods to America's psychedelic rockers. But the hippie era also gave us cool sounds from the Great White North. It started with the folk music of Ian & Sylvia and the rhythm 'n' blues of Ronnie Hawkins and quickly evolved into a sonic revolution, as literally hundreds of bands and singer-songwriters from coast to coast began making noise. SHAKIN' ALL OVER captures all of those freewheeling sounds, from such legendary stars as Joni Mitchell, The Guess Who, Neil Young, Anne Murray and The Band to cult heroes like David Wiffen, The Collectors and Mashmakhan. SHAKIN' ALL OVER takes viewers on a trip back in time to Vancouver's 4th Avenue, Winnipeg's community centres, Montreal's dance halls and the clubs and coffeehouses that sprang up along Toronto's Yorkville and Yonge Street. There, in the absence of a music industry, a brave new sound began to emerge. The special is full of candid interviews with more than 60 iconic figures like Gordon Lightfoot, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Bruce Cockburn, who offer illuminating stories about each other. And, the show features an abundance of rare performance clips from the period, from Early Morning Rain to Oh What a Feeling. But SHAKIN' ALL OVER also features some of Canada's brightest younger stars, including Blue Rodeo, Barenaked Ladies and Sarah Harmer, who pay tribute to the period. Hawksley Workman tells of being inspired by Ian Tyson, who wrote his first song, Four Strong Winds, after hearing "this punk named Dylan." Matthew Good fondly remembers cranking the volume on Steppenwolf's Magic Carpet Ride. And Sloan's Jay Ferguson draws a connection between the Canadian bands of the '60s and current garage-rock favourites. Said Ferguson: "If you listen to records by The Ugly Ducklings or The Great Scots, they could almost be a hit in this day, because it's so contemporary with the revival of that sound by The White Stripes and The Hives." Along with
Young drug mules form a sisterhood while serving jail time in Ecuador.
The latest insights on how the world is coping with the spread of bird flu.
Investigation of the ongoing nuclear danger of Chernobyl.
Rampant corruption and assassinations plague the political world of Colombia.
Filmmaker Marshall Curry documents Newark Councilman Cory Booker's bid to win the mayoral election against incumbent Sharpe James in 2002.
A.Q. Khan, a rogue Pakistani scientist, has done more than any other person or country to spread nuclear weapons around the world.
Invasion of American pop culture in post-Saddam Iraq.
The story of two activists sued by McDonald's for libel.
Examining the key influences that shape sexual identity and sexual orientation.
On June 30, 2002, the two lowest-ranked soccer teams in the world faced off to determine who had the worse team.
A chronicle of the life of Argentinean football phenom Diego Maradona.
Interviews with the seven surviving players of the North Korean 1966 World Cup soccer team.
Queen Elizabeth II marks 50 years as monarch in 2002 at the age of 76.
The trail of a photograph of a man jumping to his death from the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
The state of opposition to the war in Iraq.
Mercenaries and private armies in Afghanistan.
The evolution of al-Quida into a global recruiting movement.
Children of prostitutes take photographs of their lives, to tell the story of being born and raised brothels.
Have Earth's vibrant waterways become massive delivery systems for invisible poisons?
Intelligent Design takes on Darwinism in a sleepy Pennsylvania town. One hundred and fifty years after the publication of On the Origin of Species, an unprecedented legal battle has gripped America over an illegal attempt to teach Intelligent Design, a theory that stipulates that nature is so complicated and existence so improbable that it cannot be accounted for by the processes of evolution. It is an essentially Creationist theory which claims a legitimate challenge to Evolution. As the world's media descended on a small U.S. town, even the President took an active interest. The trial was Kitmiller et al vs. Dover District School in Harris, Pennsylvania. At stake was the question of how life began, and a group of highly educated scientists and professors fought to prove that the world was designed by God. The plaintiffs consisted largely of parents fighting for their kids' education. The Dover District School Board, an elected body of local notorieties, became the first in the USA to demand the teaching of the controversial theory of Intelligent Design. Since the Dover School Board's fateful decision, the town has become the battleground for the latest skirmish in the war between religion and secularism. A War on Science asks: Is the argument of the prosecution merely Creationism in disguise? Has science been committing fraud on a massive scale? And can the gaps in evolutionary theory finally be resolved?
Marilyn: The Last Sessions is a documentary made by Patrick Jeudy in 2008, based on a 2006 novel by Michel Schneider. The author was inspired by a 2005 article in the Los Angeles Times, containing a transcript (from memory) by John Miner, a detective involved in the original investigation into Monroe’s death, of tapes that he claimed were made for her psychiatrist, Dr Ralph Greenson, shortly before she died in 1962.
Montage of amateur 911 footage tells the story without commentary.
Narrated by Corey Lawson.
Is Osama bin Laden dead or alive? Examines conspiracy theories & facts about why the U.S. has not been able to find the world's most wanted man.
Our reliance on energy may be costing us more than we realize. “Future Earth: Addicted to Power,” narrated by Sam Waterston, is the fourth premiere in the Future Earth series; keep checking futureearth.msnbc.com for information about our next show.
Miraculous survival story of one man who spends 24 hours alone in shark-infested waters after a freak storm downs his plane on a skydiving adventure in Costa Rica gone horribly wrong.
Miraculous survival story of a paramedic trapped under his ATV for 4 days in the remote Canadian Rockies, battling freezing cold and hungry coyotes.
When the Duke and Duchess of Windsor sailed into Palm Beach, Florida on the SS Berkshire from Nassau on April 18, 1941, they were looking forward to enjoying three days of relaxation, playing golf, drinking and gossiping with American high society. But unbeknownst to this infamous couple, the night before the ship docked, President Roosevelt had instructed FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover to launch what was to be an extraordinary covert intelligence exercise, one that had to fool both the exiled royals and the American secret service agents guarding them. The final FBI report, recently released under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, running to 227 pages, reveals that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor harbored pro-Nazi sympathies and that Edward was earmarked by Hitler as a potential puppet king if Hitler defeated Britain. There has long been a great deal of speculation about the Windsors and their political views, which has always been vehemently denied by the ex-king, the establishment and Philip Ziegler, the official biographer. But there is more than the sole FBI report that is damning. Recently, a number of key documents have been released, as well as British military intelligence reports and, crucially, the sensational publication of the diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles, the Duke's private secretary. Together, these prove that Edward VIII's sympathies lay squarely with Hitler's regime. Now, for the first time in The Nazi King, the full inside story is told, in which Edward and his wife were warmly welcomed by Hitler in Germany and thereafter Edward passed on top secret Allied information to the enemy. It's a tale of treachery, corruption and depravity at the heart of the British monarchy - and one that could have changed the course of history.
The Passionate Eye presents Baring It All, a film which follows young women posing naked to celebrate their triumph over breast cancer.
What would you do if your young son was desperate to become a girl--or if your daughter wanted to be a boy? This shocking yet touching documentary offers a rare, intimate look into the world of children who believe they were born the wrong sex. Diagnosed with gender identity disorder, their childhoods include puberty blockers, hormone injections, cross-dressing and a struggle for social acceptance. How far are they willing to go to change their gender? How young is too young? And how should parents respond?
Charlie Hench sets himself a big challenge before he turns 50--to hike alone through the Sierra Mountains. Things get off to a good start, but when Charlie reaches an elevation of 9,000 feet, a snowstorm suddenly blows in. The amateur hiker is soon out of his depth, lost in a snow-covered landscape, when his foot slips and he crashes over the side of the mountain, landing on a tiny ledge that saves him from falling 500 feet to his death. Alone, trapped, badly injured and freezing, it will be days before anyone even knows Charlie is missing. How will he possibly survive?
This gripping film offers a unique and unvarnished look at what it's like to be on the front lines of a 21st century conflict. Raw, uncensored footage taken by soldiers wearing wireless helmet cams captures the bravery, chaos, grief and terror of a Taliban ambush, in which one of the soldiers is shot and killed. The rest of the film explores the after-effects of this shooting, the intense helicopter rescue, and the impact the young soldier's death has on both his comrades in the platoon and his family back home.
Justin Kirkbride is a pilot in training, but when he takes two friends, Tommy and Larry, on a sightseeing tour of the Rocky Mountains, he finds himself in the test of a lifetime. The plane crashes on a steep, snowy mountainside. With both friends badly injured, Justin decides to hike 45 miles down the mountain in search of help. While he's walking, he manages to hail a rescue helicopter by cell phone, and he joins the rescue pilots to search for his two missing friends. But then disaster strikes again: the rescue helicopter clips a tree and smashes into the mountainside. Can Kirkbride escape with his life for the second time in 24 hours? And will his injured friends survive the night?
A political firestorm pits the Kennedys and their Cape Cod neighbours against a developer who wants to build North America's first offshore wind farm in their backyard. The money flies as the spin doctors get to work and unlikely alliances are formed.
In the first episode, with remarkable archival footage, the documentary tells the childhood story of the young girl who never expected to reign. It looks closely at the influence of her grandfather, father and mother and the impact of the abdication. And it hears from Princes William and Harry, and Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie about what it must have been like to become queen at the age of 25 and about the remarkable skills The Queen has acquired in 60 years of walkabouts, state visits and receptions.
Episode 2 examines Queen Elizabeth's role in modernizing the monarchy, including her influence on William and Kate's wedding, from the guest list to Will's uniform. Interviews with Princes William and Harry reveal how the Queen objected to Prince William’s choice of what to wear on his wedding day, and won.
Episode 3 examines the defining moments of the Queen Elizabeth's reign, beginning with her accession to the throne and her coronation in 1952 and how she has coped with decades of sometimes tense media relations.
No mere retelling of the Titanic story, this documentary is a unique account of hope and the loss suffered by the people of a tiny west of Ireland village whose sons and daughters went in search of a better life only to be subsumed by the tragic destiny of the world’s greatest ship.
Profiling lottery winners after they won their jackpots.
A look at a documentary that profiles young girls working in the Japanese modeling industry.
Examining President Barack Obama's use of military drones in foreign countries.
The tell-all Diana book based on secretly taped interviews with the princess shocked the world when it was first published, & ruined the reputation of its controversial author. We learn what really happened & how it irrevocably altered the relationship between the press & the monarchy.
A look inside the family life of Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge.
Examining the murder of Neil Heywood, a British businessman who was allegedly poisoned by the wife of a Chinese politician.
Profiling intersexual people.
Examining the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy and what cities can do to prepare for future disasters.
Examining the case of author Michael Peterson, who was convicted of murdering his wife.
When was the last time you worried about getting a glass of water? From the producers of An Inconvenient Truth & Food Inc., an inspiring wake-up call for why you should be worried. Investigates why the global water crisis will be the central issue of the 21st century.
A beauty-pageant winner falls in love with a Mormon, kidnaps him in England and attempts to seduce him away from his religion.
Home movies documenting the assassination of John F. Kennedy are examined by investigators, who are trying to prove whether a fourth bullet was fired by a second gunman.
Siege in the Sahara is a dramatic reconstruction of the terrorist attack on a gas plant in Algeria that involved two Canadian jihadists and left 40 hostages dead. Over four days, the hostage-taking transfixed the world, ending when Algerian Special Forces stormed the site and killed or captured all of the Al Qaeda operatives, including the two Canadians. The film raises many important questions about why so many hostages died in the attack.
Exposes why the Sochi Olympics have become the most expensive Games ever. With extraordinary access, Putin's Games investigates the corruption, sky-rocketing budgets, & the environmental cost of staging the Winter Olympics in a sub-tropical resort.
He helped recruit Tom Cruise. Scientology's highest-level defector lifts the lid on pressure tactics he says are used to discredit and silence people who leave the church - tactics now being used on him.
President John F. Kennedy's assassination is examined.
Two former Disney employees hire a team of psychologists to help them with the challenge of adopting three Russian children all at once. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, we get to watch as the idealistic couple and their not always ideal new kids, learn how to love each other.
An unsung hero from 9/11 pulls two police officers from the wreckage of the World Trade Centre and vanishes without a trace. His identity is only revealed after Oliver Stone makes a film about his bravery.
The battle that almost ended Muhammad Ali's career... his refusal to fight for the U.S. military in Vietnam. Extraordinary archive & rare interviews reveal how stripped of his boxing title, & facing 5 years in jail, Ali risked it all to stand by his convictions.
One year after Canadian jihadists were part of a deadly terrorist attack in Algeria, survivors offer a gripping reconstruction of the hostage-taking by a new branch of Al Qaeda.
Has Mandela's dream of freedom and equality been lost? A revealing look at South Africa, the hopes and the fears, as violence and corruption threaten to tear apart the 'rainbow nation'.
An intimate portrait of Robert Kennedy’s widow by her youngest daughter Rory offers a rare look inside the Kennedy political dynasty. Rory Kennedy is an award-winning filmmaker who was born after her father Robert Kennedy was assassinated.
Profiling five children who have been affected by the civil war in Syria.
Is it possible to find love in Thailand? Many westerners go looking, but Ted discovers that money can't buy everything & he gets "lost in Thailand". Winner, Hot Docs 2012
South of the U.S. border, teams of DEA agents serve on the frontlines of the world’s most dangerous cat and mouse game. This episode of Cocaine Wars: Drug Speedboat follows a team of DEA agents in the Dominican Republic, a Caribbean paradise and a cocaine shipping centre.
Violent gangs that target gay people in Russia are spotlighted.
As Pope Francis marks his one-year anniversary, Holy Money investigates the financial scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church and the efforts of the new Pope to clean up its multi-billion-dollar business dealings amid allegations of money laundering, corruption and embezzlement of funds. Today, the Pope leads a church with more than one billion Catholics but also a business empire of global dimensions. The Catholic Church is the world’s richest religious institution with vast real estate holdings and its own Vatican Bank. Pope Francis has made it his mission to get the Vatican’s financial house in order but there are stumbling blocks on the road to his newly announced reforms and the stakes are sky high for everyone involved. Led by University College London Historian John Dickie, a leading expert in Italian history, the documentary deconstructs the mechanisms by which the Church administers and invests its money. It reveals the inner workings of the Vatican Bank, and tells the story of a priest known as Father 500 Euros, charged in January, 2014 with money laundering millions of Euros through Vatican Bank accounts. In the documentary, a U.S. economist reveals his study found embezzlement within the church is a significant problem. `”We found that 85% of the dioceses had experienced an embezzlement in recent years, many more than one,” says Charles Zech, Professor of Economics at Villanova University. “No one would think that a priest would embezzle from the Church. No one would think that a lay worker would embezzle from the Church. So they don’t put the kind of internal financial controls that are commonplace in the business world.” Also in the United States, Prof. Dickie explores the financial implications of the sexual abuse scandals and allegations of a financial cover-up in the Milwaukee Archdiocese to avoid paying compensation to victims. In Italy and beyond, he interviews lawyers, prosecutors, investigative reporters
Battle for Rio takes you on a pre-Olympic tour of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and looks at what Rio is doing to clean-up its violent slums prior to hosting the games.
An inside look at the life of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011), who parlayed his vast wealth into political influence around the world, told by those who directly served him.
What would happen if a tsunami hit the east coast of North America - one even deadlier than the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami and more destructive than the big wave that hit Japan in 2011? Using CGI simulations, scientists predict how a volcanic eruption could trigger the biggest wave ever. Could we survive a mega-tsunami? Where would it hit? How would we cope in the aftermath? Mega-Tsunami reveals that in the Atlantic there is, in fact, a ‘Big One’ waiting to happen.
A delightful and intimate account of Queen Elizabeth as told by the people closest to her. Rare interviews with her husband, Prince Philip, son Prince Andrew, Duke of York and her grandchildren, Princes William and Harry, reveal private anecdotes about Queen Elizabeth as she grew up, got married and became a doting grandmother. With unrivalled access to Buckingham Palace and Clarence House, as well as previously unseen private material, the film is a total revelation on the real Queen Elizabeth — wife, mother and grandmother, as well as Britain's longest-reigning Queen.
Since 9/11 it’s become the largest crime scene investigation in N.A., and it’s still not finished. A reminder of the people who died on 9/11 and the forensic experts trying to ID the 1,100 still missing and reunite them with their families.
One year later the search continues for the missing plane in one of history's greatest aviation mysteries. Where is Flight MH370? is the inside story of the ongoing, exhaustive search and a look at what is being done to prevent it from happening again.
BURN: Detroit Fire travels to the frontlines with one of the busiest fire departments in North America as they battle to save Detroit - one fire at a time.
What makes marriage work, or not? An acclaimed documentary filmmaker and wedding videographer tracks down and interviews some of his favourite couples to see how their marriages turned out in 112 Weddings. The result is an insightful and often funny portrait of the state of marriage and their relationships.
20 years after the start of NFL star OJ Simpson's murder trial, OJ: Trial of the Century is a gripping examination of the televised event. The ground-breaking trial began on January 24, 1995 - the first murder trial broadcast LIVE from the courtroom. Today, the real life drama continues to act as an allegory for issues of race & domestic violence.
What if one day you looked in the mirror and saw the most powerful man in the world? Bronx Obama tells the improbable tale of a Barack Obama look-alike whose life is turned upside down when President Obama is elected.
Investigates the political miscalculations and mistakes behind the rise of the brutal jihadist group ISIS, and what it means for the U.S. and coalition forces fighting a new war on terror in Iraq.
A real-life psychological thriller and the story of an imposter who orchestrated a stunning deception.
A funny, lurid tale of a billionaire family who set out to build the biggest house in the United States, a palace like Versailles, and what happens to them and their dream when the market crashes.
Armed with a motorcycle and a video camera, American Matt VanDyke heads to the Middle East for a "crash course in manhood". Embedding with US soldiers and fighting beside rebels in Libya, he learns the difference between reality & the movie fantasy of war. Winner - Best Doc, Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by Academy Award-nominated Marshall Curry.
Secrets of Mexico’s Drug War investigates the relationship between Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, the most powerful criminal organization on earth, and US law enforcement, examining allegations of immunity deals, and uncovering high-level informants and a mysterious go-between charged with carrying messages between the cartel and the DEA.
How does the NRA use its unrivalled political power to stop gun regulation in the U.S.? Gunned Down examines why, despite the tragedies in Newtown and Columbine, and the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the U.S. government hasn’t acted.
Gay muslim filmmaker Parvez Sharma takes us on his journey to Mecca - an act punishable by death.
Dreamcatcher looks at a troubled community through the eyes of one of its survivors, Brenda Myers-Powell. Brenda grew up in Chicago, became a teenage prostitute, developed a drug addiction, and years later came out the other side. Brenda’s experience puts her in a unique position to help other trafficked women reclaim their lives.
After 30 years of President Robert Mugabe’s autocratic rule in Zimbabwe, two men are tasked with trying to establish democracy from the ground up – all while anti-democratic forces still control the country. It’s the story of a relationship, of two men who have been sent out on an impossible mission.
A fragile and depressed university student disappears from his apartment. Four weeks later his name and photo explode across social and mainstream media as 'Suspect #2' in the Boston Marathon bombings. The search for truth derails as collective fear and suspicion take hold. Exclusive access and never released footage reveal a family’s enduring faith, strength, and love.
In April 2015 a massive earthquake rocks Nepal. Thousands are dead, untold numbers injured, and half a million homes lost. Witness it firsthand, through personal footage, and accounts from survivors.
Academy Award-winner, Best Documentary feature, explores the life of the artist known only as Rodriguez, a Detroit musician who bombed in the US, but became a legend in South Africa.
The story of a circus elephant that went on a rampage, killed her trainer, and died in a hail of gunfire. Her break for freedom sparked a debate over the use of animals for entertainment.
Follow three disgruntled young Muslim men born to immigrant parents in Denmark for chilling insight into what fuels the current trend of Muslim youth leaving the West to join radical terrorist groups abroad.
A SWAT team killed former Sheriff William Lawrence’s son-in-law. The very same SWAT team that Lawrence established in Utah thirty years earlier. Now he’s making it his mission to change a system he believes is deeply flawed.
Explore the struggles and choices facing transgender kids and their parents. Through moving, personal stories of children, parents and doctors, Growing Up Trans examines new medical interventions increasingly offered at younger ages.
Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King tells the inside story of the fierce tensions unleashed when the Queen fell in love with Prince Philip – tensions that would place huge strain on the royal marriage, and would shape the future of Elizabeth’s reign. Young Philip, it was felt, was “rough, ill-mannered, uneducated and would probably not be faithful,” according to one courtier. The royal and political elite disliked his German roots - and they disliked his larger than life, ferociously ambitious uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten.
You’re never too old to go on the journey of a lifetime. Hip Hop-eration follows a troupe of courageous and cheeky senior citizens on an extraordinary quest to perform at the World Hip Hop Championships in Las Vegas. For Kara (94), Maynie (95), and Terri (93), the journey to Las Vegas and the World Hip Hop Dance Championships is just another part of life's incredible journey. They’re led by their exuberant manager Billie Jordan who enlists the help of the young hip hoppers from Street Dance New Zealand. Along with 24 other nonagenarians, these senior citizens defy the odds and hip-hop their way into the hearts and minds of thousands of young fans from around the world.
Zero Gravity Follows two young astronauts, one from the US and the other from Germany as they train for their mission to the international space station. Featuring video and photos shot by the astronauts you spend time with them living on the ISS.
Investigates the commercialization of nature, where endangered species and threatened environments are big business. But what impact will this green economy have on the planet in the long run?
Unravel the murder of respected lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano who was gunned down near his home in Guatemala City. Days later a video emerged of Marzano predicting his death and blaming it on the President of Guatemala. The true crime story of the investigation into the killing that brought a country to the brink of chaos.
British journalist Matt Frei enters the colourful world of presidential hopeful Donald Trump whose meteoric political rise comes amid one of the most controversial political campaigns America has ever seen.
One of this year’s Academy Award nominees for Documentary Feature. The Look of Silence examines what happens to people who live in fear and silence for decades. Set in Indonesia 50 years after a million people were slaughtered by death squads, "The Look of Silence" is the story of one man’s search for justice.
The heartbreaking and triumphant story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century.
The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011 triggered the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Fukushima: A Nuclear story examines how Japan was saved from a much greater catastrophe by chance. Featuring an exclusive interview with Japan’s former Prime Minister Naoto Kan and narration by actor Willem Dafoe.
Her name is Yula and she lives in Putin’s Russia. Her home is the largest garbage dump in Europe and located just 13 miles from the Kremlin. This is the story of Yula's journey.
When the Vatican reprimands American nuns citing their “radical feminism” they become the symbolic center of a battle for the heart of the Catholic Church. Radical Grace follows three fearless nuns who risk their place in the Church to follow another higher calling: social justice.
An look at the startling facts about how women and racial minorities have been marginalized in the U.S.'s male-dominated tech sector. From the lack of female role models to hostile working environments, we explore the reasons and ask — what would society gain from having more women and minorities code?
New York Times best-selling author Michael Pollan takes us on a fascinating journey to find out what we should eat to be healthy. Pollan cuts through today's barrage of conflicting dietary messages and makes it simple to enjoy food and stay healthy.
Filmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change.
The film follows the Queen’s remarkable life, from her youth – when few expected she’d ever wear the crown – to her uncle Edward VIII’s stunning abdication, her father’s coronation as King George VI, her experience during World War Two, her own sudden ascension to the throne, and her eventful reign of more than 60 years.
Her Majesty The Queen has met more people, visited more places and lived longer than any British Monarch. In 2015, she also became the longest reigning British Sovereign. It’s no exaggeration to say that she is the most respected head of state on the world stage today.
Donald Drumpf has now emerged as the clear frontrunner for the Republican Presidential nomination. British journalist Matt Frei asks if Donald Drumpf can make it all the way to the White House. As the race to the Oval Office heats up Donald Drumpf’s support has grown as have the groups opposed to him.
For the right price, the “Pai Pai International Talent Agency” can turn your sleepy rural Chinese ghost town into a booming, world-class city for the afternoon. Company CEOs Yana and Jimmy stage elaborate spectacles where their foreign employees are presented as famous entertainers, important businessmen, top-20 models, diplomats and more.
The British Royal Family is the oldest monarchy in the world. But with the pomp and ceremony of its many traditions, some question their purpose in the 21st century.
In the high-stakes game of big-wall climbing, the Shark’s Fin on Mount Meru may be the ultimate prize. Sitting at the headwaters of the sacred Ganges River in Northern India, the Shark’s Fin has seen more failed attempts by elite climbing teams over the past 30 years than any other ascent in the Himalayas. The layout of the 21,000-foot mountain’s perversely stacked obstacles makes it both a nightmare and an irresistible calling for some of the world’s toughest climbers.
Anthony Weiner was a young congressman on the cusp of higher office when a sexting scandal forced a humiliating resignation. Just two years later, he ran for mayor of New York City, betting that his ideas would trump his indiscretions.
The inside story of the radicals who became the leaders of ISIS, the missed warning signs and the U.S. failures to stop the group's brutal rise.
Change was coming to America and the fault lines could no longer be ignored — cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding, and disputes raged over equality and civil rights. A new revolutionary culture was emerging and it sought to drastically transform the system. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense would, for a short time, put itself at the vanguard of that change.
During one of the most polarizing U.S. Presidential campaigns, insights show how each candidate would lead in one of the most difficult jobs in the world.
On 17 July 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur and then on to Australia, was blown up over eastern Ukraine, killing 298 passengers and crew members. The tragedy shocked the world and raised urgent questions about the safety of global commercial flight paths. The search for the cause, meanwhile, led to a tangle of accusations and conspiracy theories, many of which involve Russia, Ukraine and the CIA. Official investigations into the downing of MH17 argue that only a powerful ground-to-air missile could have been responsible. Nevertheless, there are eyewitness accounts offering other versions of events, including reports of aircraft seen flying next to MH17 close to impact.
Children on the Frontline: The Escape tells one family’s wrenching story of seeing their lives turned upside down by the civil war in Syria and having to flee in search of a better, safer life far from their home.
The health advice on alcohol is confusing. Drink more – it prevents heart disease. Drink less – it causes liver disease. Not to mention the many myths about beer versus wine, hangover cures and whether or not booze can make you fat.
The extraordinary story of the musical collective created by legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The film explores how music can preserve tradition, shape culture and inspire hope.
For many outsiders, Saudi Arabia remains an enigma. A kingdom of dazzling wealth and unmistakable global influence tied, in no small part, to massive oil reserves. It’s known by reputation as a land of glitzy shopping malls and luxurious hotels, but also as an oppressive religious state, showing very little tolerance inside its borders for the unrest and dissent that has found fertile ground elsewhere in the Arab world.
The White House. It’s probably the most famous building in the world – a living symbol, an icon of democracy, and home to one of the most powerful people on Earth. It’s where the president of the United States of America charts the course for the country, and where the first family lives in the national spotlight.
Is there a secret to eternal youth? British Doctor Christian Jessen investigates Britain’s high-end health industry and some of the bizarre treatments used by the super-rich to stay young and fit. Some people in the wealthiest areas of Britain are outliving those in the poorest by 18 years. Dr. Jessen is on a quest to uncover the key to longevity and discover why life expectancies differ so much between the rich and poor.
With highlights from a recent interview with Mary Tyler Moore and tributes from Oprah Winfrey, Tina Fey, Ed Asner, Betty White, Valerie Harper and others as well as clips from some of her best-loved performances.
In 2011, Thomas Evans abandoned his life in Buckinghamshire, England, to join the jihadi group Al Shabaab in Somalia. At just 21, Thomas became the only known white British man to join the terror group which seeks to impose its strict version of Islamic rule in the Horn of Africa nation.
The story of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.and the hunt to find his killer.
The remarkable history of Donald Trump's family and an extraordinary immigration success story. From penniless German settlers to billionaire tycoons, what do his roots reveal about the United States' 45th President?
Presenting Princess Shaw tells the extraordinary true story of an aspiring New Orleans singer. Her shot at stardom comes when a stranger, a digital music whiz living half a world away, unexpectedly turns her into a viral internet sensation.
Hipster - it’s a look and a lifestyle popping up in lots of big urban centres, embracing creativity and authenticity. A look at what's behind the trend and how mainstream business is cashing in.
An investigation into American college fraternities.
Interviews with campaign insiders reveal how Donald Trump defied expectations to win the presidency.
An investigation into the validity of the latest diet trends.
Political insiders discuss Chief Strategist Steve Bannon's political views, his plight to deliver on President Trump's promises and his mission to transform America.
Following the Lac Megantic train crash, efforts are being made to improve rail networks.
Rarely seen conversations between Diana and her speech coach reveal the life story of the princess as she transformed from shy young bride to one of the world’s most famous women. The video sessions capture Diana at her most candid in the only known unmediated footage of her.
Beautiful and successful, she’s the Trump card that softened his image and helped Trump get elected. As Assistant to the President, there’s never been a first daughter like her. But just how much power does Ivanka Trump really have?
Look inside the bodies of two ordinary people as they go about their daily lives monitored by the latest medical technology. What will they discover about their lifestyle and what will the rest of us learn about the mysteries of the human body?
Massive fraud by several of the biggest US banks took the global economy to the brink of collapse in 2008. But only one small, family-run bank was ever prosecuted for mortgage fraud. Abacus, a family-run bank in New York’s Chinatown had to defend itself and its legacy in a five-year legal battle.
Kim Jong-nam, the North Korean dictator's half-brother, was murdered in one of the most audacious political assassinations in history. The killers were two young women who thought they were just part of a prank show. North Korea: Murder in the Family reveals the astonishing story of a bitter family feud, secret agents & international arms dealing.
The shocking political assassination of British citizen and former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko using the world’s deadliest poison takes detectives on an international manhunt leading right to the steps of the Kremlin.
Why are some Buddhist monks inciting hate in the name of defending their faith? An award-winning reporter travels across Myanmar and examines the religious and political tensions at the root of the Rohingya refugee and humanitarian crisis.
Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the marriage of the Queen and Prince Philip in 1947, A Very Royal Wedding looks back on the day with rare colour archival footage and recreates the exquisite details - from the spectacular engagement ring to the 9-foot-high wedding cake.
First-hand accounts by those close to the couple reveal the story of how a home-grown Hollywood girl became the first all-American British princess.
As white nationalism rises in the US, Klansville U.S.A. takes a look back at the origins and history of the Ku Klux Klan.
Insight into life on the U.S.-Mexican border as Donald Trump attempts his most controversial campaign pledge - the wall. Behind the scenes with U.S. Homeland Security Customs and Border Patrol as they search for illegal migrants.
Facebook has over 2 billion users, all producing and sharing content. Most of it is harmless, but some of it isn’t. How does Facebook regulate content showing child abuse, animal cruelty, self-harm and hate speech? This revealing documentary offers unique undercover footage inside Facebook’s “moderating hub”. It presents a stark picture of an organization putting money before morality and for whom extreme content equals extreme profits. A video of a man hitting a small boy was shared more than 44,000 times on Facebook within two days of it being posted. The video is still widely available on the platform. Nicci Astin, an online child abuse campaigner, has repeatedly complained to Facebook about the video, but they told her that it did not violate Facebook’s community standards. In training at CPL Resources - a Dublin based content moderation contractor that has worked with Facebook since 2010 - the video is shown as an example of content that should be marked as disturbing, meaning it remains on the site, but is restricted to certain viewers. A moderator at CPL explains that “if you start censoring too much then people lose interest in the platform…It’s all about making money at the end of the day”.
A lawyer, with clients claiming their confessions were coerced, fights to end the interrogation practices that trap innocent people.
Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 in the U.K.; a look into why, and an exploration into how new behavioural science can save people's lives.
Three stalking victims each attempt to reach a resolution.
A Saudi teenager documents her escape from her family and the Saudi state.
An investigation into the disappearance of Dubai Princess Latifa Al Maktoum; a discussion on life in Dubai under absolute authority.
A feature on the latest science on addiction and the brain.
Doctors search for new treatments for patients resistant to antibiotics.
The story of how NASA astronauts overcame system failures, accidents and bad luck to successfully land on the moon.
A discussion about the aging process and the methods to slow it down.
The story of the three days of Woodstock
The story of the three days of Woodstock.
A look at the massive wildfires across the globe; Scientists go inside an active fire as they search for ways to reduce the dangers these infernos pose.
An inside look at how Facebook's mission to connect people and promote sharing of information was crucial in Donald Trump's ascendance to the White House.
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season caused historic devastation; prepare for similar storms in the future.
People are aging faster than they should be; in a unique experiment three volunteers are put to the test to reveal who is aging badly and wha can be done to stop it.
Recent research suggests what can be done to stop obesity.
The world is on the cusp of another potential medical emergency. Resistance Fighters investigates the global antibiotics crisis and explains how we got here. It reveals how negligence, greed, and short-sightedness have rendered the lifesaving effects of antibiotics powerless. And without the research and development of new antibiotics, we may be left with nothing to fight the superbugs which threaten the health of everyone on earth. Experts have called it a “slow-motion tsunami.” The United Nations and representatives from governments around the world have placed it at the top of their agenda. Drug resistant bacteria - pathogens resistant to all available antibiotics - kill 700,000 people worldwide each year. According to some, if nothing is done, by 2050 as many as 10 million people could die each year from antibiotic resistant infections. The economic fallout over the next 35 years is predicted to reach one hundred trillion dollars. Since mass-production in the 1940s, antibiotics have been nothing less than miraculous, saving countless lives and revolutionizing modern medicine. It’s virtually impossible to imagine hospitals or healthcare without them. A world without antibiotics would be very different from the world we live in today. As in the 19th century, masses of people would die from the simplest infections, life-saving operations and the treatment of serious diseases would no longer be feasible because of the consequential risks. But after years of abuse and mismanagement by the medical and agricultural communities, superbugs have become resistant to all available antibiotics and are putting the world at risk. How did this happen, and what can we do? Resistance Fighters hears from the people searching for answers at the centre of the crisis - disillusioned, fighting doctors, rebellious scientists, patients wrestling with life-threatening diseases and diplomats searching for a global solution. It demonstrates how the problem has been known, but ignored fo
For years, the National Rifle Association wielded its political power to dominate America’s conversation about gun rights and gun control — outlasting and overpowering the calls for change that followed mass shooting after mass shooting, from Columbine to Newtown. But as the 2020 election approaches, the once-unrivalled organization is facing both internal strife and a rising external threat: a movement led by student survivors of the Parkland mass shooting, whose gun-control advocacy has kept the issue in the headlines and motivated a groundswell of politicians willing to take on the NRA. In August 2020, New York’s Attorney General launched a civil lawsuit to dissolve the organization over financial misconduct. NRA Under Fire investigates the status of America’s gun debate — and why the organization that has dominated it for so long is now under attack on all sides. Drawing on interviews with leading voices on both sides, the documentary traces the NRA’s evolution from a group of gun enthusiasts and sportsmen with minimal political focus to a powerful lobbying force opposing any perceived infringement of the constitutional right to bear arms.
Could a lung cancer vaccine give hope to patients across the world? Innovative treatments developed in Cuba are transforming some cancers from life-threatening into chronic conditions like diabetes or high blood pressure. In Cuba, as in the United States, lung cancer is a leading cause of death. But after decades of a U.S. trade embargo, Cuba was economically and politically isolated and short on medical resources. Cuban scientists were forced to get creative, inventing their own immunotherapies. Among them are lung cancer vaccines that can help jumpstart the body’s immune response to cancer. These therapies show so much promise that some American patients are even defying their country’s embargo to travel to Cuba for treatment. Cuba’s Cancer Hope explores the history of how Cuba came to be a leader in biomedical research and follows the journey of two cancer patients—one from the island and one from the U.S—receiving the new vaccines. As they prove effective in some patients, Cuban scientists are teaming up with a leading U.S. cancer institute to develop an even more effective treatment by combining the best of both countries’ research and medical technologies. The goal is to make the medicines more widely available, but will the embargo stand in the way?
There’s a growing and potentially catastrophic threat to the future of public health - the anti-vaccine movement. Twenty years ago, former British doctor Andrew Wakefield made fraudulent claims that vaccines were dangerous and harmful, sparking a dangerous conspiracy. Campaigners claim that vaccines are unsafe, and the cause of a health catastrophe. Scientific research doesn’t back them up. Scientists have worked tirelessly for decades to disprove the message, but in an internet age of anti-experts, anti-science and mutating misinformation, the conspiracy not only persists, it is reaching around the globe. Vaccine Wars investigates just how the ‘anti-vax’ message has spread, what gives it currency and who may be benefiting. As four European nations, including the UK, lose their measles-free status and cases surge worldwide, the World Health Organisation has labelled ‘vaccine hesitancy’ one of the top ten threats to global health. Vaccine Wars examines the arguments of those who campaign against vaccines, and hears from people at the heart of the alleged conspiracies.
Did the plastics industry use the lure of recycling to sell even more plastic? With the industry expanding and the crisis of ocean pollution growing, Plastic Wars investigates the fight over the future of plastics. Plastic Wars examines the mounting crisis of plastic waste in the environment. Despite efforts to reduce the use of plastic, the plastics industry is rapidly scaling up new production and promoting a familiar solution: recycling. But some estimates say that no more than 10 percent of plastic produced has ever been recycled. The documentary reveals how plastic makers have publicly promoted recycling for decades, despite privately expressing doubts from almost the beginning that widespread plastic recycling would ever be economically viable. Top industry executives speak publicly for the first time, detailing the plastics industry’s strategy to promote recycling in the 1980s and 1990s. Along with a trove of internal documents uncovered in the film, these insider accounts shed new light on the industry’s efforts to overcome growing concern about plastic waste by pushing recycling. By marketing plastics as recyclable, and so a “green” product, the industry was able to continue selling and producing more plastics, rather than cutting back on how much was produced in the first place. Plastic Wars explores how, in the ‘90s and 2000s, much of the waste generated was shipped overseas to be recycled in China. But in 2018, responding to its own pollution problems, China closed its doors to imports of plastic waste. With the China market closed, the documentary team travels to Indonesia to see where some of the plastic waste from the U.S. is ending up now — finding that some plastics that are supposed to be recycled are instead being dumped in Indonesian communities already struggling to clean up their own waste.
How will artificial Intelligence change your job? New research shows how much of what you do could be done by robots. The AI Race provides insights on how the workplace will change in the coming years and it’s not just physical labour, professions like law and medicine could change just as much. The AI Race speaks to international leaders in the field including Google's Research Director Peter Norvig, an icon among AI researchers, who say the pace of change could be "a shock to the system" that will be "hard to recover from". One leading AI scientist, Toby Walsh, asks whether we need boundaries around how AI is developed and used in our lives. Economist Andrew Charlton says "Hundreds of thousands of jobs we do today will be replaced by machines...I don't think everyone needs to become a coder. If AI is any good, machines will be better at writing code than humans. People need to work with the output of those machines and turn it into valuable services." The AI Race brings workers face to face with AI experts to quiz them about what the future might look like and how they can prepare. Other interviews include US-based Australian data scientist Jeremy Howard, who brilliantly describes the wonderful and terrifying implications of AI, and Cathy O'Neil, the US author of Weapons of Math Destruction who believes AI could be used to undermine democracy.
Shamima Begum (UK) and Hoda Muthana (US) made it into worldwide headlines when they left their countries as teenagers to join ISIS. Now they want to return but their countries don’t want them back.
The Burning of Black Wall Street explores the history of Black Wall Street and the violent events of late May and June 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that resulted in the slaughter of hundreds of the city's African American residents
