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Highlighted Film
The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Was it really a lone racist named James Earl Ray that killed Martin Luther King or was his assassination part of a much bigger plan? And why was the FBI treating Martin Luther King like a threat?
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America: Freedom to Fascism
Join Aaron Russo as he explores the connection between income tax collection and the erosion of civil liberties in America.
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Big Brother, Big Business
Companies you’ve probably never heard of know all about you: where you live, if you're married, where you go on vacation and where you shop. CNBC's David Faber takes a look inside the world's greatest single source of personal marketing data in a two-hour special, "Big Brother, Big Business."
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Breaking Ranks
So what happens when a soldier from the Iraq war decides that hes done with the war before the government does? He moves to Canada! Here are their stories.
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Century of Self, Episode 1: Happiness Machines
"Century of the Self" tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests? Episode 1 discusses how Freuds theories started the industry of public relations.
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Century of Self, Episode 2: The Engineering of Consent
"Century of the Self" tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests? Epsideo 2 discusses how WWII affected how the U.S. government and corporations regarded citizens.
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Century of Self, Episode 4: Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering
"Century of the Self" tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests? Episode 4 discusses how Clinton and Blair used Freudian techniques to get elected and how it changed policies.
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COINTELPRO: The F.B.I's War on Black America
This documentary captures a time in the U.S. when Black Americans were on the brink of revolution, a time when righteous leaders declared that it was time to stop being victims. A time when people like Dr. King, Malcolm X, The Black Panther Party and others were targets of J. Edgar Hoover's secret F.B.I program, the COINTELPO.
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Dixie Chicks: Shut Up & Sing
This film follows the trials, tribulations and camaraderie of the Dixie Chicks. These three regular girls turned music superstars were transferred into enemies of the state due to one fateful comment.
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Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
This searing examination of the Enron accounting scandal reveals the psychology of greed and corporate corruption that facilitated the company's rise to power and also its fall. The principals tried to walk away millionaires while employees and investors were left with nothing, not even their 401K retirement savings. This is the interesting story of how America was fooled to believe in the illusion of Enron.
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Evidence of Revision, Episode 1: The Assassinations of Kennedy and Oswald
Why did Jacklyn Kennedy refuse to take off her blood stained dress before arriving in front of high ranking officials and proclaim, “Let them see what they have done.” The Assasination of JFK is the most famous and most questioned assasination of all time. This film not only provides evidence putting the official story in doubt but actually which important officials were involved in the assasination and who pulled the trigger and why. This is Episode 1 of the 5 part series. We recommend watching this series starting with Episode 1.
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Evidence of Revision, Episode 4: The RFK assassination as never seen before
Who was Robert F. Kennedy? What did he stand for and why was he assasinated? And how was this associated with the assination of his brother? And who was that girl in the blue polka dot dress that gleefully claimed to have killed him on the scene of his murder? These are topics discussed in this 4th episode of a 5 episode series. We recommend watching the series starting with episode 1.
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Evidence of Revision, Episode 5: RFK assassination, MK ULTRA + Jonestown massacre
Is there any evidence that the CIA conducted hypnosis and brainwashing experiments? Why was the one man that survived the Jones town massacre a top CIA agent and why do hypnotism experts alledge that Sirhan Sirhan was hypnotized during the shooting of Bobby Kennedy? This is Episode 5 of the 5 part series. We recommend watching this series starting with Episode 1.
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Global Dimming
What was it that one scientist measured the day after 9/11 2001 that caused him to make dire predictions on climate change? This film introduces the concept of global dimming which will compound the severity of Global Warming if this scientists theories are correct.
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Hacking Democracy
This must watch, HBO featured, shocking documentary explores voter fraud in today´s electronic voting machines and how they have alterred past elections. This film is especially important to watch given the upcoming US Election. Think your vote counts? Well, it depends...
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Howard Zinn: You Cant Stay Neutral On a Moving Train
The life and times of Howard Zinn: the historian, activist, and author of several classics including the best selling "A Peoples History of the United States". Archival footage, and commentary by friend, colleagues and Zinn himself.
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Jesus Camp
"Jesus Camp" offers an unfiltered look at a revivalist subculture where devout Christian youngsters are being primed to deliver the fundamentalist community's religious and political messages.
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Pandora's Black Box: Flight of American 77
Pilotsfor911truth.org presents its first full documentary based on the American 77 Flight Data Recorder as provided by the NTSB following the full flight in real time as it happens in the air traffic system on September 11, 2001.
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PBS Frontline - Bad Voodoo's War
A group of California based soldiers, calling themselves the "Bad Voodoo Platoon" provides an inside look at their time in Iraq.
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PBS Frontline: Cheney’s Law
For three decades Vice President Dick Cheney conducted a secretive, behind-closed-doors campaign to give the president virtually unlimited wartime power. Finally, in the aftermath of 9/11, the Justice Department and the White House made a number of controversial legal decisions. Orchestrated by Cheney and his lawyer David Addington, the department interpreted executive power in an expansive and extraordinary way, granting President George W. Bush the power to detain, interrogate, torture, wiretap and spy -- without congressional approval or judicial review.
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PBS Frontline: Merchants of Cool
It is no surprise that the lucrative teen market is pursued by corporate America. What might surprise you is how aggressively and covertly they pursue this market as well as what effect they have.
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Prisoners of Katrina
You heard all about the evacuations of hurricane Katrina. But did you hear about the prisoners who were trapped as their jail was flooded or the bureaucratic mess afterwards?
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SiCKO
This is Michael Moore's new documentary about healthcare or the lack of it in the United States. Learn why U.S. healthcare is second-rate yet by far the most expensive in the world.
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Slavery: A Global Investigation
This 80-minute documentary, inspired by Kevin Bales' award-winning book "Disposable People," exposes cases of slavery around the world, in India, Africa and right here in the U.S.
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Street Medicine
America is the only country in the industrialized world which does not provide universal health care. Initiatives providing free medical care and social services to the homeless and uninsured population in the United States are very few but are making a remarkable difference in their communities.
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Super Size Me
"Super Size Me" is one man's journey into the world of weight gain, health problems and fast food. It is an examination of the American way of life and how we are eating ourselves to death.
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The Corporation
"The Corporation", Canada's most successful documentary is based on Joel Bakan's book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. The film has won 26 international awards and 10 Audience Choice Awards including the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Part film and part movement, "The Corporation" provides insightful and compelling analysis, the film puts the American corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?"
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The Free Voice of Labor: Jewish Anarchists
The Jewish Anarchists were one of several immigrant movements of the late 19th century whose goal was to improve workers rights in direct defiance of the establishment. This film interviews the elderly staff of this now defunct anarchist newspaper to understand their story and lessons learned.
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The Secret History of the Credit Card
Guess which three buildings became the first such structures to ever suffer complete collapse due to fire and damage in the history of mankind. They are the three towers that fell in NY on September 11th, 2001. This film explores how those towers collapsed.
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The U.S. vs. John Lennon
The compelling and provocative story of John Lennon's evolution from beloved Beatle to outspoken artist and activist to iconic inspiration for peace, and how, in the midst of one of the most tumultuous times in American history, Lennon stood his ground, refused to be silenced and courageously won his battle with the U.S. Government.
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Unconstitutional: The War On Our Civil Liberties
"Unconstitutional" explores the USA Patriot Act, a law pushed by the Bush administration and passed quickly by Congress in the wake of the September 11th attacks, supposedly to protect Americans. This film provides the facts and stories that illuminate administration lies, wrongheaded policies, and the real victims of these actions--the American people.
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Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
"Unprecedented" discusses corruption in vote counting as well as intentional vote manipulation in Florida during the 2000 presidential election, which George W. Bush won. If you haven't watched this film, there is probably much that you don't know about what really happened in 2000 and how the result of the election was decided by political connections.
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Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price. Walmart
What is behind the low prices at your neighborhood Wal-Mart? "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" is a feature length documentary that uncovers a retail giant's assault on families and American values.
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