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Child Slavery | 89 minutes
Around 8.4 million children around the world are enslaved today. Now, in a remarkable journey across three continents, five of them tell their stories.
Inside Iran | 90 minutes
What is it like to live in Iran? What are its people like? Rageh Omaar from the BBC explores the real Iran behind the politics and propoganda.
Bannatyne Takes on Tobacco | 59 minutes
Join a journalist as he travels to Africa to see if Brittish American Tabacco is breaking its own code of ethics by marketing to children.
Coolies | No Info.
"Coolies: How Britain Reinvented Slavery" traces family stories through epic voyages across South America, the South Pacific and Africa, as descendants investigate their past and trace the last surviving witnesses.
Global Dimming | 47 minutes
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.
Prisoners of Katrina | 59 minutes
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?
Sex Crimes and the Vatican | 39 minutes
Did Cardinal Ratzinger play a leading role in covering up cases of sexual abuse by clergy members? Should the Roman Catholic Church be held responsible?
The Bush Family Fortunes | 56 minutes
Shown on the BBC, this documentary discusses how the Bush family has used its wealth and power to manipulate U.S. policy as well as the Bush-Bin Laden ties. Here you will find the hard-hitting reports that have been seen in films like Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 and used in Greg Palast's best selling book.
Banks and How to Break Them | 60 minutes
What caused the recent banking crisis. Watch this film break down what happened and how human nature was responsible.
The Greed Game | 58 minutes
Learn how the new super rich got rich in the financial meltdown and how you are paying for it.
The Koran and The Kalashnikov | 48 minutes
How was the US involved in the funding of Al Qaeda? What is the story of the Afghan Russian war and how has that shaped todays times?
The Power of Nightmares: Episode 1 | 60 minutes
The Power of Nightmares depicts rise of the American Neo-Conservative movement and the radical Islamist movement, making comparisons on their origins and suggesting a strong connection between the two. Episode 1 explores the origins of radical Islamism stemming as well as neo conservatism which promised to mobilize America by creating a mythical enemy.
The Power of Nightmares: Episode 2 | 60 minutes
The Power of Nightmares depicts rise of the American Neo-Conservative movement and the radical Islamist movement, making comparisons on their origins and suggesting a strong connection between the two. In Episode 2 the Neoconservatives and Islamists join forces to fight the Soviet Union and later target Bill Clinton.
The Power of Nightmares: Episode 3 | 60 minutes
The Power of Nightmares depicts the rise of the American Neo-Conservative movement and the radical Islamist movement, making
comparisons on their origins and suggesting a strong connection
between the two. In Episode 3, Curtis argues that Bin Laden had little support yet the Neo-conservatives created a myth of an organization to further their own political agenda including the invasion of Iraq.
The Story of God is a definitive three-part series on the history of mankind's quest to understand the nature of God.
The Trap: Episode 1 | 59 minutes
This episode shows how in the 1990s politicians from both the right and the left tried to extend an idea of freedom based Game Theory, a system which reduced people to calculating, self-interested robots led by incentives rather than any idea of public duty. Would this work?
The Trap: Episode 2 | 59 minutes
This series looks at individuality and freedom and how these concepts have shaped our society. How did a new found addiction to numbers and statistics change our society to be highly dependent on psychological drugs? What happens when a politician focuses more on what society wants rather than what society needs?
The Trap: Episode 3 | 59 minutes
This series looks at individuality and freedom and how these concepts have shaped our society. In the quest for freedom what differentiates the oppressors from the oppressed? Is it possible that one might have nothing but the best intentions for freeing a people but their actions creates tyranny? If so, how does this happen?
The Trials of Henry Kissinger | 80 minutes
Is Henry Kissinger a war criminal, guilty of lying to the American public and congress in order to overthrow governments and kill civilians?
Why We Fight | 99 minutes
This film tells us why a nation of, by, and for the people has become the savings-and-loan of a system whose survival depends on a state of constant war.
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