Discovery Atlas - Italy Revealed
What has become of the concept of the "common more...good", which is the basis of life in society? Can the market serve as a guarantor of the common good? Through various stories shot in Canada, the USA, Mexico, France, Brazil and India, this documentary shows the consequences of the world's submission to private interests: a Canadian farmer is sued when patented seeds are blown into his fields; traditional knowledge is patented in India; American people without insurance are denied healthcare; Canadian water is sold to the highest bidder while thousands of people in the world desperately need it. Using an effective parody of the "Voice-of-God" documentary style, "Privatizing the World" presents a revealing snapshot of a global community at a crossroads. Bring your friends and family; this film is an engaging introduction to the privatization of the commons.
Charlotte Uhlenbroek explores life on the jungle floor. watch out, it moves
The lives of homeless people are changed forever through an international soccer competition. This film also follows homeless Afghan soccer players as they set off for Cape Town, South Africa to play in the Homeless World Cup.
Melting ice caps, floods and storms; a miserable climatic diagnosis that could spell disaster for coastal areas and our great cities. Is this the fate that awaits mankind?
On a vast salt lake surrounded by red earth, world renowned sculptor Antony Gormley embarks on a sculptural installation that awakens a small Goldfields town in remote Western Australia. Gormleyâs most ambitious work to date, âInside Australiaâ, consists of 51 extraordinary sculptures standing silent in the hot desert wind, capturing a moment in time. The installation celebrates the townspeople of Menzies - the community that has taken this journey with an artist willing to break the mould of tradition. âInside Australiaâ the installation celebrates people, space and time⦠âInside Australiaâ the film captures the journey. A visually stunning, captivating documentary on one of the most remarkable sculptural works of the 21st Century.
This award-winning film investigates the allegations of links between devil worship and heavy rock music. Should heavy metal music in particular carry a government health warning?
A documentary film about the \\\"Most gagged woman in the USA\\\" (Summary - This documentary film reveals how a foreign spy ring with links to Al-Qaeda has been discovered working within the FBI. Sibel Edmonds began work at the FBI translating wire taps in an investigation into a foreign spy ring operating in the US. She became suspicious of her colleagues after discovering some mistranslations and was then invited to join the spy ring which had evidently infiltrated the FBI itself. She went straight to her bosses and rather than being hailed as a hero she was promptly fired and gagged by elements within the US government after going public on 60 Minutes.)
Discovery Channel -The Lost Temples of India
The tale of the Batavia is one of bloodlust, mutiny and death. The Dutch vessel sank in 1629 on its maiden voyage to what is now Jakarta, and the discovery of bones belonging to victims of the Batavia shipwreck reveals a 400-year-old mass grave. Maritime archeologists, forensic scientists and police work together to investigate this horrific incident using cutting edge technology. Can the shipwreck detectives solve this murder mystery?
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