Showing posts with label Documentary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Documentary. Show all posts

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Witness: Ukraine: State of Chaos

Has the eastern European country been returned to the grips of the powerful oligarchs and neighbouring Russia?

Sunday, November 25, 2012

What Killed Arafat?

An investigation into the mysterious death of the late Palestinian leader reveals that he may have been poisoned.

Monday, November 12, 2012

101 East: Ageing Japan

How can the world's most elderly society overcome its demographic crisis?


Sakae Matsuzawa, Kesayo Shimizu, Hikariko Ono, benefit, burden, longevity, taxpayer, Mr. Kudo, shelter resident, Hidenori Hashi, Outreach worker, Miyoko Miyazawa, Eisei Hospital, touch, Keiko Muramatsu, Itsuo Kandatsu, elderly people, elderly people living alone (独居老人), 3.8 million living alone, partner robot, Koichi Kaneda, Hiramachi Shirakawa, Credit Suisse, social security, retire at 70, raising retire age, Nobuhiko Hasegawa

Friday, November 9, 2012

People & Power: How to Rob Africa

Why does the Western world feed Africa with one hand while taking from it with the other?


Stanley Kwenda, Anas Aremeyan Anas, Zimbabwe, Corporate service provider, Money laundering, Seychelles, offshore financial system, undercover journalist, offshore account, offshore company, distorted system, Anonymous entity, impoverishing, stolen money, consulting company

Witness: Kay Kay: The Girl from Guangzhou

Kay Kay is the face of modern-day China - a bright, educated and ambitious 20-year-old living in the booming southern city of Guangzhou.

She represents a new generation of middle class Chinese 'only' children, benefiting from China's economic growth as well as the single-minded dedication of her factory-worker parents.

This unique film has followed her for her whole life, filming her and her family every year since her birth in 1992.

It gives a rare, personal narrative to the decades of transformation that China has undergone. From her childhood and school days through to her university life where she struggles to get to grips with China's economic imperatives in the face of environmental issues.

Kay Kay is a charming, engaging guide to modern China, its people and the country's recent economic boom.


Bruno Sorrentino, Kay Kay, Guangzhou

Monday, October 22, 2012

Bobby Fischer travelling from Japan to Iceland

Bobby Fischer
Former worldchampion Bobby Fischer on his way from Japan to Iceland being interviewed during the ride and flight on chess, fischerrandom, pre-arranged matches, Karpov and Kasparov and more....
(I apologize for not getting the sound absolutely synchronized)
excerpts from the DVD Bobby Fischer and me by Gudmundsson 
entire dvd at
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2rA9STEwx7McjhDTjI3ZUZCV0k

Sunday, October 21, 2012

The Zionist Story

The Zionist Story, an independent film by Ronen Berelovich, is the story of ethnic cleansing, colonialism and apartheid to produce a demographically Jewish State.
Ronen successfully combines archival footage with commentary from himself and others such as Ilan Pappe, Terry Boullata, Alan Hart and Jeff Halper.
"I have recently finished an independent documentary, The Zionist Story, in which I aim to present not just the history of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, but also the core reason for it: the Zionist ideology, its goals (past and present) and its firm grip not only on Israeli society, but also, increasingly, on the perception of Middle East issues in Western democracies.

Risk it all - Pakistan

The Lowari Pass begins in the town of Dir in the tribal regions of northwest Pakistan. The road is 240km long and is the only supply route through the mountains to the small villages of the Chitral valley which is shared with Afghanistan. It is a road where even the slightest error can be fatal.
The holy city of Dir and its 20,000 inhabitants make their living off the road. Each day tons of goods are loaded and unloaded from trucks, the only means of transport in the region. The trucker's quarter provides most of the jobs here. Drivers, mechanics, assistants of all ages work here every day amid the dust and pollution.
We follow Pakistani truck drivers facing death at every turn transporting goods across mountain passes on arguably the world's most dangerous road.

Risk it all - Brazil

Brazilian children at the Tajaparu river risk getting cut to pieces as they fasten their canoes onto fast-moving tourist boats in order to sell their goods. They are risking death in order to make a few pennies selling sweets and jams.
Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZLT_qs3JiQ&list=ELDDVA8XvIxiU&index=1&feature=plpp_video