http://documentaryheaven.com Welcome To Documentary Heaven!! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:18:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://documentaryheaven.com/gangland/ http://documentaryheaven.com/gangland/#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:38:49 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6055 Gangland is a gritty, true-life documentary series exposing the world of history’s most notorious and dangerous gangs. The Gangland series tells the insider story and we learn how the gangs shaped their times and affected the neighborhoods that they controlled. From the destruction wrought by the heroin kingpins in Harlem of the 1970s to today’s most dangerous gang MS-13, which has spread out from the inner city to infect unexpected turf – suburban communities-gangs have a rich yet deadly history. They usually start out as a form of protection for their members and community but then grow predatory as they feed on the very people that they purport to defend. With exclusive interviews and rarely seen footage, this is a raw look at life inside these gangs-from those who live it and the agencies that are working to stop them.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/gangland/feed/ 2 http://documentaryheaven.com/mexicos-drug-war/ http://documentaryheaven.com/mexicos-drug-war/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:27:22 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6012 Violence is running out of control in Mexico as rival drug cartels battle over the smuggling routes to America. Mexico’s president has declared war on the gangsters but the only result appears to be an escalation of the killings. More than 7000 people were killed in drug-related violence in Mexico in 2009 and 2010 has already got off to a gruesome and bloody start. The man who runs Mexico’s most powerful drugs cartel, Chapo Guzman, continues to elude capture. Ranked as one of the world’s richest and most powerful men, Guzman’s exploits are glorified in folk songs and his recent wedding was allegedly attended by senior Mexican officials. Katya Adler journeys deep into the heart of a shocking conflict, uncovering the human stories behind the seemingly random and disturbing violence. She asks whether the continuing freedom of the world’s most powerful drug runner, Joaquin Chapo Guzman, is evidence that the Government’s war is toothless.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/mexicos-drug-war/feed/ 25 http://documentaryheaven.com/scenes-from-a-teenage-killing/ http://documentaryheaven.com/scenes-from-a-teenage-killing/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:46:15 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5919 Bafta-winning director Morgan Matthews’s landmark film exploring the impact of teenage killings on families and communities across Britain, an emotional journey that chronicles every teenager who died as a result of violence in 2009 in the UK. Harrowing actuality filmed in the immediate aftermath combines with moving testimony from the spectrum of people affected in the wake of violent death. Filmed over eighteen months, this epic documentary is the BBC’s most ambitious film to date about youth violence.The film questions society’s attitudes towards young people whilst probing the meaning behind terminology such as ‘gang violence’ or ‘gang-related’ often used in connection with teenage killings. It reveals the reality of the teenage murder toll across one year, connecting the viewer with the people behind the headlines and the emotional consequences of violent death. Differing perspectives from families, friends, passers-by and the police are explored with intimacy an... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/scenes-from-a-teenage-killing/feed/ 4 http://documentaryheaven.com/poverty-in-chicago/ http://documentaryheaven.com/poverty-in-chicago/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:14:49 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5903 Directed and Produced by Brian Schodorf this film is an exploration of how the drug afflicted homeless population affects society as a whole with exclusive interviews with Chicago’s top social and political leaders. Schodorf’s relationship with the men allows the viewer to get a true inside look at what life is like as a permanent resident of the streets. Poverty in Chicago, also, investigates the devastating loss of over 150 lives in the winter of 2006 at the hand of a deadly heroin epidemic. “Ive told you. Now, I’m going to show you,” says one homeless man who leads the crew through the most crime infested areas of Chicago’s south and west sides, inside the drug trade itself.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/poverty-in-chicago/feed/ 20 http://documentaryheaven.com/the-mark-of-cain/ http://documentaryheaven.com/the-mark-of-cain/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:40:40 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5570 Sailing ships, stars, angels and executioners — The Mark of Cain chronicles the vanishing practice and language of Russian Criminal Tattoos. Captured in some of Russia’s most notorious prisons, including the fabled White Swan, the film traces the animus of the flowers of this carnal art by way of the brutality of its origins- the penitentiary and the criminal environment. Incisive interviews with prisoners, guards, and criminologists reveal the secret language of The Zone and The Code of Thieves of the vory v zakone. As early as the 1920′s, Russian prisons and Gulag began to attract the attention of researchers. The prisoners of the Stalinist Gulag, or “Zone,” as it is called, developed a complex social structure that incorporated highly symbolic tattooing as a mark of rank. The very existence of these inmates at prisons and forced labor camps was treated by the state as a deep secret, and their tattoo art was considered a forbidden topic.... 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From the genesis of LA’s gang culture to the shocking, war-zone reality of daily life in the South L.A., the film chronicles the rise of the Crips and Bloods, tracing the origins of their bloody four-decades long feud. Contemporary and former gang members offer their street-level testimony that provides the film with a stark portrait of modern... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/crips-and-bloods-made-in-america/feed/ 48 http://documentaryheaven.com/louis-theroux-behind-bars/ http://documentaryheaven.com/louis-theroux-behind-bars/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:37:23 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=4968 Louis goes inside California's San Quentin's prison - one of America's most notorious prisons - to meet serial murderers, gang members, at risk inmates and guards.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/louis-theroux-behind-bars/feed/ 24 http://documentaryheaven.com/the-hasidic-drugdealer/ http://documentaryheaven.com/the-hasidic-drugdealer/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:18:22 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=4687 This is the story about a convicted Satmar drugdealer who after his release from prison tries to get back into hes community. Although he doesn’t sound like the smartest cookie out there, and that’s probably the reason he was chosen to do the things he did with the drugs. And it’s a little obvious that he doesn’t want to fully integrate into the community he wants to eat the cake and have it (no pun intended), but over all he does sound like a nice guy who got caught in something that was larger then he could handle, all I can say to him is good luck. And there is one more thing, that had to come in, its the classic parents excuse for everything one does wrong in life, but over all it’s a nice piece.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/the-hasidic-drugdealer/feed/ 25 http://documentaryheaven.com/cocaine-cowboys-2-hustlin%e2%80%99-with-the-godmother/ http://documentaryheaven.com/cocaine-cowboys-2-hustlin%e2%80%99-with-the-godmother/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:46:24 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=4373 f you liked Cocaine Cowboys, you’ll like this one too. True story of the cocaine queen who makes Tony Montana look like Mother Teresa. Set on the inner-city streets of Oakland, California, cocaine dealer Charles Cosby has his life is changed forever when he writes a fan letter to the “Cocaine Godmother” Griselda Blanco, who is serving time at a nearby federal prison. Six months later, Cosby is a multi-millionaire, Blanco’s lover, and the head of her $40 million a year cocaine business. Also known as “The Black Widow” for her propensity to permanently dispose of her men when she’s done with them, Blanco will stop at nothing to ensure that Charles is faithful to her. Cosby soon learns that he’s in way over his head.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/cocaine-cowboys-2-hustlin%e2%80%99-with-the-godmother/feed/ 4 http://documentaryheaven.com/louis-theroux-law-and-disorder-in-lagos/ http://documentaryheaven.com/louis-theroux-law-and-disorder-in-lagos/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:25:29 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=4365 On the streets of Lagos, it is not the police who wield power but gangs of fight-hardened young men known as Area Boys. Louis spends time with several outfits, joining them as they patrol their turf, clash with local rivals and keep the peace in a brutal and haphazard fashion. The main income for the Area Boys is an arbitrary and unofficial form of taxation, extracted from local businesses and commercial drivers. Louis gets to know the rich and glamorous Area Boy leader MC, a former street youth himself, who has now become a friend of the most powerful men in the city. Taken under MC’s wing, Louis experiences the top levels of the Area Boys’ world from the inside, complete with a tour of MC’s grand residence and extensive shoe collection, and ending in a chaotic mini-riot with gunshots, blood and mayhem.On the side of the law, Louis Theroux rides with KAI, the government’s Kick Against Indiscipline paramilitary task force, as they storm different city districts. With bulldo... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/louis-theroux-law-and-disorder-in-lagos/feed/ 24