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/strangeways/ http://documentaryheaven.com/strangeways/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 02:39:07 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5900 The shocking series gains access into Strangeways, a maximum security prison in Manchester with a history as rough as the inmates it houses. Three fascinating episodes unearth the idiosyncrasies and complex relationships between the most violent and dangerous men in the prison and the staff who work with them. Unique twists, like following a couple as they prepare for a wedding behind bars, and graphic footage of arguments and emotional breakdowns make for unmissable viewing.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/strangeways/feed/ 52 http://documentaryheaven.com/kids-behind-bars/ http://documentaryheaven.com/kids-behind-bars/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:11:33 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5886 Each year in Britain, we lock up 2,000 school-age children. Vinney Green Secure Unit locks up some of the youngest and the most troubled; the kids no one else can manage – whether they are a danger to each other, or a danger to themselves. Filmed over a year, with unprecedented access to the unit, the children and the staff who care for them, this extraordinary series tells their stories and finds out what’s being done to set them straight. It documents the journeys of boys and girls who are behind bars, and follows the daily life at Vinney Green as the staff try to change them.Vinney Green houses 24 children aged from 10 to 17. Some have committed very serious crimes. Others began getting into trouble when they were at primary school. Some are sent here for their own protection. And for some, simply the chaos of their lives has led them down the wrong path. For most this is their last chance – and an opportunity to change. In their own words, they explain what it’s like to... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/kids-behind-bars/feed/ 29 http://documentaryheaven.com/feltham-sings/ http://documentaryheaven.com/feltham-sings/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:05:26 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5858 This documentary is – without a shadow of a doubt – one of the most innovative and engrossing documentaries ever aired on British television. Set in Feltham Young Offenders Institution in the United Kingdom, both inmates and staff offer a glimpse into their life within the walls of the prison and – in the case of the prisoners – into their previous life outside. But instead of the documentary participants simply telling their stories, they are given the opportunity to sing, rap and quote poetry about their feelings, lives and dreams. This truly engrossing documentary won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Documentary as well as an Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Music for Television.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/feltham-sings/feed/ 39 http://documentaryheaven.com/the-exile-nation-project/ http://documentaryheaven.com/the-exile-nation-project/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 19:52:44 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5814 The Land of the Free punishes or imprisons more of its citizens than any other nation. This collection of testimonials from criminal offenders, family members, and experts on America’s criminal justice system puts a human face on the millions of Americans subjugated by the US Government’s 40 year, one trillion dollar social catastrophe: The War on Drugs; a failed policy underscored by fear, politics, racial prejudice and intolerance in a public atmosphere of out of sight, out of mind. The United States has only 5% of the world’s population, yet a full 25% of the world’s prisoners. At 2.5 million, the US has more prisoners than even China does with five times the population of the United States. 8 million Americans (1 in every 31) languish under some form of state monitoring known as correctional supervision. On top of that, the security and livelihood of over 13 million more has been forever altered by a felony conviction. The American use of punishment is so pervasive, and s... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/the-exile-nation-project/feed/ 11 http://documentaryheaven.com/louis-theroux-miami-mega-jail-2/ http://documentaryheaven.com/louis-theroux-miami-mega-jail-2/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 22:25:30 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5805 Louis Theroux concludes his exploration into Miami Mega-jail, one of America's largest and most violent of jails, a holding pen for almost 6000 un-convicted inmates.Louis goes deeper into the jail system, meeting an alleged triple murderer facing a possible death sentence.He also follows a group of forty or so younger inmates who have escaped prison by pleading guilty and agreeing to attend a four month military style boot camp. Among them is a 14-year-old boy facing a possible ten year sentence for armed robbery if he can't survive the boot camp's relentless and brutal training and indoctrination programme. Many will drop out and receive prison sentences, but for a handful this will be their second chance at life.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/louis-theroux-miami-mega-jail-2/feed/ 19 http://documentaryheaven.com/taboo-prison-love/ http://documentaryheaven.com/taboo-prison-love/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 21:53:49 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5800 Love behind bars with some of the most dangerous criminals on earth. In Texas, an inmate in solitary confinement gets married with the help of a radio host as surrogate groom, while the prisoner listens over the radio. In California, a pregnant woman has a white wedding at the county jail, with a glass wall separating the couple as they say their vows. In Tennessee, a man serving life for murder marries a woman he met over the Internet, but the marriage has little hope of being consummated.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/taboo-prison-love/feed/ 6 http://documentaryheaven.com/louis-theroux-miami-mega-jail/ http://documentaryheaven.com/louis-theroux-miami-mega-jail/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 20:39:23 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5799 In the first episode of this two-part series, Louis Theroux spends time in one of the most notorious sections of Miami County Jail: the fifth and sixth floor of ‘Main Jail’, where many of the most volatile inmates are incarcerated.Held in large cage-like dwellings for up to 24 men, the inmates have developed a strange and violent jail culture. The men – who remain in the cells almost all the time and may only leave for yard time twice a week – live under the sway of a gladiatorial code. They fight each other for food, for status, and often just to pass the endless hours of confinement. Trips to the infirmary are a frequent occurrence as inmates are viciously attacked and beaten, but the guards say they are powerless to end the abuse.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/louis-theroux-miami-mega-jail/feed/ 13 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.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/the-mark-of-cain/feed/ 19 http://documentaryheaven.com/presumed-guilty/ http://documentaryheaven.com/presumed-guilty/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:08:22 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5503 This is an extraordinary documentary about a case in Mexico about an innocent guy who was put in jail for "presumed murder". The documentary shows how the Mexico's legal justice system is corrupted from the top posts to the bottom, besides, it shows a determined group of attorneys who fought until the end for the justice of this guy.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/presumed-guilty/feed/ 7 http://documentaryheaven.com/ross-kemp-extreme-world-mexico/ http://documentaryheaven.com/ross-kemp-extreme-world-mexico/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:15:04 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5394 Ross travels to the war torn city of Juarez in Mexico where the drug cartels fight for ownership of smuggling routes into the US worth $40 billion.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/ross-kemp-extreme-world-mexico/feed/ 16