Is it possible to break through our ivory tower and reach over to the world of another person or are we completely sealed off within ourselves and no real communication ever happens? Following a group of contemporary artists in Moscow, the film explores the idea of art as communication.Artists: Alina Gutkina, Gosha Ostretsov, Alexei Buldakov, Valery Chtak, ABC Group, Yulia Zhdanova, Dmitri Te
Exposing the Noble Lie is the first episode from What You’ve Been Missing and was created to fill the massive gap created by corporate media, between itself and reality. A virtual variety show with a point, helps you learn how to outgrow the status quo; through a systematic process of critical thinking supplemented with comedy. It’s better than “news”, it’s What You’ve Been Missing! Brought to you
On Valentine’s Day 1993, 17-year-old Bethel High School basketball star Allen Iverson was bowling in Hampton, Va., with five high school friends. It was supposed to be an ordinary evening, but it became a night that defined Iverson’s young life. A quarrel soon erupted into a brawl pitting Iverson’s young black friends against a group of white patrons. The fallout from the fight and the handling of
Amy Winehouse sadly joined the notourious 27 club on 23rd July 2011. Amy joins music icons such as Kurt Cobain, Jimmy Hendrix and Jim Morrission, who all tragically died at the young age of 27.Whats even more tragic, is that she only released two albums, and did not live long enough to mature in to the true musicaly talented genius she clearly was.The documentary – The Girl Done Good is a
Onika Tanya Maraj (born December 8, 1982 ), better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj, is a rapper and singer-songwriter who was born in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago, but moved to the Queens borough of New York City as a child and graduated from LaGuardia High School in 2003. She released her first mixtape Playtime Is Over in 2007, which was followed by Sucka Free and Beam Me Up Scotty in 200
Alexander Yuryevich “Sasha” Pichushkin (born 9 April 1974 in Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast), also known as The Chessboard Killer and The Bitsa Park Maniac, is a Russian serial killer. He is believed to have killed at least 49 people and up to 61–63 people in southwest Moscow’s Bitsa Park, where several of the victims’ bodies were found.Pichushkin committed his first murder as a student in 1992 and st
Niall Ferguson asks why it was that Western civilization, from inauspicious roots in the 15th century, came to dominate the rest of the world; and if the West is about to be overtaken by the rest.Ferguson reveals the killer apps of the West’s success – competition, science, the property owning democracy, modern medicine, the consumer society and the Protestant work ethic – the real explanation
In a compelling and at times disturbing series, Dr Michael Mosley explores the brutal history of experimental psychology.Mosley embarks on three journeys to understand science’s last great frontier – the human mind – as he traces the history of the attempts to understand and manipulate the brain. Experiments on the human mind have led to profound insights into how our brain works – but have also
Stephen Fry presents this documentary exploring the disease of manic depression; a little understood but potentially devastating condition affecting an estimated two percent of the population.Stephen embarks on an emotional journey to meet fellow sufferers, and discuss the literal highs and lows of being bi-polar.Celebrities such as Carrie Fisher and Richard Dreyfuss invite the comedian in