The global economy is currently undergoing the greatest change since the industrial revolution in order to remain internationally competitive modern factories must be as flexible as possible and highly digitized. The smart networking of people machines and industrial processes is the ticket to a new age industry 4.0.Bosch in Reutlingen is one of the most modern semiconductor factories in Germ
Punk in Drublic is a music festival that was designed by NOFX frontman Fat Mike. He combined craft beer and the punk scene heavyweights NOFX, Bad Religion, Pennywise, Rancid, The Offspring, Descendents, Less Than Jake, and The Interrupters, to create a live music experience that has not been seen for some time.This documentary tells the story of the touring festival through its first three y
On the night of the 13th of January 2012, the Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground off the island of Giglio, Tuscany, west of Italy. Its carcass lay off the coast of Tuscany for a year a grim reminder of one of the most bizarre catastrophes in nautical history and of the incredible series of blunders that took 32 lives making it the worst cruise accident since the Titanic.This special inve
Otto Warmbier was an American college student who went on a trip to Pyongyang, the capital city of North Korea back in 2016. On this trip he found himself caught up in some real trouble as he was put on trial and sentenced to 15 years hard labor after being convicted of attempting to steal a propaganda poster.A year on from the trial Otto would succumb to the punishment he received whilst in
There are now over 160 million Americans that can be considered to be severely overweight, with a population of just over 329 million that means that one in every three Americans are affected. Never in all of its history has the country been so obese. In this film, we explore the increasingly aggressive treatments that are available and how a counter-trend of body positivity and 'Miss Plus' beaut
Long before the French and British sailed to Canada to cut down the wood and inhabit the land there were of course indigenous people living there. Europeans called these people Indians, modern-day Canadians use the respectful term First Nations but does respectful language also mean respectful treatments?In this VPRO special we see Dutch reporter Emy Koopman travel to the town of Smithers, in
In 1969 violence erupted in Northern Ireland between Protestants loyal to the British Crown and Catholics. As such an information warfare department is established inside the British Army's Northern Ireland headquarters at Lisburn, comprising army psychological warfare and the Information Research Department (IRD), a clandestine department in the British Foreign Office.The IRD as a Foreign O
As the United States publicly engaged in the Vietnam War, there was a secret conflict raging right next door in the country of Laos. Under the direction of the CIA, a full-blown military operation took hold of Laos, with just a select few of the U.S. Armed Forces participating.The CIA was actively training an army of allied guerilla fighters at Long Tieng, a secret airbase located in the hea
The Gabby Petito Story is one that has shocked a nation, it's a story that is filled with twists and turns at every junction along the way. Two young people set out on a trip of a lifetime but only one would return. Gabby would tragically never make it home but her fiance, Brian Laundrie, the man who claimed to love her but likely killed her would turn up at his home in Florida, in Gabby's van on