The the night of August 22, 1991, a crowd of Russians began removing a 14 tone bronze statue in a major Moscow intersection. It was an act that years earlier would surely have cost them their lives, but on this night as democracy was budding the Soviet Union the statue itself represented all that was wrong with the country.For those attending the affair the statues removal signified the end of a
Clive Wearing, has one of the worst cases of amnesia in the world, he was a renowned musicologist, conductor, tenor and keyboardist living in London when he was struck down by a virus in 1985. Parts of his brain were completely destroyed including his memory, however his ability to play music is unaffected.Clive's case became known to millions when a television documentary entitled Prisoner of
The Ancient World is a seven part documentary series presented by historian Bettany Hughes, it was originally aired by British TV station Channel 4 over the course of an 8 year period. Hughes, takes us on a wonderful journey through the ancient world and at each stop on this journey providing us with extensive insight into what it would have been like to be alive at this period in time and how the
In December 1993, Michael Jackson was forced to face his toughest audience yet, the DA and cops from the L.A.P.D. who were now investigating allegations of child abuse. The police were collecting evidence to corroborate the story of Michaels accusers. How was it that the king of pop got to this?Physically abused by a violent father, living his young life in the very grown up music business and
These days Liverpool is considered to be Britain's capital city of beauty. On average, there are six times more gyms, training salons and "cosmetic surgeons" than anywhere else in the country.Users of intravenous tanning solutions and steroids are now the most regular clients of the cities needle exchanges.This VICE special started filming in March of 2010 and was shot over a period of 10
On 28 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world by being the first pope to resign in 600 years. When the helicopter took him away he was leaving behind a bitterly divided Vatican and this FRONTLINE special explores the inside story of the events which undermined Benedict's papacy.It is a story of corruption and coverups, sexual scandal and abuse, of secrets and hypocrisy and a
From the producer of the documentary Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock now sets out to take on the strange new world of bitcoin and attempt to survive on nothing but the digital currency for a week.With a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding surrounding bitcoin these days, this is Spurlocks attempt to understand all of the pros and cons of using the peer-to-peer currency and how it might so
In the United States of America they are taking a highly controversial approach to treating pedophiles, it's even written in law. In this film we meet several convicted pedophiles who have either been chemically or surgically castrated.Atascadero State Hospital is 220 miles north of Los Angeles, it is a maximum security hospital for those deemed criminally insane but it also houses danger
Today our lives depend on just a handful of natural resources but they are not the ones we think they are. Forget about oil, coal and gas, today we depend on a new set of super elements with obscure names like indium and rhenium. They're properties are so bizarre, they could be confused with an alien technology of sorts.These super elements are driving innovation, everything from smartphones t