Family violence has reached epidemic levels in Papua New Guinea, the South Pacific's largest nation.Two out of three women experience domestic violence and 50 per cent of women have experienced forced sex or gang rape in the South Pacific's biggest country.In PNG's Western Highlands Provinces, 97 per cent of women surveyed by an NGO said they had been attacked by male family members. From
Engineer Jem Stansfield looks back through the Horizon archives to find out how scientists have come to understand and manipulate the materials that built the modern world. Whether it's uncovering new materials or finding fresh uses for those we've known about for centuries, each breakthrough offers a tantalising glimpse of the holy grail of materials science - a substance that's cheap to produce
For maverick entrepreneur Ian Cox, Africa is the last frontier of free enterprise. The former small-time hustler has been busting his ass on the continent for years, selling and moving merchandise. In 2012 he nabbed a lucrative United Nations contract to transport equipment from South Africa to South Sudan, a country on many countries' embargo list. The other problem: the journey north entails pas
As countries like Greece and Spain struggle under huge debts that are impoverishing its people, the elites around the world are getting richer and richer. This documentary looks at the ever widening gap.There are customers that have up to 100 vehicles in their garage, Torsten Muller-Otvos from Rolls Royce tells us. A Rolls Royce is worth about half a million dollars and last year Rolls Royce s
Rihanna takes us back back stage as she begins the journey into her latest album ‘Talk That Talk’. The video also takes us back stage on the last day of the LOUD Tour. Whilst visiting her native country Barbados, we go behind the scenes on the Talk That Talk album photo shoot, then she talks about her fans.The footage opens with a group of individuals sat with the Bajan star as they talk about
Iran and the West is the name of a three part British documentary series shown in February 2009 on BBC Two to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The documentary looks at the relationship between Iran and the countries of the west and features interviews with politicians who have played significant roles in events involving Iran, Europe and the United States since 1979. The s
Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, this documentary takes viewers behind the scenes with Young Jeezy while he tours the world. The film includes interviews with Jay-Z, DJ Drama, DJ Khaled, P. Diddy and other artists.But more telling are the conversations with his father, who was a Marine, and his mother a former drug addict who he found high in a crack house on one occasion. Their eventual divorce
In the 70s, skateboarding was widely seen as a fad of the 1960s that had all but died out, except for a handful of committed fans in California. But that began to change with the emerge of the Z-Boys, a team of teenaged skateboarders who emerged from a decaying urban community in Santa Monica, CA.Hard-core surfers who sought to translate the hot-dogging stunts of world-class wave riders onto t
In the summer of 2012, Richie Hawtin continued to tour the world traveling from country to country and performing on some of the world's grandest stages - all the while holding down his weekly ENTER. residency at Space Ibiza. Polish video artist Barbara Klein has followed Richie Hawtin for the past three years as his official photo and videographer. Her eye behind the lens has captured some of the