In 2003 the director of this film, David Graham Scott, chose a bizarre way to end his long term opiate addiction by means of a psychedelic plant root called Iboga, in the hopes of getting over his dependance on methadone once and for all. After his success, David now wanted to find out more about the "wonder drug" Iboga and discover whether or not it truly was the magic bullet that cured his drug
On November the 2nd 2007 police in Perusia receive a phone call, there's been a break in, police arrive they discover a young women has been stabbed to death, she is Meredith Kercher. A british student, a girl with everything to live for. For six years her American flat mate Amanda Knox has been the center of a media and judicial stall, one of three people accused of Meredith's murder.
Kid A is the fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released in October 2000 by the Parlophone label. A commercial success worldwide, Kid A went platinum in its first week of release in the UK. Despite the lack of an official single or music video as publicity, Kid A became the first Radiohead release to debut at number one in the US.This success was credited variousl
The attacks on WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, are a response to an information revolution that threatens old power orders, in politics and journalism.The incitement to murder trumpeted by public figures in the United States, together with attempts by the Obama administration to corrupt the law and send Assange to a hell hole prison for the rest of his life, are the reactions of a r
In this three-part documentary series, Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of one of the greatest scientific discoveries ever: that the material world is made up of atoms.This episode tackles world-changing discoveries such as radioactivity, the Atom Bomb and the Big Bang, and tries to answer the biggest questions of all - why are we here and how were we made?
A recent documentary by the BBC has set about following the work of Newcastle's Family Intervention Project or FIP, the project aims to try and help some of the more disruptive families in the area.Two of the FIP workers followed by this documentary are Claire Stewart and Vicki McKeown both are assigned to a family in an attempt to turn their lives around and help improve the overall home situ
Fun, emotive and engaging, All About Dad is an autobiographical and thought provoking short film by director Ben Thompson.The film focuses on three unconventional fathers who reveal their own personal journeys into fatherhood.The film features testimonials from Mike Armitage who becomes a father for the fifth time at the age of 71, Johnny Lochland, a gay adoptive father and Roddy Gibson
Primal Scream's seminal album Screamadelica was released in 1991, and synthesized the band's rock 'n' roll roots with the dance culture of that time; for many, the album's sound and imagery came to be regarded as quintessential symbols of the acid house era, perfectly catching the spirit and mood of the early 90s.Using rare archive footage and special performances, this film tells the story of
The programme-makers re-opened the investigation into his death and found conclusive evidence to suggest that Rasputin was murdered in St Petersburg in 1916 in a plot hatched by rogue members of the British Secret Service – with a fatal shot fired at close range by Secret Agent Oswald Rayner.The documentary is based on extraordinary new evidence uncovered by intelligence historian, and programme