Corey Pegues is Retired NYPD Commander turned author, he grew up in Jamaica, Queens during the 70's and 80's, a rough time for New York with regards to drug related crime. As a kid he played Cops and Robbers just like any other but for Corey the came would turn reality as he became both.Growing up in New York he came of age surrounded by his mother and sisters love and made true friendships on
Thousands of migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean while sailing from Libya to Italy. Chamseddine Marzoug, a fisherman from Jarjis in neighbouring Tunisia, buries some of their bodies in a “cemetery of the unknown”. RTD finds out what motivates his kindness and why Tunisians and Sub-Saharan Africans are risking their lives to reach Europe.
HMP Belmarsh is located near the River Thames, southeast London. It is one of Britain's most infamous high-security prisons and for nearly thirty years it's locked up some of the country's most dangerous convicts. From the great train robber Robbie Biggs, to Ian Huntley and the Islamic extremist Anjem Choudary, but what happens inside has remained virtually unknown with television cameras having
The high mesas of New Mexico are the starting point for Stephen’s journey through the dramatic landscapes and peoples of the South West. The physicists at the Los Alamos Lab, who are unraveling the mysteries of dark matter, contrast starkly to the ecohouse dwellers living off the grid near Sante Fe. Staying with the Navajo Indians in Monument Valley in Arizona, Stephen learns to weave a basket,
Government and politics is something that we collectively should have transcended a long time ago, yet it still exists and it’s still part of the average individual’s life.We as individuals have continued to give our power away to people who we think know what is best for us and we’re always relinquishing our individual responsibility, our individual divinity to other people who they themselve
Starting in New Zealand, Craig Reynolds explores the tattooing culture around the globe. He kicks off with the Maori and the artists who maintain the ancient tattooing tradition. There are so many different and diverse patterns and techniques…many are quite simply painful to endure.The Maori moko is very significant both for the male and female tribes folk. Ma
Russell Brand used to be an addict of alcohol, heroin and other drugs. In his documentary, Brand challenges the system currently in use to treat addicts in Britain. His passionate, honest and eye-opening opinions on what needs to change is captivating. When Amy Winehouse died, a friend of his at the time, he realized he needed to stop taking drugs. He was told that if he kept up his lifestyle of d
With gay marriage becoming legal in England and Wales, the BBC follow a gay couple, John Coffey and Bernardo Marti as they become the first gay couple to get married legally in the UK. On the road to marriage this film reflects upon the dark history of equality.
From Baltimore to Los Angeles and from Texas to Ohio, over the last year shocking images of American police officers brutalising and killing black people have left the world in disbelief and sparked some of the worst civil disorder seen in America in decades. The released footage however has also galvanised a new generation of young activists demanding an end to police brutality.The shooting of