In 1962 a U.S. solider sent to guard the peace in South Korea undertook an extraordinary journey, at the height of the Cold War he deserted his unit and walked across the most heavily fortified area on Earth and defected to an alien communist state, North Korea.The existence of an American defector living in the hearth of the Cold War enemy was denied for decades by both the United States and
Over 70 years ago the nuclear bomb altered our reality forever and in this film The Bomb we see it's transformation from the theoretical, to the physical when it was first used August 6, 1945, it was on this day the public learned of a new type of weapon, a destroyer of worlds.We witness the nuclear bomb's humble beginnings from when in 1938 two German chemists accidenta
It is estimated that come the middle of this century the Earth will likely be home to 9 billion people, that's an additional 2 billion people consuming ever more resources and leading more technologically complex lives. This additional strain on the planet is sure to either make or break us with regards to how we handle this extra demand.How will our cities evolve? How do we feed these extr
Humans have been trying to control nature for quite some time, and out influence has become more and more dramatic, in fact it is now so strong that following years of research and monitoring an international group of geologists are suggesting we introduce a new geological age, The Age of Mankind or rather "The Anthropocene".What awaits us in this new age? Through interviews with a geologist,
With the release of Netflix new series entitled Mindhunter there has been a resurgence of interest in one particular serial killer who is depicted throughout, his name is Edmund Kemper or The CoEd Killer. This film manages to combine two interviews together with a sprinkle of dramatisation to give us great insight into Ed's mind and the motives which lay behind his crimes.If you have
Tuam, a quiet town in the west of Ireland. Tuam, a name that traumatised the whole of Ireland in the spring of 2014, when an unimaginable story was revealed. A hidden mass grave containing the remains of some 800 children was discovered on the former grounds of a home for single mothers, a hell on earth where children died from ill treatment, and were shamefully buried in secret and forgotten. Up
Lauren Southern is a Canadian far-right political activist who has immersed herself into the world of politics having run as a Libertarian Party candidate in the Canadian federal election and covers a wide variety of topics working independently on her YouTube channel.In her latest release FARMLANDS she focuses on a situation in South Africa in which “white people” are in danger of violence an
In 1959 a group of Russian hikers decided to head out on an expedition of a mountainous region of the western Soviet Union, the group itself consisted of 9 experienced men and women, all of whom were very familiar with the Siberian wilderness yet this adventure would prove to be their last.Despite a criminal investigation, photographs and journal entries the case to this day remains unsolved a
An incredibly shocking statistic exists in the United States, and that is that five parents are killed by their children each and every week. For most of us the idea of killing our own parents would be an unimaginable thought to conceive of but for Nathon Brooks this was his very plan. Back in 2013 Nathon was 14 years old, one night he walked into his parents bedroom and shot them both in the