Coca-Cola is one of the most iconic brands of both the 20th and 21st centuries, promoting itself as the drink of freedom, choice and US patriotism.But behind this carefully crafted image exists a company accused of environmental damage, human rights violations and questionable business practices.Political activist and journalist Mark Thomas travels to South America, India and the US to inv
In May 2011 at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, British filmmaker Chris Terrill watched a company of Royal Marine commandos head deep into hostile territory, their mission was to set up a new patrol base in order to lure the enemy into attacking them, literally becoming live bait in which to attract attack.Out of the 100 Marines that went on this particular mission three would lo
Documentary about the moviestar's last months including her tumultuous love affairs, drug and alcohol dependency, depression and eventual firing from her final film, 20th Century Fox's "Something's Got To Give". Features several first time interviews with the people surrounding Monroe at the end of her life, behind the scenes footage and stills, and the assembled footage from her final film, co-st
Caroline Gay Welch passed away peacefully at home on July 17, 2008, after a year-long bout with ovarian cancer. Her life was distinguished by quiet service to her community, including work for the Fremont Public Association and the Community House Mental Health Center in Seattle, Washington. Speaking out openly about her medical use of marijuana marked a rare instance of willingness to be publicly
This one is just for Cheryl. The big question after all these years and scientific findings, is why the US government still classifies marijuana as a class one drug, akin to heroin and crank. Doctors will tell you the miracles it works for the chronically ill, cancer patients and for a natural sleep aid. It's a crop that earns more than corn, and Americans grow some of the best of it in the world.
More than a year has past since Colorado became the first state in the United States to legalise the sale of recreational Marijuana, but sometimes the line between whats legal and what isn't is still a little hazy. In this documentary, reporter Harry Smith examines the issue of cannabis in the workplace, as Colorado employers try to reconcile with a more-open cannabis culture with the workplace en
The end of silence is a documentary roadmovie by two swedish guys driving around spain searching for the historical verdict over Hitler's and Mussolini's old companion Franco.Today the spanish dictator lies beneath the worlds biggest cross. Marl Carmen España's grandfather, Manuel España was one of Fancos many innocent victims. He lies in an unmarked grave under a pile of garbage. Marl Carmen
The Iron Lady is a 2012 biographical documentary which delves into the life of Margaret Thatcher, looking at her early life as a Grocers daughter raised in Grantham of Lincolnshire and how she fought her way through the cut throat world of politics, whilst encountering the sexist prejudices of the Conservative Party and battling the doubt of the British electorate.
One of the year's most unexpectedly moving films, this French-made documentary about the mating cycle of emperor penguins took moviegoers by surprise and became a box-office blockbuster in the process. Small wonder: March of the Penguins is cinema vérité at its purest, an unsentimental yet intimate depiction of one of nature's true marvels.As narrator Morgan Freeman explains, every year these