Human Body: Pushing the Limits takes you across continents and introduces you to people who have pushed their bodies to the max. This groundbreaking documentary uses CGI technology and hi-tech camera work to examine their physical ordeals in vivid detail both externally and internally! Four areas are covered: Strength, sight, brainpower and sensation. Learn what the human body can do in the most e
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The celebrity trend for size zero has been criticised worldwide for encouraging women to starve in secret.This film explores the impact the trend is having on real people living real lives.From Kellie who is striving dangerously to achieve the skinny look, to Victoria who feels that her natural size zero frame is a poisoned chalice, this film exposes the contradictions surrounding women's
In this special edition of The Fifth Estate, reporter Bob McKeown, with the help of professionals sets out to deconstruct the interrogation and shocking confession of Col. Russell Williams. Williams is an English born Canadian who was a well decorated Colonel in the Canadian Forces until his arrest in February of 2010.Williams was formally charged by the Ontario Provincial Police with two coun
David Icke, was born in Leicester, England on April 29, 1952. As a young child he always wanted to become a football player when he was older. His dream became a reality when he left school to play football in the English league as a goalkeeper. Due to arthritis that became increasingly worse Icke was forced to eventually give up the game and move into a new career at the age of 21.David beca
Go back to a time before the invention of artificial light and experience a world petrified in the pitch of darkness…when fear ruled the night.Throughout the ages, real and imagined terror existed in the absence of light, and nighttime was anything but relaxing. Our predecessors cowered in caves to keep from being eaten alive.During the Middle Ages, brutal bandits went on the prowl and roadsid
Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda is many things besides just being an actor, some of which being an activist and fitness tycoon but she has lived a life shrouded in controversy, tragedy and transformation whilst all of this occurring in the public eye.Jane Fonda in Five Acts reveals how Fonda has been hated as Hanoi Jane, lusted after as Barbarella and heralded as a beacon of the women’s mo
The Hard Man is a 52 minute documentary which was made in 1995 about a man called Michael Kelly who is a former criminal from the Southhill area of Limerick City, Ireland. The film examines the social environment from which Kelly emerged and highlights the key role alcohol played in guiding Kelly down the path of violence and crime.After having wasted 17 years of his life going in and our of c
Since being unearthed in 1974, experts have attempted to resolve an enduring enigma about one of archaeology’s greatest finds. Now, with the help of 21st century technology, the once mighty army with its life size warriors rises from the dust of two millennia.The Terracotta Army (literally “soldier and horse funerary statues”) or the “Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses”, is a collection of terrac
“Confronting the Evidence” includes footage of a “town hall meeting” held on September 11, 2004 in New York City. Hosted by actor and activist Ed Begley Jr., the groundbreaking event featured David Ray Griffin, David vonKleist, Barry Zwicker, Webster Tarpley, Kristina Borjesson, Karl Schwartz, Jeff King, Paul Thompson, Jenna Orkin, Christopher Scheer, Dr Robert Bowman, Christopher Bollyn, and John