Beyond the Mat is a 1999 documentary directed by Barry W. Blaustein. The movie focuses on the lives of professional wrestlers outside of the ring, primarily Mick Foley, Terry Funk, and Jake Roberts, as well as some aspiring wrestlers. It focuses on the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and follows Extreme Championship Wrestling during its rise in popularity and many other independent wrestlers and
Documentary on the History and the current restoration of Coney Island, an amusement park/entertainment area in Brooklyn, NY
A rare glimpse of the embattled Gaza Strip and a chance to see what life was like under the rule of Hamas. In 2007 VICE tried and failed to get into Gaza through the Israeli-controlled Erez Crossing. Back then the rival Palestinian factions of Hamas and Fatah were engaged in a bloody war for control of this tiny strip of land.Hamas won. When the post-Mubarak government of Egypt decided to sta
HIGH TECH SOUL is the first documentary to tackle the deep roots of techno music alongside the cultural history of Detroit, its birthplace. From the race riots of 1967 to the underground party scene of the late 1980s, Detroit’s economic downturn didn’t stop the invention of a new kind of music that brought international attention to its producers and their hometown.
We shower, we bathe, we apply perfumes and deodorants. We’re cleaner and healthier than at any other point in human history.So it may be surprising to learn there are 10 times more things living on you than cells in your body.From the flora of our guts to the fauna on our skin and hair, this episode explores the wildlife park that is the human body in stunning, microscopic detail – combini
Dr Saul David investigates the violent world of the medieval melee tournament.Unlike the better known joust, this was a brutal brawl with sharpened weapons, few rules, and one undisputed champion- William Marshal.Saul investigates Marshal’s life, discovering his epic rise from a tournament champion to the Regent of England who saved a kingdom on the battlefield. Saul also experiments with
One hour documentary, awarded the Grand Prize for Best Feature Length Film at the 2011 Portland Humanist Film Festival – chronicles the life of publisher D.M. Bennett (1818-1882). D.M. Bennett was nineteenth-century America's most controversial and unjustly imprisoned editor of the "blasphemous" New York City freethought periodical THE TRUTH SEEKER. Written, produced, and directed by Roderick Brad
Since the dawn of human consciousness we have searched for a belief system.We want to know, 'How should I live?' 'Why is the world like this?' and 'What happens when I die'?Religions give us answers - an endless number of options - and all are convinced that they alone hold the truth. But the major religions tend to agree on one thing - the gays are always going down.Gays and lesbi
Horizon meets the scientists working to make fatal car crashes a thing of the past.A remarkable fusion of mechanical engineering and biology promises to save countless lives across the world.The programme has exclusive access to the secretive world of the most advanced car crash tests.Horizon reveals how the latest advances in trauma medicine, psychology and even extreme sport are transformi