More of a real-life exploitation film than a bonafide documentary, Cocaine Cowboys is tailor-made for anyone who worships Brian De Palma’s Scarface. It’s no surprise that this slick, energetic film found a niche audience among …
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Promises presents a powerful portrait of seven Palestinian and Israeli children who live in and around Jerusalem. As filmmaker B.Z. Goldberg, who was raised in Israel, notes, “They live no more than 20 minutes from …
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For over 1400 years, Mecca has been one of the most important cities in the Arabian Peninsula. By the middle of the 6th century, there were three major settlements in northern Arabia, all along the …
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The community website Craigslist.org has become one of the most popular sites on the internet, boasting 10 million active users and 3 billion pages views per month. ’24 Hours on Craigslist’ documents a random day-in-the-life …
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A documentary on the Federal Siege at Ruby Ridge. “Ruby Ridge was the site of a violent confrontation and siege in the U.S. state of Idaho in 1992. It involved Randy Weaver, his family, Weaver’s …
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Hoop Dreams is a 1994 documentary film directed by Steve James. It follows the story of two black high school students in Chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball players. Originally intended to be …
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When world-famous investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, one of President Putin’s fiercest and most effective critics, was assassinated last October in Moscow, there was international outrage. At home, her colleagues at her newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, were …
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Horizon asks some of the biggest names in science to have a quiet word with the new President, be it… The United States President is quite simply the most powerful man on earth, but past …
Continue ReadingWho’s Got God’s Millions?
Robert Llewellyn attempts to discover which of the world’s top four monotheistic religions has the most money. His journey takes him from Canterbury Cathedral to Vatican City and Israel, as he bids to calculate the …
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