Dissociative Identity Disorder or Multiple Personality Disorder as it is more commonly known as is a mental condition characterised by at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states.This film shares Jessica's story with us, she suffers fromDissociative Identity Disorder and happens to have 6 alternate identities. They consist of a Hollywood actor; a doctor; a hairdresser; a 1
Human trafficking takes on many different forms but is defined by exploitation, it often doesn't involve criminal gangs or people being transported across borders. These trafficking operations can be very small and very local.Pimp controlled prostitution is now recognised as one of the most brutal forms of human trafficking in the United States, it is characterised by violence, manipulation an
These days the words 'opiate addiction' are synonymous with American society, the country has a twisted love affair with prescription painkillers and because of this we are witness to widespread dependancy issues seen across the country.In recent times there has been quite the crackdown on this over-prescription which sounds good but in reality where does this leave the 2 million Americans who
While Europe endured the so called Dark Ages, Ancient China reigned supreme as the worlds technological superpower, it is only now that we are discovering that many of the inventions that shape our modern world have there roots in this remarkable oriental civilisation.Some examples of these advancements are complex geared machines, that allowed production on an industrial scale, precision seismo
Since the beginning of time people have searched for means to keep certain communication private, over the years this developed into encoding information with cyphers, this is especially true with regards to military communications.However, this being said most of these cyphers given enough time and resources are eventually cracked and decoded but among all of histories cryptic writings one ha
London, the capital of the United Kingdom is currently going through what could only be described as an epidemic. In the last few years there have been a record breaking amount of knife-related murders here and in this VICE special we see ex-gang member Josh Osbourne take us on a journey through this culture of violence.From personal footage Osbourne captured as a youth we witness the full ext
Around 25 years after the death of Jesus Christ, the movement he had inspired split into two factions, these factions held very different views of their leader, his identity, message and vision. A power struggle quickly ensued and one of these factions under the guiding genius of St. Paul emerged the winner.Eventually he had written his version of Jesus's story in the Gospels of the New Testam
Ancient Egypt, a rich history that lasted for over 6,000 years. The lives and deaths of its leading characters still fascinate us to this day and when we visit museums featuring exhibitions on this period of our history we typically encounter monumental statues of monumental men but where exactly are all the women of ancient Egypt?The most famous of these women is of course Cleopatra The Great
Ever since the good auld days of the 1800s, bare-knuckle boxing in the United States has been pushed out of the mainstream and into dingy parking lots and grimy basements. It has always been an underground sport that never really managed to pull itself out of the darkness and into popular culture.That being said however, we are now starting to see the tides change and in June 2018 after years