The year: 1969. Headlines blare war and civil unrest while John Lennon and Yoko Ono are in love. The eccentic rock 'n' roll couple has just gotten married, and more than happy to be together, they want to change the world.Lying in a hotel bed surrounded by journalists, they announce their mission for peace and invite the rest of the world to symbolically climb into bed with them and share thei
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 Presidents have often known little about science.That is a problem when the decisions they make will affect every one of us, from nuclear proliferation to climate change. To help the new President get to grip
In America's earliest days, there were barn-raising parties in which neighbors helped each other build up their farms. Today, in some churches, there are debt liquidation revivals in which parishioners chip in to free each other from growing credit card debts that are driving American families to bankruptcy and desperation.While many Americans may be "maxing out" on credit cards, there is a de
As the credit crunch bites and a global economic crisis threatens, Robert Peston reveals how the super-rich have made their fortunes, and the rest of us are picking up the bill.
Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian writer and activist who won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her novel, The God of Small Things, and in 2002, the Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize.Early in her career, Roy worked for television and movies. She wrote the screenplays for In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989), a movie based on her experiences as a student of architecture, directed by her current husb
Georgi Ivanov Markov was born on March 1, 1929 in Sofia, Bulgaria, which came under the control of the Bulgarian Communist Party in 1944. Although his father was a "class enemy" of the party, Markov published his first novel at the age of 32 to stellar reviews, and he eventually became an acclaimed novelist and playwright. His life among the privileged elite in Bulgarian society -- including among
IN THEIR OWN WORDS: THE UNTOLD STORIES OF THE 9/11 FAMILIES is the new, official companion DVD to 9/11 Press For Truth. Over 2 hours of unseen families’ interviews and rare news clips originally intended for inclusion in the movie ended up on the cutting room floor – until now. A unique, balanced look at a diverse group of topics includes: Top officials’ whereabouts and changing stories on the da
Director's note: "This download/stream contains TWO similar versions of 'Invisible Ballots'. The first is 80 mins, and the second is 58 mins. The longer version is for theaters, the shorter for schools and community organizing. The basic content is the same in either one." -William Gazecki"Governments are installing computerized voting systems with no paper record to verify accuracy. Elections
Werner Herzog is a master filmmaker. Stretching back decades, genres, languages, styles and scope, he continues to be a pioneering creative force. Encounters at the End of the World is the newest reminder of his skill, and joins the growing list of ecologically/environmentally centered documentaries gracing us, the most famous being Davis Guggenheim/Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.Herzog's Enc