The notion of living in a parallel universe is one of the strangest ideas in all of science, it emerged by complete accident from bizarre experiments and at first scientists resisted their findings but it wasn't until a maverick in the field would force them to take it seriously.The idea is that we are living in a bubble and you are just one of an infinite number versions of yourself, there co
Such Is Life: The Troubled Times of Ben Cousins is an Australian film which was released in 2010, it is an examination of the life of Ben Cousins, an Australian rules football player. Recorded over a 2 year period we see how Cousins rose to fame as a star player for the West Coast Eagles and from here we see how this career became shrouded in controversy. A number of highly publicised drug-related
Surviving R. Kelly is a six part documentary series which was released by Lifetime, it deals directly with the countless allegations that have been brought forward against R. Kelly regarding sexual abuse. Through a number of interviews we hear from many young women who have come forward uniting their voices against the singer.At one time R. Kelly was considered to be one of the greatest R&
In late February of 1998 conflict erupted in Kosovo between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia forces and the Kosovo Albanian rebel group known as the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) whom had air support provided by NATO. This conflict lasted until 11 June 1999. A study carried out estimated that the population has suffered 12,000 deaths.In this film we hear from the son of two Albanian immigrant
One of the worlds great rivers flows from the heart of Africa, it cuts through the largest rainforest outside of the Amazon and contains wildlife found nowhere else on Earth. The Democratic Republic of Congo is a vast beautiful but tormented place.The country is mineral rich but the people are among the worlds poorest, for centuries its resources have been plundered and it has been ravaged by
It's been 10 years since the superstar Michael Jackson died but he continues to make headlines, although the headlines these days are less about him being 'King of Pop' and more about his inappropriate behaviour towards children, with persistent claims that the eccentric megastar was a child abuser.His latest accuser is Adrian McManus, a woman who knew the stars private life all too well. For
It is said that the most compelling tales originate from a restaurants kitchen and more specifically the dish pit and in a city known for nightlife and haute cuisine, Dish Pigs tells the untold stories of dishwashers in Montreal.Through intimate first-person accounts and gritty visual storytelling, the film unearths the deeper truths about the working-class economy that lie just beyond the doo
Originally released in 2004, War Feels Like War is a British film which for three months follows five reporters and photographers who managed to circumvent the military media control in order to gain access to a different perspective of the Iraq War.As the world witnessed the Coalition of the willing sweep through Iraq, some journalists in Kuwait took it upon themselves to travel in their wake
Out of the chaos, darkness and violence of the Middle Ages one family rose to seize control of England. Generation after generation they ruled the country for more than 300 years, ruthlessly crushing all competition to become the greatest English dynasty of all time.They were the Plantagenets and their story is more shocking, more brutal than anything you'll find in fiction and in this four pa