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
Lindsay, described as fun and outgoing by her friends, has changed her life forever by using the drug oxycontin. Lindsay grew up as a beautiful dancer and was much loved. Now twenty-four, Lindsay discusses the past few years of addiction. She explains how it is not only the addiction of the drug but the ritual of seeing the blood go into the needle. Now she spends around $900 a day and doesn’t eve
With students facing massive increases in their fees, Dispatches investigates the pay, perks and privileges enjoyed by universities’ top earners. Journalist Laurie Penny reveals the increasing commercialisation of higher education and asks what happens when universities scour the globe for students and funds.
Guardians of Hope Documents the humanitarian struggle of social workers in the harsh streets of downtown Los Angeles. Revealing what could be one of the most important movements in social change, the film features interviews with the passionate and dedicated people at the forefron tif the struggle, which seeks to reclaim dignity and hope for all men, women and children who are suffering.
Delia, Jamie, Gordon, Nigella, Rick, Gary and Antony - their names and faces are everywhere, they are all over the TV schedules, their own brand products dominate the department stores and their cookery books fill up the bestseller lists. We think we know them well, but for the first time this is the story of how they took British cuisine out of the joke book and into the record books.With beh
This half-hour documentary film, patterned after such films as "Baraka", shows the stunning art and visual environment of the Burning Man Festival, held yearly in the desert of northern Nevada.The annual event now known as Burning Man began as a bonfire ritual on the summer solstice in 1986 when Larry Harvey, Jerry James, and a few friends met on Baker Beach in San Francisco burned an 8-foot (
What will our future look like? Floating cities, flying to work and traveling in cars capable of operating underwater? And how will technology advance to make use of our natural resources to help feed our growing population in such areas as food, water and electricity?The era of smog-filled skies will be over, because fewer of us will be driving cars. There will no longer be the use for cars a
Dieter Dengler was a German-American pilot who was shot down over Laos in February 1st of 1966 during the early phase of the Vietnam war. He himself noted that the only reason he took part in the war was because of this love to fly planes. Once shot down he was subsequently held prisoner but managed to escape on June 29th, 1966. Accompanied by documentary award winning film maker, Werner Herzog, D
Alex Jones visited Mike Judge at his Austin Tx home for a one on one interview. Mike covered the current IRS scandal, Alex’s epic interview on Piers Morgan, and The 2nd Amendment Debate.He gave insights into his groundbreaking animation, movies and style of satire that is now proving to be prophetic. He discloses the origins of Beavis and Butthead, Dale Gribble, and behind the scenes of the movi