Top quality diamonds at knock down prices? The only catch is: these rocks don't come out of the ground, but are made in a lab. This is the promise offered by a series of recent scientific breakthroughs.For most of us, it seems we may soon be able to bejewel ourselves like movie stars. But for De Beers, the world's largest diamond trader, could this, one day, be a serious threat?Following a dod
Tony Harris takes a personal look at Baltimore’s inner city and an education system that has failed black Americans.Baltimore, Maryland has come to be known as ‘Charm City’ because of its harbor, which attracts a vibrant nightlife and thriving tourism business. But just beyond the harbor’s calm waters is one of the toughest and most violent inner cities in the US.Baltimore is also home to
A short documentary in collaboration with the Latin American NGO, Un Techo para mi Pais and its Innovation Center. The film follows the Designmatters Safe Agua Peru project, in which Art Center students co-created innovative design solutions to overcome water poverty with families living in Cerro Verde, a 30,000-person slum [asentamientos] perched on the hillsides surrounding Lima, Peru.Direct
State Duma deputy Andrey Lugovoy, who the UK considers the main suspect in the killing of former FSB officer Aleksandr Litvinenko, did not commit the murder, a British lie detector test shows.Lugovoy was asked several questions in connection with the 2006 death of Litvinenko by the British Polygraph Association in Moscow. Asked if he had directly or indirectly contributed to the death, and wheth
Join Adam Pacitti as he ventures into the unpredictable world of professional wrestling.With just one month to train, will he be ready to compete in a ten man, over-the-top-rope rumble match in front of a sold out crowd at Bournemouth's Pavilion Theatre? Baccarat is a fascinating card game with a history as rich as its gameplay. Originating in the courts of European aristocracy, it has evolved
It's been more than 50 years since the first and only human expedition to the deepest part of the sea. Dr. Sylvia Earle, world-renowned marine scientist, president of the Sea Alliance, and founder of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research (D.O.E.R. Marine), which pioneers technologies for scientific ocean research and exploration, discusses how the technology to take humans directly into the sea for
Memphis. April 4 1968. One shot and the voice of America s most enduring symbol of non-violent struggle is silenced.A stunned nation is left to wonder why and how. Now for the first time on DVD Who Killed Martin Luther King? confronts these questions for a new generation of Americans.This award-winning documentary makes adroit use of archival footage and revealing interviews with convicted ass
Several Jewish and Palestinian children are followed for three years and put in touch with each other, in this alternative look at the Jewish-Palestinian conflict. The three filmmakers followed a group of seven local children between 1995 and 1998. They all have a totally different background. These seven children tell their own story about growing up in Jerusalem. Through this portrait of their g
