This four part documentary series from SHOWTIME Sports aims to provide us with an intimate portrait of two of the most compelling personalities in sport right now, that being Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor.With their blockbuster fight now fast approaching (August 26th) SHOWTIME takes us inside both camps to witness the action from behind the scenes. Starting off with the world tour that
Sonny Liston can be described as a tragic figure, someone who reached for the sky above from the mud below but couldn't really handle it once he got there. Having literally been run out of three cities by the police, he brought a true aura of destruction and menace into the gym and into the ring.Although never really seeming to be interested in bettering himself, Liston appeared to be content
In Asia and the Middle East there is said to be more than 15 million women working as servants in private households, the working conditions for many of these women is said to be comparable to slavery. Many of whom have been recruited by shady employment agencies who ignore reports of or perhaps themselves exploit, mistreat or even sexually abuse their workforce.It is estimated that around
Most people are or at least should be familiar with the HBO television series "The Wire", but not everyone will be fully aware of the fact that the television series and the people portrayed in it were mostly based on real gangsters from Baltimore.Legends Of The Unwired is the first film to shine a light on this fact and reveal the true people that the characters of The Wire were based on.
The shadow of World War II loomed long, there was a desperate need to rebuild bomb damaged towns and cities because above all people wanted a safe place to live and to bring up their families.In the 1950's the government was under pressure to build new homes and as such started an ambitious building program, the time to look forward had come at last and the British wanted everything around the
British boxing legend Chris Eubank sits down with and speaks to award-winning TV journalist Gabriel Clarke about his life in sport and the legacy in which he left behind once retiring. From his early life growing up on the streets of Peckham to defending his world title 18 times we learn about what it takes to be Mr. Eubank.This film also focuses on the iconic and in one case tragic fights aga
The drug which started out as a fad back in the 1970's amongst the motorcycle gang subculture has now spread right across the United States, it is known by many names, Speed, Meth, Glass, etc. Despite the governments best efforts to crack down on it, methamphetamine has become far more destructive now than at any other point in the last decade.This film is an investigation into
Dirty Gold War is a tale about the truths which lie behind the thriving industry of gold. On one side of it you have the end product which is associated with love, celebration and displays of wealth but there is a darker side to this precious metal and that is the appalling conditions faced by those who are affected by dirty gold.The film explores the complete road in which gold takes to in
A groundbreaking special from FRONTLINE where over the course of 90-minutes we are taken into the social grey area of assisted suicide. This underground world is probably one of the most polarising social issues of our time as on one side we have those who feel they are helping people end their suffering but on the other we have the lawmakers who believe maters of assisted suicide are criminal.I