The controversial oil sands in Northern Canada are the biggest energy project in the world. It is well established that the oil sands are an environmental disaster – however is it also a human rights disaster? Do Statoil fulfil their commitments from the perspective of the First Nations people?
Who are ISIL and who benefits most from the disorder and chaos across the region? This comprehensive documentary takes us back to the formation of ISIL explaining the process through which this group was founded, armed and equipped, and how they have managed to grow so quickly.
During student demonstrations in Chile, a group of idealistic teenagers take over and occupy Dario Salas high school for 6 months. Barricaded inside, they face police raids & hunger strikes while living through the every day traumas of growing up.
Covering online gaming addiction & sexting to social media narcissism & communication, DSKNECTD surveys the changes to the digital landscape that have profoundly altered the way we interact.
Following the horrors of World War II, there was a strong desire for a better world in which peace would be maintained and human rights respected - the U.N was born. Now, more than 60 years later, the image of the UN has become severely tarnished.
Sidney Rittenberg arrived in China as a GI at the end of World War II. Discharged there, he joined the Communist Party, and was an active participant in the Communist revolution & its aftermath, including the Cultural Revolution, Great Leap Forward & Hundred Flowers Campaign.
A Whisper to a Roar presents the inspiring and dangerous work of democracy activists in five countries around the world - Egypt, Malaysia, Ukraine, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
Red Reign uncovers the systematic murder of the Falun Gong, the underground trade in their harvested organs and the work of courageous doctors, politicians & lawyers around the world in bringing this sickening injustice to light.
Disturbing, powerful & emotionally devastating, Tears of Gaza is a brutal record of the bombing of Gaza. As one reviewer noted, this film ‘doesn’t take sides as much as obliterates politics’ demanding that we examine the costs of war on a civilian populace.
During a perilous escape from Libya by boat, our protagonists become adrift, facing certain death on the waves. A sighting and subsequent rescue cause scenes of unbridled joy and celebration. They were short lived as it became clear that their rescuers had other plans.
For the first time in 42 years, a camera enters Southern Libya in what was forbidden territory under the Gaddafi regime. Rebels, smugglers and victims of the old regime tell their stories. The desert’s well-preserved secrets now finally come to light.
Not heard of the Security Prosperity Partnership? You’re not alone. It undermines the ability of elected representatives to pass laws that safeguard the environment, protect workers rights & control the economy in the interests of ordinary citizens.