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Arsenal Of Hypocrisy - The Space Program And The Military Industrial Complex	The glory days of NASA are over! Today the Military Industrial Complex is marching towards world dominance through Space technology on behalf of global corporate interest. To understand how and why the space program will be used to fight all future wars on earth from space, it's important to understand how the public has been misled about the origins and true purpose of the Space Program. (More Info) Categories: Space, Military, Economics Duration: 00:59:05 Date Added: 2011-03-09 00:00:00 Views: 395 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Blood Diamonds: The True Story	The documentary series exploring infamous historical events continues. Earlier this year, Leonardo di Caprio starred in the Hollywood blockbuster ‘Blood Diamonds’. This documentary goes behind the story of that film to explore how the worldwide diamond trade has funded wars across western and central Africa, leading to the death and displacement of millions of people. Sierra Leone on Africa’s west coast is one of the poorest nations on earth, with an average income of just 2 (More Info) Categories: Society, Disaster, Economics Duration: 00:46:26 Date Added: 2011-08-04 20:28:37 Views: 479 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Born Into Brothels	A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, BORN INTO BROTHELS is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in Calcutta's red light district, where there mothers work as prostitutes. Spurred by the kids' facination with her camera, Zana Briski, a New-York-based photographer living in the brothels and documenting life there, decides to teach them photography. As they begin to look at and record their world through new eyes, the kids, who society refused (More Info) Categories: Economics, Society Duration: 01:23:20 Date Added: 2011-03-06 00:00:00 Views: 424 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Congo - White King, Red Rubber, Black Death	The Belgian government has denounced this documentary as a "tendentious diatribe" for depicting King Leopold II - still a heroic figure in Belgium - as the moral forebear of Adolf Hitler, responsible for the death of 10 million people in his rapacious exploitation of the Congo. This true, shocking, astonishing story of what the Belgians did in the Congo was forgotten for over 50 years. Congo:White King, Red Rubber, Black Death describes Leopold II, King of the Belgium's private colony (More Info) Categories: Disaster, Economics, Society Duration: 01:49:34 Date Added: 2010-10-23 00:00:00 Views: 415 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Crude	The discovery of crude oil and a look at its future existence. (More Info) Categories: Disaster, Economics, Society Duration: 01:29:18 Date Added: 2011-01-14 00:00:00 Views: 406 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Enron - The Smartest Guys In The Room	Enron dives from the seventh largest US company to bankruptcy in less than a year in this tale told chronologically. The emphasis is on human drama, from suicide to 20,000 people sacked: the personalities of Ken Lay (with Falwellesque rectitude), Jeff Skilling (he of big ideas), Lou Pai (gone with $250 M), and Andy Fastow (the dark prince) dominate. Along the way, we watch Enron game California's deregulated electricity market, get a free pass from Arthur Andersen (which okays the dubious mark-t (More Info) Categories: Economics, Society Duration: 01:49:31 Date Added: 2010-11-15 00:00:00 Views: 344 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Gashole	What caused America to go from being a leading exporter of oil to the world's largest importer? What are the economic and sociological forces that have contributed to that change and impede its solution? GAS HOLE is an eye-opening documentary about the history of oil prices and sheds light on a secret that the big oil companies don't want you to know – that there are viable and affordable alternatives to petroleum fuel! It also provides a detailed examination of our continued de (More Info) Categories: Economics, Society Duration: 01:37:09 Date Added: 2011-07-17 15:45:36 Views: 750 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Inside Job	The film sets out to demonstrate that the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 was not “random” or “accidental”, but was avoidable. It begins with Iceland which, before the crisis, was doing so well economically that it was described by some as having “end of history” status. The country had been highly deregulated, notably with the privatization of its banks, which ultimately collapsed in 2008. In reality, the situation there constituted a veritable “Ponzi scheme”, which credit ratin (More Info) Categories: Economics, Disaster Duration: 01:48:39 Date Added: 2011-07-17 15:28:24 Views: 699 Rating: 9.00/10 Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Life And Debt	Life and Debt is a 2001 American documentary film directed by Stephanie Black. It examines the economic and social situation in Jamaica, and specifically the impact thereon of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank's globalization policies. Its starting point is the award-winning non-fiction essay A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid. These loans were conditional on structural adjustment policies, which required Jamaica to enact harsh economic reforms, including trade liberali (More Info) Categories: Economics Duration: 01:26:07 Date Added: 2011-03-23 00:00:00 Views: 830 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Megacities (3 Episodes)	Living In the City For the first time in history, more people live in cities than the countryside. Across the globe, we have 21 cities with more than 10 million people, and these numbers are set to increase - busy, noisy, crowded megacities are the future. In a fascinating three-part series, Andrew Marr finds out how these heaving mega-metropolises feed, protect and move their citizens. In the first episode, Andrew looks at how people live in five of the world's bigg (More Info) Categories: Economics, Society Duration: 02:55:45 Date Added: 2011-08-21 16:09:56 Views: 372 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Modern Marvels - Money	How does America make money--literally? We visit the United States Mint and the Bureau of Printing and Engraving to see the secretive government facilities where our legal tender is generated. With a storied past as tantalizing as the wealth they create, these mints can spit out fortunes in an hour and keep our economy flowing. (More Info) Categories: Economics, Engineering Duration: 00:46:45 Date Added: 2010-09-17 00:00:00 Views: 310 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Monopoly Men: Federal Reserve Fraud	The Federal Reserve, or the Fed as it is lovingly called, may be one of the most mysterious entities in modern American government. Created during Wilson’s presidency to protect the economy in times of financial turmoil, its real business remains to be discovered. During the Wilson presidency, the U.S. government sanctions the creation of the Federal Reserve. Thought by many to be a government organization maintained to provide financial accountability in the even (More Info) Categories: Economics, Society, Conspiracy Duration: 00:47:26 Date Added: 2011-05-30 00:00:00 Views: 429 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Nuclear Nightmare - Understanding North Korea	On May 25, 2009, North Korea announced that it had successfully conducted its second nuclear test, having expelled all international nuclear inspectors as a response to a tightening of sanctions by the UN Security Council which had punished NKs long-range ballistic missile test conducted in April. NK is now determined to revive its atomic weapons and other advanced missile development programs despite widespread international opposition, especially from the U.S, South Korea, and Japan. The UN Se (More Info) Categories: Weapons, Society, Economics Duration: 00:45:02 Date Added: 2010-12-06 00:00:00 Views: 353 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Roger And Me	A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith. (More Info) Categories: Economics, Automotive Duration: 01:30:37 Date Added: 2010-09-30 00:00:00 Views: 396 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Small Fortunes: Microcredit and the Future of Poverty	Small Fortunes is a one-hour documentary describing the impact that microcredit is having throughout the world through the stories of eleven microentrepreneurs. Millions of the world’s poorest—mostly women—who are unable to provide the necessary collateral to secure a traditional loan are turning to microcredit institutions for help. These institutions give “micro” loans, often for less than $100, to those for whom the entrepreneurial spirit is still in its purest, most (More Info) Categories: Economics, Society Duration: 00:56:35 Date Added: 2011-08-13 12:48:53 Views: 298 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Smile Pinki	Smile Pinki (2008) is a 39-minute documentary directed by Megan Mylan. The film shows the story of a poor girl in rural India whose life is transformed when she receives free surgery to correct her cleft lip. The documentary was made in Hindi and Bhojpuri, and won the 81st Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Pinki Sonkar is an five-year-old girl who is living with a severe cleft lip in one of the poorest areas of India. Not allowed to attend school at her native villag (More Info) Categories: Health, Economics, Society Duration: 00:46:57 Date Added: 2011-03-20 00:00:00 Views: 953 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

The Century Of The Self	To many in both business and government, the triumph of the self is the ultimate expression of democracy, where power is truly moved into the hands of the people. Certainly the people may feel they are in charge, but are they really? The Century of the Self by Adam Curtis tells the untold and controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society. How is the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interest? The Freud dynasty is at the heart of this compelling soc (More Info) Categories: Economics, Society, Psychology Duration: 03:54:56 Date Added: 2011-06-18 00:00:00 Views: 753 Rating: 8.00/10 Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

The Corporation	WINNER OF 26 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS! 10 Audience Choice Awards including the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, THE CORPORATION explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal "person" to the logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation o (More Info) Categories: Economics, Society Duration: 02:35:29 Date Added: 2010-10-28 00:00:00 Views: 359 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

The Yes Men Fix The World	Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno are two guys who just can't take "no" for an answer. They have an unusual hobby: posing as top executives of corporations they hate. Armed with nothing but thrift-store suits, the Yes Men lie their way into business conferences and parody their corporate targets in ever more extreme ways - basically doing everything that they can to wake up their audiences to the danger of letting greed run our world. One day Andy, purporting to be a Dow Che (More Info) Categories: Disaster, Society, Economics Duration: 01:35:40 Date Added: 2011-07-15 15:43:56 Views: 700 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Welcome To Lagos	Fifty years ago, Lagos, then Nigeria's capital, was a city the size of today's Bradford, with a population of a little less than 300,000 people. Everyone said it was lovely. Now 16 million people live there: it is one of a new breed of megacities in a world that is abandoning the countryside. And it grows by 600,000 a year. That's like chucking in Glasgow every 12 months. It's a monster, force-fed to morbid obesity, but with the bone structure of a baby. It can't function properly, just lies the (More Info) Categories: Society, Economics, Health Duration: 02:57:17 Date Added: 2010-10-05 00:00:00 Views: 341 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist