A Brazilian Documentary on the impact of the future World Cup in the poor communities living in favelas in Rio de Janeiro. The government aim is the revamp and gentrification of the area, expelling the poor from the beautiful hills where the favelas stand and the selling of luxury homes for the rich. We started filming this documentary independently over one year ago with very little funding...
A homemade drug called Krokodil is gaining popularity in Siberia and its effects on users are horrific. Krokodil is Russian for Crocodile, because of the way addicts' skin begins to get turn scaly, dry and eventually rot right off their bodies. Even most heroin users are frightened by Krokodil and want nothing to do with this terrifying drug.
Amado Carrillo Fuentes (December 17, 1956 -- July 3, 1997), was a Mexican drug lord who seized control of the Juárez Cartel after assassinating his boss Rafael Aguilar Guajardo.[1][2] Amado Carrillo became known as "El Señor de Los Cielos" (Lord of the Skies) because of the large fleet of jets he used to transport drugs. He was also known for laundering over US$20...
Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled.
This unique film is an in-depth look at one of the best-loved and most important albums in popular music.
June 2013, peaceful protests over the massive costs of bringing the World Cup to Brazil are met with violent repression by the state. Mirroring recent events in Turkey, what had started as relatively small protests turned into massive mobilizations as a result of police brutality. Brazilian photographer Michel de Souza takes us into the heart of the protests - or eye of the storm as he puts it...
In Bangladesh, millions of rural poor are currently drinking water that is contaminated with high levels of arsenic. Although the problem was described as the worst mass poisoning in history, little has been achieved to resolve it. Among the few projects that are being implemented, even fewer have managed to reach the poor and to implement water supplies and health support provisions that...
Corruption, assassination and street rioting surround the story of the award-winning film, Power Trip, which follows an American multi-national trying to solve the electricity crisis in Tbilisi, capital of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. Power Trip provides insight into today's headlines, with a graphic, on-the-ground depiction of the challenges facing globalization in an...
Corruption, assassination and street rioting surround the story of chaotic post-Soviet transition told through culture clash, electricity disconnections and blackouts. AES Corp., the american "global power company," now owns the privatized electric company in Tbilisi, capital of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.
Our intention with this video is to raise awareness and a sense of environmental responsibility amongst the public to promote a wiser use of our resources. A video by Anayansi Sierralta,Mauricio de León and Alan Garduño, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
A Rockin Educational Music Video/Anthem about the dangers of GMO'S in our food supply Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO'S) in the food supply and OK with the FDA?? Monsanto gets full immunity for any liability to human health thanks to the signing of the "Monsanto Protection Act" and no labels required? On Sale at Itunes and other major music retailers June 23 2013
"7/7 What Did They Know?" is a new documentary from WideShut.co.uk, exploring the intelligence that was available to the police and security services prior to the July 7, 2005, London Bombings.
Vandana Shiva's Seed Freedom with David Holmgren the co-originator of permaculture. In this short film David discusses Monsanto GMO's and reveals the theft of Roundup resistance. This is a vitally important issue on who controls and owns the energy that fuels humans. David and Vandana both star in the Australian made independent feature documentary, United Natures . Contains footage...
United Natures - mother earth rights, permaculture and environmental philosophy. Important information expressed by a stellar cast including Dr. Vandana Shiva, David Holmgren, Starhawk, Dr. Helen Caldicott, Polly Higgins, Father Bob Maguire, Cormac Cullinan, Prof. Stuart Hill, Dr. Alessandro Pelizzon, Rosa Maria Ruiz and other luminaries. Independent grassroots feature film. Released June 1st...
In 2004, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart confronted the two hosts of CNN's Crossfire on their own show to criticize their brand of debate theater which Stewart claimed was promoting dishonest arguments. Less than three months later CNN canceled the show with the head of the network citing sympathy with Stewart's points. Unfortunately this victory didn't end all dishonest debate...
A young woman comes home to her boyfriend and finds that he is saving water...with a twist. A video by Nadia Asfour, Selina Chaouki, Elias El Hage, Lebanese American University, Lebanon. This video is the grand winner of the Connect4Climate iChange competition - have a look at the other submissions at www.connect4climate.org/
A film by a brother/sister duo, Sam and Kate Fulbright to take a closer look at what climate change really means in the United States, and dive beyond the daunting numbers and graphs to meet the people and communities effected by the problem of climate change.
"My modest claim is that advertising is the most powerful and sustained system of propaganda in human history and it's cumulative cultural and political effects, unless very quickly checked, will be responsible for destroying the world as we know it." Advertising & the Perfect Storm: Global Warming, Peak Oil & Consumer Debt presented by Sut Jhally is sponsored...
RINF Alternative News (http://www.rinf.com) looks at the reality of the global surveillance network and explains how PRISM is just a small part in a decades-long agenda to monitor citizens.
The file of Gregorian Bivolaru has been made up by the Romanian Prosecutors' Office following the order of the Romanian Communist Secret Services (Securitate). "It is a strange and unique case within the European Justice System" declares General Dan Voinea, the former chief of Military Prosecutors' Offices, who, following to the investigation started in order to shed light...
Are the Department of Homeland Security are operating outside the law by violating the Fourth Amendment with their questionable warrantless stop and search procedures?
From the pen of Zen Gardner, to the present time. Prophetic, at the very least. http://www.zengardner.com/epitaph-the-late-great-united-states/ It's over. The sacrifice is done. A lone bugle plays weak, warbled taps as the smoke drifts from the ruins into the dark, grey sky. America is finished. The plan is executed.
Freedom Fuels takes an in-depth look at renewable fuel sources, such as bio-diesel, ethanol and vegetable oil. It explores the interaction of the petroleum industry and alternative fuels over the last 150 years, and examines the global impact that bio-fuels can have on our future.
"This film came out of my frustration with watching the nightly news and hearing generals, politicians and pundits, explaining the political and economic cost of the war in the Middle East, without ever mentioning the human cost. I wanted to hear about the war by the people affected by it most: doctors, nurses, poets, artists, soldiers, and my personal favorite, musicians."...
A new film, ‘The Farmer, the Architect and the Scientist’ tells the story of a seed hero. Dr Debal Deb is a pioneering ecologist committed to working with traditional farmers in eastern India to conserve indigenous seed diversity. Over almost two decades, Debal has managed to save 920 varieties of rice, all of which he stores in community based seed banks in West Bengal and Odisha...
Years of struggle had long honed Aling Tita's powerful sense of solidarity. Her neighbors rely on her in many ways. She often supports parents trying to enroll their children in school, or applying for administrative papers from the City Hall. She plays a key role in making it possible for ATD Fourth World to run a Street Library in her community. Marilyn says, “I know also how much...
Burzynski, the Movie is the story of a medical doctor and Ph.D biochemist named Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski who won the largest, and possibly the most convoluted and intriguing legal battle against the Food and Drug Administration in American history. In the 1970's, Dr. Burzynski made a remarkable discovery that threatened to change the face of cancer treatment forever. His non-toxic...
With most media outlets focusing on the conflict and clashes, this beautiful video shows the cooperation, solidarity and hope of those resisting corporate rule in Turkey. Shot in and around Gezi Park, featuring the voices of the people involved and images of the art, music, laughter and sharing you won't see on TV. Video: Deniz Tarsus Subtitle:Umut Ekizler Thanks to: Ethem Onur...
Filmed April 26, 2012, 12pm. Q & A workshop with Jacob Appelbaum, computer security researcher, on mobile phone security, cellphone forensics, state repression and surveillance. Jacob Appelbaum is an independent computer security researcher and hacker. He was employed by the University of Washington and is a core member of the Tor project. Appelbaum is known for representing...
Circus Maximus flew from Seattle with his partner Karissa to help out in NJ after Hurricane Sandy. Using skills that he already had as a caterer, he decided to create The U-HUNGRY Cafe to mobilize and distribute food to shore towns without electricity and whose cars had been totaled by the storm. Along the way he found a crew of like-minded volunteers who got a quick lesson on how to do...
The film follows Daniel Ellsberg and explores the events leading up to the publication of the Pentagon Papers , which exposed the top-secret military history of the United States involvement in Vietnam .
FRONTLINE reveals 9/11's unprecedented yet largely invisible legacy: the creation of a vast maze of clandestine government and private agencies designed to hunt terrorists and prevent future attacks on the U.S.
How we see the world determines how we act. Western thought sees us at war with each other over resources. In Indigenous philosophy, we are all related as individuals in balance with nature. Enoughness juxtaposes these two world views and delivers some startling facts. It is pointed out that "Indigenous peoples territory spans 24% of the earths land surface but is home to 80% of it's...
The source behind the Guardian's NSA files talks to Glenn Greenwald about his motives for the biggest intelligence leak in a generation.
Beauty in Darkness is a collection of four short stories portraying difficult situations that people in Gumaca are suffering from, a typical scenario of a dark reality occurring in different parts of the world. It is in the most challenging situations that the intangible is hardest to spot or recognize. However, the people in the movie demonstrate that the beautiful qualities are...
http://www.trocaire.org Across the developing world, food crops are being destroyed to make way for biofuels. Actor Aidan Gillen (The Wire, Game of Thrones, Love/Hate) travels to Guatemala with Irish development agency Trócaire to meet the Rio Frio community who were evicted off land in the Polochic Valley to facilitate the expansion of a sugarcane plantation.
The Edible Playground - a film about an inner city school where children are able to turn their playground into a vegetable garden!
Surviving Progress presents the story of human advancement as awe-inspiring and double-edged. It reveals the grave risk of running the 21st century’s software — our know-how — on the ancient hardware of our primate brain which hasn’t been upgraded in 50,000 years. With rich imagery and immersive soundtrack, filmmakers Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks launch us on journey...
The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent in an unprecedented way, with unlimited opportunities. But does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world's most influential creators of the digital era.
Amina Filali is a 16-year old Moroccan girl who committed suicide after being forced to marry her alleged rapist (in accordance with the article 475 of the Moroccan penal code). Her tragic death dominated Moroccan and international media in March 2012. Through this horrifying affair this film explores legal, political, religious and social issues that plague Moroccan women-- chipping away at...
"America -- they're coming for you next." That’s the warning from a Wisconsin state employee after her union rights were destroyed by a Republican governor funded by corporate and billionaire donors whose ultim
The Sacred Sound of Creation is the first film of our time to explore and connect the origins of creation and reality itself with the conscious evolution of the modern era. The knowledge that reality and consciousness are spawned from a primordial sound and immutable light are rediscovered within The Sacred Sound of Creation through esoteric wisdom found deep within a comparative search of...
Goal 1 of the Millennium Development Goals : Reduce extreme poverty and hunger. Juan Carlos Baltazar is from La Paz, Bolivia, and began working at the age of six, selling candy and cigarettes late into the night in bars, in order to support his mother and siblings. Out of necessity, he has worked a variety of jobs including : cook, baker, ice cream vendor, street peddler, shoe shiner...
The printing press was at first mistaken for an engine of immortality by everybody except the Brothers Grimm. Isn't it amusing to watch the commercials between the news and the sports section? Drink this! Drive that! Fuck you! They don't care.
America's 33 Dollar Mercenaries looks into the case of men sent to Iraq from poor countries by private US security companies as security guards who were forced to fight like a soldier without the training and a fraction of the money. PRESS TV Documentaries
Update: A good brother volunteered their? cell number and I have access to my Gmail again! Goodness knows no bounds and the worse things get on this planet, the more we band together. The brutalities of progress are called revolutions.
Les Visible,s classic found at: http://zippittydodah.blogspot.com/2011/09/ides-of-something-are-upon-us.html
Abby Martin talks to Richard Wolff, Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, and author of 'Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism', about the recent school closures in Chicago, and how it reflects a systemic problem within the current capitalist model.