Commanding Heights series (1 hour 55 min documentaries)
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Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy series. A global economy, energized by technological change and unprecedented flows of people and money, collapses in the wake of a terrorist attack. The year is 1914. Worldwide war results, exhausting the resources of the great powers and convincing many that the economic system itself is to blame. From the ashes of the catastrophe, an intellectual and political ...more
Episode 1 - The Battle of Ideas |
The Power of Nightmares series - 1 hour documentaries
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BAFTA Award for Best Factual Series in 2004*** The films compare the rise of the Neo-Conservative movement in the United States and the radical Islamist movement, making comparisons on their origins and claiming similarities between the two. More controversially, it argues that the threat of radical Islamism as a massive, sinister organised force of destruction, specifically in the form of al-Qaeda, is a myth perpetrated by politicians in many countries ...more Episode 1 - Baby it's Cold Outside Episode 2 - The Phantom Victory Episode 3 - The Shadows in the Cave |
The Curse of Oil series - 1 hour documentaties
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Series that goes on a revealing journey through the world's oil-producing regions ...more Episode 1 - Rich and Poor Episode 2 - The Pipeline Episode 3 - The Wilderness |
The Trap
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The series consists of three one-hour programmes which explore the concept and definition of freedom, specifically, "how a simplistic model of human beings as self-seeking, almost robotic, creatures led to today's idea of freedom". Three part series of one hour documentaries. Episode 1 - F... you Buddy Episode 2 - The Lonely Robot Episode 3 - We Will Force You To Be Free |
The Clash of Worlds series - 1 hour documentaties
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Exploring how past conflicts between a Christian West and Islam can help explain more recent violence. Episode 1 - Mutiny Episode 2 - Sudan Episode 3 - Palestine |
The Century of the Self series - 1 hour documentaries
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Adam Curtis' acclaimed series examines the rise of the all-consuming self against the backdrop of the Freud
dynasty. To many in both politics and business, the triumph of the self is the ultimate expression of
democracy, where power has finally moved to the people. Certainly the people may feel they are in charge, but
are they really? The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of
the mass-consumer society in Britain and the United States. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom,
and in whose interests? ...more
Episode 1 - Happiness Machines |
