Vladimir Putin has been the de facto leader of Russia since 2000. That was when he won the first presidential term. He won another one in 2004, and ruled Russia as a president until 2008. In 2008, he had to step down as president, and became the Prime Minister of Russia. He won another presidential … Read more
The Aokigahara Forest is the most popular site for suicides in Japan. After the ‘novel Kuroi Jukai’ was published, in which a young lover commits suicide in the forest, people started taking their own lives there at a rate of 50 to 100 deaths a year. The site holds so many bodies that the Yakuza … Read more
The Doctrine of Discovery, or Inter Caetera, established a spiritual, political, and legal justification for colonization and seizure of land not inhabited by Christians. The doctrine has been invoked since Pope Alexander issued the Papal Bull Inter Caetera in 1493. The degreed aimed to justify explorers’ claims on land and waterways they discovered, and promote … Read more
Human zoos, also called ethnological expositions, were a 19th and 20th century public exhibition of humans, usually in an erroneously labeled natural or primitive state. The horrifying images usually show black and Asian people as they were cruelly treated as exhibits in Europe. This documentary tells the shocking story of how thousands of indigenous people were put … Read more
For more than one millennium, the East and the West church have been in a state of official schism. The schism of 1054 divided Christians on Catholics, and Orthodox Christians. In recent decades, leaders of both the Catholic and the Orthodox church have made closer ties a priority, there are still some issues that remain … Read more
What is your opinion on swinging? Do you approve it? Do you have any problems with it? Well, some people really enjoy it. This is a documentary about wedded couples who want to add spice to their relationship by inviting strangers into their beds. Sometimes, the other partner doesn’t even know. Married women want to … Read more
Guangzhou, China is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. The sprawling port city is located northwest of Hong Kong on the Pearl River. The “Village in the City” documentary offers a glimpse into the changing lives of the farmers who live in the city. Several years ago the city was a farming … Read more
Did you know that Napoleon Bonaparte played a huge role in making the Netherlands a kingdom? Napoleon sent his brother Louis Napoleon Bonaparte to rule over the Netherlands as a puppet state of the French Empire. But contrary to expectations, Louis took his job seriously, and started fostering a Dutch national sense of identity. He … Read more
Exclusive rough cut the first in depth documentary on WikiLeaks and the people behind it! Since the summer of 2010 so far, Swedish television has been following the WikiLeaks secret network media and its chief editor Julian Assange enigmatic. Reporters Jesper Bosse Lindquist Huor and have traveled to key countries where it operates WikiLeaks, interviewing … Read more
America is one of the countries where people migrate to. The American Dream. The American Dream. Fulfill your dreams in America. But what about Canada? Canada is slowly becoming a popular country for migration. Countries around the world have closed their borders to migrants fleeing war, poverty, and natural disasters. But Canada is still accessible. … Read more