Stephen Fry was nearly an American. Just before Stephen was born, his father was offered a job at Princeton University, but decided to reject it. And so, Stephen was born in NW3 rather than in New Jersey. In this six-part series that travels, especially in a taxi in London, through 50 states that could have … Read more
This documentary is concerned with the problem of bullying in the schools in the US. The director of this documentary is Lee Hirsch and it was first screened in 2011 at the Tribeca Film Festival. The US theater release was on March 30th, 2012. The purpose of this documentary is to raise awareness and launch a number … Read more
“The Only Son” is a 2013 Dutch documentary, directed by Simonka de Jong. It is a story about the challenge of keeping Dolpo’s ancient culture alive as the area becomes less isolated. The film centers on Pema’s parents’ expectation that Pema will return to Dolpo, Nepal, when he completes his education, marry a Dolpapa woman, … Read more
Based on Jared Diamond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name, Guns, Germs and Steel Travel trace humanity over the last 13,000 years – since the dawn of agriculture at the end of the last Ice Age to the realities of life in the XXI century the first century. Inspired by a question asked on the island of Papua … Read more
Gibraltar is one of the biggest islands in the world. Even though it is close to Spain, it remains a British overseas territory and headland. The official language is English, and the interests of Gibraltar are shown in the EU by the United Kingdom. That is, until Britain is part of the EU. Due to … Read more
<p>Three-part series that goes in a revealing journey through the world, oil-producing regions, beyond the familiar territory of the Middle East. Now that the price of oil appears to be rising inexorably at the pumps, the newspapers are full of gloomy predictions related to the increasing addiction to perishable reserves of oil. Bill Cran series … Read more
This documentary effectively breaks the myths and fallacies of gun control. Owning a firearm is not a privilege – which is a fundamental right. In fact, the basic right to protect themselves and their loved ones. Throughout history, there has been a disturbing pattern: sooner or later (sometimes sooner), the unarmed population are the unfortunate … Read more
A flush toilet is a toilet that disposes of human waste (urine and feces) by using water to flush it through a drainpipe to another location for disposal. This concept might sound simple to us, but it hasn’t always been that case. In fact, the first toilet was not even invented before the 16th century. … Read more
Inbred is someone born from people who are closely related. Research says that this usually leads to at least temporarily decreased biological fitness of a population. Back in the day, it was normal for kings and queens to marry in the family to keep the fortune and wealth within the family. But in the modern … Read more
Solar PV systems have now made a massive leap in the energy generation field. We have always been hunter gatherers but now it is more hunting for energy and fuel to produce this energy…fossil fuels are so depleted now and we explore the challenge from the alternative. SOLAR ENERGY … and this is Solar energy … Read more