‘Street medicine’ is an attempt to shake up people and let them know that little efforts can make a big difference in someone else’s life! In Los Angeles’ West Side, teams of health workers bring critical medical services to people who are often averse to seeking treatment providing them with small but successful services, making … Read more
There are many religions in the world that believe in the Spirit. Many religions believe that when a person dies, his spirit continues to live on. In Christianity, for example, the Holy Spirit forms one third of the Holy Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit. But does the spirit continue … Read more
Math is an integral part of live. You might not know it, you might not see it, but math has an impact on everything we do in life. And everything that has happened in the past several years. This documentary takes a look at how developments in mathematics over the past 40 years completely changed … Read more
Freddie Mercury is one of the most tragic stories in the music history. Widely regarded as one of the best voices and singers in music history, Mercury lived only 45 years. The British singer was known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range. Mercury was the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen, … Read more
In the fourth century BC the Greek philosopher Aristotle went to Lesbos, an island in the Aegean full, then as now, with wildlife. His fascination with what he found there, and his careful study of it, gave birth to a new science – biology. Professor Armand Leroi follows in the footsteps of Aristotle to discover … Read more
Hans Rudolf “Ruedi” Giger, was a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor and set designer. He finished the study of architecture and industrial design at the School of Applied Arts in Zurich. Giger had a specific style of creating art that was surreal and nightmarish. He started with small ink drawings before he progressed to oil paintings, … Read more
In 1994, Terrell Johnson was found guilty for shooting Verna Robinson. He was the only one of the three men initially charged to be found guilty. As a result, he spent 18 years in prison. He was sent to prison in 1995. In 2012, he was finally released, as he was found innocent in a … Read more
Filmmaker Marc Singer brings a unique view of New York City’s homless in a very raw film. Dark Days was made by Singer spending 2 years living in the subterranean tunnels with the people that society has cast out. These people have come together to form a sort of underground community. This film, shot in … Read more
“Mark Thomas puts the arms trade under the spotlight in this special edition of Dispatches, asking how easy it is to broker arms. Working his way through a spider’s web of vast and, in some cases, archaic legislation, Thomas unearths a series of dangerous loopholes, inconsistencies and, even more shocking, simple omissions that would have the most avaricious arms broker … Read more
Iran and the United States have had no formal diplomatic relations since April 1980. Pakistan serves as Iran’s protecting power in the United States, while Switzerland serves as the United States’ protecting power in Iran. Contacts are carried through the Iranian Interests Section of the Pakistani Embassy in Washington DC and the US Interests Section … Read more