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Tijdens een recessie duikt een goedkope, krachtige drug op met morele paniek, gevoed door racisme, als gevolg. Bekijk de complexe geschiedenis van crack in de jaren 80.

In een land waar moordenaars worden bejubeld als helden, dagen de makers van The Act of Killing leiders van doodseskaders uit om hun rol in de genocide na te spelen in filmscènes.

Een moedige predikant gebruikt zijn ondergrondse netwerk om Noord-Koreaanse gezinnen te redden en te helpen terwijl ze hun leven riskeren om de vrijheid te omarmen.

De mensheid leeft op een tijdbom. Als de grote meerderheid van de wetenschappers gelijk heeft, rest ons slechts tien jaar om te voorkomen dat de aarde in de ban komt van een golf aan extreme weersomstandigheden met overstromingen, droogte, epidemieën en dodelijke hittegolven. Een catastrofe die we zelf veroorzaken.

Fahrenheit 9/11 handelt over de vermeende relatie tussen de families van George Bush enerzijds, en de families van Osama bin Laden anderzijds. De film start kort na de controversiële verkiezingsuitslag van november 2000.

Een filmmaker met een passie voor oceanen laat zien hoeveel schade de mens aanricht aan mariene soorten. Verontrustende wereldwijde corruptie wordt blootgelegd.

De regisseur interviewt activisten, politici en historici en combineert dit met archiefbeelden. De titel verwijst naar het dertiende amendement van de grondwet van de Verenigde Staten. In dit amendement worden slavernij en onvrijwillige arbeid per wet verboden.

In HyperNormalisation laat Adam Curtis zien hoe we in deze vreemde tijd beland zijn, waarin onzekerheid vele levens bepaalt en zelfs de machthebbers niet weten wat te doen. Er gebeurt van alles dat zich aan onze controle lijkt te onttrekken,

Dertig jaar na de release van zijn film „JFK” (1991), bekijkt filmmaker Oliver Stone recentelijk vrijgegeven bewijsmateriaal met betrekking tot de moord op president John F. Kennedy, die plaatsvond in Dallas op 22 november 1963.

Bitter Lake gaat vooral over de naoorlogse geschiedenis van Afghanistan: hoe het land een grote rol speelde als spil in de Koude Oorlog, met steeds veranderende politieke affiliaties in zijn relatie met de Verenigde Staten, Rusland en Saoedi-Arabië.

Hoe zou de Amerikaanse democratie eruitzien als tienermeiden de macht hadden? In deze documentaire nemen jonge vrouwelijke leiders uit Missouri met de meest uiteenlopende achtergronden deel aan een groots experiment om van nul af aan een overheid op te bouwen.

The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

When the Second World War breaks out, it is at first largely a war between one side of totalitarian aggressors against a portion of the democratic countries of the world defending other totalitarian states. From the first day of the war in Poland, as it already is in China, this will be a war against humanity.

A five-part docu-series following a veteran group of former GOP operatives and strategists known publicly as the Lincoln Project. The fastest-growing super PAC in America takes on the task of “saving democracy” and defeating their own party’s sitting president, Donald Trump. While working to accomplish their stated goal of “defeating Trumpism,” the group is shaken by internal upheaval, a sexual harassment scandal, and a tidal wave of negative press.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Mao Tsetung established a system of labor camps for systematic repression, known as Laogai, an abbreviation for "Reform Through Labor". In such camps, forced labor and physical and mental torture were used to bring about a so-called mental reform, re-education in the spirit of the Chinese Communist Party. Millions of Chinese were affected. Many were executed. In hundreds of camps, the Party took advantage of the prisoners' free labor to build the economy. Self-criticism and denunciation were often the only way to escape martyrdom. Successive waves of purges culminated in the Cultural Revolution, which saw massive human rights abuses, political assassinations, massacres, and exiles in remote parts of the country. Using unreleased archive footage, the documentary tells the story of the invention, development and improvement of China's totalitarian system of surveillance and repression up to the present day, never told before.

The irresistible rise and dramatic downfall of Margaret Thatcher. Her inner circle reveal how a political outsider won power and dominated British life through a turbulent decade.

In the Eye of the Storm is a six-part documentary series about one of the foremost intellectuals and political figures of our age, Yanis Varoufakis. In the Eye of the Storm begins with a first-hand account of Varoufakis’ dramatic battle with the European establishment, but goes much further to weave a gripping political narrative about the fate of our civilization: where we are, how we got here, and where he believes we must go. We see up close, through Varoufakis’ unique story, how power works at the highest levels, entering a world so often shrouded in secrecy.

With the 00s now firmly in our rear view mirror, the decade is ripe for re-evaluation. From 9/11 to the financial crisis, the decade shows not only a period of turmoil in the United States but its also a golden age when the Internet hadnt been colonized by corporations, when social media was still young and fresh and when it was easy to make money.

Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which took place in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

Go behind the public roles of Finland’s all-female cabinet, for an honest and unguarded look into the lives of exceptional politicians in unprecedented times.

A group of history experts from London's King's College has created this documentary series that tries to assess the key political figures of WWII.

On June 7, 1968, ETA assassinates José Pardines, a Guardia Civil officer. On May 3rd, 2018, a communiqué from the terrorist gang announces the dissolution of its structures. Fifty years of terror, fear, pain, truces, negotiations and 826 deaths lie between the two dates.

Russia’s War provides an important and in-depth account of the nation’s history throughout the period of Joseph Stalin's rule (1924-53). Told in ten parts, this astonishing documentary reveals eyewitness accounts, archival photography, documents and footage, and gives a remarkable insight into what let to the death of sixty-five million Soviets during Stalin’s reign of terror.

This is the ultimate chronicle of the largest amphibious invasion in history. The momentous decisions and tragic losses, pitched battles and desperate strategies come alive with extensive footage from both Allied and Axis government vaults and revealing interviews with soldiers, commanders and civilians. Trace the development of D-Day from the initial plans and strategies to the final breakthrough that sent Allied troops roaring to Paris. Follow the strategies of Eisenhower, Montgomery, Marshall and Bradley and the counter-attacks and defenses of their German opponents. See how the heroism and valor of individual men was vital to salvaging success from plans that went awry in the first few minutes. And get an incredible, front-line view of the pitched battles that sent so many men to their grave.

An investigation into the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II, between the Vichy regime, established in the south of France and headed by Marshal Pétain, and Nazi Germany.

A story about Sweden's monarchy, the role of the royal family in society and what happens when the person behind the monarch is reminded.

Experts explore ethical dilemmas, promoting constructive dialogue about polarizing issues.

Concealed Enemies is an American television docudrama of the events leading to the arrest, conviction, and imprisonment of former U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss.