USSR Top Secret Weapons ()

USSR's first victory over Nazism ()

AKA:
WWII Chronicles

Synopsis:
Summery: RT's short documentary about a hero of Soviet Union's first victory in WW 2. Until recently, it was hard to find the name of General Mikhail Snegov in the history books or in Russian military museums. For many years, Soviet historians concealed the heroic deeds of both the General and his garrison, in the town of Peremyshl, in June 1941. This documentary discovers the reason through interviews with the generals' son and the widow of the writer who first published the book about General Snegov.

Secrets of war: Cold war Khrushchev's regime ()

Meet the Stans Episode 3&4: Uzbekistan and Tajikistan ()

Meet the Stans Episode 1&2: Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan ()

Synopsis:
Simon Reeve travels through Central Asia in this four-part BBC TV series, shown on BBC2, BBC World and by broadcasters internationally. The adventure took Simon from the far north-west of Kazakhstan, by the Russian border, east to the Chinese border, south through Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the edge of Afghanistan, and west to Uzbekistan and the legendary Silk Road cities of Samarkand and Bukhara.
The Guardian said it was 'a thrilling postcard from the edge'
The Times said: 'Simon Reeve's journey through Kazakhstan is a first-class Boys Own adventure on film and illuminating too. I can't imagine anyone switching off who stays for the first five minutes.'
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SIMON REEVE is an adventurer, TV presenter and New York Times bestselling author with a passion for travel, current affairs, history, conservation and the environment. He has been around the world three times for the BBC series Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, and Tropic of Cancer, and has travelled extensively in more than 100 countries. Simon's last journey around the Tropic of Cancer enthralled millions and was described by The Times of London as: "a real gem...Reeve is in a class of his own". Readers of a leading travel magazine voted it their favourite TV series. Simon, who is an ambassador for the nature conservation organisation WWF, has been awarded a One World Broadcasting Trust award for an "outstanding contribution to greater world understanding". His books include Tropic of Capricorn (published by BBC Books), and The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the future of terrorism, which warned of a new age of apocalyptic terrorism, and was the first in the world on bin Laden and al Qaeda. Originally published in 1998 it has been a New York Times bestseller. Simon has contributed to other studies into organised crime, terrorism, biological warfare and corruption. His book One Day in September: the story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre was published in 2000. The film of the same name, narrated by the actor Michael Douglas, won an Oscar for best feature documentary.

Soviet Storm: WW2 in the East ()

About:
1. Operation Barbarossa
2. The Battle of Kiev
3. The Defence of Sevastopol

Apollo 13 The Real Story ()

Analysis Of Chinese Spacesuit Shocks NASA Experts ()

Synopsis:
NASA and China should join together in space travel and not back peddle to the years of Soviet style space race.

In 2008, China became only the 3rd nation to perform an Extravehicular Activity (EVA) from Shenzhou 7 Spacecraft. An overview of the Chinese spacesuit and life support system were assessed from video downlinks during their EVA; from those assessments, spacesuit characteristics were identified. The spacesuits were compared against the Russian Orlan Spacesuit and the U.S. Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU). China's plans for future missions also were presented.

Moon Machines : The Lunar Rover (2008)

Synopsis:
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or lunar rover was a battery-powered four-wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program (15, 16, and 17) during 1971 and 1972. It was popularly known as the moon buggy, a play on the phrase "dune buggy".

Moon Machines: The Command Module (2008)

Synopsis:
The Command/Service Module (CSM) was one of two spacecraft, along with the Lunar Module, used for the United States Apollo program which landed astronauts on the Moon. It was built for NASA by North American Aviation. It was launched by itself into suborbital and low Earth orbit test missions with the Saturn IB launch vehicle, and three times by itself and nine times with the Lunar Module as part of the Apollo spacecraft assembly on the larger Saturn V launch vehicle, which was capable of sending it to the Moon.

Moon Machines: The Navigation Computer (2008)

Synopsis:
The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was a digital computer produced for the Apollo program that was installed onboard each Apollo Command Module (CM) and Lunar Module (LM). The AGC provided computation and electronic interfaces for guidance, navigation, and control of the spacecraft. The AGC had a 16-bit word length, with 15 data bits and one parity bit. Most of the software on the AGC was stored in a special read only memory known as core rope memory, fashioned by weaving wires through magnetic cores, though a small amount of read-write core memory was provided.

Moon Machines: The Space Suit (2008)

Synopsis:
The A7L Apollo & Skylab spacesuit is the primary pressure suit worn by NASA astronauts for Project Apollo, the three manned Skylab flights, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project between 1968 and the termination of the Apollo program in 1975. The "A7L" designation is used by NASA as the seventh Apollo spacesuit designed and built by ILC Dover. The A7L is a design evolution of ILC's initial design A5L and the A6L, which introduced the integrated thermal and micrometeroid cover layer. After the deadly Apollo 1 fire, the suit was upgraded to be fire-resistant and given the designation A7.

Moon Machines: The Lunar Module (2008)

Synopsis:
The Apollo Lunar Module (LM), also known as the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), was the lander portion of the Apollo spacecraft built for the US Apollo program by Grumman to carry a crew of two from lunar orbit to the surface and back. Six such craft successfully landed on the Moon between 1969--1972.

Moon Machines: The Saturn V Rocket (2008)

Synopsis:
The Saturn V (pronounced "Saturn Five") was an American human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA's Apollo and Skylab programs from 1967 until 1973. A multistage liquid-fueled launch vehicle, NASA launched 13 Saturn Vs from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida with no loss of crew or payload. It remains the tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and still holds the record for the heaviest launch vehicle payload.

Soviet N1 Moon Rocket ()

USSR Industrialisation and the Five Year Plans under Stalin ()

SAS Raiders of the Falklands War ()

Synopsis:
In 1982, Britain found itself fighting a full-scale land, sea, and air war eight thousand miles away in the South Atlantic. The speed with which the British task force was able to reoccupy the Falkland Islands and defeat the Argentine invaders, was considerably helped by a series of daring raids mounted by the elite troops of the Special Air Service and Royal Marine Special Boat Squadron.

1979 - 1989 Soviet - Afghan War ()

Perestroika: From Re-Building to Collapse ()

Synopsis:
Perestroika, which literally means "restructuring", was the difficult time of political and economic reform in the USSR. The reforms were introduced in June 1987 by the new Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. He and his supporters were doing everything they could, but the new economic measures were not working. They could distribute goods, but they couldn't turn a profit. Soviet people were suffering - there was no money and food shortages in shops. It ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Cuban Missile Crisis: On Verge of WW3 ()

Synopsis:
In October 1962, during the confrontation between then US President John F Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, the world was very close to global nuclear war. In response to the American deployment of ballistic missiles in Turkey targeted at major Soviet cities, the Soviet Union retaliated with stationing their own missiles in Cuba.

Nikita Khrushchev: Between black & white ()

Synopsis:
He was put in power by Stalin's colleagues. But he was the one later to debunk his predecessor's cult of personality. Public attitudes to him still appear to be more contradictory and varied in comparison to all other Soviet leaders. Today, his son Sergey lives in the United States. But sometimes he visits his father's grave in Moscow. Meet the people who personally knew Khrushchev and find out the facts about the Soviet leader, only on RT.

Tainoe i Javnoe ()

Rajjo (2013)

Synopsis:
The journey of a nautch girl in the most extraordinary circumstances. Rajjo and Chandu fall in love against the backdrop of the dying Kothas of Mumbai.

Starring:
Kangana Ranaut
Prakash Raj
Mahesh Manjrekar

Director: Vishwas Patil

Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela (2013)

AKA:
Ram-Leela
Ramleela
Raamleela
Ram Leela

Starring:
Ranveer Singh
Deepika Padukone
Krishna Singh Bisht


Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Learn Tagalog ()

How do Delusions Motivate Killers ()

Synopsis:
A delusion is a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary. As a pathology, it is distinct from a belief based on false or incomplete information, confabulation, dogma, illusion, or other effects of perception.

Delusions typically occur in the context of neurological or mental illness, although they are not tied to any particular disease and have been found to occur in the context of many pathological states (both physical and mental). However, they are of particular diagnostic importance in psychotic disorders including schizophrenia, paraphrenia, manic episodes of bipolar disorder, and psychotic depression.

Perry v. Louisiana, 498 U.S. 38 (1990), was a United States Supreme Court case over the legality of the forcibly medicating a death row inmate with a mental disorder in order to render him competent to be executed.

Joseph Kallinger (December 11, 1935 -- March 26, 1996) was an American serial killer who murdered three people and tortured four families. He committed these crimes with his 13-year-old son Michael.

Leonard Lake (October 29, 1945 -- June 6, 1985) was an American serial killer. He often used the alias Leonard Hill. The crimes he committed with Charles Ng became known when Lake committed suicide by taking a cyanide pill shortly after being arrested for a firearms offense.

Colin Ferguson (born January 14, 1958) is a mass murderer who was convicted of murdering six people and injuring nineteen others on the Long Island Rail Road in Garden City, New York.

On December 7, 1993, as the train pulled into the Merillon Avenue Station, Ferguson pulled out his gun and started firing at passengers. He killed six and wounded nineteen before being stopped by three of the passengers: Kevin Blum, Mark McEntee and Mike O'Connor. Ferguson's trial was notable for a number of unusual developments, including his firing of his defense counsel and insisting on representing himself and questioning his own victims on the stand.

Ferguson was convicted on February 17, 1995, of murder for the deaths of the six passengers who died of their injuries. He was also convicted of attempted murder for wounding nineteen passengers. As of 2013, he is serving his sentence of 315 years and 8 months to life at the Upstate Correctional Facility in Franklin County, New York. His earliest possible parole date is August 6, 2309.

The Wakefield massacre occurred on Tuesday, December 26, 2000, at Edgewater Technology in Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States, during which the gunman, Michael "Mucko" McDermott, an application support employee, shot and killed seven co-workers.

He was found by police sitting calmly and stated that he didn't speak German. At trial, he stated that he was born without a soul and that God had allowed him to earn a soul by traveling back in time to kill Nazis. However, the prosecution asserted that the killings were motivated by his employer's garnishing of his wages to the IRS, to pay back taxes that he owed.[citation needed]

The weapons he used were an AK-47 variant, a 12-gauge shotgun, and a .32 caliber pistol. He fired off a total of 37 rounds, shooting his victims in the back of the head repeatedly. Police would later find a .460-calibre Weatherby Mark V rifle at the defendant's work station.

India: The Birthplace of Mathematics, Astronomy and Science ()

Vedic Mathematics ()

Make Me a German ()

AKA:
BBC: Make Me a German

Synopsis:
Investigating the German work ethic and economy. Just what makes Germans so successful? They work fewer hours, yet they are more productive and their economy is the most successful in Europe. Even David Cameron says we should strive to be more like them. In a bid to discover their secret, Justin and Bee Rowlatt head to the manufacturing city of Nuremberg with two of their children. Under the tuition of advertising expert PJ, whose company has done detailed research into the typical German, they set out to live, work and socialise the German way. Justin starts work in a pencil factory, Bee learns how the German housewife organises the home and they set about saving a portion of their income. Trying to make themselves German involves hard work, fun and some entertaining surprises.

True Stories: Gypsy Blood ()

Synopsis:
Gypsy Blood: his feature-length, observational documentary examines the violent culture that some gypsy and traveller fathers hand on to their sons. 'True Stories: Gypsy Blood' is an intimate portrait of two gypsy families, their fight for respect and the price they pay in cycles of revenge that can erupt into sudden and terrifying violence. Award-winning photographer, Leo Maguire, gained unprecedented access to the gypsy communities, living and filming with them over two years to produce this stunning directorial debut.

Dracula ()

AKA:
The Lost World: The real Dracula

Synopsis:
Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.[1]Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. The novel touches on themes such as the role of women in Victorian culture, sexual conventions, immigration, colonialism, and post-colonialism. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, he defined its modern form, and the novel has spawned numerous theatrical, film and television interpretations.


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The exile from Bassarabia ()

About:
The exile from Bassarabia, a documentary about Roma holocaust

Synopsis:
A documentary made by the National Roma Center in cooperation with E-Romani Glinda from Sweden.

Romanipen: Gypsy Identity ()

AKA:
Khanabadosh People
Banjara People
Kalbeliya People

Synopsis:
Romanipen is the set of values or code that Roma must follow to be true Roma. The persecution they have suffered and the process of assimilation they have undertaken to survive have forced them to adapt the Romanipen to the specific circumstances they face in each of the countries where Roma are found. With twelve million people spread out around the world, the Roma have a significant presence in many countries. To undertand the diversity of the Roma people, their origin, their problems and achievements, we have taken the path they have walked over the last thousand years. We have interviewed Roma from all spheres of life such as politicians, victims of police abuse, survivors of the holocaust, and tribes from where they are originated in India. Like them, we have traveled from India to Spain, always heading West in search of the house where the sun sets.

Clearing Illegal Gypsy Camps ()

Synopsis:
For 10 years, 400 or so travellers on Dale Farm in Essex fought to stay on land they own. In October 2011, with all legal options exhausted, time finally ran out for them. As riot police and bailiffs moved onto the site, Panorama received exclusive access to the travellers' families, their neighbours and the authorities - to film on both sides of the barricades during the months that led up to Britain's biggest ever traveller eviction. It also follows those evicted as they set off to an uncertain future.

Described as the largest illegal traveller site in Europe, Dale Farm in Basildon is on designated Greenbelt land, and the local council said the travellers had broken the law by building on it. As the legal battle raged through the High Court and beyond, activists from across Britain converged on the site ready to defend the travellers' right to remain. For the council, this was the culmination of a legal fight which has cost them millions. For the travellers, it was the last stand to keep their homes.

American Nomads ()

Synopsis:
A cool BBC Documentary called America Nomads. People who roam the South West free from the bonds and chains of normal every day life

Sudan: History of a Broken Land ()

Synopsis:
As the people of southern Sudan prepare to vote in a referendum that may see them secede from the North, Al Jazeera maps the turbulent history of a country on the verge of a momentous decision.

The Arab Awakening - Death of Fear ()

Synopsis:
Rageh Omaar examines how the death of a penniless fruit seller in Tunisia first ignited mass revolt in the country, led to the overthrow of its president and effects far beyond its borders.

Gypsy Child Thieves ()

Synopsis:
Across Europe children are being forced onto the streets to beg and steal. They come from one of the poorest communities in Europe - the Romanian Gypsies.

For centuries Gypsies have lived on the margins of society and faced brutal discrimination. Many have resorted to stealing and begging to survive.

But in the last 20 years, organised crime has taken over. And since 2007, when Romania joined the EU, Gypsy children have been trafficked and exploited on a much larger scale.

In an attempt to understand what is happening to these children Romanian film-maker Liviu Tipurita embarks on a journey through Europe which takes him inside the closed world of the Gypsy community, and talks to the authorities and institutions meant to be dealing with this disturbing phenomenon.

The Right to Roam ()

AKA:
The Rageh Omaar Report - The Right to Roam

Synopsis:
Unwanted, marginalised, defiant - the Roma people have become the target of governments across Europe. In France and Italy they have been thrown out in their thousands - accused of illegally overstaying their welcome and blamed for increases in crime. They say that in their countries of origin they are victims of discrimination - a minority with few opportunities. They are now taking advantage of European Union laws that allow freedom of travel to all European citizens - looking West to find a better life, yet reluctant to adapt to Western ways. The Roma issue has now been forced on EU policy makers - they have to find a balance between the growing hostility and the rights of the Roma.

Inside Story - The fate of the Roma in Europe ()

Synopsis:
Deciding the fate of the Roma population in Europe EU immigration ministers meet in Paris on Monday. Ministers from the European countries where the 'problem' originates were not invited, but can they be ignored? After the French crackdown on the Roma, is the EU facing deep divisions? Is it even legal for EU countries to expel other EU citizens?

Life Of Jesus Christ (2013)

Deep Dark Canyon (2013)

Synopsis:
After a hunting accident leaves the town mayor dead, teenage brothers Nate and Skylar go on the run from the mayor's family, who have declared open season on them.

Secret Lives Of Jesus Christ ()

Synopsis:
Fifteen hundred years ago, someone buried ancient writings that told strange and unconventional stories about Jesus of Nazareth - tales considered the height of heresy. Discovered within the last century, these texts invite more questions than answers. Secret Lives of Jesus examines these mysterious lost stories of Christ, and other apocryphal texts, exploring the fundamental questions surrounding the texts. Who wrote them and why? How do they compare to the accepted New Testament gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? And why were the stories forgotten for so long? There's the tale of a pre-teen Jesus who is capable of murder - because he didn't like being told what to do. There's Christ as a young man, traveling to India and Tibet, to study religious philosophies. And perhaps the most disturbing story of all - that Christ didn't die on the cross. Crucified in his place? The bystander who helped Jesus carry the cross on the day, while the Son of God disappeared into the crowd - laughing. The accounts told in Secret Lives of Jesus can horrify, but look beyond the words on the faded pages of papyrus and it is obvious there is more to these texts than strange stories. They are snapshots in time - a look inside the life and times of those who wrote them. They are documents that capture the firebrand politics and confusion that dominated the early Church. Some early Christians wanted desperately to fill in the blanks of Christ's life and they wanted to inject their own take on Christianity into the mainstream. For them, to tell these stories was a way to influence the foundation on which their religion was built. The story of Secret Lives of Jesus deconstructs the forces at play during this time of radical religious ideals - and offers a tantalizing glimpse inside the logic behind some of the most bizarre stories about Jesus Christ ever told.

Inside the Volcano: Volcanoes and earthquakes

About:
This video is for education purpose only.

NCF: Operation Paperclip, the CIA and the Nazis ()

Synopsis:
Request to all the members of the United Nations (UN) and beyond concerning international support saving Europe, America and finally the rest of the world from total destruction by stopping Agenda 21 and still implementing the on January 25, 1944 by de Belgian King Leopold III completed, but for public withheld "political testament" which is still to be carried out as the Belgian Constitution provides.

Pasolini l'Enragé (1966)

AKA:
Pasolini the Fanatic

Synopsis:
An interview with Pier Paolo Pasolini, in which he discusses movie-making, Neo-Realist cinema, Italian politics of the time, and other topics. The interview is punctuated with footage from Pasolini's movies "Accattone", "The Hawks and the Sparrows", "The Gospel According to St. Matthew" and "La Ricotta".
French and Italian with English subs.

Il vangelo secondo Matteo (1964)

AKA:
Das erste Evangelium Matthäus >> German
Máté evangéliuma >> Hungarian
The Gospel According to St. Matthew >> English

Synopsis:
Along a rocky, barren coastline, Jesus begins teaching, primarily using parables. He attracts disciples; he's stern, brusque, and demanding. He comes to bring a sword, not peace, he says. He's in a hurry, moving from place to place near the Sea of Galilee, sometimes attracting a multitude, sometimes being driven away. His parables often take on the powers that be, so he and his teachings come to the attention of the Pharisees, the chief priests, and elders. They conspire to have him arrested, beaten, tried, and crucified, just as he prophesied to his followers. After he dies, he appears to his disciples and gives them final instructions.

Starring:
Enrique Irazoqui
Margherita Caruso
Susanna Pasolini
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

No Fire Zone ()

About:
A documentary by Channel 4, the UK on the climax of the Srilankan Army with the LTTE Army and the atrocity on the innocent people from both of the sides.

Operation Paperclip (2008)

About:
Documentary made by Leo and Adam for NHD. This is the first polished version.

Homosexuality ()

The Multiverse Theory ()

Synopsis:
A look at the theory of the multiverse -- the possibility of parallel dimensions existing where Earth and everyone on it are duplicated many times over, and how physicists search for evidence of these doppelganger realities using state of the art particle colliders that can detect higher dimensions of existence.

The multiverse (or meta-universe) is the hypothetical set of infinite or finite possible universes (including the historical universe we consistently experience) that together comprise everything that exists and can exist: the entirety of space, time, matter, and energy as well as the physical laws and constants that describe them. The term was coined in 1895 by the American philosopher and psychologist William James. The various universes within the multiverse are sometimes called parallel universes.

The structure of the multiverse, the nature of each universe within it and the relationship between the various constituent universes, depend on the specific multiverse hypothesis considered. Multiple universes have been hypothesized in cosmology, physics, astronomy, religion, philosophy, transpersonal psychology and fiction, particularly in science fiction and fantasy. In these contexts, parallel universes are also called "alternative universes", "quantum universes", "interpenetrating dimensions", "parallel dimensions", "parallel worlds", "alternative realities", "alternative timelines", and "dimensional planes," among others.

The many-worlds interpretation is an interpretation of quantum mechanics that asserts the objective reality of the universal wavefunction and denies the actuality of wavefunction collapse. Many-worlds implies that all possible alternative histories and futures are real, each representing an actual "world" (or "universe"). It is also referred to as MWI, the relative state formulation, the Everett interpretation, the theory of the universal wavefunction, many-universes interpretation, or just many-worlds.

The original relative state formulation is due to Hugh Everett in 1957. Later, this formulation was popularized and renamed many-worlds by Bryce Seligman DeWitt in the 1960s and 1970s. The decoherence approaches to interpreting quantum theory have been further explored and developed,becoming quite popular. MWI is one of many multiverse hypotheses in physics and philosophy. It is currently considered a mainstream interpretation along with the other decoherence interpretations, the Copenhagen interpretation, and deterministic interpretations such as the Bohmian mechanics.

Before many-worlds, reality had always been viewed as a single unfolding history. Many-worlds, however, views reality as a many-branched tree, wherein every possible quantum outcome is realised. Many-worlds claims to reconcile the observation of non-deterministic events, such as the random radioactive decay, with the fully deterministic equations of quantum physics.

In many-worlds, the subjective appearance of wavefunction collapse is explained by the mechanism of quantum decoherence, which resolves all of the correlation paradoxes of quantum theory, such as the EPR paradox and Schrödinger's cat, since every possible outcome of every event defines or exists in its own "history" or "world".

In lay terms, the hypothesis states there is a very large—perhaps infinite—number of universes, and everything that could possibly have happened in our past, but did not, has occurred in the past of some other universe or universes.

Dark.Country (2009)

Dark Rage (2008)

Synopsis:
Ned Harris is a fifty-something everyman. Doting father. Loyal colleague. Compassionate landlord. Serial killer. Beneath the seemingly normal surface resides a web of warped sensibilities, spontaneous brutality and cold-blooded murder. A psychiatrist would probably blame Ned's peculiar childhood, but what's Paul's excuse? Paul James is Ned's long-standing tenant - callous and calculating, with voyeuristic tendencies and a bizarre sense of humour. So when Kate and Jason, a young couple with problems of their own, move into Ned's building, they prove to be the catalyst for a shocking turn of events. It's not long before Ned's rapidly unravelling life spirals completely out of control, as we race towards a deadly conclusion. The story culminates in a final showdown between Ned and Paul, where they are forced to confront their demons and reveal their darkest secret. Dark Rage is a twisted journey into a deeply disturbed mind. Not for the faint-hearted!

Dark Mirror (2007)

Synopsis:
A photographer moves her family into a strange old house, where she discovers an alternate reality reflected in the glass... A dark reality that is closing in on her.

Inglourious Basterds - Die wahre Geschichte ()

Synopsis:
Fred Mayer hatte seine Heimatstadt Freiburg 1938 verlassen müssen, weil er Jude war. Mit seiner Familie emigrierte er in die Vereinigten Staaten, wo er sich freiwillig zur US-Armee meldete, um den Kampf gegen die Nazis aufzunehmen. Als Einzelkämpfer und Agent des US-Auslandsgeheimdienstes OSS wurde er im Februar 1945 auf eine lebensgefährliche Mission geschickt: Mit dem Fallschirm sollte er über Österreich abspringen, um hinter den feindlichen Linien Informationen über die so genannte "Alpenfestung" zu sammeln, das gefürchtete Rückzugsgebiet für Nazis und Wehrmacht.

Fred Mayer und seine beiden Kameraden - Hans Wijnberg, ein holländischer Jude, und Franz Weber, ein zu den Amerikanern desertierter Wehrmachtsoffizier - sollten diese Festung infiltrieren. Der Coup gelang. Fred Mayer bewegte sich, als deutscher Offizier verkleidet, wochenlang unerkannt in den Offizierskasinos von Innsbruck und Umgebung.

So sammelte er wertvolle Erkenntnisse, die sein Funker Wijnberg an die Alliierten weitergab, bis er im April 1945 enttarnt wurde. Die Gestapo folterte Fred Mayer tagelang - vergeblich. Als Anfang Mai die amerikanischen Truppen vor den Toren Innsbrucks standen, erkannten seine Peiniger, dass ihre Zeit abgelaufen war und ihnen eine Geste des guten Willens den Übergang in die Nachkriegszeit womöglich erleichtern würde.

Für Fred Mayer war das die Rettung. Auf Bitten der Nazis handelte er am Ende die kampflose Übergabe der Stadt mit der US-Armee aus. "ZDF-History" zeigt die wahre Geschichte von Fred Mayer und Hans Wijnberg, die im Interview von ihrem abenteuerlichen Einsatz als Agenten in der "Alpenfestung" berichten. Ihre abenteuerliche Geschichte beweist einmal mehr, dass die Realität mindestens so spannend sein kann wie die fiktionale Geschichte des Films "Inglourious Basterds", mit dem Starregisseur Quentin Tarantino Furore machte.

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Synopsis:
Maya is a CIA operative whose first experience is in the interrogation of prisoners following the Al Qaeda attacks against the U.S. on the 11th September 2001. She is a reluctant participant in extreme duress applied to the detainees, but believes that the truth may only be obtained through such tactics. For several years, she is single-minded in her pursuit of leads to uncover the whereabouts of Al Qaeda's leader, Osama Bin Laden. Finally, in 2011, it appears that her work will pay off, and a U.S. Navy SEAL team is sent to kill or capture Bin Laden. But only Maya is confident Bin Laden is where she says he is.

Starring:
Jessica Chastain
Joel Edgerton
Chris Pratt
Jason Clarke
Reda Kateb
Kyle Chandler

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

BBC Expedition Borneo ()

Muhamed Mesic Talenti BiH ()

AKA:
Muhamed Mesic: A talent from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Prodigy hyper-polyglot Tim Doner ()

AKA:
Teen Speaks Over 20 Languages

Synopsis:
Prodigy hyper-polyglot Tim Doner has been teaching himself languages since he was 13. He now speaks nearly 20 languages! Join Tim on a cultural tour of New York unlike any you've ever heard!

Extreme Dinosaurs ()

Synopsis:
Hear about one of the most bizarre dinosaurs ever uncovered from its discoverer, acclaimed paleontologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Paul Sereno.

Before It's Too Late : Orang- utan - Just Hanging On ()

Synopsis:
In this episode we travel to Borneo to see orang-utans in the wild. We also visit the Wanarset Rehabilitation Centre where confiscated orang-utans are prepared for release back into the wild.

We also visit the Perth Zoo in Australia to witness the only film of an orang-utan giving birth. We visit the San Deigo Zoo in Califonia USA and observe the first and only an orang-utan.

Mystery Gorilla ()

Borneo: Unmasking the Truth ()

Synopsis:
Borneo: Unmasking the Truth attempts to expose the reality and corruption surrounding the deforestation. Using footage from various sources, our goal is to reveal the harsh truth on the very real threat of extinction for many endangered species of animals and plants.

Borneo is the third largest island in the world. This is an area extremely rich with biodiversity, with many endemic species of plants and animals. In just ten years, between 1994 and 2004, 361 new species were identified and described, with thousands more still unknown to man. Borneo is also the home of many famous endangered species such as orangutans, elephants and rhinos. Among relatively unknown endangered animals we can also find the clouded leopard, the sun bear and endemic Bornean gibbons.

Borneo was once (around 1950) covered extensively with tropical rain forests but an ever-increasing rate of deforestation in the last 50 years rapidly shrank the area of the ancient Borneon forests.

Borneo (1937)

Synopsis:
Martin and Osa Johnson visit Borneo in 1935-36. Part 1 only. This was Martin Johnson's last film. He was killed in an airplane crash in California in 1937.

Headhunters of WW2 in Borneo ()

Synopsis:
In 1945, as war rages across the world, an incredible drama is unfolding in the remote jungles of Borneo. It involves a group of stranded US airmen, Australian Special Forces soldiers, the local tribe of Dayaks and Major Tom Harrisson, one of the most eccentric officers in the British Army, who revives the ancient custom of headhunting in his campaign against the Japanese. What follows is a gripping and improbable tale of cat and mouse as World War Two crashes headfirst into the isolated world of Borneo's interior, where tribespeople still hunt with blowpipes and poison made from tree bark. Thrown together in extraordinary circumstances, these ordinary people from diverse cultures will all be tested: the airmen who must survive in dense inhospitable jungle for months; the Dayaks, who risk their lives to help and protect the airmen; and Harrisson the anthropologist living out his fantasies, who commits what many consider to be a war crime but is decorated as a hero on his return to Britain.

Alfred Russel Wallace ()

Synopsis:
BBC Programme written and presented by Bill Bailey following in the steps of Alfred Russel Wallace in Indonesia.
Him of the Darwin Wallace Theory of Evolution.

The Voyage of Charles Darwin ()

Synopsis:
The 1978 7-part BBC series starring Malcolm Stoddard as Darwin, and Andrew Burt as Captain FitzRoy. Shot on location around the world using a sailing vessel similar in style to the Beagle.

Wallace In Borneo ()

Synopsis:
Bill retraces Alfred Russel Wallace's explorations from the jungles of Borneo to the exotic islands of Indonesia, encountering orangutans, flying frogs and extraordinary bugs, on a mission to understand how Wallace came up with the theory of evolution, and to win him the recognition he deserves.

East Timor ()

Indonesia's Transsexual Muslims ()

Synopsis:
Indonesian transsexuals, or Warias, still feel the urge to practice Islam despite being shunned by Islamic Authorities.

We headed to Indonesia to visit the Senin-Kamis School, an Islamic school for Indonesian transsexuals. Our host, Hannah Brooks, meets the school's founder, Maryani, and the rest of the ladies who call this place home. Then Hannah is taken to a local funeral, where Maryani speaks about the difficulties of living as a transvestite and a practicing Muslim.

The East Timor Genocide ()

AKA:
Death of a Nation: East Timor

Synopsis:
This documentary is about the recent unrest in East Timor, which was ruled for over 400 years by Portugal annexed by Indonesia in 1975.

East Timor: The Unseen Massacre ()

Synopsis:
Brazilian documentary about the Indonesian invasion and occupation of East Timor (with English subtitles).
Its title in Portuguese: Timor Leste - O Massacre que o mundo não viu

Reality of Timor during Indonesian Occupation since 1975 ()

Synopsis:
Report of the situation in the eastern part of Timor, annexed by Jakarta Government despite the proclamation of its independence, after four centuries of Portuguese colonization, in November 1975. Resistance "Fretilin" Marxist nationalist movement. Civil war in which the people of Timor Leste Is constrained by Indonesian troops to take refuge in the mountains or to flee their country. The guerrillas of fretilin, Indonesian soldiers in training. Photo corpses and prisoners in 1975-1978. Families of refugees in slums near Lisbon. Families of Timorese resistance in the mountains. Nicolao lobato, chief/leader of Fretilin ( Second President of RDTL ) in his coffin filled with ice. A prison almost deserted .Interviewed of Alarico Fernandes, former Communications Minister RDTL Fretilin now imprisoned, Dr. Abilio Araujo, Dr Jose Luis Guterres ... Red Cross doctor in a village on the south coast. Distribution of food and medicine. Interviewed members of the Fretilin staff. The Indonesian occupation: grip Para military youth. The TNI Army scout leader. The Indonesian flag raised in each school in Timor Leste ,,,childrens recited the five principles of Indonesian Pancasilah,,,the omnipresence of the military in every village. Staged in front of the team of journalists: the army helping the people in the fields. General Suharto. An animist ceremony [various plans] Dili town serving as a showcase for abroad. Streets cleaned, TV stations and programs broadcasted by satellite Jakarta TV. This videos and it copyrigth is owned by Ina fr.

Note: East Timor or Officially known as Democratic Republic of Timor Leste had finally restored its independent in May2002 with the assistant from UN,,, the relationship between the two country,, Indonesia and East Timor are very strong both country had tried and managed to leave the past behind and started the new fresh relationship which stood strong until today... this is all thanks to Xanana Gusmao, Ramos Horta, Mari Alkatiri, Taur Matan Ruak, Bishop Belo, and many other leaders of Timor Leste and also from Indonesian government.. and the most valuable in the process of keeping peace strong relationship between this two country are the people of East Timor itself who had suffered alot but had to forget it all for the sake of peace and tranquility between the two nations. This is an old videos and the reason I uploaded on you tube is merely for History purpose nothing else..."the moment it happened, the history begin",,,, "To Forget Is to Forgive".. hope you all enjoy watching this videos with respect.

Timor Leste Debaixo de Fogo ()

Synopsis:
Em 1999 a Indonésia aceitou a realização de um referendo sobre o futuro de Timor-Leste, uma antiga colónia portuguesa que tinha ocupado em 1975.

An Interview With David Alex: Timor - Leste ()

AKA:
Falintil - Fretilin Army Leader

Synopsis:
I do not own the rights to this videos documentary, I merely uploaded it for the benefit of those who have trouble finding it elsewhere... especially fo my fellow Timorese.

Taxing Times in Timor ()

Synopsis:
East Timor is one of the poorest countries in Asia. Its only economic hope for the future lies in massive reserves of oil and gas in the Timor Sea. But as small and young a state as it may be, it is certainly a nation of fighters. It's now taking on some of the world's biggest private energy companies, demanding they pay their fair share of tax on the oil & gas Timor says is being stolen from them.

East Timor: Dili revisited ()

Synopsis:
Revisited - Ten years have passed since East Timor won its independence from Indonesia. But the tiny South-East Asian state remains locked in poverty. In Dili, the capital, the average salary is just one dollar a day. The country is pinning its hopes on oil reserves in the Timor Sea, but these hopes are yet to become reality. Our reporter, Cyril Payen, went to Dili and got a glimpse of daily life there.

Louis Theroux The Brothel ()

Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles ()

Synopsis:
British documentary film maker Louis Theroux has a unique style. Like no other he manages to strike the balance between getting involved with and close to his topics and making sure he keeps enough distance to guarantee his neutrality and independence. His open approach, integrity and diplomacy win people over, even those living in some of the world's most closed communities. Theroux's work method has resulted in quite a few memorable scenes and movies. In his own words and with the aid of video fragments he will shed a light on his style, technique and vision.

Louis has gained access to Coalinga Mental Hospital in California, which houses more than 500 of the most disturbed criminals in America, convicted paedophiles. Most have already served lengthy prison sentences, but have been deemed unsafe for release. Instead, they have been sent here for an indefinite time. Spending time with those undergoing treatment, Louis wrestles with whether he can ever allow himself to believe men whose whole history is defined by deception and deceit.

World War Z (2013)

Synopsis:
United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to destroy humanity itself.

Starring:
Brad Pitt
Mireille Enos
Daniella Kertesz
James Badge Dale
Ludi Boeken

Director: Marc Forster

Alien Showdown the Day the Old West stood Still (2013)

Synopsis:
An alien scout lands on earth in the year 1854. The creature is searching for water and food. Once it finds what it needs, it will call in an invasion fleet. A lone cowboy must stand against the alien invader or all will be lost.

Aliens and the Third Reich ()

Synopsis:
If ancient aliens visited Earth in the remote past, could they have given us advanced technology, past down through human history? And could this technology have helped the Third Reich build mysterious weapons and crafts far beyond the limits of 20th century science? During World War II, there were reports that the Germans built an operational flying saucer, known as the Hanebu, which was said to use mythical technology found in ancient Indian texts. Another craft was rumored to have been constructed with the help of psychics and mediums who claimed to have received detailed blueprints from extraterrestrial beings.

The real Philadelphia Experiment ()

Pol pot ()

Bahrain Policing Protest: Bill Law ()

Synopsis:
Bahrain promised police reforms after a harsh crackdown on anti-government protesters in 2011. But as unrest continues, Bill Law investigates allegations of police brutality.

Brunei Documentary on Sex Addiction ()

Synopsis:
This has been on TV there with you showing Me Author Clive Worth who left school could hardly read or write, then became a down and out alcoholic and look at me now on a Adult Documentary on Sex Addiction, that was made by Channel 5 and called, My 100,000 Lovers and then Me on Paddy's TV Guide showing clips of me from my Channel 4 Documentary, Studs of Suburbia and Then a clip from Love Rat and Proud, made by Virgin One and now I got 4 books out about Me and these women I slept with, just type my name into Amazon books to see them but take note that this is how the media has portrayed me and I went along with it because I know that sex sells but this is not the real me.

Bahrain: Shouting in the dark ()

Bahrain: Audacity of hope ()

Synopsis:
One year on from the suppression of pro-democracy protests in Bahrain, activists are still hoping that political reform can be achieved. Is the hope that inspired last year's uprising still shining brightly?

The Fukushima Syndrome: Japan (2011)

Synopsis:
Japan has always been energy hungry and addicted to nuclear power. Yet the tsunami washed away old certainties and the industry has seen a growing ground-level resistance and concern about its safety.

"The safety myth about nuclear power has been sunk deeply into people's hearts. But that lie has been exposed", says anti-nuclear activist, Hitomi Kamanaka. The Fukushima disaster is believed to have released as much radiation as 200 Hiroshima bombs. "There's been a lot of cover up over this". Across Japan communities are fighting to stop the construction of new power plants. Yet can the world's third biggest consumer of electricity live without them?

The Pied Piper of Jihad: Yemen (2011)

Synopsis:
The US may have assassinated Awlaki, but as this report indicates, though clear a mouthpiece for extremists he wasn't necessarily a violent man until he was tortured by the Yemenis at the behest of the Americans.

"We've turned him into a perverse kind of hero". Anwar al Awlaki allegedly recruited Al Qaeda members from all over the West. After his arrival and torture in Yemen, Awlaki used his English-speaking prowess to attract recruits from around the world to Yemen's terror camps. An Arab spy who has visited several of them tells how he had seen many Australians and Europeans there. As an American citizen, Awlaki was seen as particularly dangerous for the West. "People who don't fit profiles, who can breeze through airports, are a very potent weapon".

Bahrain's Dark Secret: Bahrain (2011)

Synopsis:
The regime in Bahrain has been determined to keep its protests out of the media. This report gets inside the country's insidious crackdown, exploring the covert tactics it has used to control dissenters.

On the edge of the capital, Manama, thousands gather for the funeral of a man brutally murdered by the police. "With our soul, with our blood we defend you, Bahrain!" the crowd shout. It's a scene repeated over and over in Bahrain, where killings and funerals have become the norm in a nation torn apart by protests and a brutal government crackdown. Hospital workers have also been targeted for speaking to the media, with reports of hospital staff being beaten by police: "Every doctor that speaks out in the media has been arrested," says a doctor at Salimaniya Hospital. As a result of this suppression the government has been accused of human rights violations - allegations that have been strongly denied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. But with hundreds missing and violent arrests continuing, Bahrain is a nation crippled with fear.

Afghanistan's Turning Point (2011)

Synopsis:
Attacks from the Taliban continue to terrorise Afghanistan a decade after the invasion. With the US withdrawal scheduled for 2014, what hope is there after 10 years of Operation Enduring Freedom?

Operation Enduring Freedom was meant to drive the Taliban out of Afghanistan for good, but recently they've been just as deadly as ever. Their killing of high profile Afghans, like Former President Bahruniddin Rabbani, has rocked the nation and in doing so, shattered both its peace process and its policy of 'talking' with the Taliban. "By killing a leader they have crossed the line", says Governor Mohammad Ata Nur. Rabbani's killing marks a turning point for this battered nation. Talking peace with terrorists has taken the country even closer to the edge. Former Taliban minister Wakil Ahmed Mutta Wakil argues the frustrations of his people are clear. "Major-General Atta, Dr Abdullah and others, they insist on one point, that we have to fight forever. But Afghans do not support this idea. They are tired after 30 years of war".

The Story Of Telangana ()

Cape Karma (2007)

Synopsis:
After being separated from his wife, Kamini, loner Manav spends time with his ailing father-in-law, and dramatically meets with sexy Caucasian Maya J. Mundhra and both are attracted to each other. They get intimate after a few meetings much to the chagrin of her horse-breeding wealthy husband who is already aware of their affair. Maya invites Manav to her husband's mansion and conspires with him to elope with her, to which he agrees. But before this, she asks him to be intimate on her husband's bed - and he agrees to this also. And it is this decision that will endanger his life as well as expose a dark secret from his past.

Starring:
Rahul Dev
Audrie Woodhouse
Gulshan Grover

Director: Pankaj Advani

The Assassinations of Indira & Rajiv Gandhi ()

Synopsis:
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (19 November 1917 -- 31 October 1984) was the third Prime Minister of India and a central figure of the Indian National Congress party. Gandhi, who served from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984, is the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of India and the only woman to hold the office.

Indira Gandhi was the only child of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. She served as the Chief of Staff of her father's highly centralized administration between 1947 and 1964 and came to wield considerable unofficial influence in government. Elected Congress President in 1959, she was offered the premiership in succession to her father. Gandhi refused and instead chose to become a cabinet minister in the government. She finally consented to become Prime Minister in succession to Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966.

As Prime Minister, Gandhi became known for her political ruthlessness and unprecedented centralisation of power. She presided over a period where India emerged with greater power than before to become the regional hegemon of South Asia with considerable political, economic, and military developments. Gandhi also presided over a state of emergency from 1975 to 1977 during which she ruled by decree and made lasting changes to the constitution of India. She was assassinated in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star.

In 2001, Gandhi was voted the greatest Indian Prime Minister in a poll organised by India Today. She was also named "Woman of the Millennium" in a poll organised by the BBC in 1999.

Indira Gandhi delivered her last speech at the then Parade Ground in front of the Secretariat of Orissa. After her death, the Parade Ground was converted to the Indira Gandhi Park which was inaugurated by her son, Rajiv Gandhi.

Shakti Sthala, the place where Indira Gandhi was cremated at New Delhi
On 31 October 1984, two of Gandhi's bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, shot her with their service weapons in the garden of the Prime Minister's residence at 1 Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. The shooting occurred as she was walking past a wicket gate guarded by Satwant and Beant. She was to have been interviewed by the British actor Peter Ustinov, who was filming a documentary for Irish television. Beant Singh shot her three times using his side-arm, and Satwant Singh fired 30 rounds. Beant Singh and Satwant Singh dropped their weapons and surrendered. Afterwards they were taken away by other guards into a closed room where Beant Singh was shot dead. Kehar Singh was later arrested for conspiracy in the attack. Both Satwant and Kehar were sentenced to death and hanged in Delhi's Tihar jail.

Belarusian Dream (2011)

Synopsis:
Belarusian Dream, an award-winning film, is the story of a young person from Minsk who has lived most of his life in a country ruled by a dictator. Against the background of falsified elections, brutal repressions, and a severe economic crisis, it shows how more people in the most 'stable' post-Soviet country are starting to demand change. This is a story about how the regime can crush a person, and how you can find your own freedom in a state that possesses total contol.

Belarusian Dream is the first independent documentary film to look at what has happened in Belarus since the 2010 presidential elections. Directed by Ekaterina Kibalchich, born in 1982 in Minsk; laureate of the 'Zolotoe Pero' award from the Russian Journalism Union.

Belarusian Dream won the viewer's award at the 2011 International Human Rights Film festival ''WatchDocs.

In Haiti: A road trip documentary ()

Synopsis:
An unique road trip. An unprecedented, genuine portrait of Haiti.

Filmed in Cap-Haitien, Hinche, Port-au-Prince and Petit Goave in 2008, two years before the devastating earthquake -- world food prices were dramatically increasing and an UN peacekeeping mission was going on. The film is a record of pre-earthquake Haiti.

In Haiti follows the two filmmakers and friends, Florian Wiesner and Fabian Bohnet-Waldraff on a month-long road trip through the island. During their journey they get immersed in the different and complex aspects of haitian reality.
Instead of focusing on the usual poverty/violence topics seen in the mass media, the filmmakers present a colorful and deeper picture of the country and its people. The movie is also about road stories, improbabilities, impressions and anecdotes.

Some of the issues explored by this documentary are: The school and health system, the causes of deforestation and food insecurity. An insight is also given on the history of the country and the voodoo religion.


Director: Florian Wiesner

My Armenia ()

About:
A documentary "My Armenia", Rejas Films production (in english).

Life in Japan ()

AKA:
A Life in Japan

Synopsis:
Ever wondered how a life in Japan might be? 19 foreigners share their personal experiences, likes and dislikes. See the country through the eyes of, mostly western, foreign residents, who have lived in Japan between a few months and several decades.

On Fukushima Beach ()

Synopsis:
On Fukushima Beach - This homegrown documentary reveals the true scale of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe! It is an hour long, brilliantly constructed documentary by Andrew Ebisu, that uses a montage of mainstream and Internet media clips to unpack the Fukushima disaster.

In addition to providing a painless scientific overview of radiation health issues, it outlines the ongoing radiation risks faced by all residents of the northern hemisphere.

Inside Story - Saudi intervention in Bahrain ()

Inside Story: Saudi Arabia's growing voices of discontent ()

Islamic China ()

In search of the Trojan war - Empire of the Hittites ()

Synopsis:
In Search of the Trojan War is a 1985 6-part British TV documentary series written and presented by Michael Wood. It examines the extent to which historical and archeological evidence matches with the tale of the Trojan War as recounted by Homer in The Iliad.

Asia Minor - The Fabulous Centers of Hellenism ()

Synopsis:
Between the 3rd and 1st centuries BC, many cities in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) reached unprecedented artistic levels. They were the new centers of Hellenism; the fruit of the junction of Greek and Eastern civilizations. In this episode, we will journey to the cities of Ephesus and Pergamum. In Pergamum, we will behold the city's great alter, which the citizens considered to be a symbol of the cultural supremacy of Hellenistic people over the rest of the world.

Caligula - 1400 Days of Terror ()

About:
Controversial new theories shed light on Caligula, the man who ruled the world's mightiest empire with sadistic brutality.

Istanbul, the Dream City ()

History of Turkey ()

Synopsis:
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Documentary on the country of Turkey - formerly the Ottoman Empire, and it's history as a nation. The Turkish people, culture, customs, government, and wars examined.

Immolate: Abdullah, the Father of Prophet Muhammed ()

Synopsis:
"Zahbi" is the Persian name of this film which is based on the life the Hazrat Abdullah Ibn Abdul Muttalib, the father of our Holy Prophet, Muhammed (saws).

The film highlights several historical incidents that revolve around the character of Hazrat Abdullah

1) Character of Hazrat Abdul Muttalib, the grand father of The Holy Prophet (saws)
2) Re-excavation of the well of ZamZam
3) The vow of Hazrat Abdul Muttalib for having more children
4) Fulfillment of the Vow - which highlights the character of Hazrat Abdullah and how much the people of Mecca were attached to him
5) Mariage of Hazrat Abdullah with Janabe Aamena
6) The death of Hazrat Abdullah

The Caravan of Pride ()

AKA:
موكب الاباء

Synopsis:
The Caravan of Pride - موكب الاباء - Full Movie on aftermath of Karbala [ENG SUB] As Muslims, [we believe that] the holy Quran throws a great challenge to all nations. This is because it is the eternal miracle [of Islam] that no one has been or will ever be able to [take up the challenge] and produce anything comparable to such a miraculous book. The holy Quran is the only book that no matter however much it has been read, learnt and looked into; it will still remain relevant, tender and constantly involving.
One can read any other book, once or twice but will soon get bored and loose interest and probably not see the need to read it again. Should you have the interest to read it again, you will not find it that beneficial. In fact it will not add anything to your knowledge since you have fully absorbed the book's content. Except the holy Quran; whoever grasps it, no matter how many times they have read it, they will still find it relevant and prestigious. They will constantly feel the need to go back and read it again, ponder and reflect on it. This is because every time the Quran is deeply read, new and valuable information is derived from it.
For instance, a new mind-dazzling meaning or insight could be revealed from a verse, which you have personally read tens of times. That's why we see that the study of Quranic exegesis has still been on-going for more than fourteen hundred years. It remains to be the focus of discussion amongst scholars, scientists, researchers and thinkers including those non-Muslims.
This glorious book is the miracle of our religion of Islam. We have the right to present our holy book as a challenge to the nations. We also have the right to consider Imam Hussain (peace be upon him) as another miracle of our religion of Islam, and to present his cause as a challenge to all nations.
Why?
Because if you search across the land, whether you turn east or west, you shall not find such a human's cause effectively monitoring the reactions of humans throughout history as the cause of Imam Hussain (peace be upon him).
Despite the fact that the battle of Karbala was, in fact, one of the shortest battles and wars; it had lasted only a portion of one day and resulted in the death of no more than 100 persons, at the utmost estimation, you find that this battle has turned into a major global issue arousing wide interest at all times especially during the month of Muharram.
Since 1400 years ago until today, the message of Imam Hussain (peace be upon him) has remained alive as a source of aspiration to millions and millions of people throughout history. They feel as if it has just occurred before their eyes. No matter how many times they look into it, compose about it, hear or discuss its tragic details, they will not loose interest exactly like the one dealing with the holy Quran.
What is the secret to this [connection]? Why has the battle of Karbala in particular, which is considered simple compared to the other major battles with greater death tolls, gained much more global interest and [continuous] reaction from even non-Muslim individuals to the extent that many shed their own blood on the day of Ashura in [commemoration] of Imam Hussain (peace be upon him)?
Why is Imam Hussain's name upon every tongue? Why do we always discover new astonishing facts and insights when we listen to a lecture on the battle of Karbala or read about it again, although many of us have already learnt the detailed incidents of the battle by heart?
The answer is: because Imam Hussain (peace be upon him) is a miracle of Islam exactly how the Quran is.
Indeed, Imam Hussain (peace be upon him) is a living eternal miracle. Exactly how the holy Quran has left the whole world in a daze, Imam Hussain's personality has also left the whole world in a daze. Just as there is no book as effective as the holy Quran, there is also no cause as influential as the cause of Imam Hussain (peace be upon him).

The cause of Imam Hussain (peace be upon him) has a great impact on the humans' soul once it is known and understood. It has the ability to move people deeply as they realise the greatness and sacrifices made by this very man for truth, freedom and human dignity.

Many wars have taken place throughout history, many individuals have made sacrifices, and many have been oppressed. However, they have all faded in oblivion. They are hardly remembered by any. They might be remembered perhaps only in some special occasions within a limited, controlled and cold manner. For instance, people might assemble at a particular symbol's grave on the day of his demise, place a bouquet of flowers, remain there for a minute of silence and it's all over at this point.

Martyrdom of Imam Hussain (2011)

AKA:
 ثمال الباقين تمثيلية العاشر- القديح

About:
This live acting took place on a town called Qudaih on Qatif City at the east province of Saudi Arabia.

A Smart Girl (2013)

Eight Below (2006)

AKA:
Antarctica - Gefangen im Eis >> German

Synopsis:
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is called-off and the dogs are left alone at their own fortune. For six months, Jerry tries to find a sponsor for a rescue mission while his dogs fight for survival.

PS: RiP Paul Walker

Decameron No 4 Le Belle Novelle Del Boccaccio (1972)

AKA:
Decameron N°4 Le Belle Novelle Del Boccaccio

Starring:
Nino Musco
Ann Odessa
Lorenzo Piani

Director: Paolo Bianchini

Decameron no 3 - Le più belle donne del Boccaccio ()

ALA:
Decameron n° 3
Decameron n° 3 - Le più belle donne del Boccaccio

Starring:
Pier Paola Bucchi
Giovanni Elsner
Roy Bosier 


Director: Italo Alfaro

Decameron no.2 - Le altre novelle del Boccaccio (1972)

AKA:
Decamerone - Abenteuer der Wollust

About:
An unofficial sequel to Pier Paolo Passolini's "The Decameron". It's basically a series of short stories revolving around sex and set in a medieval backdrop. The third story (36:00) features Camille Keaton as a virginal maiden who discovers sex and becomes a crazy nymphomaniac.

Starring:
Enzo Pulcrano
Claudia Bianchi
Salvatore Giocondo

Director: Mino Guerrini

Decameron proibitissimo: Boccaccio mio statte zitto... (1972)

AKA:
Love Games in Florence >> English
Sexy Sinners >> English

Starring:Franco Agostini
Enzo Andronico
Alberto Atenari

Director: Marino Girolami

Il Decamerone (1971)

AKA:
Decameron no.1
Decameron
El Decamerón >> Spanish
The Decameron >> English

Synopsis:
An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio's "Decameron": A young man from Perugia is swindled twice in Naples, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters wait for inspiration; a crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife; and two friends make a pact to find out what happen= s after death. Pasolini is up to his old tricks satirizing the Church, and throwing in liberal doses of life and love.

Starring:
Franco Citti
Ninetto Davoli
Jovan Jovanovic

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Piccoli fuochi (1985)

AKA:
Little Fires / Little Flames >> English
Toms Fantasies / Vergiß die Feuer nicht >> German

Starring:
Dino Jaksic
Valeria Golino
Carlotta Wittig

Director: Peter Del Monte

Un Mauvais Fils (1980)

AKA:
A Bad Son

Synopsis:
This is a quiet drama about the struggles of a former drug addict and dealer, Bruno Calgagni (Patrick Dewaere), as he is released from prison in the U.S. and arrives back home in France. His unhappy father blames this disgraceful prison stint for the death of Bruno's mother. No one wants to hire an ex-con, and a romantic liaison with another, very delicately balanced former addict only adds to the burden Bruno is carrying. Mauvais Fils skillfully limns Bruno's daily fight to keep his head above water.

Starring:
Patrick Dewaere
Brigitte Fossey
Jacques Dufilho

Director: Claude Sautet

Beau-pèrer (1981)

AKA:
Ausgerechnet ihr Stiefvater >> German
Stepfather >> English

Synopsis:
Remy is morose, nearing 30 with his career as a musician going nowhere and his eight-year marriage to Martine souring. Then, Martine dies in a car crash, and Marion, her 14-year-old, wants to stay rather than move to her father's. Remy likes the idea: he loves her, he's raised her, and she offers him emotional responsibility. Marion's father objects, but she's willful, so he relents. Soon, she tells Remy she finds him attractive, that she's now "a woman," and why can't they be lovers. Remy is appalled, but weakens, missing her when she spends Christmas with her dad.

Starring:
Patrick Dewaere
Ariel Besse
Maurice Ronet

Director: Bertrand Blier

Untold Story Of 1965 War Pakistan Vs India ()

British Empire 20th Century in Colour: Geographical Height and End ()

British Imperialism ()

Sharkville Die Bucht der weißen Haie ()

Krakatau: Ein Vulkan veraendert die Welt ()

How The Earth Was Made: Tsunami ()

Synopsis:
A look at how tsunamis are created, and the possible consequences if a landslide generated megatsunami were to strike the east coast of the United States.

Japan Tsunami 3/11/2011 ()

Die Welt der Vulkane ()

10 Katastrophen, die die Welt veränderten ()

Synopsis:
In der TV-Dokumentation „10 Katastrophen, die die Welt veränderten" analysiert „Menschen & Mächte" die weltweiten Ursachen der Klimaerwärmung und zeigt die schockierenden Auswirkungen der Erderwärmung während der vergangenen Jahrzehnte.
Ökologische Katstrophen lassen sich mittlerweile zweifelsfrei als Vorboten einer Klimakatstrophe erklären. Eine schockierende TV-Dokumentation über die „heißeste" Zukunftsfrage. Betroffen sind wir alle.

Supervolcano ()

Synopsis:
This is a movie, not quite a documentary one, but with many of its aspects. It fantastic fabula shows reaction of people when suddenly a giant volcano in Yellowstone national park explodes, leaveing them to fend for them selfs the best way they know, while the rest of the world tries to cope with ashes and dimmed atmosphere which are destroying their crops, limiting flights and transportation, and eventualy killing their populations.

No Man's Land: The Plight of Undocumented Indians in the UK ()

Synopsis:
Chris Rogers investigates the plight of illegal migrants from India trapped in the UK without a home, work or an identity, and goes to their home villages to find out what makes them want to leave.

Grim Realities of Illegal Migration ()

Synopsis:
A British High Commission documentary highlighting the plight of illegal migrants and the frightful consequences on the lives of the people involved. The documentary showed that illegal migrants often end up being exploited and forced into bonded labour or poor living conditions, with many enduring appalling conditions and life-threatening situations on their journey. A production of Just Communications. Post Produced by Asif Raza, Written and Produced by Noreen Haider and Directed by Yasir Qureshi.

Toughest Place to be a Midwife ()

Toughest Place to be - Nurse (2012)

Synopsis:
Mexico
Emergency nurse Maria Connolly leaves the A&E department of the Royal Preston Hospital to work in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - the centre of a violent drug war. In Preston, Maria has never seen a murder victim or anyone with a gunshot injury, but Juarez is the murder capital of the world and the nurses in the General Hospital deal with the victims of shootings, stabbings and torture on a daily basis.

For Maria this is a journey into the lives of a dedicated team of nurses who are themselves targets for kidnappers and killers, often having to conceal their identities and change their routes to work. In recent years Ciudad Juarez has had more violent deaths than Baghdad - since 2008 more than 10,000 people have died on the streets, victims of a vicious turf war between the drug cartels battling to control the lucrative marijuana and cocaine trade over the border into America.

Maria's host for her stay is local nurse Pablo Vasquez, who has witnessed gun battles in the hospital itself. Now heavily armed guards patrol the corridors. She also meets one of Pablo's neighbours, whose daughter is one of the hundreds of young women who have simply disappeared from the streets of the city.

During her stay Maria treats patients with a terrifying variety of violent injuries. She sees gunshot injuries, stabbings, beatings and even a father and son who were put through a mock execution. But the nurses of Juarez General work through the mayhem with dedication and humour, in the face of the world's most notorious drug war

Toughest Place To Be a Train Driver ()

The World's Worst Place To be Gay ()

About:
Uganda

Toughest Place to be a Paramedic ()

Toughest Place to be a Bus Driver ()

About:
Manila, Philippines

The Toughest Place to be a Taxi Driver in the world (2013)

About:
Mumbai, India

Mama Illegal (2011)

Synopsis:
They gave the smugglers all their money and risk their life on their journey across borders: Three women from a small town in Moldavia, living now in Austria as cleaning women. On top of their hard job they live a life in illegality without documents, far away from their children and family for years.

 Director: Ed Moschitz 

A Brief History of Nigeria ()

About:
A wonderful insight insight into the past, present, and maybe future of Nigeria.

Africa's Slave Trade to Colonialism to Liberation ()

Synopsis:
Africa's Slave Trade to Colonialism to Liberation / The history behind Africa's slave trade, how it started, and where in Africa it began first. African chiefs used to sell their own people in exchange for valued goods, or treasured assets. Then, when the Europeans arrived they began trading with them. The Europeans offered what they had in exchange for slaves and the slave trade became a widely known, and relevant phenomenon in most parts of the world. America and Europe needed people who could do hard labor, who could do their work for them which were rigorous tasks. Slave traders came along the African coast, which was the Sub-region (South of the Sahara) to acquire slaves. They would get them in large numbers and pack them inside the ships they came with. Then, in the 1800s the slave trade was abolished by Abraham Lincoln and then European colonialism/imperialism became the new system in which mainly the Europeans created to strengthen their nations. The necessity of raw materials, namely natural resources, led to European colonization. Also, to establish colonies which were brought up in the ways of the colonial powers, particularly Britain, France, Belgium, Portugal, Germany, among others in order to extend their influence both culturally, politically, socially, and religiously. The geographic borders one sees on the map today of Africa, were designed by the European colonial powers who wanted to divide the continent into sections whereby it would be clear who's colony was where, and that each colony would stay within boundaries. This was carried out in 1884 in Berlin, Germany. Africa's resources were being exported immensely to the nations which ruled over certain colonies there, thus being distributed out to the rest of the world. After World War 2 and the establishment of the United Nations, nationalists movements began which internal self government came into focus and practice, thus leading to independence, sovereignty, and the emancipation /liberation of the African continent. Pan Africanists/nationalists/freedom fighters like Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Patrice Lumumba, Sekou Toure, among others came into being and agitated for independence.

British Empire 20th Century in Colour: Geographical Height and End ()

About:
British Empire 1900s-1940s: 1:04
- British Isles 1926 (Life, Imperial Unity, Economy, General Strike) 1:26
- British India 1911: (Delhi Durbar & Indian Terrorism) 5:05
- Indian Nationalism: (British Investment, Civil Service, & Princely States) 7:16
- Holy Land 1920s: (British Palestine, Jerusalem, & Jewish Immigration) 11:22
- British India 1930s: (Life, Gandhi, & Changing British Attitudes) 12:52
- Holy Land 1930s: (Arab Revolt, Jewish Forts, & British Intervention) 15:23
- Britain 1936-8: (King George VI, Empire Day, & Empire Exhibition) 18:03
- Holy Land 1938: (Britain's Change of Position) 20:37
- Dominion of Canada 1939: (British Royal Courting of North America) 22:37
- World War II (Dominion of Australia, Empire Loyalty, USA, & Victory) 24:30
- British India 1940s (British Promise, Indian Divisions, & Partition) 36:19
- British Leave India (Last Departure) 46:45
- Holy Land 1940s (Jewish Revolt,Terrorism, Israel, Israeli-Arab War) 47:46

UK Isles & White Dominions 1950s: 54:27
- Queen Elizabeth II (Coronation, Common Wealth, & Post War Life) 54:49
- British Immigration to White Common Wealth (Canada & Australasia) 57:53
- Malian Emergency (Communist Insurgents & Empire Intervention) 1:03:44
- White Australia (Australian Justification & Responses) 1:06:23
- Canada (Independence and Migration Northward) 1:07:36

British Africa 1950s-60s: 1:08:04
- War Ships of the Line in Mediterranean (Queen Tours Empire) 1:08:26
- Southern Rhodesia (White Settlers, History, and Holdings) 1:09:21
- East Africa (Uganda & Kenya) 1:10:42
- Terror in Kenya (Kenyatta, Mau Mau Cult, & White Settlers) 1:14:48
- End of Malian Emergency (British Victory and Malian Independence) 1:24:21
- African Impatience (Nigeria, Gold Cost, & Britain's African Policy) 1:25:30
- Suez (Canal Falls, African Independence, & Imperial Might Passes) 1:27:34

End of the Empire and Legacy 1960s-2000s: 1:32:53
- Fall of Rhodesia 1960s-70s (UDI, Bush War, & Mugabe) 1:33:15
- Colored Immigration to Britain (Jobs, White Feelings, & Conflict) 1:38:26
- Handover of Hong Kong 1997 (Lights of the Empire Extinguished) 1:44:23
- Conclusions of the Empire (Contributions, Faults, & Aftermath) 1:45:24

History Channel: Rising Sun Over Malaya ()

Synopsis:
The Second World War in Malaya from 1941-1945 was a time of darkness and despair - where innocent lives were lost and blood ran freely. The Japanese rule with an iron hand, slaughtering tens of thousands of Chinese citizens. They force young women to work as sex slaves, or 'comfort women' and trick others into working on the notorious 'Death Railway'. The people of Malaya struggle for survival. When the Japanese surrender in 1945, Malaya plunges into a period of turmoil that brings it to the brink of civil war. But amidst the fire and ruins, sparks of resilience and courage grew. The painful war experience gave a great impetus to a new awakening. "Rising Sun Over Malaya" tells this little known story through the eyes of the people of Malaysia who had a personal observation of the occupation.

Africa: States of independence - the scramble for Africa ()

Synopsis:
Seventeen African nations gained their independence in 1960, but the dreams of the independence era were short-lived.

Africa states of independence tells the story of some of those countries - stories of mass exploitation, of the ecstasy of independence and of how - with liberation - a new, covert scramble for resources was born.

Engineering an Empire - Britain: Blood and Steel ()

Synopsis:
At its pinnacle, the British Empire spanned every continent and covered one quarter of the Earth's land mass. Through the centuries, the rulers of this enormous powerhouse used extraordinary engineering feats to become an industrial and military titan, loaded with riches. Some of their many pioneering accomplishments include the world's first locomotive, a superhighway of underground sewers, the imposing and grand Westminster Palace, and the most powerful and technically advanced navy in the age of sail.

Earth Ice Age Era's ()

Synopsis:
A look at past Ice Age eras that Earth has experienced throughout its existence; how the slightest changes in the planet's orbit and angle of rotation can bring them about; how long they can last, and when the Earth will endure another.

An ice age, or more precisely, a glacial age, is a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Within a long-term ice age, individual pulses of cold climate are termed "glacial periods" (or alternatively "glacials" or "glaciations" or colloquially as "ice age"), and intermittent warm periods are called "interglacials". Glaciologically, ice age implies the presence of extensive ice sheets in the northern and southern hemispheres. By this definition, we are still in the ice age that began 2.6 million years ago at the start of the Pleistocene epoch, because the Greenland, Arctic, and Antarctic ice sheets still exist.

There are three main types of evidence for ice ages: geological, chemical, and paleontological.

Geological evidence for ice ages comes in various forms, including rock scouring and scratching, glacial moraines, drumlins, valley cutting, and the deposition of till or tillites and glacial erratics. Successive glaciations tend to distort and erase the geological evidence, making it difficult to interpret. Furthermore, this evidence was difficult to date exactly; early theories assumed that the glacials were short compared to the long interglacials. The advent of sediment and ice cores revealed the true situation: glacials are long, interglacials short. It took some time for the current theory to be worked out.

The chemical evidence mainly consists of variations in the ratios of isotopes in fossils present in sediments and sedimentary rocks and ocean sediment cores. For the most recent glacial periods ice cores provide climate proxies from their ice, and atmospheric samples from included bubbles of air. Because water containing heavier isotopes has a higher heat of evaporation, its proportion decreases with colder conditions. This allows a temperature record to be constructed. However, this evidence can be confounded by other factors recorded by isotope ratios.

The paleontological evidence consists of changes in the geographical distribution of fossils. During a glacial period cold-adapted organisms spread into lower latitudes, and organisms that prefer warmer conditions become extinct or are squeezed into lower latitudes. This evidence is also difficult to interpret because it requires (1) sequences of sediments covering a long period of time, over a wide range of latitudes and which are easily correlated; (2) ancient organisms which survive for several million years without change and whose temperature preferences are easily diagnosed; and (3) the finding of the relevant fossils.

Despite the difficulties, analysis of ice core and ocean sediment cores[citation needed] has shown periods of glacials and interglacials over the past few million years. These also confirm the linkage between ice ages and continental crust phenomena such as glacial moraines, drumlins, and glacial erratics. Hence the continental crust phenomena are accepted as good evidence of earlier ice ages when they are found in layers created much earlier than the time range for which ice cores and ocean sediment cores are available.

In 1742 Pierre Martel (1706--1767), an engineer and geographer living in Geneva, visited the valley of Chamonix in the Alps of Savoy. Two years later he published an account of his journey. He reported that the inhabitants of that valley attributed the dispersal of erratic boulders to the fact that the glaciers had once extended much farther. Later similar explanations were reported from other regions of the Alps. In 1815 the carpenter and chamois hunter Jean-Pierre Perraudin (1767--1858) explained erratic boulders in the Val de Bagnes in the Swiss canton of Valais as being due to glaciers previously extending further. An unknown woodcutter from Meiringen in the Bernese Oberland advocated a similar idea in a discussion with the Swiss-German geologist Jean de Charpentier (1786--1855) in 1834. Comparable explanations are also known from the Val de Ferret in the Valais and the Seeland in western Switzerland and in Goethe's Scientific Work. Such explanations could also be found in other parts of the world. When the Bavarian naturalist Ernst von Bibra (1806--1878) visited the Chilean Andes in 1849--1850 the natives attributed fossil moraines to the former action of glaciers.

Underworld: Flooded Kingdoms Of The Ice Age ()

Synopsis:
Graham Hancock's mind bending series on underwater civilisations, lost to humanity after being buried by the great floods at the end of the Ice Age. Are the stories about a great flood that come from all over the world true, like Noah's Ark? Do these ancient traditions and myths talk of real events, and can this time be pinpointed to the end of the Ica Age when sea levels rose by four hundred feet? In this programme, a huge city is found under the sea off the Western coast of India which could be related to the ancient Indus Valley civilisation. Does this civilisation go back farther than five thousand years? Also, in southern India a new site is found off the coast.

The Next Ice Age and The Gulf Stream (2013)

Earth Under Water in Next 20 Years ()

AKA:
National Geographic - Earth Under Water in Next 20 Years

DNA Mysteries: The Search For Adam ()

AKA:
National Geographic Documentary - DNA Mysteries - The Search For Adam

The Permian: Triassic Extinction Event ()

Synopsis:
A look back 250 million years ago when a massive volcanic eruption, (in what is now Siberia), spewed lava one mile thick over an area the size of Texas; caused intense climatic change that killed 95% of the life on the planet and paved the way for the next dominant species -- the dinosaurs.

The Permian--Triassic (P--Tr) extinction event, informally known as the Great Dying, was an extinction event that occurred 252.28 Ma (million years) ago, forming the boundary between the Permian and Triassic geologic periods, as well as the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras. It is the Earth's most severe known extinction event, with up to 96% of all marine species and 70% of terrestrial vertebrate species becoming extinct. It is the only known mass extinction of insects. Some 57% of all families and 83% of all genera became extinct. Because so much biodiversity was lost, the recovery of life on Earth took significantly longer than after any other extinction event, possibly up to 10 million years.

Suggested mechanisms for the latter include large or multiple bolide impact events, increased volcanism, coal/gas fires and explosions from the Siberian Traps, and sudden release of methane clathrate from the sea floor; gradual changes include sea-level change, anoxia, increasing aridity, and a shift in ocean circulation driven by climate change.

The final stages of the Permian had two flood basalt events. A small one, Emeishan Traps in China, occurred at the same time as the end-Guadalupian extinction pulse, in an area close to the equator at the time. The flood basalt eruptions that produced the Siberian Traps constituted one of the largest known volcanic events on Earth and covered over 2,000,000 square kilometres (770,000 sq mi) with lava. The Siberian Traps eruptions were formerly thought to have lasted for millions of years, but recent research dates them to 251.2 ± 0.3 Ma — immediately before the end of the Permian.

The Emeishan and Siberian Traps eruptions may have caused dust clouds and acid aerosols—which would have blocked out sunlight and thus disrupted photosynthesis both on land and in the photic zone of the ocean, causing food chains to collapse. These eruptions may also have caused acid rain when the aerosols washed out of the atmosphere. This may have killed land plants and molluscs and planktonic organisms which had calcium carbonate shells. The eruptions would also have emitted carbon dioxide, causing global warming. When all of the dust clouds and aerosols washed out of the atmosphere, the excess carbon dioxide would have remained and the warming would have proceeded without any mitigating effects.

The Siberian Traps had unusual features that made them even more dangerous. Pure flood basalts produce a lot of runny lava and do not hurl debris into the atmosphere. It appears, however, that 20% of the output of the Siberian Traps eruptions was pyroclastic, i.e. consisted of ash and other debris thrown high into the atmosphere, increasing the short-term cooling effect. The basalt lava erupted or intruded into carbonate rocks and into sediments that were in the process of forming large coal beds, both of which would have emitted large amounts of carbon dioxide, leading to stronger global warming after the dust and aerosols settled.

There is doubt, however, about whether these eruptions were enough on their own to cause a mass extinction as severe as the end-Permian. Equatorial eruptions are necessary to produce sufficient dust and aerosols to affect life worldwide, whereas the much larger Siberian Traps eruptions were inside or near the Arctic Circle. Furthermore, if the Siberian Traps eruptions occurred within a period of 200,000 years, the atmosphere's carbon dioxide content would have doubled. Recent climate models suggest such a rise in CO2 would have raised global temperatures by 1.5 to 4.5°C (2.7 to 8.1°F), which is unlikely to cause a catastrophe as great as the P--Tr extinction.

In January 2011, a team led by Stephen Grasby of the Geological Survey of Canada—Calgary, reported evidence that volcanism caused massive coal beds to ignite, possibly releasing more than 3 trillion tons of carbon. The team found ash deposits in deep rock layers near what is now Buchanan Lake. According to their article, "... coal ash dispersed by the explosive Siberian Trap eruption would be expected to have an associated release of toxic elements in impacted water bodies where fly ash slurries developed ...", and "Mafic megascale eruptions are long-lived events that would allow significant build-up of global ash clouds". In a statement, Grasby said, "In addition to these volcanoes causing fires through coal, the ash it spewed was highly toxic and was released in the land and water, potentially contributing to the worst extinction event in earth history."

Yellowstone National Park and the Caldera Super Volcano ()

Liang Zhu (1995)

AKA:
Butterfly Lovers
The Lovers

Synopsis:
In 3A.D., during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, parents dress a very pretty, very privileged girl like a boy so she may be educated in a local boarding school. There, she falls in love with a poor, but handsome and industrious young man, but their short love affair ends in disaster.

Starring:
Charlie Yeung
Nicky Wu
Carrie Ng

Director: Hark Tsui

Jiao zi (2004)

AKA:
Dumplings - Delikate Versuchung >> German
Dumplings >> English
San geng er zhi yi >> Chinese
Three Extremes: Dumplings

Synopsis:
In Hong Kong, Aunt Mei is a cook famous for her home-made rejuvenation dumplings, based on a millenarian recipe prepared with a mysterious ingredient that she brings directly from China. The former TV star Mrs. Li visits Mei aiming her dumplings to recover her youth and become attractive again to her wolf husband Mr. Li. Along the sessions, Mei tells Mrs. Li that she was a gynecologist in China with more than 30,000 abortions along ten years. When Mrs. Li requests an acceleration of the process, the opportunity comes when a fifteen years old teenager with a five months incestuous pregnancy comes with her mother and asks Mei to make an abortion.

Starring:
Pauline Lau
Tony Leung Ka Fai
Bai Ling

Director: Fruit Chan

Te amo (made in Chile) (2001)

About:
A film from Chile.

Synopsis:
Sam returns to Chile from the USA after his parents divorce. Left with a sexually-abusive nanny, he makes friends with some other neglected kids: Isabel, whose mother suffers from depression after the disappearance of her father and brother, and Daniela whose mother is dead and whose father is an alcoholic. The teenagers get together to make a slasher film dealing with family issues, and finally confront their demons.

Starring:
Adrián Castilla
Daniela Ropert
Joshua Walker

Director: Sergio M. Castilla

Y tu mamá también (2001)

AKA:
...mit deiner Mutter auch! >> German


Synopsis:
In Mexico City, late teen friends Tenoch Iturbide and Julio Zapata are feeling restless as their respective girlfriends are traveling together through Europe before they all begin the next phase of their lives at college. At a lavish family wedding, Tenoch and Julio meet Luisa Cortés, the twenty-something wife of Tenoch's cousin Jano, the two who have just moved to Mexico from Spain. Tenoch and Julio try to impress the beautiful Luisa by telling her that they will be taking a trip to the most beautiful secluded beach in Mexico called la Boca del Cielo (translated to Heaven's Mouth), the trip and the beach which in reality don't exist. When Luisa learns of Jano's latest marital indiscretion straight from the horse's mouth, she takes Tenoch and Julio's offer to go along on this road trip, meaning that Tenoch and Julio have to pull together quickly a road trip to a non-existent beach. They decide to head toward one suggested by their friend Saba, who seems a little confused himself of this beach's location. On the road trip, which ends up not being totally harmonious, the three go on a trip of discovery. For Luisa, she has to figure out what to do with her immediate future based on the news from Jano and a secret she is keeping. And Tenoch and Julio have to figure out what their friendship really means as they grow up.

Starring:
Maribel Verdú
Gael García Bernal
Diego Luna
Director: Alfonso Cuarón

Fire in the Sky (1993)

Synopsis:
A group of men who were clearing bush for the government arrive back in town, claiming that their friend was abducted by aliens. Nobody believes them, and despite a lack of motive and no evidence of foul play, their friends' disappearance is treated as murder.

Starring:
D.B. Sweeney
Robert Patrick
Craig Sheffer

Director: Robert Lieberman

Frozen River (2008)

AKA:
Frozen River - Auf dünnem Eis

Synopsis:
Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Here, the lure of fast money from smuggling presents a daily challenge to single moms who would otherwise be earning minimum wage. Two women - one white, one Mohawk, both single mothers faced with desperate circumstances - are drawn into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River. Ray and Lila - and a New York State Trooper as opponent in an evolving cat-and-mouse game.

Starring:
Melissa Leo
Misty Upham
Charlie McDermott

Director: Courtney Hunt

Frozen (2010)

AKA:
Frozen - Eiskalter Abgrund >> German

Synopsis:
At Mount Holliston, snowboarders Dan Walker, his girlfriend Parker O'Neil and his best friend Joe Lynch don't have enough money to buy lift tickets. Parker bribes Jason, a lift-worker, with one hundred dollars. When the system is nearing closure, they force Jason to let them have one last pass. However, Jason needs to resolve a problem and his colleague misunderstands his instructions and stops the lift. The trio of skier and snowboarders gets stranded on the chairlift near the top of the mountain. When they see that the lights of the ski resort had been turned off, they need to make a choice: leave the chairlift or freeze to death.

Starring:
Shawn Ashmore
Emma Bell
Kevin Zegers

Director: Adam Green

The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

Synopsis:
Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. He's about to tell the discovery to his colleague, Douglas Hall, but knowing someone is after him, the old man leaves a letter in his computer generated parallel world that's just like the 30's with seemingly real people with real emotions. Fuller is murdered in our real world the same night, and his colleague is suspected. Douglas discovers a bloody shirt in his bathroom and he cannot recall what he was doing the night Fuller was murdered. He logs into the system in order to find the letter, but has to confront the unexpected. The truth is harsher than he could ever imagine.

Starring:
Craig Bierko
Gretchen Mol
Armin Mueller-Stahl

Director: Josef Rusnak

Carrie (1976)

AKA:
Carrie - Des Satans jüngste Tochter >> German

Synopsis:
Carrie White is a shy young girl who doesn't make friends easily. After her class mates taunt her about her horrified reaction to her totally unexpected first period one of them takes pity on her and gets Tommy Ross, her boyfriend and class hunk to invite Carrie to the senior prom. Meanwhile another girl who has been banned from the prom for her continued aggressive behaviour is not as forgiving and plans a trick to embarrass Carrie in front of the whole school. What she doesn't realise is that Carrie is ... gifted, and you really don't want to get her angry.

Starring:
Sissy Spacek
Piper Laurie
Amy Irving

Director: Brian De Palma

Nefertiti: Resurrected (2003)

Starring:
Tamara Tunie
Joann Fletcher
Jason Yates

Director: Matthew Wortman

La Ciénaga (2001)

AKA:
The Swamp >> English
Der Morast >> German

About:
A movie from Argentina.

Synopbis:
Chekhov in contemporary Argentina. Mecha and Gregorio are at their rundown country place near La Ciénaga with their teen children. It's hot. The adults drink constantly; Mecha cuts herself, engendering a trip to the hospital and a visit from her son José. A cousin, Tali, brings her children. The kids are on their own, sunbathing by the filthy pool, dancing in town, running in the hills with shotguns, driving cars without licenses. One of the teen girls loves Isabel, a family servant constantly accused of stealing. Mother and son, son and sisters, teen and Isabel are in each other's beds and bathrooms with a creepy intimacy.

Starring:
Mercedes Morán
Graciela Borges
Martín Adjemián

Director: Lucrecia Martel

The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)

About:
The first dramatic narrative to run over 60 minutes in length, but now only fragments remain, many of which are as badly decomposed as Ned Kelly. It also marks the beginning of the film industry in Australia but was banned in Benalla and Wangarratta, Australia, in 1907, and then again in Adelaide in 1911.

Kelly's actual suit of armour was borrowed from the Victorian Museum and worn in the film.

It was about the true story of notorious Australian outlaw Ned Kelly (1855-80).

Starring:
Elizabeth Tait
John Tait
Norman Campbell

Director: Charles Tait

L'inferno Inferno (1911)

About:
The poet Dante is lost in a dark and gloomy wood. At the summit of a mountain he sees the light of salvation. He endeavors to ascend to it, but his way is barred by three wild beasts, symbolizing Avarice, Pride and Lust. Beatrice sees his predicament and descends from Paradise into Limbo, where she asks the poet Virgil to rescue and guide Dante. Virgil knows another way to go, but this leads straight through the entire Inferno, before it continues towards Paradise. Virgil leads Dante to the portals of Inferno. Charon ferries them over the river Acheron, and then they start their journey downwards through the different circles of Inferno. Dante meets all kind of sinners and sees the never-ending punishments they have to undergo. The various punishments are adjusted to the different transgressions. Among the sinners Dante recognizes many persons he has met in Florence, when they were still alive. They tell him their sad stories and why they have ended here. At last Dante and Virgil meets the arch traitor Lucifer, who holds the bodies of Brutus and Cassius in his mouth. The two poets climb down the shaggy sides of Lucifer, to reach the subterranean way which leads out of Inferno.

Starring:
Salvatore Papa
Arturo Pirovano
Giuseppe de Liguoro

Directors: Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan and Giuseppe de Liguoro