Archive for July, 2012

Freemasonry Revealed:  Masonic Leaders and Masonic Legends

Freemasonry Revealed: Masonic Leaders and Masonic Legends

| July 10, 2012 | 0 Comments

Documentary about an unprecedented inside look into one of the world’s most private mysterious secret organizations, the Freemasons. Their inner workings, secret rituals, revelations of the 33rd-degree Master Mason is also to be revealed, history, and secrets will be uncovered. Centuries old rituals are filmed for the first time ever and to be showcased as [...]

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Greed Game – The Super Rich

Greed Game – The Super Rich

| July 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

As the credit crunch bites and a global economic crisis threatens, Robert Peston reveals how the super-rich have made their fortunes, and the rest of us are picking up the bill Presenter – Robert Preston Tweet

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Cambodia’s Orphan Business – People And Power

Cambodia’s Orphan Business – People And Power

| July 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

Increasing numbers of tourists including well-intentioned volunteers keen to help war-torn Cambodia are volunteering in the country’s orphanages. Volumes of research around the world have shown that orphanage care is associated with long-term psychological concerns. People & Power investigates the concept of “voluntourism” which is inadvertently doing more harm than good to Cambodian children, as [...]

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Samurai Miyamoto Musashi Documentary (Mark Dacascos)

Samurai Miyamoto Musashi Documentary (Mark Dacascos)

| July 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

Mark Dacascos travels to Japan to trace the footsteps of the ultimate samurai warrior Miyamoto Musashi.   Tweet

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In search of Putin’s money – People And Power

In search of Putin’s money – People And Power

| July 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

People & Power investigates claims that Russia’s political supremo has amassed a secret multi-billion dollar fortune. On March 4, 2012, Vladimir Putin was elected to serve as Russia’s president for another six years, and he is set to take up office following his inauguration on May 7. To his supporters, such as those we encountered [...]

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The Murdochs:  Counting the Cost, Money, power, influence

The Murdochs: Counting the Cost, Money, power, influence

| July 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

Money, power and influence – did British politicians get too close to Rupert Murdoch’s family and News Corp? Rupert Murdoch now admits he failed in his handling of the phone-hacking scandal at one of his newspapers. He told a British inquiry into press standards that there was a cover-up at the News of the World [...]

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Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends – Black Nationalism

Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends – Black Nationalism

| July 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

American black nationalist groups have been branded anti-Semitic, homophobic, misogynist and racist by the mainstream press. Louis Theroux goes to Harlem in New York to meet its proponents. Theroux meets the Reverend Al Sharpton, the main point of contact in the black nationalist movement. Theroux also meets Khalid Abdul Muhammad, dubbed by the media ‘the [...]

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Idi Amin Dada Autobiography – Uganda Discovery

Idi Amin Dada Autobiography – Uganda Discovery

| July 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

Idi Amin Dada (c. 1925[A] — 16 August 2003) was a military leader and President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colonial regiment, the King’s African Rifles, in 1946, and eventually held the rank of Major General and Commander of the Ugandan Army before taking power in the military coup of [...]

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Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends – Indian Gurus

Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends – Indian Gurus

| July 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

Louis Theroux travels to India to witness Westerners seeking enlightenment. In Goa he meets 57-year old American astrologer Deepak who studies meditation. He moves on to meet Mike, who is a follower of Swami Ganapathi Sachchidananda, and Amma who claims spiritual powers through hugging people. Tweet

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Gaddafi – Our Best Villain

Gaddafi – Our Best Villain

| July 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

This insightful essay-style documentary by Frenchman Antoine Vitkine puts current events into perspective by examining the motivations behind the actions of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, a man whose peculiar appearance belies savvy negotiation skills. Born in a tent in the Libyan desert, this Arab nationalist gained notoriety at 27 after toppling King Idris I. [...]

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