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Tibetan temples, traditions, religion, culture and art evoke a lost world in Dharamsala, India. And yet, Tibet lives in the hearts and souls of all exiles. Their most cherished dream is to return home.
Consumerism has become the cornerstone of the post-industrial age. Yet how much do we know about it and what it is doing to us? Using theories of evolutionary psychology to underpin a bold narrative of our times, this film takes a whirlwind tour through the "weird mental illness of consumerism", showing how our insatiable appetite has driven us into "the jaws of the beast". Both an apocalyptic an…
Award-winning director David Sington presents the story of the 2008 financial credit crisis that brought suffering to millions. Forsaking easy explanations of greedy bankers and incompetent regulators, this investigation goes to the root causes of the USA's and UK's deluded belief that everyone could be rich and property prices would rise forever. It asks the question: why are the perpetrators of…
Amir's face is taut with tension. His eyes focus in on the board as he plots his next move. Years of harsh tutelage have prepared him for this. Kalmykia is a nation obsessed with chess and this is the most important few minutes in most children's lives, the final act of a chess match. We follow Amir and his brother Aleshan through their struggle to become champions, and the access to a better lif…
The Tea Party movement has taken American politics by storm. But is this truly a populist uprising or one of the greatest feats of propaganda ever seen? Seeking to find out, Australian filmmaker Taki Oldham embeds himself in the Tea Party uprising.
The Chinese global machine has been invited to revitalise the ailing Swedish town of Kalmar. The town's mayor has invited a Chinese company to build a trade centre and 300 homes. But all does not go to plan. In fact, the project goes disastrously wrong, with everyone losing out. An amusing and deeply relevant film, which shows the fault lines that emerge when the tigers of the developing world tr…
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