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100 Years of Hong Kong Real Estate Industry
produced by IFENG.COM (Tai Po, Hong Kong (State): Phoenix Satellite Television Company, 2022), 52 mins
From a small fishing village to a metropolis, Hong Kong's real estate industry has become an important pillar of the Hong Kong economy. The century-long ebb and flow of the real estate market has created great wealth for the city, but it has also become a heavy burden for many people. From the very early land syst...
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produced by IFENG.COM (Tai Po, Hong Kong (State): Phoenix Satellite Television Company, 2022), 52 mins
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From a small fishing village to a metropolis, Hong Kong's real estate industry has become an important pillar of the Hong Kong economy. The century-long ebb and flow of the real estate market has created great wealth for the city, but it has also become a heavy burden for many people. From the very early land system of "rent only", the public housing policy ignited by several fires in the 1950s, the rise of Chinese property developers after the 1...
From a small fishing village to a metropolis, Hong Kong's real estate industry has become an important pillar of the Hong Kong economy. The century-long ebb and flow of the real estate market has created great wealth for the city, but it has also become a heavy burden for many people. From the very early land system of "rent only", the public housing policy ignited by several fires in the 1950s, the rise of Chinese property developers after the 1967 riots, to the land and housing plans formulated by several leaders after the handover, Hong Kong's property market has had its ups and downs, but it has always been moving in the direction of people living in peace and contentment. This documentary will tell the history of Hong Kong's real estate industry from the early days, and explore how Hong Kong has created a "real estate legend" step by step.
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
IFENG.COM
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Phoenix Satellite Television Company
Speaker / Narrator
Ngai Ming Yip, fl. 2005, James Chan Yum-min, Cheng Kai-nam, 1950-, Richard Wong, fl. 2000, Lau Chi-pang, 1960-, Shih Wing-ching, 1949-, Richard Cullen, fl. 1982, Wilson Or, 1973-
Person Discussed
Ngai Ming Yip, fl. 2005, James Chan Yum-min, Cheng Kai-nam, 1950-, Richard Wong, fl. 2000, Lau Chi-pang, 1960-, Shih Wing-ching, 1949-, Richard Cullen, fl. 1982, Wilson Or, 1973-
Topic / Theme
Trade and commerce, Boom markets, Economic development, Population growth, Property rentals, Property, Estates and inheritances, Apartment buildings, Housing, World War II, 1939-1945, Korean Conflict, 1950-1953, Chinese Civil War, 1927-1950, Opium Wars, China, 1839-1860, Chinese
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Copyright © 2022 Phoenix Satellite Television Company Limited
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Afghan Ladies' Driving School
directed by Sean Langan, fl. 2006; produced by Ben Rumney, fl. 2006 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2006), 59 mins
Mr Mamozai's Driving School is the first driving school in Kabul to teach both men and women how to drive. And probably the only driving school for women in the world that is run by men who don't really think women should drive at all. But then the driving instructors at Mr Mamozai's are all ex-Taliban, so clearly...
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directed by Sean Langan, fl. 2006; produced by Ben Rumney, fl. 2006 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2006), 59 mins
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Mr Mamozai's Driving School is the first driving school in Kabul to teach both men and women how to drive. And probably the only driving school for women in the world that is run by men who don't really think women should drive at all. But then the driving instructors at Mr Mamozai's are all ex-Taliban, so clearly this is no ordinary driving school. The programme provides a revealing look at how life has in some ways radically changed for women i...
Mr Mamozai's Driving School is the first driving school in Kabul to teach both men and women how to drive. And probably the only driving school for women in the world that is run by men who don't really think women should drive at all. But then the driving instructors at Mr Mamozai's are all ex-Taliban, so clearly this is no ordinary driving school. The programme provides a revealing look at how life has in some ways radically changed for women in Afghanistan since the collapse of the Taliban, but in other ways, remains difficult. At times hilarious, and shocking, this documentary charts the women's struggle in a male-dominated world, but also puts a human face on a country often in the news.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ben Rumney, fl. 2006
Author / Creator
Sean Langan, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Topic / Theme
Postwar reconstruction, Afghan people, Women, Current Affairs, African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 BBC Worldwide
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Africa in the 21st Century, Somalia: The Neglected Civil War
produced by NHK International Inc., in Africa in the 21st Century (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 50 mins
Independent since 1960, Somalia has seen virtually constant political upheaval. Chaos still reigns in the capital, Mogadishu, and throughout Somalia. Some eighty percent of the nation is under the power of guerrillas and local warlords. Taking advantage of the chaos, Islamic fundamentalist groups such as al Qaeda...
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produced by NHK International Inc., in Africa in the 21st Century (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 50 mins
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Independent since 1960, Somalia has seen virtually constant political upheaval. Chaos still reigns in the capital, Mogadishu, and throughout Somalia. Some eighty percent of the nation is under the power of guerrillas and local warlords. Taking advantage of the chaos, Islamic fundamentalist groups such as al Qaeda frequently infiltrate. Suspected to be the main financial source for al Qaeda, all assets in the al Barakaat bank, the country’s main...
Independent since 1960, Somalia has seen virtually constant political upheaval. Chaos still reigns in the capital, Mogadishu, and throughout Somalia. Some eighty percent of the nation is under the power of guerrillas and local warlords. Taking advantage of the chaos, Islamic fundamentalist groups such as al Qaeda frequently infiltrate. Suspected to be the main financial source for al Qaeda, all assets in the al Barakaat bank, the country’s main bank, were frozen and remittances from workers abroad to their families at home were stopped, which aggravated the confusion and deepened poverty in the nation. Finally, Somalia has become a target in the post-Afghanistan "war" against terrorism. College Adult
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
NHK International Inc.
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Series
Africa in the 21st Century
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, War, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, Humanities, Somali, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2002. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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African Exodus
produced by SW Pictures (London, England: SW Pictures, 2010), 22 mins
An extremely powerful film showing the terrible risks that Africans will take to get to The Promised Land. Juan Medina, an Argentine photographer, arrived in Spain twenty years ago. Medina was looking for a better life and decided to settle in Fuerteventura, attracted by a tourist slogan portraying it as 'The Tran...
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produced by SW Pictures (London, England: SW Pictures, 2010), 22 mins
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An extremely powerful film showing the terrible risks that Africans will take to get to The Promised Land. Juan Medina, an Argentine photographer, arrived in Spain twenty years ago. Medina was looking for a better life and decided to settle in Fuerteventura, attracted by a tourist slogan portraying it as 'The Tranquil Isle.' He could not have guessed then that he would be an eye witness to the tragic exodus of Africans to Europe. Over the last te...
An extremely powerful film showing the terrible risks that Africans will take to get to The Promised Land. Juan Medina, an Argentine photographer, arrived in Spain twenty years ago. Medina was looking for a better life and decided to settle in Fuerteventura, attracted by a tourist slogan portraying it as 'The Tranquil Isle.' He could not have guessed then that he would be an eye witness to the tragic exodus of Africans to Europe. Over the last ten years, 32,000 Africans have landed on the coast of the Canary Islands in makeshift boats. Many have died in the attempt, drowned in the 100 or so kilometers of seas separating the islands from the African mainland. One night in November 2004, Juan was on board a Spanish police patrol vessel. A drifting craft was spotted full of immigrants. But the makeshift boat capsized: 11 people drowned and 29 were rescued.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
SW Pictures
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
SW Pictures
Topic / Theme
EU and its Borders, Internal and External, Immigration and emigration, Laws and legislation, Refugees, History, Current Affairs, Africans, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Scott White Pictures.
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African Studies Series, South Africa: Draining the Seas
produced by Anneliese Burgess, fl. 2001, Journeyman Pictures, in African Studies Series (Derry, NH: Chip Taylor Communications, 2011), 32 mins
'Recommended. A very good study about the pirate fishing of toothfish and its impact on the fishing industry and the environment; it provides a very broad picture of the industry and related environmental issues by combining interviews with world experts on the fish, South African observers, a Greenpeace team, con...
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produced by Anneliese Burgess, fl. 2001, Journeyman Pictures, in African Studies Series (Derry, NH: Chip Taylor Communications, 2011), 32 mins
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'Recommended. A very good study about the pirate fishing of toothfish and its impact on the fishing industry and the environment; it provides a very broad picture of the industry and related environmental issues by combining interviews with world experts on the fish, South African observers, a Greenpeace team, conservation experts and Maritime legal experts.' -EMRO Review
This eye-opening documentary illustrates the difficulties in controlling i...
'Recommended. A very good study about the pirate fishing of toothfish and its impact on the fishing industry and the environment; it provides a very broad picture of the industry and related environmental issues by combining interviews with world experts on the fish, South African observers, a Greenpeace team, conservation experts and Maritime legal experts.' -EMRO Review
This eye-opening documentary illustrates the difficulties in controlling international fishing, as world fish stocks show signs of depletion. The Patagonia toothfish is becoming so valuable it is known as 'White Gold' and has caused an explosion in fishing. The value of this oily, white fish lies in its desirability as a delicacy in restaurants throughout the East and the United States; it is four times the price of regular white fish. This explains why people take the risk of fishing for it illegally. South Africa is one of the countries trying to end unlawful fishing in their waters, but it is 'like looking for a needle in a haystack.' Environmental groups are concerned that over-fishing will place the toothfish at risk of extinction.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Anneliese Burgess, fl. 2001, Journeyman Pictures
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Chip Taylor Communications
Series
African Studies Series
Speaker / Narrator
Anneliese Burgess, fl. 2001
Topic / Theme
Maritime commerce occupations, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 Chip Taylor Communications
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ArgosTV, Why Srebrenica had to Fall
directed by Huub Jaspers and Bart Nijpels, in ArgosTV (Netherlands: VPRO Dutch Broadcasting, 2015), 54 mins
Serb general Ratko Mladic knew that there would not be any NATO airstrikes when, in July 1995, his troops launched the attack on the Srebrenica enclave - which was protected by Dutch UN soldiers - and killed over eight thousand people. Six weeks earlier, the Clinton administration had decided not to carry out any...
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directed by Huub Jaspers and Bart Nijpels, in ArgosTV (Netherlands: VPRO Dutch Broadcasting, 2015), 54 mins
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Serb general Ratko Mladic knew that there would not be any NATO airstrikes when, in July 1995, his troops launched the attack on the Srebrenica enclave - which was protected by Dutch UN soldiers - and killed over eight thousand people. Six weeks earlier, the Clinton administration had decided not to carry out any further airstrikes on Serb targets 'for the time being'. Washington made that decision 'in silence'. The Dutch government at that time...
Serb general Ratko Mladic knew that there would not be any NATO airstrikes when, in July 1995, his troops launched the attack on the Srebrenica enclave - which was protected by Dutch UN soldiers - and killed over eight thousand people. Six weeks earlier, the Clinton administration had decided not to carry out any further airstrikes on Serb targets 'for the time being'. Washington made that decision 'in silence'. The Dutch government at that time was left completely in the dark. On 28 May 1995 the Clinton administration decided to suspend the airstrikes against the Serbs. This decision was made after consultation by phone with the French President Chirac and the British Prime Minister Major. They urged the President of the United States to stop the airstrikes after hundreds of UN soldiers had been taken hostage. The Serbs had chained the blue helmets to strategic locations to avoid NATO bombings. The documentary will show, based on internal documents, that the Clinton administration made its decision 'in silence': ‘ …make no public statement to that effect’ was the advice the President was given the next day.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Huub Jaspers, Bart Nijpels
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
VPRO Dutch Broadcasting
Series
ArgosTV
Speaker / Narrator
Joris Voorhoeve, 1945-, Sandy Berger, 1945-2015, Muhamed Sacirbey, 1956-, Andreas Zumach, 1954-, Ilijaz Pilav, 1965-, David Harland, Manfred Eisele
Person Discussed
Joris Voorhoeve, 1945-, Sandy Berger, 1945-2015, Muhamed Sacirbey, 1956-, Andreas Zumach, 1954-, Ilijaz Pilav, 1965-, David Harland, Manfred Eisele
Topic / Theme
Massacres, Genocide, Violence, Srebrenica Massacre, Bosnia, July 11-13 1995, War and Violence, Bosnians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 Stefan Heijdendael
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The Battle for Peace - Shimon Peres
produced by Julie Gal (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997), 57 mins
The Battle for Peace -- Shimon Peres follows up on the earlier film Peres -- The Road to Peace. Ever since the assassination of the late Prime Minister Rabin, Peres has been the leading spokesman for a negotiated peace. Despite his recent defeat, he continues to be an important presence on the Israeli political sc...
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produced by Julie Gal (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997), 57 mins
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The Battle for Peace -- Shimon Peres follows up on the earlier film Peres -- The Road to Peace. Ever since the assassination of the late Prime Minister Rabin, Peres has been the leading spokesman for a negotiated peace. Despite his recent defeat, he continues to be an important presence on the Israeli political scene. The film traces Israel's secret road to peace with the PLO and highlights the late Prime Minister Rabin's own critical role. Shimo...
The Battle for Peace -- Shimon Peres follows up on the earlier film Peres -- The Road to Peace. Ever since the assassination of the late Prime Minister Rabin, Peres has been the leading spokesman for a negotiated peace. Despite his recent defeat, he continues to be an important presence on the Israeli political scene. The film traces Israel's secret road to peace with the PLO and highlights the late Prime Minister Rabin's own critical role. Shimon Peres is one of the last of Israel's living patriarchs. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Julie Gal
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Shimon Peres, 1923-
Topic / Theme
Politics, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1997. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Belarus unrest explained
presented by Ben Hall; produced by Financial Times (Newspaper) (London, England: Financial Times (Newspaper), 2020), 4 mins
The FT's Europe editor Ben Hall looks at why protesters are putting pressure on Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko to step down after 26 years in power - and why neighbouring Russia is key to the country's future.
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presented by Ben Hall; produced by Financial Times (Newspaper) (London, England: Financial Times (Newspaper), 2020), 4 mins
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The FT's Europe editor Ben Hall looks at why protesters are putting pressure on Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko to step down after 26 years in power - and why neighbouring Russia is key to the country's future.
Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Financial Times (Newspaper)
Author / Creator
Ben Hall
Date Published / Released
2020
Publisher
Financial Times (Newspaper)
Person Discussed
Alexander Lukashenko, 1954-
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2020 Knowledgemotion Ltd
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Breaking the Wall of Silence
directed by Oystein F. Rakkenes (Oslo, Oslo County: Nordic World, 2008), 50 mins
Breaking the Wall of Silence is a documentary that portrays the courageous struggle of a peaceful, vulnerable culture against domination by an aggressive neighbour – a story of personal sacrifice and spiritual fortitude. Breaking the Wall of Silence will take you behind the scenes of the Tibetan struggle. It wil...
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directed by Oystein F. Rakkenes (Oslo, Oslo County: Nordic World, 2008), 50 mins
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Breaking the Wall of Silence is a documentary that portrays the courageous struggle of a peaceful, vulnerable culture against domination by an aggressive neighbour – a story of personal sacrifice and spiritual fortitude. Breaking the Wall of Silence will take you behind the scenes of the Tibetan struggle. It will present monks and nuns willing to risk their lives in trying to march across the Himalayas back home to Tibet. It will also portray i...
Breaking the Wall of Silence is a documentary that portrays the courageous struggle of a peaceful, vulnerable culture against domination by an aggressive neighbour – a story of personal sacrifice and spiritual fortitude. Breaking the Wall of Silence will take you behind the scenes of the Tibetan struggle. It will present monks and nuns willing to risk their lives in trying to march across the Himalayas back home to Tibet. It will also portray icons such as the Dalai Lama and the writer Tsering Woeser.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Oystein F. Rakkenes
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Nordic World
Person Discussed
Dalai Lama, XIV, 1935-
Topic / Theme
International relations, Political causes, Religious communities, Ethnic Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Nordic World.
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Cambodia: The Betrayal
produced by David Munro, 1942- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1993), 1 hour 8 mins
The world was horrified to learn of the holocaust which had taken place in Cambodia at the hands of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. This film exposes the hypocrisy of the Western nations which continue to support Pol Pot, despite the atrocities of his regime. Not only has Pol Pot been allowed to occupy Cambodia's sea...
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produced by David Munro, 1942- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1993), 1 hour 8 mins
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The world was horrified to learn of the holocaust which had taken place in Cambodia at the hands of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. This film exposes the hypocrisy of the Western nations which continue to support Pol Pot, despite the atrocities of his regime. Not only has Pol Pot been allowed to occupy Cambodia's seat in the United Nations, but the Western nations have been secretly selling them weapons for use in their civil war. Despite the loss o...
The world was horrified to learn of the holocaust which had taken place in Cambodia at the hands of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. This film exposes the hypocrisy of the Western nations which continue to support Pol Pot, despite the atrocities of his regime. Not only has Pol Pot been allowed to occupy Cambodia's seat in the United Nations, but the Western nations have been secretly selling them weapons for use in their civil war. Despite the loss of a fifth of their population, the resilient Cambodians have made significant strides to rebuild their society. But they fear the threat of a second Holocaust. College Adult
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
David Munro, 1942-
Date Published / Released
1993
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Cambodia Khmer Rouge Regime (1975-1979), History curriculums, Cambodian Holocaust, 1975-1979, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, International Response, Humanities, Cambodian, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1993. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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