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Correspondent, Nato's Children in Kosovo
directed by Nick Bolster; presented by David Sells; produced by Nick Bolster, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2001), 1 hour 4 mins
NATO has a problem on its hands. It is called Kosovo. Two years ago, in response to the mass ethnic cleansing of Kosovo Albanians, NATO bombed Yugoslavia for 78 days forcing Milosevic into retreat. The results of this bombing - a dangerous power vacuum in Kosovo itself, with Albanian nationalism spilling over vici...
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directed by Nick Bolster; presented by David Sells; produced by Nick Bolster, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2001), 1 hour 4 mins
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NATO has a problem on its hands. It is called Kosovo. Two years ago, in response to the mass ethnic cleansing of Kosovo Albanians, NATO bombed Yugoslavia for 78 days forcing Milosevic into retreat. The results of this bombing - a dangerous power vacuum in Kosovo itself, with Albanian nationalism spilling over viciously into neighbouring Macedonia and Southern Serbia; not to mention the plight of Kosovo's own Serbian minority after two years as vi...
NATO has a problem on its hands. It is called Kosovo. Two years ago, in response to the mass ethnic cleansing of Kosovo Albanians, NATO bombed Yugoslavia for 78 days forcing Milosevic into retreat. The results of this bombing - a dangerous power vacuum in Kosovo itself, with Albanian nationalism spilling over viciously into neighbouring Macedonia and Southern Serbia; not to mention the plight of Kosovo's own Serbian minority after two years as victims of murder and mayhem. It seems the boot is firmly on the other foot. Has NATO perhaps been a touch naive?
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Nick Bolster, British Broadcasting Corporation, David Sells
Author / Creator
Nick Bolster, David Sells
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Correspondent
Speaker / Narrator
David Sells
Topic / Theme
Kosovo War (1998-1999), Serbian, Albanian, Ethnic cleansing, Ethnic conflict, Nationalism, Bombardment, Kosovo War, 1998-1999, Politics & Policy, Diplomacy, International Response, Current Affairs, Serbians, Albanians, African Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2013 BBC Worldwide
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Forgotten Wars, Series 1, Episode 2, Ethiopia and Eritrea - Lives On the Borderline
directed by Raffaele Masto, 1953-; produced by Nova-T TV Productions, in Forgotten Wars, Series 1, Episode 2 (Turin, Piedmont: Nova-T TV Productions, 2000), 25 mins
They were brother countries, united by almost identical customs and traditions, but in 1998 they began to fight each other. Tens of thousands have died, the injured and refugees are numerous. Their economies were already very precarious, and the war has only worsened the situation. Yet another example of the chaos...
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directed by Raffaele Masto, 1953-; produced by Nova-T TV Productions, in Forgotten Wars, Series 1, Episode 2 (Turin, Piedmont: Nova-T TV Productions, 2000), 25 mins
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They were brother countries, united by almost identical customs and traditions, but in 1998 they began to fight each other. Tens of thousands have died, the injured and refugees are numerous. Their economies were already very precarious, and the war has only worsened the situation. Yet another example of the chaos that reigns in the African Horn.
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Nova-T TV Productions, Christopher Jones, 1941-2014
Author / Creator
Raffaele Masto, 1953-
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Nova-T TV Productions
Series
Forgotten Wars
Speaker / Narrator
Christopher Jones, 1941-2014
Topic / Theme
Ethiopia-Eritrea Conflict (1961-1978), Eritrean, Ethiopian, Military occupation, Military casualties, Politics, Guerrilla warfare, Refugees, Social conflict, Civilian war casualties, War, Eritrean-Ethiopian War, 1998-2000, Politics & Policy, Documentation of Crimes, Eritreans, Ethiopians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2002 by Nova-T Television Production Company
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Inside Story, Mules
produced by Olivia Lichtenstein, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Inside Story (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1992), 57 mins
One in every five women in prison in Britain today is a Nigerian woman convicted of smuggling drugs into the UK. The 'Mules' are the small-fry in a big international game. For every woman they arrest, many others will be recruited to take her place. Inside Story travels to Nigeria to discover what compels women to...
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produced by Olivia Lichtenstein, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Inside Story (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1992), 57 mins
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One in every five women in prison in Britain today is a Nigerian woman convicted of smuggling drugs into the UK. The 'Mules' are the small-fry in a big international game. For every woman they arrest, many others will be recruited to take her place. Inside Story travels to Nigeria to discover what compels women to undertake such a dangerous mission and to explore what happens to their families while they are away for so many years.
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Olivia Lichtenstein, British Broadcasting Corporation, Veronika Hyks, 1951-
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Inside Story
Speaker / Narrator
Veronika Hyks, 1951-
Topic / Theme
EU and its Borders, Internal and External, Border Events and Areas Context, Women, Illegal drugs, Drug trafficking, Smuggling, Law, Sociology, Current Affairs, Nigerians (Nigeria), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1992 BBC Worldwide
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POV, Season 17, Farmingville
directed by Catherine Tambini, fl. 1987-1992 and Carlos Sandoval, fl. 2009-2014; produced by Catherine Tambini, fl. 1987-1992 and Carlos Sandoval, fl. 2009-2014, Camino Bluff Productions, in POV, Season 17 (United States: POV, 2004), 1 hour 17 mins
Farmingville is the award-winning documentary hailed by The New York Times as a "primer" on the explosive issue of illegal immigration.
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directed by Catherine Tambini, fl. 1987-1992 and Carlos Sandoval, fl. 2009-2014; produced by Catherine Tambini, fl. 1987-1992 and Carlos Sandoval, fl. 2009-2014, Camino Bluff Productions, in POV, Season 17 (United States: POV, 2004), 1 hour 17 mins
Description
Farmingville is the award-winning documentary hailed by The New York Times as a "primer" on the explosive issue of illegal immigration.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Catherine Tambini, fl. 1987-1992, Carlos Sandoval, fl. 2009-2014, Camino Bluff Productions
Author / Creator
Catherine Tambini, fl. 1987-1992, Carlos Sandoval, fl. 2009-2014
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
POV
Series
POV
Topic / Theme
Violence, Racism, Attempted murder, Immigration and emigration, Mexicans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2003 Camino Bluff Productions, Inc. and CatTails, LLC
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USA - Outsourcing Torture
produced by Bronwyn Adcock, SBS Television (Surrey, England: Journeyman Pictures, 2012), 39 mins
Are prisoners at Guantanamo Bay being severely tortured? As more and more former inmates speak out, evidence of this is stacking up. Whilst America may have signed the Convention against Torture, many of its allies in the War on Terror haven’t. And by sending detainees to these countries for interrogation, the U...
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produced by Bronwyn Adcock, SBS Television (Surrey, England: Journeyman Pictures, 2012), 39 mins
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Are prisoners at Guantanamo Bay being severely tortured? As more and more former inmates speak out, evidence of this is stacking up. Whilst America may have signed the Convention against Torture, many of its allies in the War on Terror haven’t. And by sending detainees to these countries for interrogation, the US is able to gain intelligence obtained through torture whilst at the same time keeping its hands clean. This documentary is the shocki...
Are prisoners at Guantanamo Bay being severely tortured? As more and more former inmates speak out, evidence of this is stacking up. Whilst America may have signed the Convention against Torture, many of its allies in the War on Terror haven’t. And by sending detainees to these countries for interrogation, the US is able to gain intelligence obtained through torture whilst at the same time keeping its hands clean. This documentary is the shocking story of Mamdouh Habib, arrested in a general round up and sent to Egypt for six months to be tortured.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bronwyn Adcock, SBS Television
Date Published / Released
2004, 2012
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Person Discussed
Mamdouh Habib
Topic / Theme
Global Counter Terrorism, 2001-, Detention centers, Human rights, International relations, Guantanamo Bay Detentions, Cuba, 2002-, Law, Diplomacy, Origins, Documentation of Crimes, Current Affairs, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012. Used by permission of Journeyman Pictures. All rights reserved.
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