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Correspondent, The Real Doctor Evil
directed by Rob Lemkin; produced by Rob Lemkin, Old Street Films, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide), 46 mins
With Saddam Hussein gone, North Korea's Kim Jong-il is regarded as the world's most dangerous man. Millions have died of famine and dissidents are sent to labour camps or executed. Now Kim says that he has nuclear weapons - and that he's prepared to sell them to whoever will pay his price. George Bush put North Ko...
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directed by Rob Lemkin; produced by Rob Lemkin, Old Street Films, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide), 46 mins
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With Saddam Hussein gone, North Korea's Kim Jong-il is regarded as the world's most dangerous man. Millions have died of famine and dissidents are sent to labour camps or executed. Now Kim says that he has nuclear weapons - and that he's prepared to sell them to whoever will pay his price. George Bush put North Korea on the 'Axis of Evil' shortlist, but is Kim really plotting to destroy the planet or is the nickname 'Dr Evil' indicative of nothin...
With Saddam Hussein gone, North Korea's Kim Jong-il is regarded as the world's most dangerous man. Millions have died of famine and dissidents are sent to labour camps or executed. Now Kim says that he has nuclear weapons - and that he's prepared to sell them to whoever will pay his price. George Bush put North Korea on the 'Axis of Evil' shortlist, but is Kim really plotting to destroy the planet or is the nickname 'Dr Evil' indicative of nothing more than a battle of words in the Cold War's last frontier? Correspondent charts Kim's progress from lazy student through terrorist mastermind to tough-talking nuclear brinksman.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rob Lemkin, Old Street Films, Gary Mavers
Author / Creator
Rob Lemkin
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Correspondent
Speaker / Narrator
Gary Mavers
Person Discussed
Kim Jong-Il, 1941-2011
Topic / Theme
Heads of state, Political life, War and Violence, Political and Social Movements, North Koreans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2003 BBC Worldwide
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House of Saud, Episode 1
directed by Mike Rudin, fl. 2002; produced by Chris Alcock, Anees Alqudaihi and Charlie Mole, fl. 1988, BBC Current Affairs, in House of Saud (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2018), 53 mins
Documentary series looking at the challenges facing the new Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Looking at the challenges facing the new Crown Prince, 32-year-old Mohammed bin Salman.
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directed by Mike Rudin, fl. 2002; produced by Chris Alcock, Anees Alqudaihi and Charlie Mole, fl. 1988, BBC Current Affairs, in House of Saud (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2018), 53 mins
Description
Documentary series looking at the challenges facing the new Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Looking at the challenges facing the new Crown Prince, 32-year-old Mohammed bin Salman.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Chris Alcock, Anees Alqudaihi, Charlie Mole, fl. 1988, BBC Current Affairs, Saskia Reeves
Author / Creator
Mike Rudin, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
House of Saud
Speaker / Narrator
Saskia Reeves
Person Discussed
Mohammed Bin Salman, 1985-
Topic / Theme
Terrorism, Escalation (Conflict), Royalty (Social class), Saudis, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2018 BBC Worldwide
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Islam & America: Through the Eyes of Imran Khan
produced by Journeyman Pictures (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 27 mins
Why do so many Muslims hate the United States? What has America done to alienate so many people in the Muslim world? Imran Khan, a Pakistani celebrity cricket player turned politician, tries to answer these questions in this provocative documentary filmed in locations throughout Pakistan. He examines the political...
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produced by Journeyman Pictures (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 27 mins
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Why do so many Muslims hate the United States? What has America done to alienate so many people in the Muslim world? Imran Khan, a Pakistani celebrity cricket player turned politician, tries to answer these questions in this provocative documentary filmed in locations throughout Pakistan. He examines the political, social and economic causes of the schism between the Islamic world and the West. The film takes us to Islamabad's Women's College, wh...
Why do so many Muslims hate the United States? What has America done to alienate so many people in the Muslim world? Imran Khan, a Pakistani celebrity cricket player turned politician, tries to answer these questions in this provocative documentary filmed in locations throughout Pakistan. He examines the political, social and economic causes of the schism between the Islamic world and the West. The film takes us to Islamabad's Women's College, where the students are mainly from privileged, middle class backgrounds. But even here, the underlying feeling is that the United States only cares or acts when its own people are at risk and that many American policies are determined on racial grounds against "black or brown people". In Peshawar, anti-war demonstrators believe that the war on Afghanistan following September 11th, was not justified because the West did not provide proof of the Taliban's culpability. In this part of the world, the spectre of the IMF looms large. Khan notes that as the services provided by the Pakistani government diminish under the pressure of its debts, the vacuum created has been filled by others. The poor turn to religious schools, often breeding grounds for a more intolerant version of Islam. Unsurprisingly, their influence is strongest where poverty is most pronounced. This fascinating and highly resonant report goes a long way towards explaining the problematic nature of the relationship between Islam and the West. It is a schism that developed long before the bombing of Afghanistan, and is likely to take even longer to heal. College Adult
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Journeyman Pictures
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
International relations, Politics, Religion, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2002. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Red Lines
directed by Andrea Kalin, fl. 2002 and Oliver Lukacs, fl. 2013; produced by Andrea Kalin, fl. 2002, Spark Media (District of Columbia: Spark Media, 2014), 1 hour 39 mins
The news from the Middle East worsens daily into a nightmare scenario - one eerily foretold in 2012 as two young, unlikely Syrian activists launch a radical plan for bringing democracy to their country. Under threat of death, they organize when no one else will. Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, of...
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directed by Andrea Kalin, fl. 2002 and Oliver Lukacs, fl. 2013; produced by Andrea Kalin, fl. 2002, Spark Media (District of Columbia: Spark Media, 2014), 1 hour 39 mins
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The news from the Middle East worsens daily into a nightmare scenario - one eerily foretold in 2012 as two young, unlikely Syrian activists launch a radical plan for bringing democracy to their country. Under threat of death, they organize when no one else will. Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict taking us from the trenches to geopolitical jockeying and becoming, along the way, a sear...
The news from the Middle East worsens daily into a nightmare scenario - one eerily foretold in 2012 as two young, unlikely Syrian activists launch a radical plan for bringing democracy to their country. Under threat of death, they organize when no one else will. Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict taking us from the trenches to geopolitical jockeying and becoming, along the way, a searing exposé of an ongoing inhumane crisis.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrea Kalin, fl. 2002, Spark Media
Author / Creator
Andrea Kalin, fl. 2002, Oliver Lukacs, fl. 2013
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Spark Media
Person Discussed
Bashar al-Assad, 1965-
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Political violence, Political demonstrations, Revolutions, Syrian Civil War, 2011-, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Origins, Syrians, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2014 Spark Media
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A Shared Prize (Burma/Thailand)
directed by Joan Salvat; produced by Sylvia Pairo (London, England: SW Pictures, 2008), 32 mins
Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the opposition to the military regime in Burma, and Dr. Cynthia Maung are two strong, brave and socially-committed Burmese women, who have been fighting for years to change things in Burma. They have been awarded the International Catalonia Prize. We look at the personalities and the wo...
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directed by Joan Salvat; produced by Sylvia Pairo (London, England: SW Pictures, 2008), 32 mins
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Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the opposition to the military regime in Burma, and Dr. Cynthia Maung are two strong, brave and socially-committed Burmese women, who have been fighting for years to change things in Burma. They have been awarded the International Catalonia Prize. We look at the personalities and the work of the two women who have devoted their lives trying to gain freedom for their people. Aung San Suu Kyi has been under house arrest...
Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the opposition to the military regime in Burma, and Dr. Cynthia Maung are two strong, brave and socially-committed Burmese women, who have been fighting for years to change things in Burma. They have been awarded the International Catalonia Prize. We look at the personalities and the work of the two women who have devoted their lives trying to gain freedom for their people. Aung San Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for 18 years without having ever been put on trial. She cannot make phone calls, receive visitors or use the Internet. Her only contact with the outside world is the radio. She was not able to attend the International Catalonia Prize awards ceremony in just the same way as she was prevented from going to Stockholm to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. The report also shows the work of Dr. Cynthia Maung, who fled from Burma, as did tens of thousands of people, after the first major popular uprising against the military regime in 1989. Dr. Maung opened a small clinic on the Thai-Burmese border, which has become an important healthcare centre treating the poor and illegal immigrants.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sylvia Pairo
Author / Creator
Joan Salvat
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
SW Pictures
Person Discussed
Cynthia Maung, fl. 1989-2008, Aung San Suu Kyi, 1945-
Topic / Theme
Burma and Thailand Border, Prisoners of war, Refugees, Burma-Myanmar Conflict, 1982-2008, Politics & Policy, Current Affairs, Burmese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Scott White Pictures.
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They Shoot Children Don't They
directed by Judy Jackson; produced by Giancarla Forte, fl. 1991 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1991), 53 mins
In Guatemala, Englishman Bruce Harris has been conducting a one-man crusade to stop the torturing and brutal killing of street urchins by the police and private security forces.
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directed by Judy Jackson; produced by Giancarla Forte, fl. 1991 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1991), 53 mins
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In Guatemala, Englishman Bruce Harris has been conducting a one-man crusade to stop the torturing and brutal killing of street urchins by the police and private security forces.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Giancarla Forte, fl. 1991
Author / Creator
Judy Jackson
Date Published / Released
1991
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Speaker / Narrator
Bruce Harrison, fl. 1991
Person Discussed
Bruce Harrison, fl. 1991
Topic / Theme
Crime, Law enforcement, Political causes, Religion & Philosophy
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1991 BBC Worldwide
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