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Banishing the Crisis
directed by Gisela Perraut (London, England: SW Pictures, 2010), 34 mins
The economic crisis is taking its toll in China, with factory closures, a sharp fall in exports, and 20 million unemployed. Although the trend is worrying in a land that has become the world's workshop, many see the crisis as opening up new opportunities. We visit Wenzhou, one of the country's industrial powerhous...
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directed by Gisela Perraut (London, England: SW Pictures, 2010), 34 mins
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The economic crisis is taking its toll in China, with factory closures, a sharp fall in exports, and 20 million unemployed. Although the trend is worrying in a land that has become the world's workshop, many see the crisis as opening up new opportunities. We visit Wenzhou, one of the country's industrial powerhouses. Many European-Chinese who originally came from here are now interested in investing in their native land, attracted by China's stro...
The economic crisis is taking its toll in China, with factory closures, a sharp fall in exports, and 20 million unemployed. Although the trend is worrying in a land that has become the world's workshop, many see the crisis as opening up new opportunities. We visit Wenzhou, one of the country's industrial powerhouses. Many European-Chinese who originally came from here are now interested in investing in their native land, attracted by China's strong economic growth. On the down side, workers drawn to the cities by factory jobs are having a lean time. Many of these rural migrants have been laid off because of the crisis and some have returned home to China's poorest provinces and wait for better times. The government is now pursuing policies to support these areas and promote economic development, heralding a new stage in China's great leap forward.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Gisela Perraut
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
SW Pictures
Topic / Theme
Economic conditions, Current Affairs
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Scott White Pictures.
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The Border Fence
directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 1972-; produced by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 1972-, Markus Glaser, fl. 1992, Michael Kitzberger, 1971- and Wolfgang Widerhofer, 1971-, Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion (Vienna, Vienna State: Autlook Filmsales, 2018), 1 hour 52 mins
A political satire about populism and its absurd consequences. In spring 2016, Austrian politicians fear an onslaught of war refugees via Italy and announce a new border fence. The residents fear the fence just as much as the supposedly threatening alienation of their homeland. At the end of the film, the fence is...
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directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 1972-; produced by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 1972-, Markus Glaser, fl. 1992, Michael Kitzberger, 1971- and Wolfgang Widerhofer, 1971-, Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion (Vienna, Vienna State: Autlook Filmsales, 2018), 1 hour 52 mins
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A political satire about populism and its absurd consequences. In spring 2016, Austrian politicians fear an onslaught of war refugees via Italy and announce a new border fence. The residents fear the fence just as much as the supposedly threatening alienation of their homeland. At the end of the film, the fence is still curled up in the container, as the feared refugee rush never materialized.
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 1972-, Markus Glaser, fl. 1992, Michael Kitzberger, 1971-, Wolfgang Widerhofer, 1971-, Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion
Author / Creator
Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 1972-
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Autlook Filmsales
Topic / Theme
Populism, Austrians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Film Platform
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Burma Displaced
directed by Roland Wehap, fl. 2008; produced by Rowe Productions (Java Films, 2010), 1 hour
We hear the stories of the people who were able to flee Burma. They live as illegal workers in neighboring countries, in refugee camps in Bangladesh, as tourist attractions in Thailand. Burma only lives in their memories. We meet the Rap Group 'Myanmar Future Generation' who sing about Burma's tragic history. Thei...
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directed by Roland Wehap, fl. 2008; produced by Rowe Productions (Java Films, 2010), 1 hour
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We hear the stories of the people who were able to flee Burma. They live as illegal workers in neighboring countries, in refugee camps in Bangladesh, as tourist attractions in Thailand. Burma only lives in their memories. We meet the Rap Group 'Myanmar Future Generation' who sing about Burma's tragic history. Their common hope: a better life, a freed Burma.
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rowe Productions, Howard Nightingall, fl. 2000
Author / Creator
Roland Wehap, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Java Films
Speaker / Narrator
Howard Nightingall, fl. 2000
Topic / Theme
Burma-Myanmar Conflict (1982-2008), Violence, Political dissidents, Saffron Revolution, Burma, August 15, 2007-September 2008, Sociology, History, Origins, Burmese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2012. Used by permission of Java Films
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China Vs. USA: Empires At War
directed by Anthony Dufour, fl. 2010 (Paris, Ile-de-France: Ampersand, 2007), 52 mins
America's intelligence community is quietly preparing for a new conflict, one which hasn't made headlines yet: the Chinese Threat is America’s new war. If Taiwan is today the most explosive strategic issue between China and the USA, there are already skirmishes (some public and some secret) such as the NATO bomb...
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directed by Anthony Dufour, fl. 2010 (Paris, Ile-de-France: Ampersand, 2007), 52 mins
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America's intelligence community is quietly preparing for a new conflict, one which hasn't made headlines yet: the Chinese Threat is America’s new war. If Taiwan is today the most explosive strategic issue between China and the USA, there are already skirmishes (some public and some secret) such as the NATO bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade or the Chinese cyber attack on the German defense ministry.
Using testimonies from Western and...
America's intelligence community is quietly preparing for a new conflict, one which hasn't made headlines yet: the Chinese Threat is America’s new war. If Taiwan is today the most explosive strategic issue between China and the USA, there are already skirmishes (some public and some secret) such as the NATO bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade or the Chinese cyber attack on the German defense ministry.
Using testimonies from Western and Chinese specialists, this film is the thrilling account of a new form of conflict taking shape: an unrestricted war with countless battlefields, ranging from space to the Internet and from finance to the control of natural resources.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Anthony Dufour, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Ampersand
Topic / Theme
Military tactics, War, Current Affairs
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by Ampersand
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Correspondent, No Experience Necessary
presented by Sue Lloyd-Roberts; produced by Ewa Ewart, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2000), 45 mins
An estimated half a million women are being transported to Western Europe by sex traffickers every year. It's a multi-million pound business where, for the traffickers, the rewards are high and the risks are low. But, for the girls, the consequences are brutal and potentially dangerous. Following a route which beg...
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presented by Sue Lloyd-Roberts; produced by Ewa Ewart, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2000), 45 mins
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An estimated half a million women are being transported to Western Europe by sex traffickers every year. It's a multi-million pound business where, for the traffickers, the rewards are high and the risks are low. But, for the girls, the consequences are brutal and potentially dangerous. Following a route which begins in the former Soviet Republic of Latvia and leads to Denmark, Ireland and the UK, Sue Lloyd-Roberts uncovers a murky, cruel world i...
An estimated half a million women are being transported to Western Europe by sex traffickers every year. It's a multi-million pound business where, for the traffickers, the rewards are high and the risks are low. But, for the girls, the consequences are brutal and potentially dangerous. Following a route which begins in the former Soviet Republic of Latvia and leads to Denmark, Ireland and the UK, Sue Lloyd-Roberts uncovers a murky, cruel world in which employment agencies seduce young women with false promises, unscrupulous pimps abuse them and the police and judiciary turn a blind eye to this contemporary form of slavery.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ewa Ewart, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Sue Lloyd-Roberts
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Correspondent
Topic / Theme
EU and its Borders, Internal and External, Prostitution, Human trafficking, Women's rights, Law, Current Affairs, Latvians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 BBC Worldwide
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Correspondent, The Dispossessed
directed by Taghi Amirani, fl. 1993; presented by Taghi Amirani, fl. 1993; produced by Borna Alikhani, Siguy Films, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 45 mins
More than one million Afghans were driven out of their homes by American bombs. Some 8,000 of them ended-up in Makaki, the desperately under-resourced Iranian Red Crescent refugee camp near the Afghan-Iran border. The 5,500 refugees with tents are the camp's lucky ones - the real tragedy unfolds among the people o...
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directed by Taghi Amirani, fl. 1993; presented by Taghi Amirani, fl. 1993; produced by Borna Alikhani, Siguy Films, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 45 mins
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More than one million Afghans were driven out of their homes by American bombs. Some 8,000 of them ended-up in Makaki, the desperately under-resourced Iranian Red Crescent refugee camp near the Afghan-Iran border. The 5,500 refugees with tents are the camp's lucky ones - the real tragedy unfolds among the people on the outskirts. These people have travelled for miles in the hope of getting food and shelter, only to be disappointed. Documentary fi...
More than one million Afghans were driven out of their homes by American bombs. Some 8,000 of them ended-up in Makaki, the desperately under-resourced Iranian Red Crescent refugee camp near the Afghan-Iran border. The 5,500 refugees with tents are the camp's lucky ones - the real tragedy unfolds among the people on the outskirts. These people have travelled for miles in the hope of getting food and shelter, only to be disappointed. Documentary film-maker Taghi Amirani gained rare access to Makaki to expose the plight of these forgotten refugees. 'If one American dies,' says one, 'the whole world hears about it. I've lost my wife and child and now live in dirt, and no one cares.'
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Borna Alikhani, Siguy Films
Author / Creator
Taghi Amirani, fl. 1993
Date Published / Released
2002, 2013
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Correspondent
Topic / Theme
Humanitarian aid, Refugee camps, Current Affairs
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 BBC Worldwide
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Correspondent, The Ugly War: Israel Undercover
directed by Dominic Allan; presented by John Kampfner; produced by Dominic Allan, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2002), 44 mins
How do the Israeli military decide when to take a Palestinian terrorist alive, and when to kill him? Granted rare access to the Israeli military machine, Correspondent follows two Israeli commando units to reveal the criteria they work by. Often it's a matter of a few miles and a few hours between the terrorist ce...
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directed by Dominic Allan; presented by John Kampfner; produced by Dominic Allan, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Correspondent (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2002), 44 mins
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How do the Israeli military decide when to take a Palestinian terrorist alive, and when to kill him? Granted rare access to the Israeli military machine, Correspondent follows two Israeli commando units to reveal the criteria they work by. Often it's a matter of a few miles and a few hours between the terrorist cell - the engineer, organiser, suicide bomber - and the targeted Israeli town. Israelis call such targets 'ticking bombs', and they are...
How do the Israeli military decide when to take a Palestinian terrorist alive, and when to kill him? Granted rare access to the Israeli military machine, Correspondent follows two Israeli commando units to reveal the criteria they work by. Often it's a matter of a few miles and a few hours between the terrorist cell - the engineer, organiser, suicide bomber - and the targeted Israeli town. Israelis call such targets 'ticking bombs', and they are the highest priority. The rest of the world may debate whether military operations slow down the cycle of violence or just cause more bloodshed; the Israeli military don't have the time.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Dominic Allan, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Dominic Allan, John Kampfner
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Correspondent
Topic / Theme
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria Borders, Terrorism, Soldiers, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1993-, Politics & Policy, Current Affairs, Israelis, Palestinians, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 BBC Worldwide
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Cuba: The 40 Years War
directed by Peter Melaragno and Jim Burroughs, fl. 1981-2010; produced by Peter Melaragno and Jim Burroughs, fl. 1981-2010 (Privately Published, 2002), 52 mins
In March of 2001, forty years after the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961, five Cuban-American Veterans traveled to Havana for an international conference devoted to the invasion. For some it was the first time they had stepped foot on Cuban soil since their release from Castro’s prisons in 1963. But all of...
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directed by Peter Melaragno and Jim Burroughs, fl. 1981-2010; produced by Peter Melaragno and Jim Burroughs, fl. 1981-2010 (Privately Published, 2002), 52 mins
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In March of 2001, forty years after the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961, five Cuban-American Veterans traveled to Havana for an international conference devoted to the invasion. For some it was the first time they had stepped foot on Cuban soil since their release from Castro’s prisons in 1963. But all of them understood that their presence in Havana would put them on a collision course with the often violent Cuban-American political forc...
In March of 2001, forty years after the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961, five Cuban-American Veterans traveled to Havana for an international conference devoted to the invasion. For some it was the first time they had stepped foot on Cuban soil since their release from Castro’s prisons in 1963. But all of them understood that their presence in Havana would put them on a collision course with the often violent Cuban-American political forces in south Florida. A list of notables traveled with them: including Richard Goodwin; Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.; JFK’s sister, Jean Kennedy Smith; and Sam Halpern, the ex-CIA operative who ran Kennedy's infamous Operation Mongoose, the goal of which had been the assassination of Fidel Castro. Appropriate counterparts on the Cuban side were expected to attend, including the Commandante himself.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Peter Melaragno, Jim Burroughs, fl. 1981-2010, Martin Sheen, 1940-
Author / Creator
Peter Melaragno, Jim Burroughs, fl. 1981-2010
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Privately Published
Speaker / Narrator
Mario Cabello, Alfredo Duran, 1939-, Martin Sheen, 1940-
Person Discussed
Mario Cabello, Alfredo Duran, 1939-, Fidel Castro, 1926-2016
Topic / Theme
International relations
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2002 Peter Melaragno
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Daily Watch, Rapper Son Of Nun Wants The U.S. Presidential Candidates To Talk About Race
in Daily Watch (United Kingdom: The Economist, 2016), 3 mins
Baltimore rapper Son of Nun is an activist against police brutality and racial injustice. He offers his personal perspective on the US presidential election and what—if anything—it will mean for his community
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in Daily Watch (United Kingdom: The Economist, 2016), 3 mins
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Baltimore rapper Son of Nun is an activist against police brutality and racial injustice. He offers his personal perspective on the US presidential election and what—if anything—it will mean for his community
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
News story
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
The Economist
Series
Daily Watch
Person Discussed
Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1947-, Donald Trump, 1946-
Topic / Theme
Racism, Politics
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2020 The Economist
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Dream On: Additional Content
directed by Roger Weisberg; produced by Roger Weisberg (Palisades, NY: Public Policy Productions, 2015), 1 hour 36 mins
Dream On investigates the perilous state of the American Dream after decades of rising income equality and declining economic mobility. In an epic road trip, political comedian John Fugelsang retraces the journey of Alexis de Tocqueville, whose study of our young country in 1831 came to define America as a place...
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directed by Roger Weisberg; produced by Roger Weisberg (Palisades, NY: Public Policy Productions, 2015), 1 hour 36 mins
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Dream On investigates the perilous state of the American Dream after decades of rising income equality and declining economic mobility. In an epic road trip, political comedian John Fugelsang retraces the journey of Alexis de Tocqueville, whose study of our young country in 1831 came to define America as a place where anyone, of any background, could climb the ladder of economic opportunity. Following in the Frenchman's footsteps, Fugelsang ask...
Dream On investigates the perilous state of the American Dream after decades of rising income equality and declining economic mobility. In an epic road trip, political comedian John Fugelsang retraces the journey of Alexis de Tocqueville, whose study of our young country in 1831 came to define America as a place where anyone, of any background, could climb the ladder of economic opportunity. Following in the Frenchman's footsteps, Fugelsang asks whether the optimistic spirit of the American Dream that Tocqueville popularized is alive and well in the twenty-first century, or whether George Carlin was right when he famously quipped, "It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it."
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Roger Weisberg
Author / Creator
Roger Weisberg
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Public Policy Productions
Topic / Theme
Social security, Social consciousness, Living conditions
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 by Public Policy Productions
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