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America's Longest War
directed by Paul Feine, fl. 2008; produced by Paul Feine, fl. 2008 (Java Films, 2013), 53 mins
Drug prohibition has failed. Drug usage rates have not declined and illegal drugs are more available - and cheaper - than ever before. At the same time, the costs of the drug war are staggering. More than one trillion dollars have been spent. More than 50,000 SWAT raids occur each year. Hundreds of thousands of no...
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directed by Paul Feine, fl. 2008; produced by Paul Feine, fl. 2008 (Java Films, 2013), 53 mins
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Drug prohibition has failed. Drug usage rates have not declined and illegal drugs are more available - and cheaper - than ever before. At the same time, the costs of the drug war are staggering. More than one trillion dollars have been spent. More than 50,000 SWAT raids occur each year. Hundreds of thousands of non-violent drug offenders are wasting their lives away in prison. And more than 60,000 people have been murdered in Mexico over the past...
Drug prohibition has failed. Drug usage rates have not declined and illegal drugs are more available - and cheaper - than ever before. At the same time, the costs of the drug war are staggering. More than one trillion dollars have been spent. More than 50,000 SWAT raids occur each year. Hundreds of thousands of non-violent drug offenders are wasting their lives away in prison. And more than 60,000 people have been murdered in Mexico over the past six years. 'America's Longest War' provides a brief history of drug prohibition, beginning with Nixon's declaration of war in 1971 and ending with Obama's broken promise to allow states to determine their own medical marijuana policies. It chronicles how, over the past 40 years, the drug war has escalated from a small domestic program, mostly focused on treatment, to the multi-billion dollar international war it is today.
There are many victims of the drug war, and 'America's Longest War' tells some of their stories.
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Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Paul Feine, fl. 2008
Author / Creator
Paul Feine, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Java Films
Topic / Theme
War, Illegal drugs, Drug trafficking
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Atomic Africa: Clean Energy's Dirty Secrets
directed by Marcel Kolvenbach, fl. 2006 (Java Films, 2013), 52 mins
Africa's development is being held back by its poor infrastructure and undersize power plants. Countries like Uganda can only produce only a quarter of the energy needed, leading to daily power cuts with disastrous impact on the economy. It's a golden opportunity for companies like French nuclear giant, Areva, who...
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directed by Marcel Kolvenbach, fl. 2006 (Java Films, 2013), 52 mins
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Africa's development is being held back by its poor infrastructure and undersize power plants. Countries like Uganda can only produce only a quarter of the energy needed, leading to daily power cuts with disastrous impact on the economy. It's a golden opportunity for companies like French nuclear giant, Areva, who lobby aggressively for more power plants in Africa. But how safe are these new reactors? And what do they mean for the local populatio...
Africa's development is being held back by its poor infrastructure and undersize power plants. Countries like Uganda can only produce only a quarter of the energy needed, leading to daily power cuts with disastrous impact on the economy. It's a golden opportunity for companies like French nuclear giant, Areva, who lobby aggressively for more power plants in Africa. But how safe are these new reactors? And what do they mean for the local population? Ever since the first reactor was built in Congo in 1958, there have been concerns about its safety. In 2007, the head of the research institute was arrested for illegally selling nuclear fuel rods. Today Congo remains dangerously unstable – but sees its future in atomic energy and is planning more power stations. In Niger, the 'Uranium Highway' runs through rebel territory. A branch of Al-Qaida is operating in this area and transporting radioactive material has become even more dangerous since war broke out in neighbouring Mali in early 2013. Areva wants to open a new mine in the area but the opening has been delayed by three years because of Al-Qaida attacks.
New nuclear power plants in Africa also mean more uranium mining, contaminating the environment and endangering the local population. Radiation levels around some mines are dangerously high and there has been a sharp increase in birth deformities. Frequently, protesters like Golden Misabiko are thrown into jail or even murdered. We investigate the actions of the nuclear industry in Africa.
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Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Marcel Kolvenbach, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Java Films
Topic / Theme
Power plants, Nuclear energy
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Cash Investigation - Underhand Tactics: Investigating Corporate Culture, Underhand Tactics: Food Globalisation
directed by Wandrille Lanos, fl. 2013, in Cash Investigation - Underhand Tactics: Investigating Corporate Culture (Java Films, 2013), 54 mins
Who's paying the real price for the cheap food in our supermarkets? We investigate the conditions under which three staples - bananas, vegetables and fish - are produced.
In Italy, illegal workers from sub-Saharan Africa live in appalling conditions, working long hours under the control of omnipotent 'caporalatos'...
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directed by Wandrille Lanos, fl. 2013, in Cash Investigation - Underhand Tactics: Investigating Corporate Culture (Java Films, 2013), 54 mins
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Who's paying the real price for the cheap food in our supermarkets? We investigate the conditions under which three staples - bananas, vegetables and fish - are produced.
In Italy, illegal workers from sub-Saharan Africa live in appalling conditions, working long hours under the control of omnipotent 'caporalatos'. In Cameroon, the banana industry stands accused of appropriating land, polluting the environment and bribing local politicians. Meanw...
Who's paying the real price for the cheap food in our supermarkets? We investigate the conditions under which three staples - bananas, vegetables and fish - are produced.
In Italy, illegal workers from sub-Saharan Africa live in appalling conditions, working long hours under the control of omnipotent 'caporalatos'. In Cameroon, the banana industry stands accused of appropriating land, polluting the environment and bribing local politicians. Meanwhile in Guinea, fish stocks are plundered by foreign fleets. The African workers on these ships are often exploited and abused.
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Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Wandrille Lanos, fl. 2013
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Java Films
Series
Cash Investigation - Underhand Tactics: Investigating Corporate Culture
Topic / Theme
Globalization, Food supply
Copyright Message
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Cash Investigation - Underhand Tactics: Investigating Corporate Culture, Underhand Tactics: The Untaxables
directed by Edouard Perrin, fl. 2013, in Cash Investigation - Underhand Tactics: Investigating Corporate Culture (Java Films, 2013), 56 mins
Companies like Apple, Google and Starbucks have been heavily criticized for seemingly mastering the art of tax dodging. They make billions in profits and pay virtually nothing back to the state. How do they do it? Why did it take so long for politicians to start addressing the issue? After months of investigation,...
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directed by Edouard Perrin, fl. 2013, in Cash Investigation - Underhand Tactics: Investigating Corporate Culture (Java Films, 2013), 56 mins
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Companies like Apple, Google and Starbucks have been heavily criticized for seemingly mastering the art of tax dodging. They make billions in profits and pay virtually nothing back to the state. How do they do it? Why did it take so long for politicians to start addressing the issue? After months of investigation, we uncovered confidential documents revealing how Amazon avoids paying tax. Witness how steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal reacts when asked...
Companies like Apple, Google and Starbucks have been heavily criticized for seemingly mastering the art of tax dodging. They make billions in profits and pay virtually nothing back to the state. How do they do it? Why did it take so long for politicians to start addressing the issue? After months of investigation, we uncovered confidential documents revealing how Amazon avoids paying tax. Witness how steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal reacts when asked about its tax position in France and see how British American Tobacco wines and dines French MPs to ensure it pays much less tax than it should.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Edouard Perrin, fl. 2013
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Java Films
Series
Cash Investigation - Underhand Tactics: Investigating Corporate Culture
Topic / Theme
Big business, Taxation
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Greece: Point of No Return
directed by Oliver Stoltz, fl. 1995-2013 and Alkmini Boura, fl. 2008-2013; produced by Oliver Stoltz, fl. 1995-2013, Dreamer Joint Venture Filmproduction (Boulogne-Billancourt, Ile-de-France: Java Films, 2013), 52 mins
Years of austerity and cuts have destroyed the lives of many Greeks. But more and more people are using the crisis as an opportunity and responding with innovative ideas. When the pension of retired teacher, Mary Houpis, was reduced at the same time as taxes increased she founded a collective where people could ex...
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directed by Oliver Stoltz, fl. 1995-2013 and Alkmini Boura, fl. 2008-2013; produced by Oliver Stoltz, fl. 1995-2013, Dreamer Joint Venture Filmproduction (Boulogne-Billancourt, Ile-de-France: Java Films, 2013), 52 mins
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Years of austerity and cuts have destroyed the lives of many Greeks. But more and more people are using the crisis as an opportunity and responding with innovative ideas. When the pension of retired teacher, Mary Houpis, was reduced at the same time as taxes increased she founded a collective where people could exchange goods and services. Dimitris Kouretas could have stayed in the U.S, where he studied for many years. But he decided to return to...
Years of austerity and cuts have destroyed the lives of many Greeks. But more and more people are using the crisis as an opportunity and responding with innovative ideas. When the pension of retired teacher, Mary Houpis, was reduced at the same time as taxes increased she founded a collective where people could exchange goods and services. Dimitris Kouretas could have stayed in the U.S, where he studied for many years. But he decided to return to Greece to start a business that uses the 1,600 plants that only grow in Greece to create natural products. Meanwhile Fanis Koutouvelis founded the start-up I-KIOSK.
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Field of Study
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Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Oliver Stoltz, fl. 1995-2013, Dreamer Joint Venture Filmproduction
Author / Creator
Oliver Stoltz, fl. 1995-2013, Alkmini Boura, fl. 2008-2013
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Java Films
Topic / Theme
Business, Entrepreneurship, Greek people, Jews
Copyright Message
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Transcending Fear: The Story of Gao Zhisheng
directed by Ma Wenjing, fl. 2012 (Java Films, 2013), 52 mins
Dubbed 'the conscience of China', Gao Zhisheng overcame incredible odds to become one of China's top attorneys. But then, in the eyes of the Communist Party, he went too far. After speaking out against human rights abuses and documenting the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, Gao was abducted and tortured. H...
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directed by Ma Wenjing, fl. 2012 (Java Films, 2013), 52 mins
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Dubbed 'the conscience of China', Gao Zhisheng overcame incredible odds to become one of China's top attorneys. But then, in the eyes of the Communist Party, he went too far. After speaking out against human rights abuses and documenting the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, Gao was abducted and tortured. His wife and children were also detained by the secret police. A profile of one of the world's leading freedom fighters.
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Ma Wenjing, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Java Films
Topic / Theme
Human rights, Communism, Lawyers
Copyright Message
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Baghdad Taxi
directed by Frederic Tonolli, fl. 2003; produced by Arnaud Hamelin, SUNSET Presse (Java Films, 2012), 53 mins
A few months after the withdrawal of the American troops from Iraq a filmmaker decides to cross the country in a taxi. From the far north to extreme south passing through the cities that featured heavily in Iraq's recent dramatic history; Erbil, Sulaymaniyah , Kirkuk, Mosul, Tikrit, Fallujah, Baghdad, Babylon, Kar...
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directed by Frederic Tonolli, fl. 2003; produced by Arnaud Hamelin, SUNSET Presse (Java Films, 2012), 53 mins
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A few months after the withdrawal of the American troops from Iraq a filmmaker decides to cross the country in a taxi. From the far north to extreme south passing through the cities that featured heavily in Iraq's recent dramatic history; Erbil, Sulaymaniyah , Kirkuk, Mosul, Tikrit, Fallujah, Baghdad, Babylon, Karbala, Al Fao and Basra. It is a long and possibly dangerous journey through a war ravaged landscape.
At every step of the journey, pass...
A few months after the withdrawal of the American troops from Iraq a filmmaker decides to cross the country in a taxi. From the far north to extreme south passing through the cities that featured heavily in Iraq's recent dramatic history; Erbil, Sulaymaniyah , Kirkuk, Mosul, Tikrit, Fallujah, Baghdad, Babylon, Karbala, Al Fao and Basra. It is a long and possibly dangerous journey through a war ravaged landscape.
At every step of the journey, passengers from all walks of life and various religious communities board the taxi and talk about their experiences of life in Iraq today. As they talk about their daily lives, and reveal their hopes and their fears a clear picture of the post-invasion Iraq emerges.
This is a road movie unlike any other.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Arnaud Hamelin, SUNSET Presse, Fraser Mcnaught, fl. 2012
Author / Creator
Frederic Tonolli, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Java Films
Speaker / Narrator
Fraser Mcnaught, fl. 2012
Topic / Theme
Military occupation, War
Copyright Message
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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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Finding Mercy
directed by Robyn Paterson, fl. 2012; produced by Leanne Pooley, fl. 1991, Spacific Films (Java Films, 2012), 44 mins
At the age of eight, filmmaker Robyn Paterson greeted Comrade Robert Mugabe with flowers as he stepped from a plane at a Zimbabwe air-force base. She and her best friend, Mercy, were poster children for the new Zimbabwe. Robyn as pale skinned as Mercy was dark, the girls were a symbol that all was well in the inde...
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directed by Robyn Paterson, fl. 2012; produced by Leanne Pooley, fl. 1991, Spacific Films (Java Films, 2012), 44 mins
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At the age of eight, filmmaker Robyn Paterson greeted Comrade Robert Mugabe with flowers as he stepped from a plane at a Zimbabwe air-force base. She and her best friend, Mercy, were poster children for the new Zimbabwe. Robyn as pale skinned as Mercy was dark, the girls were a symbol that all was well in the independent nation. But it was not. Only a few miles away, Mercy's Matabele tribespeople were being massacred by Mugabe's special forces....
At the age of eight, filmmaker Robyn Paterson greeted Comrade Robert Mugabe with flowers as he stepped from a plane at a Zimbabwe air-force base. She and her best friend, Mercy, were poster children for the new Zimbabwe. Robyn as pale skinned as Mercy was dark, the girls were a symbol that all was well in the independent nation. But it was not. Only a few miles away, Mercy's Matabele tribespeople were being massacred by Mugabe's special forces.
A generation later, Robyn begins a high-risk ground search across Zimbabwe - desperate to know what has happened to her friend. Along the way she faces the dangers of filming in a country hostile to media, the shock of what is still going on behind closed doors, and the stark differences that she and Mercy have come to symbolize. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and very different look at the Mugabe era.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Leanne Pooley, fl. 1991, Spacific Films, Robyn Paterson, fl. 2012
Author / Creator
Robyn Paterson, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Java Films
Speaker / Narrator
Robyn Paterson, fl. 2012
Person Discussed
Robert Mugabe, 1924-
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Government policy, Political events, Sociology, History, Origins, Zimbabweans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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A Fragile Dream: Hope and Football on the Streets of Rio
directed by David Tryhorn, fl. 2011; produced by David Tryhorn, fl. 2011, Pipe Films (Java Films, 2011), 49 mins
Rio de Janeiro. A city of extremes and contrasts, unified by one common passion: football. In Brazil, everyone knows that the best football players come from the favelas. Football represents an escape from the violent world of drugs, guns and gangs. But the gangs who rule the favelas are eager to recruit children,...
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directed by David Tryhorn, fl. 2011; produced by David Tryhorn, fl. 2011, Pipe Films (Java Films, 2011), 49 mins
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Rio de Janeiro. A city of extremes and contrasts, unified by one common passion: football. In Brazil, everyone knows that the best football players come from the favelas. Football represents an escape from the violent world of drugs, guns and gangs. But the gangs who rule the favelas are eager to recruit children, who can't be sent to jail if they are caught committing crimes.
Now some former professional footballers are trying to turn their fave...
Rio de Janeiro. A city of extremes and contrasts, unified by one common passion: football. In Brazil, everyone knows that the best football players come from the favelas. Football represents an escape from the violent world of drugs, guns and gangs. But the gangs who rule the favelas are eager to recruit children, who can't be sent to jail if they are caught committing crimes.
Now some former professional footballers are trying to turn their favelas around through football. Former Brazil legend, Jorginho, has set up a football school in one of Brazil's most deprived neighborhoods. 'We use football as a tool to educate boys. We give them positive information so that they can change their way of thinking or living."
But even the few boys who go on to secure professional contracts find it hard to leave behind the everyday problems of growing up in the favelas. Jósimar represented Brazil in the 1986 World Cup and was once regarded as one of the world's best rightbacks. But he found the pressure of fame hard to cope with and felt trapped by his past. His brother was murdered by a drug gang and he was arrested for cocaine possession, assaulting a prostitute and policemen and stealing a car.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
David Tryhorn, fl. 2011, Pipe Films, Peter Capaldi, 1958-
Author / Creator
David Tryhorn, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Java Films
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Capaldi, 1958-
Topic / Theme
Violence, Soccer
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