The Cost of Concordia

This feature is a satirical and journalistic review of what happened on the Costa Concordia, a cruise ship that partially sank in 2012. We get an interesting portrayal of the employment, communication, and procedural mistakes made by the crew that led to the ship hitting a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio, Italy. The damage that...

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The Meat Lobby: Big Business Against Health?

This documentary delves into the process of producing meat behind the advertising of the delicious, pink and juicy meal staple so many of us enjoy. The central point is that the ham and some other meats are injected with sodium nitrite which might have adverse incremental effects on the body. We get to see the processing of the meat and hear the perspective of...

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Hostile Planet: Mountains

In this feature we get a unique glimpse of the grit it takes for mountain animals to survive in desolate and unforgiving circumstances. We are brought on a journey that takes us to the mountains of different countries to see how some of the species who make these places their habitat survive. The conditions they have to survive include extreme weather,...

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3 Days that Stopped the World

This documentary follows the experience of two journalists trying to investigate the Covid-19 virus outbreak in Wuhan, China. They report on their experience investigating the outbreak three days before the first official lockdown. On the ground, they are initially surprised by the people's reactions while the government officials and news reports are trying to...

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Gold: The Story of Man's 6000 Year Obsession

The story of gold is the story of civilizations. Its significance has remained constant throughout mankind. What is it about this precious metal that inspires such a level of confidence that generations of people have consistently used it as a method of exchange and measurement of wealth? Are there really no other known elements that can compare to this precious...

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Life in a Day (2020)

This is a fully crowdsourced documentary depicting precisely one full day on Planet Earth, specifically July 25, 2020, to be exact. Over 300,000 videos were submitted from about 190+ countries, all shot by a broad cross-section of the global population on their smartphones, drones, GoPros and more. The result is a never-ending treasure trove of humanity in its funny,...

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The Neanderthals: Tracking our Ancestors

Neanderthals lived in Eurasia for thousands of years before Homo sapiens walked the Earth. Neanderthals were a species of ancient humans that survived for about 300,000 years before going extinct 40,000 years ago. Because they lived long ago, it has often been challenging to discover more about them. It was in 1829 when modern man first found evidence that...

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