Monday, January 30, 2017

Bern

Bern   How are we to process the ultimate impact of Bernie Sanders in the age of President Donald Trump? Though he failed to clinch the Democratic nomination, he created an impassioned movement like few we've witnessed in modern political history....


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Thursday, January 26, 2017

The Sex Chamber

The Sex Chamber   In the isolated desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico operated one of the most sadistic sexual predators ever encountered by law enforcement. He may also have been one of the country's most prolific serial killers. Perhaps David...


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Monday, January 23, 2017

Obama: A Legacy of Ashes

Obama: A Legacy of Ashes   From the alternative news source The Corbett Report comes the new documentary Obama: A Legacy of Lies, a summation of the former president's legacy which casts a critical eye on what the film's producers characterize as "eight years of...


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Friday, January 20, 2017

Age of Consent

Age of Consent   Social media has become a breeding ground for the modern sexual predator. But it's also provided a platform by which investigators can pinpoint and apprehend these deviants. Justin Payne isn't a professional law enforcement officer, but he's made it...


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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

What North Korean Defectors Think of Korea

What North Korean Defectors Think of Korea   Most of what the world knows about North Korea comes from the impersonal reporting of daily journals and the nightly news. These illuminating conversations titled What North Korean Defectors Think offer a much more relatable and human perspective on...


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Saturday, January 14, 2017

One Man, Six Wives and 29 Children

One Man, Six Wives and 29 Children   First produced in 1999, One Man, Six Wives and 29 Children tells the revealing and surreal story of a practicing polygamist who lives with his large brood in the middle of a Utah desert. The filmmakers document the family's...


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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

The Chinese Bubble

The Chinese Bubble   Don't let the glittering towers, luxury houses and neon skylines fool you. While China has undergone a profound economic transformation in recent decades, the flashy facade of wealth hides a much more complicated reality which is currently being experienced...


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Sunday, January 8, 2017

The Hyena Men

The Hyena Men   In the early moments of The Hyena Men, a fascinating documentary short produced by CCTV Africa, we see performers interacting with a series of dangerous wild animals, including baboons, hyenas and poisonous snakes. Their daring feats aren't being performed...


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Thursday, January 5, 2017

Regcession

Regcession   Government response to global warming has been mired in controversy. Are nations doing enough to curb the crisis, or are they overreacting? At the center of this debate lies the United States. Many believe the gridlock in Washington has...


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Monday, January 2, 2017

Cultural Barbarians

Cultural Barbarians   Is art dead, or is its definition merely evolving? In Cultural Barbarians, an intriguing episode of the acclaimed VPRO Backlight series, we witness a collective of modern-day artists as they grapple with this question, and search for means of...


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