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The Diamond Empire

The Diamond Empire

What we think about diamonds, is in fact, a myth. At the center of that myth is an illusion, that diamonds are valuable because they are rare. When writer Edward Epstein set out to investigate the diamond trade, he discovered…

Bigger Than Enron

Bigger Than Enron

On June 15, a Houston jury convicted Arthur Andersen — the 89-year-old accounting firm once known as the gold standard of integrity in auditing — for obstruction of justice in the government’s investigation of Enron, Andersen’s biggest client. With the…

The Fabulous Life of Wallstreet Brokers

The Fabulous Life of Wallstreet Brokers

Ever thought about how those Wallstreet Brokers lived, while speculating with your money and burning it in the financial crisis?
In this documentary you see the homes of Billionaires and multi Millionaires who earned their money on Wallstreet.
But they don’t only…

Britain’s Bad Housing

Britain’s Bad Housing

Earlier this month, Prime Minister Gordon Brown placed housing firmly at the top of the government’s agenda, unveiling plans to build three million homes by 2020 – possibly the biggest building programme in Britain for 30 years. But in this…

Maxed Out

Maxed Out

Per its title, James D. Scurlock’s virulently angry muckraking documentary Maxed Out examines the many problems associated with escalating U.S. consumer debt. Scurlock places his weightiest emphasis on the ends of the spectrum rooted in extreme evil (read: abuse) –…

The Day of the Dollar

The Day of the Dollar

Do we live on a bubble? Is it possible for the heavily indebted American economy to collapse and take all of us down in a free fall with it? Have the days of the dollar been counted? Is it really…

Orwell Rolls In His Grave

Orwell Rolls In His Grave

This chilling documentary film examines the relationship between the media, corporate America, and government. In a country where the ‘top 1% control 90% of the wealth’, the film argues that the media system is nothing but a ‘subsidiary of corporate…

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

We all know the story of Enron: its rise and fall. Or, do we? Is there more behind the corruption? Who, exactly, ARE the corrupted? What have we learned from Enron? This documentary is based on the book by Fortune…

Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising’s Image of Women

Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising’s Image of Women

To a great extent, advertising tells us who we are and who we should be. What does advertising tell us today about women? It tells us just as did it 10 and 20 and 30 years ago that what’s most…

Supermarket Secrets

Supermarket Secrets

How and what we eat has radically changed over the past few decades with the all-consuming rise of the supermarket. But what price are we paying for the homogenized, cheap and convenient food that supermarkets specialize in? In a two-part…




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