They say money is the root of all evil. Well, nowhere is this more true than in US politics. The 2012 US presidential and congressional elections were the most expensive in history, costing six billion dollars. But who paid this money and what did he, she or
Aghet is a powerful documentary, depicting the annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians from 1915-1923 and the effects of the Turkish government’s international campaign of genocide denial. The film highlights the Turkish authorities’ current policy of those crimes. Award-winning director Eric Friedler assembles an impeccable cast, who bring
After a violent end to the recent protests, Thailand, a country of over 60 million people, was facing its worst political crisis in decades. For two months anti-government protesters, the so-called red shirts, had taken over key parts of downtown Bangkok, demanding for Abhisit Vejjajiva, the country’s
The astonishing story of how an American sponsored coup almost led to the collapse of democracy in Venezuela. Featuring exclusive interviews with the key ringleaders and extraordinary archive footage – Chavez in jail arguing with his captors, secret meetings with the plotters and soldiers storming the presidential
What if people were either so distracted or so disillusioned with the political process that they simply gave up on democracy? Take a journey around the province of British Columbia to discover the current condition of our democracy, talk to the people involved in the process, and
War and Peace looks at the West’s double standards towards Iran’s peaceful nuclear program. The nuclear program of Iran was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States as part of the Atoms for Peace program. The participation of the United States and Western
VICE traveled to the largest refugee camp in the West Bank to meet some of the Palestinian youth, and to find out if the Palestinian Authority’s commitment to non-violent struggle against the occupying Israelis was a national consensus. While there, they experienced the extremes of violent and
This is a compilation of three short documentaries about the former President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez. In the early days of his presidency, Chavez was attracting increased hostility from the Venezuelan middle and upper class and from Washington, who called for liberty and democracy instead of communism.
More than 10 years ago, the 9/11 attacks left a gaping hole in New York – and across the US as a whole. This open wound continues to divide communities to this day. In this two-part documentary, Al Jazeera follows the stories of some of those caught
Thirty years after becoming a nation, and 30 years after Robert Mugabe and ZANU PF came to power, Zimbabwe does not appear to have fulfilled the hopes that so many had at independence. Both ZANU PF and the MDC appear to be in a state of denial