Animals are Amazing: Living on the Edge – 2009

From burning desert to freezing polar ice, from high above the earth to deep below in the depths of the sea, animals have managed to colonize every inch of the globe. Witness how animals struggle to survive in the harshest environments, the many amazing ways in which they find food, and how they try toContinue reading “Animals are Amazing: Living on the Edge – 2009”

Second Skin – 2009

Second Skin takes an intimate look at three sets of computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by online virtual worlds. An emerging genre of computer software called Massively Multiplayer Online games, or MMOs, allows millions of users to interact simultaneously in virtual spaces. Of the 50 million players worldwide, 50 percent consider themselves addicted.Continue reading “Second Skin – 2009”

1929: The Great Crash – 2009

A documentary exploring the causes of the 1929 Wall Street Crash.Over six terrifying, desperate days in October 1929, shares crashed by a third on the New York Stock Exchange. More than $25 billion in individual wealth was lost. Later, three thousand banks failed, taking people’s savings with them. Surviving eyewitnesses describe the biggest financial catastropheContinue reading “1929: The Great Crash – 2009”

Coca-Cola: The Real Story Behind the Real Thing – 2009

With unprecedented access, CNBC pulls back the curtain on Coca-Cola, the most recognizable brand on the planet. In an original one-hour documentary, “Coca-Cola: The Real Story Behind the Real Thing,” CNBC’s Melissa Lee reveals never-before-seen labs, secret archives and high-tech product testing. Cameras follow Coke’s urgent campaign to reinvent itself after years of losing groundContinue reading “Coca-Cola: The Real Story Behind the Real Thing – 2009”

Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution – 2009

In 1794, French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre produced the world’s first defense of “state terror” – claiming that the road to virtue lay through political violence. This film combines drama, archive and documentary interviews to examine Robespierre’s year in charge of the Committee Of Public Safety – the powerful state machine at the heart of RevolutionaryContinue reading “Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution – 2009”

What Darwin Didn’t Know – 2009

Documentary which tells the story of evolution theory since Darwin postulated it in 1859 in ‘On the Origin of Species’. The theory of evolution by natural selection is now scientific orthodoxy, but when it was unveiled it caused a storm of controversy, from fellow scientists as well as religious people. They criticised it for beingContinue reading “What Darwin Didn’t Know – 2009”

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