Society

How Beer Saved the World
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How Beer Saved the World

How Beer Saved the World takes a closer look at the critical role beer has played throughout the course of human history. It explores the most likely origins of the beverage, from its early beginnings to the development of a...
Hot Coffee
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Hot Coffee

Hot Coffee presents the perspectives of four ordinary Americans who battled very different civil court cases against big business, and the toll these battles took on their once-normal lives. The infamous hot coffee case again...
Aokigahara: Suicide Forest
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Aokigahara: Suicide Forest

Situated in Japan, the Aokigahara Forest is the most well-known suicide site in the country, with up to a hundred deaths reported each year. The site contains so many bodies that members of the Yakuza have reportedly paid hom...
Waiting for ‘Superman’
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Waiting for ‘Superman’

Waiting for ‘Superman’ uncovers the failures of the US public education system by following students and documenting their struggles and triumphs within academic settings. It seeks to promote more stringent accountability for...
Madness in the Fast Lane
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Madness in the Fast Lane

In 2008, two Swedish sisters, Ursula and Sabina Eriksson, were filmed by BBC cameras throwing themselves into oncoming traffic on a British motorway. The shocking scenes came to national attention in the UK, where they were w...
The Street Kids of Mumbai
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The Street Kids of Mumbai

The Street Kids of Mumbai records the everyday lives of children living in one of India’s impoverished slums. The stories of Salam, Deepa and twins Hussan and Hussein reveal the desperation and determination of Mumbai’s stree...
The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
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The City Addicted to Crystal Meth

Louis Theroux travels to the city of Fresno, California, which has one of the largest concentrations of crystal meth users in the United States. The City Addicted to Crystal Meth explores the dangerous reality of living with...
Miracle of the Hudson Plane Crash
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Miracle of the Hudson Plane Crash

Miracle of the Hudson Plane Crash chronicles the extraordinary story of US Airways Flight 1549 and the pilot who heroically landed the plane in the Hudson River in 2009, thereby saving all 155 lives on board. Several passenge...
Married to the Eiffel Tower
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Married to the Eiffel Tower

Married to the Eiffel Tower examines the unusual attraction that some women feel towards inanimate objects. They are drawn to certain objects rather than to other people. They fall in love with these objects and sometimes eve...
Under the Knife
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Under the Knife

Louis Theroux explores the world of plastic surgery by travelling to Los Angeles and even experiencing a procedure first-hand. Plastic surgery has become exceedingly popular over the years, and many individuals are making app...
The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
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The Union: The Business Behind Getting High

Despite being illegal in much of the United States, the marijuana business continues to flourish. The lucrative and rapidly growing trade in British Columbia is worth over $7bn CAD a year, with 85% of the supply exported to t...
God Grew Tired of Us
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God Grew Tired of Us

God Grew Tired of Us is a memoir about the tortuous journey of three Southern Sudanese boys, John Bul Dau, Daniel Pach and Panther Bior, across Africa to the United States of America. The film’s title is based on a statement...