Social Issues / Current Affairs
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In the forests of six central African countries live the “Little People”, a collective of indigenous hunter-gatherer tribes that live a life in harmony with the forest’s ecosystem, traditionally hunting, gathering, fishing, and collecting. This film...
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The too-big-to-fail Credit Suisse ended up being carried away by a storm of scandals that precipitated its fall in March 2023. To avoid a new global economic crisis, the collapse of the Swiss economy, and the sinking of this important bank’s...
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What happens to us when we start to get old? Dr. Pere Solés, a fifty-year-old, gray-haired doctor and film director, realizes that he is getting old. Concerned about the symptoms of aging that he begins to suffer, he begins to search for ways to...
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Scientists from all over the world warn us about the impact of plastics on our health. Every day, thousands of chemicals make their way into our food. Most of them have never been tested for consumption. They disrupt our hormones, modify how our...
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A tireless human rights fighter against injustice and impunity: Dick Marty investigated the post-9/11 crimes of the CIA, and the war crimes committed in the Balkans in the late 90s. 20 years afterwards, he is now being threatened with death in his...
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Research is now focusing on the microbiota, and what we eat to help treat depression, anxiety disorders or hyperactivity. If a person suffers from a porous abdominal wall, the microbiota’s billions of micro-organisms are suspected to migrate to the...
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The War Diary is a contemporary road movie that confronts history with the current reality of Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and Georgia. An extraordinary document leads Hakob Melkonyan to undertake the journey of a lifetime: After receiving his...
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When the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was besieged in the spring of 2022, the Italian journalist Maurizio Vezzosi was a remarkable eye-witness to the siege. Following the advance of the Russian troops, he was at times the only Western journalist...
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When will fully autonomous cars hit the roads? Level 3 autonomous driving has been authorized in Europe, particularly in Germany and France. While United Nations negotiations are moving forward fast, manufacturers are encouraging governments to...
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Since the revolution in Libya that ended the regime and the life of the dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi, the African country has been plunged into instability, chaos and conflict, with three civil wars leading to the abyss. In this context, many of the...
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Will we ever live to be 150? And in good health? What do scientists at the forefront of anti-aging research promise us? Will the elixir of youth sought by all pharmaceutical laboratories come from epigenetic programming, from telomeres, or from...
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Big oil companies, like ExxonMobil or Shell deliberately covered up the truth about global warming, whereas they had known about the disastrous impact of their products for more than 40 years, thanks to their own research. Just like the tobacco...
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This documentary follows some of the investigators trying to shed light on the 16,000 alleged war crimes that have been filed so far by the Ukrainian authorities since the outset of the war. The horror images have been seen the world over. But now...
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In Mali, people have been digging for centuries to extract gold with their bare hands. Ousmane, known as "DJ", has settled in Baboto to make a living from traditional gold panning in a gold-zone of southwest Mali. But near the village, a...
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What will the world map look like as a result of Russia’s war against Ukraine? Today, Moldova is home to the largest number of refugees per capita in Europe, but tomorrow it may be the next country invaded by Russia. Moldova is divided between pro-...
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How to exfiltrate from the Taliban the young women of the Zohra Orchestra, the only 100% female musical ensemble in Afghanistan? On paper, it seemed an almost impossible task. The daunting mission would not have happened but for the steadfastness of...
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