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Today, celebrity culture dominates our daily media and social dialogue. It's a 24-hour business, fed by nightly entertainment news programs, cable channels devoted to celebrity, the bustling newsstand business of magazines and the millions of web sites that keep vigil ever-hopeful of sellable scandal. Paris Hilton Inc will take you behind the business of dish. From the money deals to the camera-phone vigilantes to the people who keep us wanting more.
Mapping Stem Cell Research puts a human face on stem cell research through the story of Dr. Jack Kessler and his daughter, Allison--who fell skiing when she was 15 and was paralyzed from the waist down. Immediately after the accident, Dr. Kessler decided to re-focus his research to seek a cure for spinal cord injury using stem cells.
Do we really know how peacekeepers behave abroad?
Their blue helmets symbolize hope. They are sent to countries where entire populations have been destroyed by deadly conflict. Soldiers from every corner of the world serve as representatives of their countries and work on behalf of the United Nations. Their role is to protect civilians and keep belligerent parties at bay. At least, that is their official mandate.
What if it could be proven that Jesus never existed? What if there was evidence that every word of the New Testament - the cornerstone of Christianity - is based on myth and metaphor? And what if those revelations extended beyond Christianity, putting into question even the fundamental beliefs of Judaism and Islam?
These are the arguements presented in The Pagan Christ, a controversial documentary based on theologian Tom Harpur's explosive, best-selling book. In a quest for proof, the cameras journey from the Egyptian temple at Luxor and the Great Pyramids of Giza to Vatican City and Jerusalem's wailing wall.
The Pagan Christ combines the finest investigative reporting with one of the most compelling mysteries ever known to mankind.
MOMMY, MOMMY follows Linda and Mona, a lesbian couple from Quebec, on their quest to create the family they've always dreamed about. Linda and Mona embark upon a five year long emotional rollercoaster ride where they're confronted by the complications of access to IVF, and bans against same-sex couples adopting from overseas.
Renowned investigative reporter Julian Sher tells the disturbing story behind a horrifying epidemic - the sexual abuse of children aided by the Internet. The documentary goes behind the headlines about child pornography to describe how police officers, prosecutors and high-tech analysts are fighting back against a tide of abuse to save the victims.
In riveting detail, we see how, clue-by-clue, and image by image, investigators track down the predators. Drawing on candid jailhouse interviews in penitentiaries, court professionals and hidden web logs, the documentary reveals the dark side of the Web.
Wal-Mart's emergence as a global corporate force has triggered an unprecedented political backlash. Wal-Mart has single-handedly galvanized a progressive, grass roots and labour coalition of activists determined to roll back the tide of corporate power and domination. This is a generation baptized by the anti-globalization protests. This is the Wal-Mart Nation. These are their stories.
Take a trip around the world and back in time to discover its geologic hotspots.
