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A filmmaker follows Conrad Black during two of his most tumultuous years in business as he falls from grace and slowly loses his empire. This humorous, revealing and off-beat profile is a modern day true-life story of our own Charles Foster Kane: Conrad Moffat Black.
Castro, A Life of Revolution is a deeply intimate account of Cuba's former leader, taken largely from private letters, correspondence, speeches and interviews. Produced by Canadian documentary filmmaker Terence McKenna, the doc features interviews with some of Fidel Castro's closest relatives (including his sister Juanita), friends and confidants, and some former comrades who now count themselves among his enemies.
Castro, A Life of Revolution is a deeply intimate account of Cuba's former leader, taken largely from private letters, correspondence, speeches and interviews. Produced by Canadian documentary filmmaker Terence McKenna, the doc features interviews with some of Fidel Castro's closest relatives (including his sister Juanita), friends and confidants, and some former comrades who now count themselves among his enemies.
What happens when a determined young family gives up all oil-based products for a year?
Filmmaker John Webster and his family decided to own up to their transgressions and kick their addiction to oil. They committed to a one-year "oil detox". It's quite simple really: the family will go on with their suburban lives, but without using any fossil fuels, driving cars or flying in airplanes. They won't buy anything packaged in plastic like food, makeup, shampoo, toothpaste or kids' toys.
How many times have you thought: "I just want to be happy"?
Since the time of Aristotle humans have been trying to find the key to happiness, and how we can be happier. More than 35,000 books have been published on the topic, and it's been the subject of numerous TV shows, movies and motivational seminars. Now the pursuit of happiness has become the subject of serious scientific study, and the results show there are some simple things we can all do to make ourselves even happier.
Crude - the incredible journey of oil, from its birth deep within our dinosaur-inhabited past, to its ascendancy as the indispensable ingredient of modern life.
Oil is one of the most sought after resources in the world and sweeps into almost every part of our modern lives, yet most people have little idea of the incredible 160 million year journey it has made to reach our gas tanks and plastic bags.
Take a trip around the world and back in time to discover its geologic hotspots.
