Boogieman: Lee Atwater, King of Dirty Tricks

Why has this presidential campaign been so nasty and negative? To understand, look no further than to this man - political operative and mastermind, Lee Atwater.

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McCain vs. Obama: The Choice 2008

It has been called one of the most historic presidential elections in our nation's history - Barack Obama versus John McCain. It is a race that pits the iconoclast against the newcomer, the heroic prisoner of war against the first African American nominated by a major party. The Choice 2008 examines the rich personal and political biographies of these two men.

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The Colour of Money

Cold, hard cash has never been more important to winning the American presidency. The price tag this year - a whopping one and a half billion dollars, the highest in U.S. history. The Colour of Money takes us inside the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns to see who's dishing out the money and how much.

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Raw Milk Crusader

Raw milk is illegal in Canada, yet Michael Schmidt has defied the law for 20 years. Armed officers recently raided his farm, now he is preparing for trial. Follow an activist farmer as he battles authorities and attempts to find a political solution to legally provide raw milk.

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Raw Milk Crusader

Raw milk is illegal in Canada, yet Michael Schmidt has defied the law for 20 years. Armed officers recently raided his farm, now he is preparing for trial. Follow an activist farmer as he battles authorities and attempts to find a political solution to legally provide raw milk.

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Dolphin Dealer

The largest capture and export of wild dolphins in history, perpetrated by the world's most notorious dolphin dealer, Canadian Christopher Porter.

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Freeheld

The Academy Award-winning film Freeheld chronicles Laurel Hester's struggle to transfer her earned pension to her domestic partner, Stacie Andree. As she dies of terminal cancer, Laurel refuses to back down when her elected officials deny her request.

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Jesus Politics

After fighting as an Israeli soldier in the 1973 war, and troubled by the nation's obsessive mixing of the Bible with politics, filmmaker Ilan Ziv left for America, which he considered a "safe haven" because of its separation between church and state. Thirty-five years later, alarmed by the prominent role of religion in the 2008 American presidential campaign, he decides to make a road trip to understand the phenomenon.

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The U.S. vs Omar Khadr

Omar Khadr was 15 years old when he was accused of killing an American soldier during a firefight in Afghanistan. He has spent six years as a prisoner in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and will go to trial there this fall. His defenders say the case against him is a web of lies, obtained under torture, in a military system condemned around the world.

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Rude

Rude: Where are our Manners? is a one-hour documentary exploring our ideas of modern civility, or lack thereof.

People’s perception of our world is that we’ve become increasingly uncivil - kids are out of control, people talk on their cellphones everywhere and the f-word is a standard greeting.

Here's where you can share your stories with other viewers. What’s the rudest thing that has happened to you?

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