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For 60 years, in the midst of the hostile South Burman jungle, the Karen people have fought a desperate war
for survival. They are an ethnic minority in a country which does not tolerate difference; they also live amidst
valuable ruby mines and teak forests. Since the Burmese capital was moved...
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Toji, Vidhya and Bency are three beautiful and charismatic young girls living with HIV in Kerala, India.
Orphaned by the deaths of their AIDS infected parents, disowned by their extended families and ostracised by
their communities, their grandmothers struggle to care for them. We follow...
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Galileo is Europe’s ambitious satellite navigation project, designed to rival the American GPS, and
invigorate European transport and communications infrastructure. It started as an exciting, forward-looking
scheme but before long descended into farce - the product of clever American diplomatic...
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Forty years ago, on 20th August 1968, Soviet tanks rolled into Prague to crush the rebellious Prague Spring.
This evocative documentary captures the historic events of those heady days with an overpowering immediacy.
The Soviet advance met with fierce, idealistic resistance. We join the hundreds...
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This film examines the mass base at the heart of Evo Morales’ Bolivia. The desperation of years of
exploitative labour erupted in the turbulent 1990s, which culminated in the overturning the right-wing
South American status quo and the election of Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous...
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Long thought of as a secluded paradise, Bhutan is renowned for rejecting economic prosperity in pursuit of
‘Gross National Happiness’. For centuries, its benevolent kings ignored technological advances, seeking
to protect their people from outside influences. Then, overnight, 47 satellite...
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After 28 years in power, it looks like the reign of Robert Mugabe is finally coming to an end. Once touted as
the saviour of Zimbabwe, his name has become synonymous with bad government and misrule. But where did it all
go wrong? What provoked Mugabe to change from liberator to dictator? This...
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Sex adventurer, exhibitionist and former spiritual prostitute, Maggie, has spent the last ten years trying to help women unlock their sexual potential. But as her 60th birthday approaches, the realities around her are shifting. She preaches unconditional sexual acceptance but her heart is...
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Shot in full HD, this visually stunning doc takes you deep into the natural and captivating world
of the Maasai. There we unravel one of the last ancient tribal rituals of the Maasai Warrior.
The narrative follows the Warriors as they prepare to undergo a unique rite of passage that will...
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