Documentaries : Politics

Hollywood's loss was Mexico's gain, as this glorious documentary will attest. Having failed to realize several projects in Hollywood, Russian film pioneer Sergei Eisenstein trekked to Mexico with producer Grigory Alexandrov and cameraman Eduard Tisse, and the famous writer Upton Sinclair as benefici...

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: ; Hindi: , pronounced [mo nd a s k r mt nd a nd i] ( listen); 2 October 1869 -- 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He pioneered satyagraha. This is defined as resist...

In four episodes of about 55 minutes each, this PBS documentary examines some of the major challenges facing contemporary Chinese society. The first episode, "Power and the People", focuses on the Communist Party’s rule of China. Topics include government opposition to separatism ...

A look at the rise in University fees and those who enjoy the perks and privileges from them....

This is the second last installment of the works of Adam Curtis. The Mayfair Set was a series of programmes produced by Adam Curtis for the BBC. The programme looked at how buccaneer capitalists of hot money were allowed to shape the climate of the Thatcher years, focusing on the rise of Colonel Dav...

How do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often seem happier than the rich? Must a society lose its traditions in order to move into the future? These are some of the questions posed to His Holiness the Dalai Lama by filmmaker and explorer Rick Ray. ...

[1/13] Episode one deals sheds a little light on a mysterious relationship between Jordan Maxwell and 33rd degree freemason Manly P Hall as well as discusses Freemasonic system of citizenship and how it relates to the transformation of world citizenship to the ancient egyptian system....

The Allies used special aerial photos to deal a dire blow to the Nazi rocket program.World War II scientists developed terrifying new weapons of mass destruction. Alarmed by rumors of advanced rockets and missiles, Allied intelligence recruited a team of brilliant British people from universities an...

Recently declassified documents provide new insight into the numerous attempts to kill Hitler -- from briefcase bombs to exploding brandy to sniper fire -- and uncover what foiled these attempts to change the course of history....

638 Ways to Kill Castro is a Channel 4 documentary film, broadcast in the United Kingdom on 28 November 2006, which tells the story of some of the numerous attempts to kill Cuba’s leader Fidel Castro. The film reveals multiple methods of assassination, from exploding cigars to femmes fatales;...