“9/11: One Day in America” is a landmark National Geographic 6-part series made to mark 20 years since the terror attacks. Produced in official collaboration with the 9/11 Memorial Museum, the series uses archival footage – some of which has never been seen before – and new, original interviews with eyewitnesses to offer an immersive, and emotionally charged account of that fateful day.
For the celebration of the BBC’s centenary, in this three part series David Dimbleby goes behind the scenes to investigate major controversies that have affected the BBC and its viewers over the last sixty years.
“Killer Ratings” is a 7-part original documentary series by Netflix which tells the jaw-dropping story of Wallace Souza, a famous television presenter and crime-fighter in the Brazilian Amazon who was accused of masterminding the murders he then covered on his show. The series was the first ever Original Documentary Series commissioned by Netflix in a foreign language and became one of the most watched documentaries in Brazil of 2019.
In Cambodia, a popular TV show is healing the wounds of history, by bringing back together families torn apart during the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. Separated by genocide, reunited by TV.
Aidan Hartley and Daniel Bogado gain rare access to the Nuba Mountains to film the heroic doctors who are saving children in a largely hidden war being perpetrated on civilians by one of the world’s most brutal dictatorships.
Patrick Otema is 15 years old and was born deaf. But in the remote Northern region of Uganda where he lives, there are no schools for deaf children. Now an inspirational sign language instructor is about to change Patrick’s life.
In India, marriage is a national obsession, everyone’s expected to get married – yet one group finds themselves ignored as suitors – India’s 70 million people with disabilities. Marcel Theroux met three disabled people in Mumbai and follows their quest to find someone to marry.
In Central African Republic, every year the government investigates, prosecutes and imprisons hundreds of people for committing the crime of witchcraft. One judge, however, doesn’t believe in magic and does everything in his power to get the cases against the accused witches dismissed.
Muay Thai is one of the toughest martial arts in the world and in Thailand it’s an obsession. Children as young as 7 are regularly paid to fight and their matches draw huge crowds. For poor families, there’s potential for big winnings. But it comes at a price.
The Vietnamese have a long tradition of eating dog meat. Nelufar Hedayat investigates how criminal gangs have infiltrated the lucrative dog meat trade and are stealing thousands of pet dogs to meet demand.
The kidnap of almost 300 schoolgirls by Nigeria’s hardline Islamist fighters Boko Haram in Chibok in April caused international outrage. As the girls languish in guerrilla camps with no sign of rescue, this film investigates claims of a violent campaign by Nigerian security forces against ordinary civilians.
In Dominican Republic, baseball is one of the few routes for young men out of poverty. But the chance of making it is slim and the cost of failure can be devastating. This film meets the boys desperate to make it as US Major League baseball players.
The Gaza strip has developed one of the world’s strangest real state markets. In this war-torn territory, ‘Location, Location, Location’ means finding an apartment in one of the highly sought after areas which are usually not shelled or hit by missiles.
Unreported World goes to Senegal to investigate a humanitarian scandal – the thousands of cancer patients left to suffer needlessly because they can’t access morphine.
Unreported World travels to the Mosquito Coast in Honduras, where indigenous people are risking their lives diving for lobsters destined for North American and European diners.
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