Tag: docs
Give Us the Money
Can glitz and celebrity save the world? Thirty years ago, rock stars Bob Geldof and Bono set out on a journey to fight poverty...
Solar Mamas
An inspiring film about one woman's attempt to light up her world. Rafea is an uneducated Bedouin mother from the Jordanian desert. She gets...
Education, Education
In ancient times in China, education was the only way out of poverty - in recent times it has been the best way. China's...
Land Rush
In 2008, the world's food system began to fall apart. However, threatened with hunger, rich countries have started buying up and leasing fertile tracts...
The Weight of the Nation: Children in Crisis
Childhood obesity is much more than a cosmetic concern. The health consequences of childhood obesity include greater risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes,...
Russell Brand: End The Drugs War
In this personal journey for BBC Three, Russell Brand sets out to find out how other countries are tackling their problems of drug abuse...
Stealing Africa
Zambia’s copper resources have not made the country rich. Virtually all Zambia’s copper mines are owned by corporations. In the last ten years, they’ve...
Welcome to the World
A lyrical, exhilarating and sometimes unsettling look at childbirth around the globe. Every year 130 million babies are born. Their life chances are a...
The Sex Chamber
In the isolated desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico operated one of the most sadistic sexual predators ever encountered by law enforcement....
The Weight of the Nation: Consequences
The first film in The Weight of the Nation series examines the scope of the obesity epidemic and explores the serious health consequences of...
