Rapid technological developments have not only made knowledge available to everyone, but the tools to invent and produce are now at our fingertips too.
Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty
A feature documentary about two filmmakers who set out to interview El Chapo Guzmán, leader of one of the biggest drug cartels in history. Before his capture in 2014, El Chapo had been on the run from the US and Mexican governments for over a decade
The Placebo Experiment: Can My Brain Cure My Body?
To find out, Michael Mosley embarks on Britain’s largest ever trial to investigate the placebo effect.
Drug Lords
Documentary series examining drug cartels and kingpins from around the world.
Deep Ocean
Documentary series about the weird creatures or the deep sea
Colour: The Spectrum of Science
Helen Czerski goes in search of colour. She reveals what it is, what it does, and why colour doesn’t exist outside of our perception.
Can Science Make Me Perfect?
Anatomist Alice Roberts embarks on an audacious scientific stunt – to rebuild her own body from scratch, editing out errors left behind by evolution; to create the perfect body. With the help of one of the world’s best virtual sculptors, Scott Eaton, and top SFX model maker Sangeet Prabhaker, Alice creates a life-size model of the perfect human body, to be revealed in front of 150 people at London’s Science Museum.
Everyday Rebellion
Everyday Rebellion is an impressionistic documentary essay as well as a web platform about non-violent forms of protest and civil disobedience in the 21st century. A project about methods of resistance supported by technology, seen not only through the current movements of the Arabian and Iranian uprisings, but also through former successful and less successful revolts. The film describes the everyday conscious and subconscious of resistance of societies fighting suppression and repression.
Gandhi
Gandhi is a 1982 epic historical drama film based on the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the leader of India’s non-violent, non-cooperative independence movement against the United Kingdom’s rule of the country during the 20th century. The film, a British-Indian co-production, was written by John Briley and produced and directed by Richard Attenborough. It stars Ben Kingsley in the title role.
Alphabet
A documentary that analyzes the modern educational system and argues that it squelches children’s capacity for imagination, creativity, and independent thought.
The Mind of the Universe
The Mind of the Universe is an international tv series and open source digital platform about the rapid evolution of our knowledge. It explores the human destiny and the world of tomorrow through the eyes of great minds from all continents all over the globe.
Is Tourism Harming Venice?
Venice is threatened by mass tourism. Some 30 million visitors a year come to the city in Italy, making their way through the narrow streets. With an infrastructure more and more tailored to the needs of tourism, the city’s remaining residents feel left behind.