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The settler at kibbutz Karmya

12 mei 2008

Division and friendship on disputed territory. The reconstruction of two family histories, their ideals and disappointments, which together tell the story of the sixty-year-old state of Israel.
Kasparov's other Russia

3 maart 2008

Multiple world champion chess, Garry Kasparov, exchanges the chess game for the political game. This film is a unique personal portrait of Kasparov, a man with ambitions, dreams and ideals.
Democracy's Dilemma

8 oktober 2007

With this documentary, Backlight holds up a mirror to its viewers. Are EU citizens willing to accept the combination of Islam and democracy? Or are Muslims by definition seen as wolves in sheep’s clothing? In collaboration with Fareed Zakaria, Backlight analyzes the current situation in Turkey.
waste=food

25 juni 2007

An inspiring documentary on the Cradle to Cradle design concept of the chemist Michael Braungart and the architect William McDonough.
The last market

11 juni 2007

Most of the world's companies market their goods to the richest part of the world's population. An increasing number of companies are realizing that by doing so they have neglected more than five billion consumers at the bottom of the income pyramid.
Purple Hearts

11 december 2006

This documentary portrays six American veterans who were seriously wounded in the war in Iraq.
The Well-Oiled Revolution of Hugo Chavez

27 november 2006

Chávez' goal is to remain in power until 2021 and to spread the Bolivarian revolution across his country, his continent and the globe. The Well-Oiled Revolution of Hugo Chávez shows what Chávez has planned for his country and the wider world, and how his revolution is tearing Venezuela in two.
Energy War

6 november 2006

Forget the axis of evil, its the axis of oil. The Cold War and the War on Terror were about ideology and globalization. The 21st century will be dominated by the struggle for energy: It will be every man for himself and it's going to get dirty.
Google: behind the screen

7 mei 2006

What if all the world's information would be available and easy to find? What if all the news, all books, all texts, photographs and videos would be collected in one place, and made available, always and everywhere?
The Day of the Dollar

20 november 2005

Do we live on a bubble? Is it possible for the heavily indebted American economy to collapse and take all of us down in a free fall with it? Have the days of the dollar been counted? Is it really unimaginable that we will see the time of the Great Depression repeating itself?
Saudi Solutions

6 november 2005

How to combine modernity and fundamentalist Islam. "Saudi Solutions" is a unique and revealing documentary about the lifestyles and attitudes of ambitious career women in conservative Saudi Arabia -- the only country in the Arab world where women are obliged to cover themselves inabayas and aren't allowed to drive cars.
Jeffrey's policy

2 oktober 2005

What was deemed impossible twenty years ago, seems to be possible today: To eradicate poverty all over the world. That, at least, is the conviction of the American economist Jeffrey Sachs.
Noreena's Agenda The New Activism

25 september 2005

This documentary follows Noreena Hertz, who as economist and activist, plays a central role in the fight against poverty. Includes an exclusive interview with U2-singer Bono.
Mama please call me

28 november 2004

This documentary portrays the daily lives of the Carino-family "living apart together" in London, The Hague and Manila. It concentrates on the way the family keeps contact through telephone, letters and e-mail.
Cuba after Castro

11 april 2004

Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba on December 31, 1959. Expropriation, nationalization of the industry and the departure of more than two and a half million Cubans followed.
Real men don't rape

5 oktober 2003

‘Real men don’t rape’. With these words South Africa’s president Mbeki echoed the slogan of a rally against rape, late 2002 in Johannesburg. Now a handful of ‘real men’ have turned activists, trying to prevent rape and to reform rapists.
The Carlyle connection

11 mei 2003

A revealing documentary about the international world of private equite banking
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1 mei 2002

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