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Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
An investigation of Boeing's flawed 737 Max jet and the crashes that killed 346 people. With the New York Times, revealing the commercial pressures, flawed design, and failed oversight behind the creation of Boeing's fastest-selling plane.
Series
Publisher
TV Choice
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
'Dieselgate' is the scandal that made world headlines when, in the USA in 2015, Volkswagen were discovered to have installed defeat devices in the pollution control software of their diesel cars. Although the cars conformed to emission standards in laboratory tests, on the road, in actual driving conditions, emissions were off the chart. VW were forced to buy back vehicles from American customers - resulting in 'VW graveyards' of new cars across the...
Series
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Jeff Bezos' global empire has catalysed the international economy, its influence has pervaded our lives to an immeasurable extent, and it shows no signs of stopping. But what do we really know about the company? And how far will Amazon go? This investigation tunnels into the workings of the company and its philosophy through insider interviews with business owners, employees and a former founding executive, and seeks to reveal the sky-high ambitions...
4) Money Bots
Series
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Time is Money. In high frequency trading the fastest data network makes the deal. Computers trade against computers solely committed to the logic of their algorithms. Essentially, they are warring bots - MONEY BOTS. In the beginning, the intention was to use greater predictability and faster infrastructure to increase the stability of financial markets. In fact, the opposite has occurred: automation has made them more vulnerable. Moneybots love instability,...
5) The firm
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mitch McDeere is a brilliant and ambitious Harvard Law grad. Driven by a fierce desire to bury his working-class past, Mitch joins a small, prosperous Memphis firm that affords Mitch and his wife and affluent lifestyle beyond their wildest dreams. However, when FBI agents confront him with evidence of corruption and murder within the firm, Mitch sets out to find the truth in a deadly crossfire between the FBI, the Mob, and a force that will stop...
Series
Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The ideas that dominate the tech industry and our day to day lives were born at a secretive Silicon Valley start-up called 'General Magic', which spun out of Apple in 1990 to create the "next big thing". General Magic shipped the first handheld personal communicator (or "smartphone") in 1994. This film combines rare archival footage with powerful honesty from the "Magicians" today, reflecting on the most influential Silicon Valley company no one has...
7) Dirty Energy
Series
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
On April 20th, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven BP workers and spewing 200 million barrels of oil into the ocean. DIRTY ENERGY brings to light the personal stories of the Louisiana fishermen and local residents directly impacted by the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. Filmmaker Bryan D. Hopkins gains intimate access to the lives and homes of these people, as they struggle to rebuild their...
8) Bottled Life
Series
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Do you know how to turn ordinary water into a billion-dollar business? In Switzerland there's a company which has developed the art to perfection - Nestlé. This company dominates the global business in bottled water. Swiss journalist Res Gehringer has investigated this money-making phenomena, however Nestlé refused to cooperate, on the pretext that it was "the wrong film at the wrong time." So Gehringer went on a journey of exploration, researching...
Series
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In the 15 years since *Super Size Me*, the fast-food industry has undergone a makeover. Today, chain restaurants tout food that's "healthy," "organic," and "natural." Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock explores this new reality with an approach even more immersive and subversive than that used for his first film: he sets out to open his own chicken franchise. We follow him every step of the way, from raising poultry and conjuring recipes to designing the brand...
Series
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Opening with footage of a 2012 fire at the Chevron oil refinery and a heated town hall where blue-collar employees clash with environmentalists, the film sets the groundwork for the election that shifted the balance of power in the city. Councilman Nat Bates makes a Faustian bargain with the corporate devil in hopes of keeping the waning working-class African-American community intact, as it deals with gentrification occurring throughout the Bay Area....
Series
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
For 20 years, notorious activists the Yes Men (Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum) have staged outrageous hoaxes to hijack public dialogue about the issues of the day. In their third cinematic outing (after *The Yes Men* and *The Yes Men Fix the World*), they're well into their 40s, and mid-life crises are threatening to drive them out of activism forever - even as they prepare to take on the biggest challenge yet: climate change. Their latest film is...
Series
Publisher
Media Education Foundation
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Behind the Shield, celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin tackles the myth that the NFL was somehow free of politics before Colin Kaepernick and other Black NFL players took a knee. Digging deep into the history of the league, and navigating a stunning excavation of decades of archival footage and news media, Zirin traces how the NFL, under the guise of "sticking to sports," has promoted wars, militarism, and nationalism;...
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