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Al Jazeera English - Witness: Drugged to Death
Al Jazeera English - Witness: Drugged to Death
Category: Documentaries
In this documentary from the Al Jazeera English Witness series, get a look at why India's vulture population is declining at alarming rates.
In Focus: The Artist Ai Weiwei under Arrest
In Focus: The Artist Ai Weiwei under Arrest
Category: News & Current Affairs
On April 3rd, 2011, the internationally known Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who openly criticized the Chinese government, was arrested. Does this portend a renewed crackdown in China? How should the international community respond?
Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang
Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang
Category: Documentaries
A poignant documentary exposing the government's suppression of the health hazards of low-level radiation after nuclear tests in the 50s - even more relevant since the release of radiation in Japan, and reports about a potential government cover-up of the effects of Chernobyl.
TED Talks: Sheena Iyengar & Imogen Heap
TED Talks: Sheena Iyengar & Imogen Heap
Category: News & Current Affairs
Sheena Iyengar studies how we make choices -- and how we feel about the choices we make, while Imogen Heap plays a powerful stripped-down version of "Wait It Out," from her new record, Ellipse.
ViewChange: Peanuts
ViewChange: Peanuts
Category: Documentaries
Jock Brandis is a man with a mission: to design and build a simple, hand-operated peanut sheller that will enable villagers around the world to more easily grow peanuts for food, which in turn will also help them cultivate cotton as a cash crop.
Al Jazeera English - Witness: Odessa Detectives
Al Jazeera English - Witness: Odessa Detectives
Category: Documentaries
In this Witness film, meet detective Robert Papinyan and his business partner who take on cases that lift the lid on real life in Odessa, Ukraine, a Russian-speaking resort town famous for its thriving criminal underworld.
In Focus: 25 Years After Chernobyl - From Disaster Site to Tourist Destination
In Focus: 25 Years After Chernobyl - From Disaster Site to Tourist Destination
Category: News & Current Affairs
25 years after explosions at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant left large areas of Ukraine and Russia uninhabitable for decades, a group of surviving emergency workers revisit the exclusion zone and talk to friends and acquaintances from that time.
ViewChange: One Good Idea
ViewChange: One Good Idea
Category: Documentaries
Solving the world's problems - poverty, hunger, disease - is far from a simple task. But sometimes one good idea is all it takes to change lives. Watch two inspiring films that prove just this.
TED Talks: Dave Eggers & Andy Hobsbawm
TED Talks: Dave Eggers & Andy Hobsbawm
Category: News & Current Affairs
Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the audience to personally, creatively engage with local public schools, while Andy Hobsbawm shares a fresh ad campaign about going green -- and some of the fringe benefits.
TED Talks: Sugata Mitra and Kiran Bedi
TED Talks: Sugata Mitra and Kiran Bedi
Category: News & Current Affairs
Education scientist Sugata Mitra examines why the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most, and Kiran Bedi talks about what it was like to manage one of the toughest prisons in India.
Al Jazeera English - Witness: Invented in China
Al Jazeera English - Witness: Invented in China
Category: Documentaries
Can the world's factory lose its reputation for piracy and gain one for innovation? In this episode of Witness, filmmaker Steve Nettleton looks at China's modern-day innovators and what keeps them inventing.
Al Jazeera English - Witness: Ramallah TV
Al Jazeera English - Witness: Ramallah TV
Category: Documentaries
This episode of Witness looks at a small, public service TV channel based in Ramallah that gives locals the chance to share their stories. Find out what Palestinians watch on television while the world watches them.
NHK World: NEWSLINE
NHK World: NEWSLINE
Category: News & Current Affairs
NEWSLINE, NHK's top-rated flagship news program, delivers 30-minute daily reports on the current affairs of Japan and Asia. This program also presents global weather forecasts and business news.
In Focus: Fukushima - Crisis at the Nuclear Plant
In Focus: Fukushima - Crisis at the Nuclear Plant
Category: News & Current Affairs
Fukushima, In Focus, Deutsche Welle, Tsunami, Japan, Earthquake, Nuclear Plant, Crisis, Daiichi, Nuclear Power Plant, Nuclear Meltdown, Chernobyl
In Focus: The IAEA - What the UN's Watchdog Can and Can't Do
In Focus: The IAEA - What the UN's Watchdog Can and Can't Do
Category: News & Current Affairs
The nuclear technology supervisory body, "International Atomic Energy Agency", abbreviated IAEA, is called simply "the Agency" by its own staff members. This documentary goes inside a world that normally lets very little information about itself reach the outside.