Films and documentaries from outside New Zealand looking at international issues.
About 40 percent of Mexican immigrants deported from the US are sent back through Tijuana. Many of the deported border crossers have established a makeshift shantytown inside a dry, concrete riverbed where the Tijuana River once flowed—called El Bordo.
Homelessness, hunger and shame: poverty is rampant in the richest country in the world. Over 40 million people in the United States live below the poverty line, twice as many as it was fifty years ago. It can happen very quickly. Many people in the […]
A Video from The Economist Magazine American stockmarkets have enjoyed a record-breaking streak, even though the country’s economy faces the deepest recession in living memory. Why is stockmarket performance so seemingly cut off from current events, and what does this tell us about how the […]
Economist magazine, poses the question of whether the covid-19 pandemic has shifted the balance of world power in China’s direction.
The Economist Video A youth vaping “epidemic” and a mysterious outbreak of lung disease in America has led to curbs on e-cigarette flavours. A backlash against vaping is perpetuating myths about nicotine-based e-cigarette products that are not backed up by scientific research. Read more here: […]
Al Jezeera
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio.
Julian Assange 60 Minutes Australia. There’s no middle ground when it comes to what the world thinks of Julian Assange. He’s either loved or loathed. Just over a fortnight ago, the Australian founder of WikiLeaks made more headlines when police dragged him, not so much […]
A DW Documentary A year after Germany’s Bayer Group took over Monsanto, and it’s struggling to deal with the US seed giant’s controversial reputation. Now Bayer is also liable for Monsanto’s legal bills – which are starting to mount alarmingly. Roundup, a herbicide containing glyphosate […]
In Tibet, superstition has it that blindness is a karmic punishment for misdeeds in a previous life. Because of this, many blind people do not get the support they need from their families and communities, and are often confined to their homes. But a blind […]