Released Date:
2000-07-14
Languages:
English
Countries:
Canada
Runtime:
80 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (3236 Reviews)
Director:
Ron MannThis film explores the history of the American government's official policy on marijuana in the 20th century. Rising with xenophobia with Mexican immigration and their taste for smoking marijuana, we see the establishment of a wrong headed federal drug policy as a crime issue as opposed to a public health approach. Fueled by prejudice, hysterical propaganda and political opportunism undeterred by voices of reason on the subject, we follow the story of a costly and futile crusade against a substance with debatable ill effects that has damaged basic civil liberties.
Released Date:
2005-01-01
Languages:
English, Arabic
Countries:
USA, France, UK, Canada, Denmark
Runtime:
98 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
8.1 (8942 Reviews)
Director:
Eugene JareckiHe may have been the ultimate icon of 1950s conformity and postwar complacency, but Dwight D. Eisenhower was an iconoclast, visionary, and the Cassandra of the New World Order. Upon departing his presidency, Eisenhower issued a stern, cogent warning about the burgeoning "military industrial complex," foretelling with ominous clarity the state of the world in 2004 with its incestuous entanglement of political, corporate, and Defense Department interests.
Released Date:
2013-08-13
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
91 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (666 Reviews)
Genres:
DocumentaryRick Kirkham (based on: the video diaries of)
Rick Kirkham was a successful TV reporter, and could have been a major U.S. television profile if it hadn't been for his massive drug and alcohol abuse. Kirkham filmed his life every day with a video camera from the age of 14 years. On the basis of his video material the story of his life is told in this documentary.
Released Date:
2008-05-09
Languages:
English, Arabic, French
Countries:
France, USA
Runtime:
90 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (5530 Reviews)
Director:
Morgan SpurlockJeremy Chilnick (screenplay)
Morgan Spurlock (screenplay)
When Morgan Spurlock and his wife find out they are expecting a child in an unsafe world that faces multiple terrorist and environmental threats, Morgan decides to track down the world's most wanted and dangerous terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, undergoes self-defense training, takes all required medical shots, and sets out to travel to Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Afghanistan, Pakistan amongst others to try and locate the man who has managed to elude the American army for nearly a decade. His fears, generated due to biased media coverage that Muslims and Arabs are hostile, are laid to rest when he does encounter friendly, and quite refreshingly well educated, hospitable, politically matured men and women, who are well aware of America's faulty 'foreign policy', and do not subscribe to Jihad nor to the Taliban nor Osama's terror-tactics. But he does encounter some hostility, quite ironically, in two of America's allies -- Israel and Saudi Arabia -- and it is on the soil of Pakistan -- his country's ally against the so-called War Against Terror -- that he eventually hopes to find Osama. The questions still remain: will he able to find him where many others have purportedly failed? And most importantly will he be allowed to remain alive after finding him?
Released Date:
2008-11-14
Languages:
English, Mandarin
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
85 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (1708 Reviews)
Director:
Patrick CreadonGenres:
DocumentaryPatrick Creadon
Christine O'Malley
Addison Wiggin (story)
Addison Wiggin
Kate Incontrera (story)
William Bonner (book)
I.O.U.S.A. examines the rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens. As the Baby Boomer generation prepares to retire, will there even be any Social Security benefits left to collect? Burdened with an ever-expanding government and military, increased international competition, overextended entitlement programs, and debts to foreign countries that are becoming impossible to honor, America must mend its spendthrift ways or face an economic disaster of epic proportions. Throughout history, the American government has found it nearly impossible to spend only what has been raised through taxes. The film blends interviews with both average American taxpayers and government officials to demystify the nation's financial practices and policies. The film follows U.S. Comptroller General David Walker as he crisscrosses the country explaining America's unsustainable fiscal policies to its citizens. The film interweaves archival footage and economic data to paint a profile of America's current economic situation. The film also proffers potential financial scenarios and propose solutions about how to recreate a fiscally sound nation for future generations.
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