Gay Pride week in 1979. The homosexual, or gay, movement has become increasingly prominent in Britain and around the world. In June 1979 Gay Pride Week celebrated a decade of the movement, culminating in a rock concert in London's Hyde Park. "World in Action" talked to members of the…
A record of the unity and community of black struggle in Britain. About the black community in Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill which grew up in the 1950s. “No Irish, no coloured, no dogs" read the rooms-to-let signs in what was already a decaying inner area of London. In the Grove black…
For thousands of years, they lay dormant in the soil until suddenly, they became the driving force behind a technical revolution. Smart phones, laptops, touch screens, wind turbines, hybrid vehicles: they all need rare earths. Among the first to recognise this were the Chinese. Today China mines an…
A film made on the eve of the 1981 Irish hunger strike which was the culmination of a five-year protest during "the Troubles" by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. The protest began as the blanket protest in 1976, when the British government withdrew Special Category Status for…
In Minqin County of China's Gansu Province, ecorefugees like the HE family want to remain on their ancestral homeland, but the vast and relentless desert, spanning thousands of miles, creating sandstorms, swallowing up everything in its path, is turning most of Gansu Province into an uninhabitable…
"It was excellent! Unbelievable information.” -- Renee S. “Absolutely held me spell bound and it was totally fascinating!! Two hours went by too fast. You found the real R.C. Christian. Wow!!" -- Lorraine T. “I just finished your DARK CLOUDS documentary and was…
“We’re four guys working out of our kitchens, and we want $10,000,000 and to be left alone for two years. Then, trust me, we’ll deliver a low-cost microprocessor compatible with Intel”. This was former IBM Fellow and Dell Senior VP Glenn Henry’s 1995 pitch to start a…
Forget about life-work-balance. A new generation of drugs promise unlimited increases in productivity without the need for rest or sleep. “Brain doping” is the latest trend among high flyers. Pharmaceutical companies are developing pills that increase mental capability, stimulate desire,…
"They took us to a small house. There they tore off our clothes and raped my friend and me. I was only 17 years old and still a virgin”, says Joari. The shocking thing: Joari and her friend were allegedly raped by the people who were meant to protect them: UN peacekeepers. 20,000 UN…
Peter Valusiak took part in more than 20 expeditions to the Polar Regions. In 1998, together with three Russian explorers, he completed the first unsupported crossing of the Arctic Ocean from Russia to Canada over the North Pole. Another great challenge which has been on his mind for many years is to…
An inside look aboard The Caravan where adventurers young and old grapple with route-finding, mother nature and group dynamics in an epic horse-drawn experience across America. The Caravan film follows the exploits of an eclectic group of international carriage drivers and horse riders as they journey…
Parviz Tanavoli is one of the world's greatest modern sculptors. 'Poetry in Bronze' is the remarkable story of this esteemed artist's journey of creation that began in Iran in the 1950's and has spanned three continents over more than half a century. Tanavoli's work is…
