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Michael Ruppert, writer of 'Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil', other vital tomes and creator of fromthewilderness.com, makes it to the big screen! The ex-LAPD officer continues his apocalyptic warnings as to the dangerous dependence of our civilisation on oil and our unpreparedness for its imminent decline in production. Although his arguments lack an ideological cohesiveness, his partial and incisive understandings of how capitalism works and
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Since 1959 Fidel Castro has been both pariah and paragon, an icon for young 'revolutionaries' and fashion victims, a committed leader of his people, a symbol of evil and distrust to the American government and his legacy has been made as much by myth as by fact. In this documentary politico/filmmaker Oliver Stone chose 95 minutes from 30 hours of footage that he filmed while spending time with Castro. The film opens with a placard stating that any time during the shooting Castro was able to say
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An Egyptian-American reporter 'embedded' with Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet, gives a fascinating insight into their coverage of the Iraq War and the personalties who made it, as well as face to face chats with American liasion officers and other members of the press corps. Roundly criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials, eventually bombed for failing to follow the American line and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian causalities as well as foota
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A powerful epic from master director Sir Dickie, with stunning lead performances and a cast of seething thousands. This is the story of Steve Biko, murdered by the police, and his white liberal friend's precarious escape. If you still drink Del Monte fruit juice after this you must have cold blood!
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In 1996 the Workers' Educational Association set up classes for sacked Liverpool dock workers in order to help them set down the history of their battle. Channel 4 decided to commission a work on the event and so began a three year process, involving both Jimmy McGovern and Irvine Welsh, in a labour of love by the Dockers that saw their work becoming a film in the summer of 1999. Dockers is a fascinating story, in both the history it tells and its realisation.
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Part One of the hit BBC series in which one man delves into the dark and deadly world of the nuclear state. In "Into The Shadows" Ronald Craven's determination to discover the truth about his daughter's murder leads him into a nightmare web of political corruption, secrets, terrorism and death.
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Part Two of the hit BBC series. In "Northmoor" bereaved dad Ronald Craven plunges deeper into the world of secrecy his daughter inhabited. Renegade US agent Jedburgh helps him in his mission to discover the deadly truth at the heart of an underworld nuclear facility. Tense and frighteningly topical.
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There's a lot you can say about Michael Moore. He's sentimental. He massages the truth to fit the points he's making. His reliance on comedy when making serious points sometimes defeats his objectives (more suited to his excellent TV Nation series). He is a propagandist. But in a world dominated by right-wing media conglomerates, neo-conservative thinktanks and war profiteers thirsty for new conflicts, you can easily forgive his mawkish foibles. Fahrenheit 9/11 is an excellent feature in it's co
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