History (46)

The Ayatollah’s Seal

Iran’s most powerful man, Ayatollah Khamenei, is one of the country’s least…
59:00 mins, 2012
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The Not So Secret Iran-Israel War

A ground-breaking documentary about one of the most explosive conflicts in the…
56:00 mins, 2012
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Iranian Odyssey

The West’s attitudes towards Iran today can be traced back to 1951…
51:00 mins, 2009
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The Fall of a Shah

This film looks at the seismic events that led to the Fall…
89:00 mins, 2009
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Inside the Global Jihad

This programme does what no mainstream documentary has so far achieved –…
50:00 mins, 2009
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Cambodia Dreams

Eighteen years in the making, Cambodia Dreams is the stunning documentary about…
62:00 mins, 2008
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Leo Africanus

Born a Muslim called Hasan al-Wazzan in the 1490’s, he died a…
52:00 mins, 2008
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Beyond Fear

Ngwang, a Buddhist nun and Bagdro, a Buddhist monk, at the ages…
52:00 mins, 2008
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A Wounded Land

Does anyone still believe in Bosnia-Herzogovina or that three years of war…
59:00 mins, 2008
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Red Lies

This multi-award winning film looks at one of the best kept secrets…
40:00 mins, 2004
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Bolivia’s Transition

Bolivia is a country fractured for centuries by language, race and class….
20:00 mins, 2004
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The Spanish Holocaust – Part One

The first of two documentaries that tell the horrors of the Spanish…
55:00 mins, 2003
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The Spanish Holocaust – Part Two

In part two of THE SPANISH HOLOCAUST – the second of two…
55:00 mins, 2003
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Sugar: Rules of the Game

Antonio Maolela cuts sugar cane on a plantation in Mozambique. He earns…
32:00 mins, 2003
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GITMO’s History

A fascinating report, using rare archive footage, about the history of Guantanamo…
5:00 mins, 2002
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Liberia’s Savage War

This film, Liberia’s savage war, is about a brutal war hidden from…
30:00 mins, 2002
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Franco’s Forgotten Children

Revealing one of Spain’s darkest secrets, Spain’s Forgotten Children, uncovers the fate…
61:00 mins, 2002
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1:3 Battle for the Gulf – A Dark & Frightening Picture

From the end of the Iran-Iraq war in 1988, OPEC and the…
48:00 mins, 2001
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2:3 Battle for the Gulf – The 19th Province

The Cairo conference, the diplomatic offensive, the exodus of refugees from Kuwait,…
49:00 mins, 2001
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3:3 Battle for the Gulf – Wounds in the Soul

Surrender at Safwan: a secret deal? The rebellions by the Kurds in…
49:00 mins, 2001
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Prosecuting War Criminals

This documentary examines the powers of the world’s first International Criminal Court…
13:00 mins, 2001
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6:6 Battle for the Gulf – Wounds in the Soul

On February 24th, 1991 the ground war by the Allied forces began….
50:00 mins, 2001
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El Salvador’s Lost Children

This is the heartbreaking story of families split by the civil war…
34:00 mins, 2001
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1:6 Battle for the Gulf – A Summer Cloud

At the end of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq was close to bankruptcy…
52:00 mins, 2001
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