McLibel is a documentary movie which tells the story of political activists, Helen Steel and Dave Morris who were taken to court by the McDonalds fast food chain for claims they had made about the company. The couple had accused McDonalds of paying low wages for staff, poor treatment of animals, environmental damage and advertising [...]
A fascinating documentary looking at the increasing power of large global businesses and the impact this is having on society.
A John Pilger film exploring the negative impact of globalisation.
Examining the policy of First World banks agreeing loans with Third World countries, who are then unable to meet the crippling interest charges.
This chilling documentary film examines the relationship between the media, corporate America, and government. In a country where the ‘top 1% control 90% of the wealth’, the film argues that the media system is nothing but a ‘subsidiary of corporate America.
As the credit crunch bites and a global economic crisis threatens, Robert Peston reveals how the super-rich have made their fortunes, and the rest of us are picking up the bill.
A harrowing, hard-hitting documentary which shows the devastating effects of the “globalized” economy on the residents of a fishing village in Tanzania. The story starts four decades ago when a species of huge fish is introduced to Tanzania’s Lake Victoria. The fish are now harvested, chopped into filets and shipped to European and Japanese consumers [...]
A very well made documentary film which combines traditional documentary telling with a stylized narrative framework showing how international lending, structural adjustment policies and free trade affect the day-to-day realities of the people whose lives they impact. Focusing on the lives of ordinary workers & farmers on the island of Jamaica, this film contends that [...]
The Bush family are on their way out of the White House and this documentary movie will make you glad of the fact. Following the award-winning reporter-sleuth Greg Palast on the trail of the Bush family, from Florida election finagling, to the Saudi connection, to the Bush team’s spiking the FBI investigation of the bin [...]
Through a series of interviews, this film argues that the bizarre events surrounding the 9/11 attacks, and the equally bizarre prosecution of the so-called “war on terror”, can be more credibly understood in the wider context of an imminent divergence between the supply and demand of global oil.