After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the United Nations (backed strongly by the US and UK) imposed harsh sanctions on Iraq that lasted for 10 ... all » years (1991-2001); the harsh restrictions on imports... continue reading

posted by qualm 1 decade 7 years 9 months ago • 1,375 views

"David Attenborough explores just how much climate change is altering our planet. He looks ahead to find out what needs to be done to save Planet Earth from the worst impact of global warming and discovers... continue reading

posted by Fedquip 1 decade 7 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 2,308 views

From the YouTube post: www.VBS.tv series. Parts 1-5 up now on VBS.tv. In 2003, just after the US toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein, Vice magazine published an article on the only heavy metal band... continue reading

posted by BoneyD 1 decade 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 323 views

Evolution : The Mind's Big Bang

posted by pipp3355 1 decade 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,157 views • 56:36

A hard-hitting 47-minute documentary on what money is, how it came into existence, and how it works in the world today. Definitely not boring!

posted by arvana 1 decade 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 5,548 views

A fantastic and fascinating documentary by Errol Morris, where former defense secretary Robert McNamara delivers an account of his political life in the form of a confession, at times weeping. A perfect... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 9,183 views

A notorious and often disturbing documentary on an Evangelical church and it's congregation - from which Levi, Rachael, and Tory go to Pastor Becky Fischer's "Kids on Fire" summer camp in Devil's Lake,... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 8,235 views

Documentary on the History of Marijuana, a video that you can sit and enjoy today, April 20th. (Wikipedia that) If you enjoyed that documentary you will enjoy "Grass" here on the sift, narrated by Woody Harrelson. ... continue reading

posted by Fedquip 1 decade 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 16,677 views

'Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage... continue reading

'The Trap - What Happened To Our Dream Of Freedom?' is a new documentary by the BAFTA-winning producer Adam Curtis. It looks at how models of human behaviour shaped by Cold War logic have come to control... continue reading

posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 4,371 views • 59:36

Greg Palast does an investigative piece for Democracy Now! concerning the rebuilding of New Orleans. He visits the city a year after Hurricane Katrina has struck to see how the construction is going.... continue reading

posted by aaronfr 1 decade 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 2,614 views

"The United States of America is notorious for its astronomical number of people killed by firearms for a developed nation without a civil war. With his signature sense of angry humour, activist filmmaker... continue reading

posted by aaronfr 1 decade 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 8,989 views

A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.

A Discovery documentary on the rise of 'cyber-terrorism' or computer based activism and spying.

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 6,430 views