Kolyma highway – also known as “the Road of Bones” – stretches 2,000 km through deepest northeast Russia. Millions of Stalin’s prisoners who were sent to the region to dig for gold perished there. Corpses were hastily buried along the side of the road. On his journey along the highway, director Stanislaw Mucha looks for signs of life there today.
They campaign against child marriage, child labour, domestic violence and pollution. Children in India have started to take control of their lives by setting up children’s parliaments. Together, they can make a difference. We show how these children have opted to pursue a new path – with astonishing determination, courage and creativity.
At the end of his own football career, former premier league international from Nigeria Moses Adams becomes a players’ agent, luring young African talents to Europe with promises of fame and success. A look at the darker sides of the international football business.
As a result of politically motivated population control policies imposed by the West more than 30 years ago, Asia is today “missing” 170 million women – because parents are choosing to give birth to boys and aborting daughters. Millions of men are unable to find wives and more than ever women are being traded like commodities. Zoning in on personal stories from South Korea, China, India and Vietnam, we explore the regional and global consequences of this gender imbalance.
Life in Israel is stressful, but this is not the only reason why young secular, liberal Jews like Dan, Guy and Gil turn their back on the “holy land”. They decide to move to Germany and Austria – of all places. A slap in the face for their families. Why return to the land of the perpetrators? A process of emancipation with a special responsibility.
Edgar Froese, electronic music pioneer and founder of the band Tangerine Dream, was on a lifelong mission to find the ultimate sound. His search brought the band international acclaim and took them to the studios of Hollywood. We trace the unique Tangerine Dream story: a tribute to the musician, who died in 2015, and to the era of electronic music.
Thessaloniki’s status as a cosmopolitan city and religious and cultural melting pot ended abruptly in the 20th century. Despite numerous witnesses of the city’s past, it is almost as if the era when Christians, Jews and Muslims lived together never happened at all. We take a look at the city’s tumultuous past.
From rock star to politician: Freddy Lim is Taiwan’s most political heavy metal singer, progressing from passionate stage performer to active member of parliament. We follow him during the early days of his political career and show him campaigning tirelessly for a democratic Taiwan.
They work hard and live ascetically. Their lives are characterised by friendship, discipline, abstinence and unconditional respect for each other. A portrait of three “modern gladiators”: Andreas, Khalid and Lom-Ali. As mixed martial arts professionals, they fight on stage using multiple combat techniques.
Four Syrian friends have set up the collective Daya Al-Taseh. They produce and publish satirical anti-IS videos in Gaziantep, south-east Turkey. But unexpected events in the increasingly unsafe country put the friends and their work under pressure.
We present the reality of how an adoption ban of Russian orphans to US citizens came about and how it was the first step in Russia’s new Cold War with America. Soon enough this adoption ban was expanded to all countries that allow same-sex unions. Finally, it spiraled into a crusade to vilify all opposition leaders as puppets of Western governments.
