The artificial sweetener, aspartame, is the bedrock of the diet industry. Found in everything from fizzy drinks to vitamin pills and marketed under a variety of different names, it is difficult to detect and even harder to avoid. But how safe is it? Does it really cause brain tumors, blindness and other serious illnesses? This shocking documentary investigates how the FDA came to approve such a potentially dangerous product.
By: DocChannel Duration: 51.80 min. Views: 17570 Rating: 4.913793
The Documentary Channel presents "The Last One." The famous Moonshiner makes his last run.. Buy the Film Here! tiny.cc
By: DocChannel Duration: 3.63 min. Views: 144488 Rating: 4.923077
TWO DAYS IN APRIL is a 90-minute documentary about the NFL draft seen through the eyes of four star college athletes. With never-before-seen access to the draft process, viewers travel with the players as they navigate the intense training and nerve-wracking emotions of a rigorous training camp, the 2006 Senior Bowl, the NFL "Combine" and draft weekend. It provides a behind the scenes look into the secretive, fiercely competitive and often brutal process of creating NFL players.
By: DocChannel Duration: 42.73 min. Views: 96638 Rating: 4.490909
Guatemala City is one of the most dangerous places in the world. Less than 15 out of 5000 murders result in a conviction. A culture of political repression and intimidation has left people reluctant to trust the judiciary. But - with the help of CSI training - an elite group of officers hope to change things. We follow the special homicide task force as they process up to 30 killings a night. We also hear from the killers and victims, who risk all to seek justice.
By: DocChannel Duration: 47.23 min. Views: 12072 Rating: 4.888889
Are we on the cusp of discovering what determines gender? The old mantra - all girls have XX chromosomes and all boys have XY - is no longer reliable. Scientists are now looking beyond chromosomes to "brain sex" and the role of newly discovered genes. By studying transsexuals and people on the gender extremes, they believe they can unlock the gender puzzle. This high-quality documentary looks at the new and challenging science of gender.
By: DocChannel Duration: 44.17 min. Views: 11285 Rating: 4.820513
Its every parents worst nightmare. One moment their child is perfectly healthy. The next, theyve stopped breathing and are turning blue. For many children, the merest hint of nut is all it takes to send them into anaphylactic shock. Food allergies are on the increase and the number of children affected has more than doubled in the past ten years. Yet simple precautions could significantly cut the death rate. This documentary is a wake up call to the rising danger of food allergies.
By: DocChannel Duration: 44.85 min. Views: 9087 Rating: 4.918919
Oscar Winner: On June 4-6, 1942, a large Japanese force attempted to capture Midway Island in the North Pacific, but was defeated by US forces with a loss ratio of 4:1 in favor of the Americans. On hand was a crew of naval photographers directed by John Ford; their documentary footage was edited together with narration by Hollywood actors. The film covers the attack on Midway, some limited aerial footage, the search for survivors, and aftermath of the battle.
By: DocChannel Duration: 18.38 min. Views: 47767 Rating: 4.7090907
Milk as natural and wholesome as motherhood, packed with proteins, vitamins and minerals. A great healthy drink for the whole family. But is it really so beneficial? This weeks offering puts the startling claim that the type of milk most of us drink should carry a health warning. Instead of helping us grow strong, A1 milk could help trigger diabetes, heart disease, autism and schizophrenia. This high quality documentary tells a tale of cutting edge research and the corporate power games that blur the truth about a product we all know and love.
By: DocChannel Duration: 43.95 min. Views: 9069 Rating: 4.787879
Oscar Winner: A documentary film depicting the harrowing battle between the US Marines and the Japanese for control of the Pacific island of Tarawa. A brutal battle from the war in the Pacific was the basis of this unusually graphic documentary short.
By: DocChannel Duration: 19.42 min. Views: 17145 Rating: 4.755102
Sheryl Crow advocates the preservation of American wild horses whose population has dropped from roughly two million down to less than thirty thousand over the last one hundred years.
By: DocChannel Duration: 27.20 min. Views: 20637 Rating: 4.818182
Directed and Produced by Brian Schodorf in 2006. www.povertyinchicago.com - This film is an exploration of how the drug afflicted homeless population affects society as a whole with exclusive interviews with Chicago's top social and political leaders. Schodorf's relationship with the men allows the viewer to get a true inside look at what life is like as a permanent resident of the streets. Poverty in Chicago, also, investigates the devestating loss of over 150 lives in the winter of 2006 at the hand of a deadly heroin epidemic. "Ive told you. Now, I'm going to show you," says one homeless man who leads the crew through the most crime infested areas of Chicago's south and west sides, inside the drug trade itself
By: DocChannel Duration: 55.28 min. Views: 19008 Rating: 4.6526318
A Documentary Channel Original Series. The Documentary Channel proudly presents oscarâ®-winning and Oscar nominated WWII documentaries. Several of these historical and emotionally-charged docs have been fully-restored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and will be shown in their original unedited formats."
By: DocChannel Duration: 20.85 min. Views: 1815 Rating: 5.0
William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet is a feature-length documentary about a ballet by Margo Sappington called "Common People", which was set to the music of William Shatner and Ben Folds from their album Has Been. The film explores the genesis of this unique artistic collaboration by fusing the music, poetry, and dance of "Common People" with interviews of the creators, dancers, and audience members, and featuring interviews with William Shatner, Ben Folds, Margo Sappington, and Henry Rollins. The film was made by Special Entertainment and Big Screen Entertainment Group in association with Melis Productions and will be distributed by Big Screen Entertainment Group for a 2009 release. The documentary had a very well-received World Premiere at the Nashville Film Festival on 17 April 2009. William Shatner attended and, to the delight of the audience, provided additional insights into his recording of "Has Been" and the ballet.
By: DocChannel Duration: 5.85 min. Views: 3328 Rating: 4.6666665
Join the class from the beginning of their senior year and watch as they dance their way through breathtaking performances by world famous choreographers, including Ohad Naharin, William Forsythe and Mikhail Baryshnikov. Glimpse into their lives as they deal with the stigma of eating disorders, the proverbial "starving artist" mentality and with making it through their exhaustive rehearsals. Through the emotional ups and downs, painstaking auditions, successes and rejections, Dance School: Juilliard presents a personal and honest portrayal of what it means to be a dancer and the passion that comes with it.
By: DocChannel Duration: 52.18 min. Views: 6086 Rating: 4.607143
Harlan County USA, and oscar winning film from Barbara Kopple
By: DocChannel Duration: 5.07 min. Views: 2894 Rating: 4.5555553
A Documentary Film by Michael Apted.
By: DocChannel Duration: 5.75 min. Views: 2791 Rating: 4.8333335
Ever wondered what happens to your footwear after youre finished with it? This award-winning and startlingly original documentary traces the fantastic journey of Africas most popular shoes: the flip-flop. Easily bought, quickly discarded, the flip-flop stands as a symbol of the summer holiday for millions of westerners. But in its African homeland, it undergoes a series of versatile transformations. Filmed over a two year period, this startling and uplifting film takes an ingenious look at the lifecycle of the flip-flop.
By: DocChannel Duration: 26.05 min. Views: 2656 Rating: 4.769231
An artful and unexpectedly entertaining look at what is often ignored as a mundane chore: ironing. The story follows four dynamic Cajun women in French Louisiana as they go about their daily lives demonstrating how the simple ritual of ironing weaves its way throughout the fabric of family life and their sense of identity. Through first-person narration, the women share with us a rare look at the rich interior life lived by wives and mothers in a traditional culture.
By: DocChannel Duration: 23.85 min. Views: 3059 Rating: 4.909091
Is a century of psychoanalysis completely wrong? Ever since Freud, eating disorders have been considered psychiatric ailments. A revolutionary theory has turned this on its head. A Stockholm clinic is asserting that diseases such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia are not psychiatric illnesses at all, which means they require radically different treatment. In defiance of conventional medicine, the clinic offers what may well be the Worlds first ever cure. This is on a par with the invention of penicillin.
By: DocChannel Duration: 35.62 min. Views: 18911 Rating: 4.6666665
The award-winning Immokalee USA, directed by Georg Koszulinski takes a closer look at the tens of thousands of migrant farm workers that converge on small communities like Immokalee, Florida every season where they plant and harvest the food that Americans consume. A vast majority of these workers are undocumented, leaving them at the mercy of the large agribusinesses who hire them, the crew leaders who contract them and the landlords and businesses that profit from their seasonal arrival. Their undocumented legal status allows for a system of exploitation that leaves workers and their families to endure conditions and wages that rarely meet international human rights standards. Selected for Best Director Documentary honors at the 2008 Atlanta docufest and winner of Best Documentary at the 2008 Charlotte Film Festival, Immokalee USA documents these daily experiences, leading the viewer to examine their own role in the issues migrant workers face in this country.
By: DocChannel Duration: 76.80 min. Views: 9227 Rating: 4.65
Its cheap, highly addictive and ultra-powerful. "Ice", or crystal methamphetamine, is now more popular than heroin. It plays havoc with the minds and the bodies of addicts, filling emergency wards with dangerous, psychotic patients. But little is known about the long term effects of the drug or even how to treat the addiction. And health services are not prepared for the chaos ice has just started to unleash. This weeks documentary reports on the hidden epidemic.
By: DocChannel Duration: 44.68 min. Views: 39607 Rating: 4.576271
Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 documentary film that explores the creation, limited commercialization, and subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the 1990s. The film explores the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the US government, the Californian government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles, and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of this technology. It was released on DVD to the home video market on November 14, 2006 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
By: DocChannel Duration: 7.78 min. Views: 1966 Rating: 5.0
Marlon Brando, James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte, Charlton Heston, Joseph Minklelwitz, and Sidney Poitier, talk about the Civil Rights Movement of 1963.
By: DocChannel Duration: 30.18 min. Views: 1437 Rating: 4.857143
As a Pararescueman in Iraq, David Broyles's job was to save lives and help those in need, and after leaving the military in 2005, he wanted to continue that mission. He soon found a charity that provided assistance to severely wounded and disabled veterans, the same men and women David had been tasked with rescuing in Iraq. To raise funds and awareness for their needs through the charity, he wanted a tough challenge in their honor, something worthy and symbolic of their struggles and sacrifice. David soon discovered that fewer Americans had swum across the Strait of Gibraltar, from Spain to Africa, than had reached the top of Mount Everest.
By: DocChannel Duration: 45.55 min. Views: 12123 Rating: 4.711111
tiny.cc This compelling documentary features several veterans sharing their experiences in the war, the difficulties theyve had adjusting since returning home and the moral conflicts they felt while serving in Iraq. The documentary features interviews with veterans from the war, as well as veterans family members
By: DocChannel Duration: 56.77 min. Views: 38522 Rating: 4.556701
