Kofi Annan
Nacimiento : 1938-04-08, Kumasi, Ghana
Muerte : 2018-08-18
Self (archive footage)
Billionaire activist George Soros is one of the most influential and controversial figures of our time. He is maligned by ideologues on both the left and the right for daring to tackle the world’s problems. With unprecedented access to the man and his inner circle, director Jesse Dylan follows Soros and pulls back the curtain on his personal history, private wealth, and public activism.
Self
The life and legacy of Richard Holbrooke, whose singular career spans fifty years of American foreign policy, is told in this documentary from Holbrooke's eldest son David.
Self (archive footage)
En la versión original, Whoopi Goldberg narra la fascinante trayectoria de Kevin Clash, el marionetista de clase trabajadora que terminó dando vida a Elmo.
Himself
Sería difícil nombrar a alguien que haya tenido más impacto en el ámbito de la investigación animal y la conservación de la vida silvestre que Jane Goodall, cuyo estudio de 45 años sobre chimpancés salvajes en África es legendario. En Jane's Journey, viajamos con ella a través de varios continentes, desde la casa de su infancia en Inglaterra, hasta el Parque Nacional de Gombe en Tanzania, donde comenzó su investigación pionera y donde todavía regresa cada año para disfrutar de la compañía de los chimpancés que la hicieron famosa. . Con una amplia gama de entrevistas y metraje espectacular de su propia colección privada, Jane's Journey es un retrato inspirador de la persona privada detrás del ícono de fama mundial.
Himself
With unprecedented access to the UN Department of Peacekeeping, The Peacekeepers provides an intimate and dramatic portrait of the struggle to save "a failed state" The film follows the determined and often desperate maneuvers to avert another Rwandan disaster, this time in the Democratic Republic of Congo (the DRC). Focusing on the UN mission, the film cuts back and forth between the UN headquarters in New York and events on the ground in the DRC. We are with the peacekeepers in the "Crisis Room" as they balance the risk of loss of life on the ground with the enormous sums of money required from uncertain donor countries. We are with UN troops as the northeast Congo erupts and the future of the DRC, if not all of central Africa, hangs in the balance. In the background, but often impinging on peacekeeping decisions, are the painful memory of Rwanda, the worsening crisis in Iraq, global terrorism, and American hegemony in world affairs.
Self (archive footage)
The history of the United Nations highlighting the gap between the good intentions and ideals of its inception and the sad reality of its present state of inefficiency and corruption.
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Ghosts of Rwanda marks the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide with a documentary chronicling one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. In addition to interviews with key government officials and diplomats, this documentary offers eyewitness accounts of the genocide from those who experienced it firsthand. FRONTLINE illustrates the failures that enabled the slaughter of 800,000 people to occur unchallenged by the global community.
Self (archive footage)
Documental canadiense dividido en tres partes en la cual se analiza la evolución y el comportamiento de las corporaciones multinacionales modernas.
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This documentary follows the life of Kofi Annan, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and Secretary General of the United Nations. With unprecedented access, filmmakers follow Annan as he accepts the Nobel Prize, struggles to get food to Afghans threatened with starvation, travels to Tokyo and Thailand to raise funds and garner support for the interim government in Afghanistan, and celebrates East Timor's new independence.