Danny Schechter

공부, 음악, 운동 등 못 하는 것이 없는 제이스. 유일하게 안타까운 점이라면 시각 장애인이란 것이다. 신체적 장애에도 불구하고 친구들과 잘 어울리며 뉴욕 생활을 하던 제이스는 아버지를 따라 유타 주로 이사를 간다. 홈스테드 고교에 전학온 제이스는 플라이와 메리를 제외하고는 친구를 잘 사귀지 못한다. 메리의 제안으로 레슬링 부에 든 제이스. 레슬링 부원 중에서 존이나 루크 같은 덩치 큰 학생들은 대 놓고 제이스를 무시한다. 존이 스페인어 수업에서 낙제당할 위기에 처하자 도움의 손길을 내미는 제이스. 존은 그 대가로 제이스에게 레슬링 기술을 가르쳐 준다. 미국 고등부 레슬링 챔피언십 경기에 나가기 위한 유타 주 예선전을 준비하는 홈스테드 고교 레슬링부 선수들. 존은 옆 학교에 다니는 티렉스라는 라이벌과의 경기를 위해 혹독한 훈련을 하는데, 그 때문에 몸에 무리가 간다. 코치는 존의 체급을 한 단계 올리고, 티렉스와 맞붙을 상대로 제이스를 지목한다. 유타주 고등부 챔피언인 티렉스와의 경기를 앞둔 제이스는 불안해한다. 하지만, 주변 사람들의 응원으로 자신감을 갖고 경기에 출전하는데... (EBS)

Emmy-winning journalist Danny Schechter investigates America's mounting debt crisis in this latest hard-hitting expose. The film reveals the unknown cabal of credit card companies, lobbyists, media conglomerates and the Bush administration itself who have colluded to deregulate the lending industry, ensuring that a culture of credit dependency can flourish. Schechter exposes the hidden financial and political complex that allows the lowest wage earners to indebt themselves so heavily that even house repossessions are commonplace.

Amid an escalating war in Iraq, rising terror levels and the threat of nuclear attack, a growing body of intellectuals, religious leaders and community organizers are getting tough with their questions about peace -- and that's no oxymoron. To shed light on the answers, filmmakers Gabriele Zamparini and Lorenzo Meccoli record a variety of speakers, including Noam Chomsky, Desmond Tutu, Scott Ritter, Pete Seeger, Howard Zinn and Gore Vidal.

There were two wars in Iraq--a military assault and a media war. The former was well-covered; the latter was not. Until now... Independent filmmaker, Emmy-award winningTV journalist, author and media critic, Danny Schechter turns the cameras on the role of the media. His new film, WMD, is an outspoken assessment of how Pentagon propaganda and media complicity misled the American people...

Has America entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for truth? The country's leading intellectuals discuss and examine the mix of businesses, politics and ideology that is the mainstream media.

Featuring inverviews from: Afrika Bambaataa, Ashford & Simpson, Jackson Browne, Kim Burell, Taylor Dayne, Carmen Electra, Faith Evans, Roberta Flack, Joel Gray, Kc & the Sunshine Band, Eartha Kitt, Patti Labelle, Queen Latifah and more?

A film about Timothy Leary's life and death. Dr. Timothy Francis Leary (October 22, 1920 -- May 31, 1996) was an American writer, psychologist, futurist, and advocate of psychedelic drug research. An icon of 1960s counterculture, Leary is most famous as a proponent of the therapeutic, spiritual and emotional benefits of LSD. He coined and popularized the catch phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out."

A film about Timothy Leary's life and death. Dr. Timothy Francis Leary (October 22, 1920 -- May 31, 1996) was an American writer, psychologist, futurist, and advocate of psychedelic drug research. An icon of 1960s counterculture, Leary is most famous as a proponent of the therapeutic, spiritual and emotional benefits of LSD. He coined and popularized the catch phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out."

A documentary destined to calmly explain and analyze the facts, myths and rumours about John Kennedy's assassination and the overwhelming use of information in Oliver Stone's epic "JFK" (1991), at the same time it presents a behind the scenes documentary on the controversial film. Features interviews with the cast and director, and the personalities who lived and remember the facts concerning the November 22, 1963, like reporters, eyewitnesses and others, and some of the real characters from the movie, like Jim Garrison, Numa Bertel, Lou Ivon and Perry Russo.