Crowned Species (2013)
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 1H 35M
Director : Boris Sobolev
Sinopse
A journalistic investigation, built not on rumors and assumptions, but on direct evidence, revealing the true mechanisms of podium coronations. Hidden camera footage of negotiations with the owners of the largest national beauty contests and an attempt to answer the question of why these people are not yet in prison. Famous people on the jury are not a guarantee of fair judging. Irrefutable evidence of the corruption of the so-called “stars” who elect the next Miss and Mrs. The collection and subsequent theft of funds for charity is a side business of the owners of fraudulent shows. What actually awaits the titled Misses after purchasing the prize? And what do children's beauty pageants turn out to be like for young participants?
A documentary that reveals the underbelly of the global aid and investment industry. It's a complex web of interests that span the earth from powerful nations and multinational corporations to tribal and village leaders. This documentary offers unique insights into a multi-billion dollar world by investigating how aid dollars are spent.
Documentário de Peter Joseph sobre elos polêmicos entre a religião organizada, os mercados financeiros globais e a estrutura do poder internacional.
Um estudo sobre um dos maiores escândalos corporativos da história dos Estados Unidos, em que executivos da Enron, a 7ª maior companhia do país, fugiram com bilhões de dólares e deixaram acionistas e investidores sem um único tostão. Através de depoimentos e gravações é mostrada como funcionava a hierarquia interna na Enron.
Sequência do longa que lançou um movimento, este filme explora as raízes da corrupção social e oferece soluções baseadas no alinhamento com a natureza.
Heddy Honigmann returns to her birthplace of Lima, Peru to reacquaint herself with a place and people dear to her heart. It is about a forgotten city, a forgotten history and a forgotten people. With irony as their loved weapon for survival, they have to forget as well, in order not to give way to cynicism, hatred and grief. It is about remembering the old days when life - despite class differences, corruption and violence - was still good: waiters, bartenders and shopkeepers who are fighting a losing battle and have lost everything. It is also about the children who manage to survive by mastering the art of street life and who reveal the country in it's true colours. Just like the dogs they share the streets with, they have no good memories to forget.
Bogdan becomes the victim of the corruption in a small town when he loses a court case to a local bank but everyone in the town just covers for their friends.
Este ganhador do Oscar® mostra a vida das crianças do bairro da Luz Vermelha, em Calcutá. O aparente enriquecimento da Índia deixa de lado os menos favorecidos. Neste contexto, os menos privilegiados são as crianças filhas de prostitutas do bairro mais pobre da cidade. Porém, ainda há esperanças. Os documentaristas Zana Briski e Ross Kauffman procuram essas crianças e munidos de câmeras fotográficas pedem para eles fazerem retratos de tudo que lhes chama a atenção. Os resultados são emocionantes. E enquanto as crianças vão descobrindo essa nova forma de se expressar, os cineastas lutam para poder dar mais esperança e uma vida melhor a essas crianças, para as quais a pobreza é a maior ameaça à realização dos sonhos.
Um painel do deficiente sistema de saúde americano. A partir do perfil de cidadãos comuns, somos levados a entender como milhões de vidas são destruídas por um sistema que, no fim das contas, só beneficia a poucos endinheirados. Ali vale a lógica de que, se você quer permanecer saudável nos Estados Unidos, é bom não ficar doente. E, depois de examinar como o país chegou a esse estado, o filme visita uma série de países com sistema de saúde público e eficiente, como Cuba e Canadá.
One of the three polemical articles in the series "Forbidden" in which there are critically opposed stands on various phenomena in society. The works of Fulgosi offered sarcastic view on everyday life which prompted some to declare him "a genius of his time".
A mixture of romantic comedy and investigative journalism, this film reveals how Qatar got to host the football World Cup, and how that brought down football's world governing body, FIFA.
Em uma maré alheia à diversidade, vivem ostras que são afetadas por serem consideradas fora dos padrões e medidas. Essa é uma história sobre como as pérolas se formam.
The story of the often contradictory and always audacious public figure, Vincent A. "Buddy" Cianci, the former Mayor of Providence, RI. The film tracks Cianci's entanglements with city council opposition, union skirmishes, personal scandals, and criminal indictments. The result is a fascinating study of American local politics and a surprising tale of a man who, in the words of one commentator, "has a city as his mistress."
9to5 - Days in Porn focuses on the people behind a controversial and multi-billion dollar industry "The Adult Entertainment industry". It depicts their stories, each one different, unadorned and authentic, without glorification or prejudice. It delivers deep insight into their personal lives - from glamorous to grotesque - strange, fascinating, offensive, absurd and sometimes funny moments all at once.
Fluffy Cumsalot, Porn Star is an extraordinary documentary about porn stars and their stage names. Featuring Ron Jeremy, Marilyn Chambers, Jenna Jameson, Seymore Butts and over 70 more of the world's top porn stars, this film is a fascinating and revealing documentary about adult performers and the origin of their on-screen names.
O filme/documentário “Freakonomics” baseia-se no livro, também com o mesmo nome, de Stephen J. Dubner e Steven Levitt, e retrata as teorias econômicas aplicadas a vários temas, com principal incidência para as repercussões sociais do dinheiro.
In 1995, at the urging of her then-husband, an Oklahoma housewife submitted a topless photo of herself to a men's magazine, thus launching her phenomenal career as porn star Stacy Valentine. In this eye-opening and refreshingly even-handed film, Valentine candidly discusses the inner-workings and occupational hazards of the adult entertainment world, touching on the glamour -- and frequent emptiness -- of life in "the business."
