Should drugs be legalised? / 2021
#USA

One person died, and at least nine people were admitted to hospital in Thailand weeks after Bangkok decriminalised cannabis use. Patients experienced heart palpitations, nausea, and dizziness due to ‘cannabis overdoses’. Thailand became the first Asian country to decriminalise marijuana for medical use.

What are the downsides of a relaxed approach to marijuana? Learn more about the consequences of weed legalisation in the USA, where medical and recreational marijuana have made strides since 1996.

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Tyva: The sounds of nature
#Russia

Sean Quirk was a postman back in the US. In 2011 he visited the Republic of Tyva to study the Tuvan throat singing technique. He ended up loving it, and stayed. ‘Next thing I know I’m married and I got three children’.

Sean quickly learned Russian, bought an old Soviet car and moved into a traditional nomadic dwelling called a yurt with his Tyvan wife. Watch the documentary for more about the unique singing technique that makes foreigners fall in love with it.

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Nuclear X-Files / 2020
#USSR

In the 1940s, Soviet scientists were tasked to create an atom bomb and avert a possible nuclear war. ‘It was a matter of life and death for our country to create a nuclear weapon’.

Their lives were top secret, but we can finally hear from scientists and intelligence agents who worked on the bomb in declassified interviews. Check out the documentary.

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Lugansk: Road to Independence 2022-2014 / 2022
#Ukraine #Donbass #Lugansk

“I told everybody, ‘Give me my husband back, and I will forgive’. Until then, I don’t forget and never forgive,” says Svetlana Gysay, the widow of a Lugansk militia man. Her husband died in 2014, protecting his land from Ukrainian nationalists. He was one of the thousands who stood up against Ukrainian shelling of civilians and aggression toward Russian-speaking people. Today citizens of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) can finally hope for the best with the start of the special operation in Ukraine.

Russian armed forces and Donbass militia aim to protect people from nationalist atrocities, while the LPR is recognised as an independent state by the Russian Federation. But even when their dream is close to coming true, the people of Lugansk say they will never forget what Ukraine has done to them. Follow the timeline of Lugansk predicaments as a newly formed state in the new film.

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American doomsday preppers are ready for any apocalypse, from epidemic to nuclear war. And the doomsday industry caters to all clients’ needs. Who are doomsday preppers? Why are they buying bunkers, and how much do they cost? 💥

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Palawan Lost / 2018
#Philippines

Palawan in the Philippines is a paradise island and a tropical idyll. It’s got crystal clear waters and white sandy beaches that brought Palawan the noscript of the world’s most beautiful island by respected travel magazines several years in a row.

But the paradise island is threatened by corporations responsible for massive deforestation. A few environmental activists seek to protect Palawan’s nature from destruction in an uneven battle.

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Hot Race, Cold Dogs / 2018
#Russia

The Beringia dog-sledge race is the Russian version of the famous Iditarod race held in Alaska. Held in Kamchatka, the Beringia trail lasts three weeks and covers 1,000 kilometres. Sled drivers called kayurs and their dogs plough through Kamchatka’s snowy wilderness in extreme temperatures.

The race pays tribute to the traditional lifestyles of Kamchatka’s and Chukotka’s native populations. Dogs in the north are not just man’s best friends; they are widely used for transporting life’s necessities and in day-to-day work.

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Serbia’s Choice / 2022
#Serbia #Russia

‘One may claim Europe denied and cancelled Russian culture, but I can’t see any special culture in Europe. So how can you even imagine this situation? One culture cannot cancel another. This is ridiculous,’ says film director Emir Kusturitсa.

Today the West is manipulating Serbia to make it break up the friendly relationship with Russia. Immense pressure has been exerted on Serbia, but Serbs choose to resist. While one part of the West is cancelling Russian culture, another supports and celebrates it. This year, a Russian film won the leading award at the Kusturitсa festival. How do Serbs hold on to this friendship?

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Gangnam Stress / 2019
#SouthKorea

South Koreans are known as extreme workaholics. In 2018, the government even had to limit the work week to 52 hours - from a whopping 68. A rigid work ethic helped the nation transform into an economic powerhouse. However, it also resulted in overworked employees suffering from constant stress and a highly competitive environment.

South Koreans have come up with the most unconventional ways to unwind. Check out how locals in Seoul let off steam, from staging their own funerals to eating delicious spicy food to doing digital detox in a fake prison.

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Trans-Sport / 2021
#USA

Transgender women participating in female competitions are creating a backlash in the sports community. Opponents oppose their inclusion, claiming that trans athletes might have physiological advantages. Most recently, the international swimming federation barred transgender women from competing at the elite level. Only swimmers who transitioned before age 12 are allowed.

Advocates on both sides of the issue speak out in the documentary, Trans-Sport. Share your thoughts in the comments!


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😳 Abortion is now banned in at least seven states following the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion.

So are you pro-choice or pro-life? Hear from both sides of the debate in the documentary on DocuHub. 📺

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Sanctions: Boomerang Effect / 2022
#Russia #USA #Europe

“It sucks. We’re suffering the price for something happening in another country.” Sanctions were imposed on Russia, but Europe and America felt the adverse effects just as much. Why did it happen?

Countless sanctions imposed on Russia create a significant shift in the world economy. Leading economists, political scientists and scholars express their views as the documentary pieces together a thorough analysis of the current political and economic situation. It looks at the boomerang effect sanctions have and where this policy the West is pursuing will lead.

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Spitsbergen / 2014
#Norway

Norway has recently blocked 20 tonnes of goods from being delivered to the permanent Russian settlement on Spitsbergen. It’s the largest and the only inhabited island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway.

Some 400 Russians live in the Barentsburg settlement. They are primarily employees of the state mining company Arktikugol (Arctic Coal). Norway’s restrictions resulted in food and medical supplies stuck at the border.

Life in the Arctic circle has already been challenging. Check out the documentary, and see what it’s like to live for months without sun, surrounded by polar bears.

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Eden for the Homeless / 2022
#USA

Rows of tiny, colourfully painted houses make Eden Village look like an exemplary community. It's a home for the long-term homeless. Residents of Eden Village have to follow a strict no-drug, no-crime policy. Locals hang on to their community because it's their first permanent home for a long time. Eden Village provides homes for the homeless with disabilities.

Over half a million Americans sleep rough, and millions more are one paycheck away from becoming homeless. Unfortunately, there are only 31 houses available in the Eden Village, and there's a long waiting list.

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Holocaust. The Questions I Never Asked / 2022

'When the Germans forced people out of their homes, some resisted at first. They couldn’t take in what was happening. And they would be killed right on the thresholds of their homes. That’s when I saw it. I was very scared of the dead. Very!' confesses Frida Reizman, one of the remaining ghetto survivors reporter Paula Slier met on her family quest.

Paula travelled to Belarus to learn about her relatives who had died during the Holocaust. She also talked to people who had gone through the Minsk ghetto and knew better than anyone what Nazism is capable of and why it can’t be revived.

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Mexican Boom Town / 2018
#Mexico

The city of Tultepec in Mexico might be the world’s most explosive city. Three quarters of Tultepec's population work in the fireworks business, and sometimes their pyrotechnics activities cause deadly accidents. However, locals shrug their shoulders and say that it’s the lot of a fireworks maker.

They throw an extravagantly wild, week-long fireworks festival every year. Its highlight is the ‘pamplonada’, or a parade of colourful bull effigies rigged with fireworks. Participants prepare everything themselves - they build bull-shaped floats, paint them and load them with hand-made fireworks. Then they set them on fire to watch sparks fly in every direction as they celebrate the passion and peril of their craft.

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Child Prodigies: The Price of Success / 2022
#Russia

Alisa Teplyakova may have been the most talked-about child in Russia. At the age of 9, she became the youngest student of psychology at the Moscow State University.

Alisa had been homeschooled by her parents, who came up with what they call a ‘revolutionary’ teaching method for their seven children. Alisa’s father, Evgeniy, claims Alisa has already read all the textbooks and he’s convinced that his daughter could finish the course in just two years.

However, their story provoked heated debate in the media, some called it a ‘dangerous’ experience and many psychologists say that too much pressure can be harmful to children. Her younger brother, Heimdall, passed the final school exams at the age of 8.

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Kenya Sexploited / 2022
#Kenya

Coastal Kenya is a popular destination for sex tourists from around the world who come in search of love. European women, known as ‘sugar mamas’, approach local boys for sex. Older girlfriends provide them with money and presents.

Finding a white woman is often the fastest way to get out of poverty for many families. Some even encourage their children to skip school and look for tourists who can care for family needs. Some of the prostitute boys are as young as ten when they start providing sexual favours to tourists.

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