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Arseny Shalnov lost his leg, but not his willpower. He got into surfing after a car accident. It was difficult for him, but he didn't give up. ‘I remember catching my first wave. It was unforgettable’.
For many, surfing is the meaning of life. Watch our video and the film Free to be Yourself - about how a serious injury didn’t prevent Arseny from continuing to do what he loves.
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Another shocking video of US parents teaching their kids to give money to drag performers
The latest occurrence happened at one of these parties in California, USA. After receiving a tip, the drag queen decided to perform a provocative dance in front of a child.
Net users have reacted emotionally to the footage, as seen in internet comments: ‘Crazy times! Drag isn’t for children.’ Another wrote: ‘That scares me, stop doing it to your children.’ Others even called it ‘child abuse’. Do you also find kids' presence at such shows out of line?
An active LGBT-propaganda is absorbing America. These drag events invite visitors of all ages and even teach kids to perform with drags on the scene. Some states try to fight for conservative values or at least to postpone the LGBT community’s presence in the lives of children.
For example, Florida signed a law limiting LGBTQ discussion in schools, labeled by critics as the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law. But the tendency of involving kids into this stuff seems to pale in comparison.
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The latest occurrence happened at one of these parties in California, USA. After receiving a tip, the drag queen decided to perform a provocative dance in front of a child.
Net users have reacted emotionally to the footage, as seen in internet comments: ‘Crazy times! Drag isn’t for children.’ Another wrote: ‘That scares me, stop doing it to your children.’ Others even called it ‘child abuse’. Do you also find kids' presence at such shows out of line?
An active LGBT-propaganda is absorbing America. These drag events invite visitors of all ages and even teach kids to perform with drags on the scene. Some states try to fight for conservative values or at least to postpone the LGBT community’s presence in the lives of children.
For example, Florida signed a law limiting LGBTQ discussion in schools, labeled by critics as the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law. But the tendency of involving kids into this stuff seems to pale in comparison.
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Do you like to dance?
For Percy Sackey, a teacher from Ghana, it's the meaning of life. He dances everywhere: at wakes, football matches and school. Percy thinks it helps him build relationships with his students and helps them learn new information faster. The children agree with the teacher completely. Together they make dance performances. Learn more about the lessons in an African school in our video.
Percy is a subject of the documentary Danceducation. Watch it to find more about the simple village school teacher and his unique teaching method.
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For Percy Sackey, a teacher from Ghana, it's the meaning of life. He dances everywhere: at wakes, football matches and school. Percy thinks it helps him build relationships with his students and helps them learn new information faster. The children agree with the teacher completely. Together they make dance performances. Learn more about the lessons in an African school in our video.
Percy is a subject of the documentary Danceducation. Watch it to find more about the simple village school teacher and his unique teaching method.
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15 years in prison for teaching the Russian language. Teachers working with the Russian program have been arrested in the Kharkiv region.
‘They committed a crime against our state,’ said Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.
In the country, children are taught other things instead. For example, to honour those who used to be considered traitors - collaborators and members of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army*.
During lessons, shell casings used to kill Donbas residents are handed out as souvenirs. There are also children’s camps in Ukraine where nationalists teach. What do they teach there? Find out in an excerpt from the film Fast Forward Fascism.
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‘They committed a crime against our state,’ said Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.
In the country, children are taught other things instead. For example, to honour those who used to be considered traitors - collaborators and members of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army*.
During lessons, shell casings used to kill Donbas residents are handed out as souvenirs. There are also children’s camps in Ukraine where nationalists teach. What do they teach there? Find out in an excerpt from the film Fast Forward Fascism.
*recognised as an extremist organization and banned in Russia
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‘There were a few things that were really surprising: how much blood was there, or you could use the word ‘liquid’, and then how warm it was’. Johannes from Iceland kills whales.
Slaughtering whales is a Faroe Islands tradition. There are so many whales butchered the sea turns red. Watch our video to know why this tradition still exists.
Learn more about this Faroe tradition in the documentary film Red Waters.
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Slaughtering whales is a Faroe Islands tradition. There are so many whales butchered the sea turns red. Watch our video to know why this tradition still exists.
Learn more about this Faroe tradition in the documentary film Red Waters.
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The Invisible Women
In India, widows are believed to bring bad luck. They are thrown out on the street by their own children, so the women are forced to beg for alms.
Having nowhere to go, many of these women set off for the city of Vrindavan, home to many Hindu monasteries that shelter Indian widows. Here, they are helped by volunteers.
‘I saw a woman on the street. She was completely naked and over 80 years old. She told me her sons had thrown her out of her home,’ says Laxmi Gautam, one of few people in India who is partial to the poor women’s fate. She tries to help the widows by providing them with medication and clothing.
On the day of Hindi, see the stories of exiled women and listen to activists in our documentary The Invisible Women.
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In India, widows are believed to bring bad luck. They are thrown out on the street by their own children, so the women are forced to beg for alms.
Having nowhere to go, many of these women set off for the city of Vrindavan, home to many Hindu monasteries that shelter Indian widows. Here, they are helped by volunteers.
‘I saw a woman on the street. She was completely naked and over 80 years old. She told me her sons had thrown her out of her home,’ says Laxmi Gautam, one of few people in India who is partial to the poor women’s fate. She tries to help the widows by providing them with medication and clothing.
On the day of Hindi, see the stories of exiled women and listen to activists in our documentary The Invisible Women.
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In the USA, a 17YO who killed a rapist has now been sentenced and ordered to pay $150,000. Why didn’t the court acquit her?
In June 2020, 15-year-old Pieper Lewis stabbed her abuser, Zachary Brooks, over 30 times. How did she end up in this situation? Lewis was a runaway from her abusive foster mother. The girl was forced to sleep in the hallway of an apartment building in Des Moines. Then she met a 28-year-old man who offered her a place to stay. But he later forcibly trafficked her to other men for sex.
According to Pieper, one of those men was Brooks who raped her multiple times. She finally killed her abuser by stabbing him. But the prosecutor’s office didn’t consider her a victim. According to the investigation, the man was asleep when she attacked him and posed no danger to the girl.
Lewis was initially charged with first-degree murder and could be sentenced up to 10 years in prison. A year later she pleaded guilty and the sentence was commuted. The 17-year-old has now been given five years’ probation under strict supervision. She must also pay $150,000 in compensation to the man’s family.
The practice of human trafficking exists all over the world. In Nigeria, for example, traffickers lure girls with promises of jobs and a bright future. In reality, they end up as sex slaves. Our documentary Voodoo, Money and Sex Slaves is about this.
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In June 2020, 15-year-old Pieper Lewis stabbed her abuser, Zachary Brooks, over 30 times. How did she end up in this situation? Lewis was a runaway from her abusive foster mother. The girl was forced to sleep in the hallway of an apartment building in Des Moines. Then she met a 28-year-old man who offered her a place to stay. But he later forcibly trafficked her to other men for sex.
According to Pieper, one of those men was Brooks who raped her multiple times. She finally killed her abuser by stabbing him. But the prosecutor’s office didn’t consider her a victim. According to the investigation, the man was asleep when she attacked him and posed no danger to the girl.
Lewis was initially charged with first-degree murder and could be sentenced up to 10 years in prison. A year later she pleaded guilty and the sentence was commuted. The 17-year-old has now been given five years’ probation under strict supervision. She must also pay $150,000 in compensation to the man’s family.
The practice of human trafficking exists all over the world. In Nigeria, for example, traffickers lure girls with promises of jobs and a bright future. In reality, they end up as sex slaves. Our documentary Voodoo, Money and Sex Slaves is about this.
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‘What’s gonna happen to the kids and the youth? You can’t go back.’
With these words, Joey, a transgender, pleads for children to stop changing genders. How so, you may ask, since he himself had a sex change? Yes, but now the man seriously regrets his life-altering decision.
Increasingly, children, especially in America and Canada, are taking puberty blockers from a young age as part of their gender transition. Maiza recalls the tragic experience of one teen: ‘I think he started taking puberty blockers at 16 and now he’s 21 - and he’s suicidal’. Joey is sure that some doctors who help with these transitions don't see the problem and the consequences.
Maiza was born a woman and at the age of 27 medically transitioned to male. For 8 years he was on hormone therapy (testosterone). Now at the age of 36 he is in the process of detransitioning.
Joey is far from the only one who regrets his transition. There’re more stories like his in our documentary I Want my Sex Back. Watch it here.
Do you agree with Joey that kids’ transitions is a problem nowadays?
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With these words, Joey, a transgender, pleads for children to stop changing genders. How so, you may ask, since he himself had a sex change? Yes, but now the man seriously regrets his life-altering decision.
Increasingly, children, especially in America and Canada, are taking puberty blockers from a young age as part of their gender transition. Maiza recalls the tragic experience of one teen: ‘I think he started taking puberty blockers at 16 and now he’s 21 - and he’s suicidal’. Joey is sure that some doctors who help with these transitions don't see the problem and the consequences.
Maiza was born a woman and at the age of 27 medically transitioned to male. For 8 years he was on hormone therapy (testosterone). Now at the age of 36 he is in the process of detransitioning.
Joey is far from the only one who regrets his transition. There’re more stories like his in our documentary I Want my Sex Back. Watch it here.
Do you agree with Joey that kids’ transitions is a problem nowadays?
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India celebrates Hindi Day today!
Did you know that 600 million people around the world speak Hindi? Do you? Let us know in the comment section, and do not forget to subscribe to our new Youtube channel with all of our documentaries in Hindi!
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Up to 100 elephants die every day at the hands of poachers in Africa
They are poisoned and shot for their tusks and meat, despite an international ban on the ivory trade. When orphaned by poaching, infant elephants, with no survival skills and still dependent on their mother’s milk, could die in the wild. But some are lucky, they get into the 'Wild is Life' family wildlife sanctuary where they have a chance to survive. Watch How they are nursed in our clip.
Find more about the Zimbabwe wildlife sanctuary in our documentary When an Elephant Smiles. Watch it here.
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They are poisoned and shot for their tusks and meat, despite an international ban on the ivory trade. When orphaned by poaching, infant elephants, with no survival skills and still dependent on their mother’s milk, could die in the wild. But some are lucky, they get into the 'Wild is Life' family wildlife sanctuary where they have a chance to survive. Watch How they are nursed in our clip.
Find more about the Zimbabwe wildlife sanctuary in our documentary When an Elephant Smiles. Watch it here.
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Floods continue to devastate Pakistani cities, killing hundreds
Over the past three months, record floods in Pakistan killed 1,481 people, including nearly 500 children. Rescue operations continue, with troops and volunteers using helicopters and boats to transport locals from flooded areas.
According to the National Disaster Management Agency, 1.7 million families have lost their homes. People are being sent to temporary camps, where tens of thousands of those affected by the natural disaster already live. ‘With 584,246 people in camps throughout the country, a health crisis could wreak havoc,’ warned Sherry Rehman, Pakistan's minister for climate change.
Let’s recall that the rains in Pakistan started in mid-June. The downpours were so powerful that they swept away entire towns and villages. Much of the country’s agricultural belt was under water.
Amid its worst flooding in recent times, Pakistan experts blame climate change. And there is no end in sight for the disaster as meteorologists predict more rain in the coming days.
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Over the past three months, record floods in Pakistan killed 1,481 people, including nearly 500 children. Rescue operations continue, with troops and volunteers using helicopters and boats to transport locals from flooded areas.
According to the National Disaster Management Agency, 1.7 million families have lost their homes. People are being sent to temporary camps, where tens of thousands of those affected by the natural disaster already live. ‘With 584,246 people in camps throughout the country, a health crisis could wreak havoc,’ warned Sherry Rehman, Pakistan's minister for climate change.
Let’s recall that the rains in Pakistan started in mid-June. The downpours were so powerful that they swept away entire towns and villages. Much of the country’s agricultural belt was under water.
Amid its worst flooding in recent times, Pakistan experts blame climate change. And there is no end in sight for the disaster as meteorologists predict more rain in the coming days.
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Balance of Life
In the Dagestani village of Tsovkra, almost every resident is involved in rope walking. They ride a rope on a bicycle, even though it is only eight millimetres wide.
Previously only boys were taught this ancient art, but now girls are being included as well. ‘There are no children now, very few. Not enough boys’, said Ramazan Gadzhiev, director of the Tsovkryn rope-walking school.
There isn’t a single holiday in the republic without rope-walkers. On the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Dagestan watch our documentary Balance of Life about those who practice the unique art.
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In the Dagestani village of Tsovkra, almost every resident is involved in rope walking. They ride a rope on a bicycle, even though it is only eight millimetres wide.
Previously only boys were taught this ancient art, but now girls are being included as well. ‘There are no children now, very few. Not enough boys’, said Ramazan Gadzhiev, director of the Tsovkryn rope-walking school.
There isn’t a single holiday in the republic without rope-walkers. On the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Dagestan watch our documentary Balance of Life about those who practice the unique art.
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On September 15, 1963, four KKK members committed the tragic Birmingham church bombing. Its victims and the aftermath is in the archive photos.
On this tragic day, four young girls were killed and between 14 and 22 other people injured. The church in Birmingham had long been a significant religious center for the city’s Black population and a routine meeting place for civil rights organizers like Martin Luther King Jr. That’s why the place attracted the wrath of the KKK - a hate organization that employed terror in pursuit of its white supremacist agenda. King described the terror act as ‘one of the most vicious and tragic crimes ever perpetrated against humanity.’
Although the FBI had concluded in 1965 that the bombing in Birmingham had been committed by four KKK members, the first received his sentence in 1977, while the others were handed theirs in 2000, 37 years after the crime.
It may be hard to believe but the KKK exists even today. And some of its members don’t even hide. How do they live and act today? Find out in Black Lives: Deadlock, an episode from Black Lives Documentary Series.
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On this tragic day, four young girls were killed and between 14 and 22 other people injured. The church in Birmingham had long been a significant religious center for the city’s Black population and a routine meeting place for civil rights organizers like Martin Luther King Jr. That’s why the place attracted the wrath of the KKK - a hate organization that employed terror in pursuit of its white supremacist agenda. King described the terror act as ‘one of the most vicious and tragic crimes ever perpetrated against humanity.’
Although the FBI had concluded in 1965 that the bombing in Birmingham had been committed by four KKK members, the first received his sentence in 1977, while the others were handed theirs in 2000, 37 years after the crime.
It may be hard to believe but the KKK exists even today. And some of its members don’t even hide. How do they live and act today? Find out in Black Lives: Deadlock, an episode from Black Lives Documentary Series.
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‘They are beating her, torturing her, harassing her,’ says Ravi, from India about how his wife is being treated after she was kidnapped by her own relatives.
Ravi and Uma married without telling their parents. But when Uma’s relatives discovered the truth, they found the couple, kidnapped the girl and beat Ravi. Why did they do it? Because the lovers are of different castes.
Most Indian families arrange marriages for their children within their religion and caste. Only about 5% of marriages are inter-caste. It’s not prohibited by law to marry a person outside your caste, but it can lead to horrible consequences for lovers.
Angry relatives start harassing inter-caste couples, and sometimes it goes as far as murder. But there’re people who help inter-caste couples to fight injustice. They call themselves
Learn more about the difficult path of love for Indians in our clip and the film ‘Love Commandos’.
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Ravi and Uma married without telling their parents. But when Uma’s relatives discovered the truth, they found the couple, kidnapped the girl and beat Ravi. Why did they do it? Because the lovers are of different castes.
Most Indian families arrange marriages for their children within their religion and caste. Only about 5% of marriages are inter-caste. It’s not prohibited by law to marry a person outside your caste, but it can lead to horrible consequences for lovers.
Angry relatives start harassing inter-caste couples, and sometimes it goes as far as murder. But there’re people who help inter-caste couples to fight injustice. They call themselves
Love Commandos. The volunteer organization gives shelter, feeds and literally saves couples from their relatives.Learn more about the difficult path of love for Indians in our clip and the film ‘Love Commandos’.
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