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Pharmaceutical companies have an important role in providing us with the medication we need. But if one looks closely, it becomes obvious that this industry sells fewer drugs than…diseases, since the best way to multiply their earnings is to continuously invent new diseases, make us all feel that we...

French artist Daniel Buren is the creator of hundreds of installations that have marked the landscape of contemporary art. He has now conceived a unique work to occupy, for an entire month’s time, the central empty space of the Guggenheim Museum. But no matter how spectacular it may be, this work – ...

The link between coronary accidents and cholesterol in the blood is a mainstream medical dogma that has been going on for the last 50 years. It has led to the development of a billion dollars “low-fat” food industry; and the prescription of statins the most sold medicine in the world. Yet, more and ...

This documentary directed by Monet's great-grandson, relates Claude Monet’s life and work in Giverny, based on unpublished letters and private photos. From 1883 to his death in 1926, Claude Monet lived in this house, far from the hustle and bustle of Paris. There he took his painting to new heights,...

After being evicted from their housing, the Kamalanathan family, who arrived from Sri Lanka nearly 30 years ago, moved into the cramped backroom of their grocer’s shop. This film, filled with tenderness and audacity, and peppered by Bollywood-style musical interludes sung by the protagonists, also i...

In 2021 we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin. Diabetes is the disease of the century, a disease that will affect one in 10 adults by 2040. Yet it is still not being treated properly. With big laboratories selling costly treatments the efficacy of which is sometimes question...

“Eco Warriors” is an in-depth look at the underground world of radical environmentalists who will go to any lengths to advance their cause. For the authorities eco warriors are not simply idealists but terrorists, and many nations have taken increasingly repressive action over the past several year...

1938, facing an incredible outburst of antisemitism and in the light of the tragedy experienced by the masses of all those persecuted by the Nazi regime, 32 nations met in Evian-Les-Bains for an international conference on refugees. This conference raised a question that until then had been off-limi...

The first cinematic depiction of the life of Jesus, FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS, is the only movie ever shot in the places described by the New Testament. The film itself, the 4th full length feature in the history of cinema, was shown almost a century ago and was a commercial success. Nevertheless...

Are backpackers destroying the planet—or saving it? How do travelers change the remote places they visit, and how are they changed? From the Bolivian jungle to the party beaches of Thailand, and from the deserts of Timbuktu, Mali to the breathtaking beauty of Bhutan, GRINGO TRAILS traces stories ove...