The Yes Men Fix The World (2009)

The Yes Men are an activist collective that operates under the guise of representing spokesmen of big corporations at business congresses, college lectures, press conferences and TV interviews. By announcing policies that diverge wildly from the corporation's, they use the media attention and expectations to leverage actual change in policy.

A Place Called Chiapas (1998)

This documentary chronicles the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional's (EZLN or Zapatista) efforts of indigenous resistance in the remote Chiapas region in Mexico. Under the spell of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the rural population is continuously being exploited, dispossessed and displaced. Today, the Zapatista movement still inspires the empowering of indigenous populations world wide and calls for the protection of their means of subsistence.

Russisch Roulette

"Moskaus Jugend zwischen Leben und Tod" ist der Untertitel dieser N24-Reportage. Ein Kamerateam begleitet eine Gruppe russischer Jugendlicher, die mit waghalsigen Stunts den urbanen Raum für einen Adrenalin-geladenen alternativen Lifestyle zurückerobern. Interessant ist auch, welche Rolle die digitalen Medien dabei spielen.

Ethos (2011)

Ethos was released in 2011. Woody Harrelson hosts this informative documentary, presenting a comprehensive analysis of the most fundamental elements that amount to the current global system. Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn, among others, draw the big picture with respect to topics like the threat to democracy via suspension of civil rights in the US, social inequality and poverty, 21st century proxy-warfare, environmental destruction. Interestingly, the movie concludes with an appeal to the viewers, urging them to turn around the system, not by revolution, but by educated consumerism.

Tapped - The Movie

Tapped is a film that examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil.



If you reside in the US, you can watch the full movie on http://www.hulu.com/watch/192680/tapped.

Tapped

Tapped presents the making of a plastic bottle and all the oil that is involved in the process.

The Ascent of Money

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harvard historian Niall Ferguson for a discussion of his new book, "The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World." Drawing on insights from the biological sciences, Ferguson describes the rise and evolution of finance focusing on insurance, banks, and the bond market. Using the examples of housing and the U.S. China economic relationship, Ferguson demonstrates the way history can inform our understanding of the current financial crisis. He also reflects on the implications of the financial crisis for American global hegemony.