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Putin 2012: Tsar or Reformer?
Russian society has known heartache forever: first there were the Tsars: mighty kings who made the common folk toil on the land for peanuts. Then, Lenin and Trotsky brought about the age of the Communist Revolution and a movement that was supposed to give the power back to the everyman. Instead, we got 75 years [...]
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Syria Undercover
Reporter Ramita Navai goes undercover for a rare look at the uprising from inside Syria. This documentary also shows a profile of the dictator who has managed to hold on longer than any amidst the Arab unrest—President Bashar al-Assad.
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The Revolution That Wasn’t
Russia, 2007. Exactly a year before the next presidential elections. The opposition is set to act decisively and take power. Anatoly and Andrei are veteran revolutionaries. Since 1997, they have been members of a banned political organization. This film follows them over the course of one year, through the presidential elections.
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Syria: Inside the Secret Revolution
Panorama tells the full story of those struggling against Syria’s President Assad.
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Cocalero
Born out of the U.S. war on drugs, an Aymara Indian named Evo Morales — backed by a troop of coca leaf farmers — travels through the Andes and Amazon in jeans and sneakers, leading a historic bid to become Bolivia’s first Indigenous president.
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The Arab Awakening
As Revolution shakes the Arab world, a series of films explore the roots of the uprisings and ask ‘what next’?
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
In April 2002, an Irish film crew is making a documentary about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, when a coup from the opposition is made.
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A Place Called Chiapas
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is an armed revolutionary group based in Chiapas, the southernmost, and one of the poorest, states of Mexico. Since 1994, they have been in a declared war “against the Mexican state,” though this war has been primarily nonviolent and defensive against military, paramilitary, and corporate incursions on their territory.
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Egypt: A Nation in Waiting
Al Jazeera travels to Egypt and meets journalists, politicians from the government, the opposition and ordinary Egyptians. By tracing the major events of Mubarak’s years in power, this documentary explores why Egypt remains A Nation in Waiting.
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The Coconut Revolution
Bougainville, with a populations of only 160,000 has managed to close and keep closed one of the biggest mines in the world. They have held their ground for a decade with antique weapons and homemade guns. These people have taken on the biggest mining company in the world and won.
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Undercover in Tibet
As Tibetan protesters take to the streets in the biggest and most bloody challenge to Chinese rule in nearly 20 years, this documentary reports on the hidden reality of life under Chinese occupation after spending three months undercover, deep inside the region.
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