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Shopping with TJC
The great herds take centre stage, running the gamut of predators and pressures unique to this nomadic way of life. Part 9 of 12.
A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder transformed her frontier childhood into the bestselling “Little House” series. This film presents a candid look at the unlikely author whose autobiographical fiction helped shape American ideas of the frontier and self-reliance.
In 1945, President Nasser’s project to build a lake in Southern Egypt threatened to submerge hundreds of ancient temples, including those of Ramses II and Cleopatra. Thanks to an unprecedented international mobilisation, discover how this exceptional heritage was saved.
Almost 100 years after the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, it’s time to take a fresh look at the story as this film uses 2D and 3D imagery to reconstruct the tomb, the mummy, the funerary objects and the topography of the famous Valley of the Kings.
Five centuries ago, the Age of Exploration and Europe’s imperial colonisation of far-off lands was launched by a revolution in ship design that made long-distance ocean voyages practical. But exactly how this momentous innovation happened eludes historians. Now, the excavation of a rare intact wreck discovered off the coast of Sweden offers vital new clues to a maritime mystery.
The Agent Orange catastrophe did not end with the war in Vietnam. Today, all over the world, a primary component of that toxic herbicide controls weeds in farming, forestry, parks - even on children’s playgrounds. The chemical wreaks havoc on the human genome, causing deformed births and deadly cancers. After decades of struggle and tragic personal losses, two heroic women are leading a worldwide movement to end the plague and hold the manufacturers accountable. In France, Tran To Nga is suing the American chemical industry for poisoning her Vietnamese family. And in America, Carol Van Strum exposes the continuing use of toxic herbicides.
