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Focusing on hunters and hunting, the brutal ending of a life, an act which sustains another’s. The hunt is by far the most dramatic event on the plains of the Serengeti. Part 3 of 12.
For many years, Mohamedou Slahi was considered one of the most dangerous terrorists in the world. For 14 years, he was incarcerated in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay and was tortured under the brutal "special interrogation" procedure. Today, Slahi is a free man, exonerated by two US courts. After two years of intensive research, the filmmakers have been able to identify his tormentors. Some members of the torture team still believe he is guilty. Others see their former victim in a different way. Did the months and years of terrible abuse and torture create a special relationship between perpetrator and victim? The investigative documentary accompanies perpetrator and victim on their quest for forgiveness.
A powerful Syrian militant, called a terrorist by the US, seeks a new relationship with the West. In his first interview with a Western reporter, former al Qaeda commander Abu Mohammed al-Jolani says his fight is with Assad, not the US.
When Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan stepped on the Moon in December 1972 he left his footprints and his daughter’s initials in the lunar dust. Only now, over forty years later, is he ready to share his epic but deeply personal story of fulfillment, love and loss. Cernan’s burning ambition carried him from a quiet Chicago suburb to the spectacular and hazardous environment of space, and ultimately, to the Moon. Five years in the making, The Last Man on the Moon unveils a wealth of rare archive material, and takes Cernan back to the launch pads of Cape Kennedy, to Arlington National Cemetery and to his Texas ranch, where he finds respite from a past that refuses to let him go.
Discover defensive strategies that include the most powerful instinct, a mother’s love - the protection of the next generation. It is the act of self-sacrifice or risk of harm that typifies a mother’s defence of her offspring. Part 3 of 12.
The story of Ireland’s struggle for independence during the early decades of the 20th Century is brought vividly to life, with photographs and footage from the period shown not in black-and-white but in colour. Written by distinguished historian Professor Eunan O’Halpin, the first part of this two-part documentary examines the years leading up to the British general election of 1918. The gradual radicalisation of Nationalists and Unionists saw the island’s political landscape forever transformed. The old political order would be gradually overturned and its people divided, with devastating consequences. Part 1 of 2.
The story of Ireland’s struggle for independence during the early decades of the 20th Century is brought vividly to life, with photographs and footage from the period shown not in black-and-white but in colour. Written by distinguished historian Professor Eunan O’Halpin, the second part of this two-part documentary examines the years after the Great War up to the end of the Civil War in 1923. Part 2 of 2.