S1.E11 ∙ The First Christians

Testimonies of Chernobyl based on the book of Svetlana Alexievitch

Following the military intervention of 1980 the number of people who died during interrogation or in prison increased. As a result of the unsanitary conditions and torture in prisons, 299 people died while incarcerated.

All constituent components of Therukkoothu, the folk performing art that exists in Southern India, particularly in North Tamilnadu, has enormous scope to speculate and research. In this documentary, Sugumar Shanmugam, a research scholar of Performing Arts Department, who comes from a Therukkoothu family background, using his experiences and explorations, compares Western Acting Theories and Acting Strategies in Therukkoothu.

A docu-drama that reports on a (fictitious) attack made by terrorist using the disease of small pox to attack the world. Starting in New York the attack is ruthlessly carried out by one man travelling around the city infecting people as he goes. Using hindsight and video diaries the film looks back on the global impact of a silent attack that affected the world.

Abdurrahman, a senior student at the conservatory, grows curious about the meshk (one to one traditional art training) of Mawlid (a hymn on the Prophet Muhammed's Nativity) and starts searching in order to perform this form of music that relies on traditional training.

In the early 2000s, two brothers found tremendous success when their company began selling a device that has been called 'the biggest revolution in law enforcement since the radio.' But as their company grew, they made decisions that would have lasting impact on both the public and their increasingly skeptical customer base.