S17.E5 ∙ Episode #17.5

A film about the changing faces of people and places.

Can we recover confidence someday?

Over the hills and far away, in the middle of the Russian steppe, you will find Chess City. It was built by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the first and only President of the Republic of Kalmykia, one of the smallest and poorest republics in the Russian Federation. In Kalmykia, there also lives a boy called Alekhan, who dreams of becoming the World Chess Champion. And his younger brother Amir, who shares the same dream.The road to make their dreams come true passes through the Chess Competition in Chess City.

The fate of a market woman who is mentally and physically abused by her husband for years until she can begin a new life in freedom with her son in a women's shelter.

Discussion about journalism today in Brazil, inspired by the play "The Staple of News" (by Ben Jonson, published in 1631)

High school Chemistry teacher, Josh Mc Kensie had a reputation for being one of the best teachers in his state. That was until he gave a student a non-passing grade. The student then alleged that the reason was due to her not accepting the teacher's sexual advances. Josh Mc Kensie, although innocent, and the student's lie later recanted, however, had been placed into a massive psycho-physical nonconsensual high tech, mind invasive, covert verbal harassment, technology testing operation shattering and destroying his life covertly and reported by untold numbers of very real victim's within the United States and globally today.