S1.E2 ∙ Casting the Sobiechs

Documentary detailing the hardships of life among Alaskan Eskimos.

Five minutes from the sated center of Tel Aviv, lays a huge, bold, brutal labyrinth. The city's central station has become a compound without rules. No man's land. It's hard to tell who is against whom, who controls whom: The Ghanians against the Eritreans against Sudanese against the locals against anyone black or non Jewish. A mosaic of people trying to survive while trapped in their roles in a dog eat dog world. Through the people, a portrait emerges, the face of this place that is that of the country. A mixture of languages, religions, locals and foreign refugees. A gunpowder barrel that has exploded spreading fear, racism, aggression and violence.

Uranium Drive-In is a haunting story of a hardscrabble community striving for one last chance at survival. The film follows a proposed uranium mill in southwestern Colorado-the first to be built in the U.S. in 30 years-and the emotional debate pitting a population desperate for jobs and financial stability against opposition from an environmental group based in a nearby resort town. The lives of the community members and the role of intervening "outsiders" parallel resource extraction stories from across the globe, where individuals and communities struggle to survive.

Based on the Minor's Strikes that happened under Mrs Thatcher's government. It is a succession of interviews, reconstitution of events and original documents.

A shortage of drinking water caused by droughts is conquering the Planet. The salvation is living in harmony with Nature. The most ancient and the purest lake on the planet Baikal is an example of an ideal model of the world as it shall be. Together with a fresh-water seal, we will go on an exciting journey along the Lake to discover its secrets of life.

"Monsters, Madmen and Machines: 80 Years of Science Fiction" was a retrospective on science fiction and fantasy films from early efforts like George Melies' "A Trip to the Moon" (1902) to George Lucas' "Star Wars" (1977).