S8.E29 ∙ Smoke in Your Eyes

Exploring the man, the myth, and the methodology. Examining the person, the player, the profile, and the professional.

As the muse of Hal Hartley's indie classics and as writer/director of the critically acclaimed Waitress, Adrienne Shelly was a shining star in the indie film firmament.

Kickback is the decades-long crusade of one eccentric investigative journalist, Andrew Jennings, to expose corruption inside football's sole governing body and the largest sports organization in the world, FIFA.

This feature length investigation by Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit exposes Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip through the medium of photos and videos posted online by Israeli soldiers themselves during the year long conflict. The I-Unit has built up a database of thousands of videos, photos and social media posts. Where possible it has identified the posters and those who appear. The material reveals a range of illegal activities, from wanton destruction and looting to the demolition of entire neighbourhoods and murder. The film also tells the story of the war through the eyes of Palestinian journalists, human rights workers and ordinary residents of the Gaza Strip. And it exposes the complicity of Western governments - in particular the use of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus as a base for British surveillance flights over Gaza.

Follows Ruby Franke, a former YouTube mom blogger with millions of followers who was sentenced to prison for child abuse.

Follows the life of Northern Irish investigative journalist Lyra McKee by telling her story through her own work and words.