Often forgotten, and rarely punished, the lies of those in power always achieve their goals: THEY CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY
Who are the liars? Heads of state, politicians or military leaders, supported by their hierarchies. They have no qualms about lying to the radio, to television, to millions of people, end even, on oath, to the highest authorities and institutions. They use secret services, military strategy or communications agencies to make their lies more credible. The only motto is: «the bigger the lie, the more it will be believed!»
In affairs of state, all and every means can be used to certify or conceal an operation. Lies are not just a matter of words, or of silence. They entail practical acts as well as technical support. Whole teams are sometimes necessary to construct believable illusions. In the service of a nation, lying just means reinventing the world.
From 1978 to 1985 Alan Lomax traveled the American South and Southwest with a television crew to document regional folklore with deep historical roots. From the resulting 400 hours of footage came the five-program series American Patchwork, which aired on PBS in 1991.
"Mysterious Places with Stacy Keach" is a documentary series that explores the world's most intriguing lost cities, bizarre formations, and sacred sites. The series, hosted by Stacy Keach, investigates locations like the Mayan Yucatan, Loch Ness, and Tombstone, delving into legends surrounding King Arthur and more. It features original footage filmed on location throughout the world.
During the Safavid era, Mahyar, a brave and skilled bandit, is trapped because of his robberies. Before the execution, he only wants to meet his mother one last time. Chivalry saves Mahyar's life through his intervention and this event changes his life. Under the influence of the world of great kindness, Mahyar changes his life path and steps into Ayari. By helping the oppressed and fighting the oppressors, he becomes a symbol of chivalry and courage.
A teacher at the Internationella Engelska Skolan (International English School) in Karlstad took photos and videos of students for six years. He later turned those images into child pornography he distributed online.
This documentary will focus on the diversity of Hong Kong's food culture from multiple perspectives such as natural geography, historical accumulation, and cultural integration, present the vibrant flavor of Hong Kong's natural and humanistic features, and use food culture as a starting point to tell the story of Hong Kong's development in the new era.
Christianity slowly emerged from being a persecuted minority to the state religion of the Roman Empire. This episode is a history of the ways believers grappled with a way to depict Jesus. Simple symbolic meaning developed into splendid art and churches.
Groundbreaking series in which Michael Wood tells the story of one place throughout the whole of English history. The village is Kibworth in Leicestershire in the heart of England - a place that lived through the Black Death, the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution and was even bombed in World War Two.
John Safran vs God is an eight-part television documentary series by John Safran which was broadcast on SBS TV of Australia in 2004. It has been described in a media release as "John Safran's most audacious project yet". It had a much more serious tone than Safran's previous work Music Jamboree. The show was released by Ghost of Your Ex-Boyfriend Productions and SBS Independent, was co-written with Mark O'Toole, directed by Craig Melville, and produced by Selin Yaman. The series won the 2005 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Comedy Series.
The show's opening theme is Hate Priest by the band Mozart on Crack. The opening sequence features John in a black suit breaking out of a patch of black scorched earth with his bare hands during a thunderstorm. The words "when the thousand years are over Satan will be released from his prison" are spoken in a low pseudo-ominous voice.
French King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685, a document that had protected the rights of French protestants for almost one hundred years. The decision led to a mass exodus of French Protestants with many going to Prussia.