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1) Lumberjacked
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In Cameroon, the largest exporter of African wood to Asia and Europe, illegal and unregulated logging by foreign companies is posing a real threat to the country's most valuable economic and ecological resource.
2) U.N.Me
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Following the horrors of World War II, there was a strong desire for a better world in which peace would be maintained and human rights respected - the U.N was born. Now, more than 60 years later, the image of the UN has become severely tarnished. Documentary filmmaker Ami Horowitz takes us on a brutal tour of a number of places where the UN has intervened. Through interviews with those involved and archive footage, we uncover facts about abuses and...
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In PAY 2 PLAY, filmmaker John Ennis examines how corporations have taken over our democracy as he follows outsiders using their voice to change the game in American politics. He ventures through high drama on the Ohio campaign trail, uncovers the secret history of America's favorite game, Monopoly, and explores the underworld of Los Angeles street art in a humorous odyssey that reveals how much of a difference one person can make.
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It wasn't a hostile takeover or a run on the bank that destroyed Barings, one of Britain's most solid financial institutions. All it took was Nick Leeson, a 20-something trader operating in Singapore, to burn through more than a billion dollars and bring the company down. Of course, that was in 1995. Today, with increased regulations and super-sophisticated monitoring systems, Leeson's transgressions would never be allowed to happen. Right? Wrong-as...
5) Sweet Poison
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Half a trillion dollars have been spent on international aid in the last 50 years. It's an industry that's unquestionable and supported by the world's biggest celebrities including Bono, Bob Geldof and Angelina Jolie. But recently an increasing number of experts have begun to criticize the giving game. This documentary dissects the aid industry and reveals some difficult home truths about "Aid as Business" in the developing world.
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This film is the long-awaited final episode of a trilogy in search of the winners and losers of the tech revolution on Wall Street. Haim Bodek, aka The Algo Arms Dealer, is a genius algorithm builder who dared to stand up to Wall Street. Could mankind lose control of this increasingly complex system? From the filmmakers of the much-praised Quants: the Alchemists of Wall Street and Money & Speed: Inside the Black Box.
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In this eye-opening documentary, investigative journalist Danny Schechter traces the connection between corporate wrongdoing, the 2007 housing market crash, and the economic catastrophe that followed the crash. From the mysterious collapse of Bear Stearns, an 85-year-old investment firm that went under in a week, to the shadowy world of trillion-dollar hedge funds, Schechter argues that criminal activity on the part of major financial institutions...
8) Collective
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Romanian
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In 2015, a fire at Bucharest's Colectiv club leaves 27 dead and 180 injured. Soon, more burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life-threatening. Then a doctor blows the whistle to a team of investigative journalists. One revelation leads to another as the journalists start to uncover vast health care fraud. When a new health minister is appointed, he offers unprecedented access to his efforts to reform the corrupt system but...
10) Flywheel
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A dishonest used car salesman turns his life around, after he is caught deceiving customers and must return their money.
12) Judex
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Français
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A mysterious kidnapping of a corrupt banker by a shadowy crime fighter (American magician Channing Pollock) spins out into a thrillingly complex web of deceptions. Combining stylish sixties modernisms with silent-cinema touches and even a few unexpected sci-fi accents.
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In season four of this viciously funny take on high-stakes business, failure is not an option. Fresh from a stint in prison, brilliantly manipulative management consultant Marty Kaan is driven to rebuild his faltering firm. Nothing's going to distract him, even if that means booting his extremely pregnant off-and-on partner Jeannie.
15) Flamingo road
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English
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A determined carnival dancer, an aspiring politician and a malevolent manipulator of public figures form the basis of this drama.
16) Dark waters
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Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything, his future, his family, and his own life to expose the truth.
17) Sorcerer
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Four men who, for various reasons, cannot return to their own countries end up in a dismal South American town where an American oil company is seeking out courageous drivers willing to haul nitroglycerin over miles of treacherous terrain. The four men have nothing to lose; and, besides, they'll be paid 10,000 dollars apiece, and be granted legal citizenship, if they survive.
18) Opioids, Inc
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The story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and committing insurance fraud. With the Financial Times, FRONTLINE investigates how Insys Therapeutics profited from a fentanyl-based painkiller 50 times stronger than heroin.
19) Flint
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LeeAnne Walters, Melissa Mays, and Nayyirah Shariff join forces after discovering that the drinking water in their city is contaminated, resulting in a slew of devastating medical problems for their families. When their claims go unheeded, they band together to expose the wrongdoings committed by their government officials, whose carelessness caused irrevocable harm to the lives of the city's residents.
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Ernest goes to camp: Ernest P. Worrell, handyman at Kamp Kikakee, achieves his greatest ambition and becomes a camp counselor--to a gang of juvenile delinquents from the Midstate Boys Detention Center.
Ernest goes to jail: Only a bumbling bank janitor like know-it-all Ernest P. Worrell could serve on a jury and end up serving time in jail in place of the criminal.
Ernest scared stupid: Ernest accidentally unleashes an evil demon from its sacred...