In ihrem Dokumentarfilm-Debüt wollen die Produzentin und Sprecherin Katie Couric, Laurie David (EINE UNBEQUEME WAHRHEIT), Regina Scully und die Regisseurin Stephanie Soechtig herausfinden, warum trotz der Medienwarnungen und der Regierungspolitik gegen die Fettleibigkeit Generationen von Kindern heutzutage eine kürzere Lebenserwartung als ihre Eltern haben. FED UP entlarvt die kleinen schmutzigen Geheimnisse Ihrer Lieblingsmarken und Restaurants, die Sie nicht wissen sollen. Fast kein Verbraucher ist sich darüber bewusst, dass 80% der 600.000 Produkte im Supermarkt Zuckerzusätze enthalten. In FED UP werden Familien begleitet, deren Kinder die Fettleibigkeit am schlimmsten betrifft. Ohne jegliches Wissen geben diese Eltern ihren Kindern Essen das Unmengen an Zucker enthält. In fesselnden Interviews mit den landesweit führenden Experten, enthüllt FED UP den jahrzehntelangen Betrug und die Täuschung der Verbraucher, die von Fast Food Ketten und der US Regierung unterstützt werden.
In dieser bewegenden Doku begibt sich eine 28-jährige Studentin selbst vor die Kamera, um ihren Kampf mit CFS – chronischem Erschöpfungssyndrom – zu beobachten.
Im Hafen von New Orleans wird nachts ein illegaler Einwanderer von Gangster Blackie umgebracht. Bei der Autopsie des Leichnams stellt sich heraus, dass der Mann Lungenpest hatte. Wenn seine Mörder nicht schnellstens gefasst werden, droht eine Seuchenkatastrophe. Dr. Reed vom Gesundheitsdienst des Hafens und Polizeichef Tom Warren haben 48 Stunden Zeit, um die Gangster zu stellen...
In an era of throw-away ease, convenience has cost us our well-being. Plastics have been found inside our bodies— in our colons, our brains, and even in mothers’ developing wombs. Scientists around the country are sounding the alarm, but without public buy-in, there is little that can be done. How much evidence do we need before we decide to take action?
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen is a 2009 television drama. It deals with Dr James Niven's attempts to deal with the 1918 flu pandemic in Manchester. Its screenplay was written by Peter Harness and it starred Bill Paterson as Niven, along with Mark Gatiss, Kenneth Cranham and Charlotte Riley. It was first broadcast on BBC Four on 5 August 2009.
Letter Beyond the Walls reconstructs the trajectory of HIV and AIDS with a focus on Brazil, through interviews with doctors, activists, patients and other actors, in addition to extensive archival material. From the initial panic to awareness campaigns, passing through the stigma imposed on people living with HIV, the documentary shows how society faced this epidemic in its deadliest phase over more than two decades. With this historical approach as its base, the film looks at the way HIV is viewed in today's society, revealing a picture of persistent misinformation and prejudice, which especially affects Brazil’s most historically vulnerable populations.
End of a trilogy started with Hold up and continued with Hold On, Hold out questions the official narrative about the COVID-19 pandemic.
This "Theater of Life" series short focuses on a medical services ship that stops in the native village of Haines, Alaska. The natives are depicted as superstitious of modern medicine. In the end, however, youngster Ralph Sarlan (the only person identified by the narrator) is taken by airplane to get corrective surgery on his deformed foot.
Inside the dramatic search for a cure to ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). 17 million people around the world suffer from what ME/CFS has been known as a mystery illness, delegated to the psychological realm, until now. A scientist in the only neuro immune institute in the world may have come up with the answer. An important human drama, plays out on the quest for the truth.
DIS-EASE is a feature-length documentary about how we imagine disease, and how that affects what we do when we encounter illness, outbreaks, doctors, treatments, and disability in real life. It dives deep into the weird, wild archives of medical imaging, public health messaging, and pop-culture outbreak narratives to understand how ideas have moved between science, science fiction, and political ideology over the past century. (Yes, this is a film that covers both antibiotic resistance and the persistence of zombie apocalypse films.) Ultimately, DIS-EASE is a provocation to re-think how we define both the "public" and "health" in public health - who is included, what counts as care, and what it means to be sick or well in a world perpetually on the brink of collapse. NOTE: color still temp in second half of film, temp credits, still finalizing sound mix.
Little Johnny Jones, to be born in the next year, is shown growing to a ripe, healthy old age, thanks to the efforts of his local public health officers. But without them, he might be one of the 5% or so that dies in the first year. The price for the public health service: about 3 cents a week.
FAT: A Documentary 2 is the sequel to the international sensation that delves deeper into the lies and myths surrounding the age old question: "What should I be eating?"
John Pilger unearths the hidden agenda behind the NHS crisis.
Beijing, China, 2020. Empty streets, mandatory masks, checkpoints, the entire state apparatus used to impose severe restrictions on population movements. An entire country quarantined to fight a fierce epidemic…
A husband sneezes inconsiderately all over the place, until his wife has had enough and leaves him.
Behind the scenes of news coverage during the pandemic. Follow the work of the professional press in a fight against denialism.
In the 1950s, a devastating fog descended on London and enveloped the capital for several days, leaving Londoners lost in their own streets in one of the UK's biggest peacetime catastrophes.
This French-Canadian co-production goes behind the scenes of the huge tobacco industry, whose economic power has been expanding for five decades at the expense of public health. A gripping investigation covering three continents, Nadia Collot's film exposes the vast conspiracy of a criminally negligent industry that conquers new markets through corruption and manipulation. To confront the tobacco cartel, anti-smoking groups are organizing and scoring points, but the fight remains fierce. With ist diverse viewpoints, shocking interviews and riveting images, The Tobacco Conspiracy deftly defines the issues in a complex situation where private interests and the public good collide. Enlightening and engrossing, this documentary is a hard-hitting critique of an industry gone mad.
One of America's best-known and most respected doctors offers a sensible approach to eating: He emphasizes enjoyment over deprivation, and long-term health benefits over short-term weight loss. Dr. Weil assures us that there is no confusion among nutrition experts about the optimal diet for health, body weight, and longevity. Understanding inflammation to be the root cause of many chronic illnesses, he gives science-based recommendations to help combat specific health concerns, all as part of an anti-inflammatory diet. On the subject of dietary supplements, he talks about what's perilous and what can help.