Though your phone may have been designed in California, your car in Germany and your camera in Japan, their components originate from all corners of the globe.
Globalization has changed how our products are manufactured, making the globe an international cooperative factory.
Made in Different Places takes a close look at how multinational the products we use have become and how this process has changed how the world conducts business.
‘Up North’ takes viewers to Norway, Russia and France to see how wildfires, lack of snow and melting ice are impacting daily life as temperatures continue to climb.
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‘Infection: COVID-19 In Latin America’ examines and Brazil and Mexico to get a firsthand look at how Latin America’s two largest economies are dealing with the Coronavirus through interviews with doctors, residents and community workers vying to contain its spread.
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‘I Can’t Breathe: Racism in the U.S.’ takes viewers to the front lines of the protests in the nation’s capital, Minneapolis and New York, to hear the message of the frustrated masses while examining the history of racial inequality in the U.S.
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‘State of Emergency: 24 Hours in New York’ puts viewers in the shoes of paramedics, doctors, bankers and restaurateurs to depict life in America’s most populous and economically critical city.
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A look inside the lives of those fighting, and at risk from, the public health emergency threatening the entire planet; COVID-19.
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On the eve of the 2020 Chinese New Year a mysterious new illness was discovered in Wuhan China. Now known as COVID-19, the illness quickly infected thousands causing the unprecedented lockdown of millions within the city and its surrounding areas.
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The New Germans takes an in-depth look at the efforts to integrate and welcome the country’s newest residents as well as the growing political movement to prevent further immigration.
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Separating the United States from Mexico is a border spanning nearly 2000 miles. Much it is covered by vast swaths of deserts; making entry difficult even where no man-made barriers stand. Deserted explores the peril of this crossing, and the work done by humanitarians to prevent deaths.
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The Red Line takes an in-depth look into the violence, poverty and discrimination dividing St. Louis and examines what some locals are doing to improve the situation in the city.
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Iraq: War Continued tells the story of a country, a conflict, and the upending of global order, from the perspective of those who fought in the war, those who covered the war, and those who became its victims.
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China’s AI Revolution takes a look at how artificial intelligence is being used to streamline shopping, secure sprawling cities, manage traffic, and even assist in diagnosing cancer.
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Black Cloud tells the tale of those who cannot imagine life without coal even though its mining places their lives in direct danger.
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Into Europe looks at how China is refurbishing existing infrastructure, and building cutting edge projects to further connect the Eurasian landmass.
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Iraq: War Continued tells the story of a country, a conflict, and the upending of global order, from the perspective of those who fought in the war, those who covered the war, and those who became its victims.
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Shot across the continent, Poor Europe investigates why poverty is still present in Europe, and searches for solutions to this pressing dilemma.
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A continent being pushed to the brink, as it struggles to balance its response to the worldwide refugee crisis that’s arrived on its shores.
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It’s one of the biggest threats we’ve ever faced: trillions of pieces of plastic choking the very lifeblood of our earth, and every marine animal – from the smallest plankton to the largest mammals – being affected.
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From Executive Producer Oliver Stone, an exploration of the intersection between media, government and the truth.
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The Lost Children of Tunisia is a harrowing portrait of the devastating effects terrorism has had on Tunisia. It introduces viewers to families whose lives have been forever-altered by sons who have – sometimes secretly – left to join ISIL.
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With eight percent of the drugs that come into the United States passing through its borders, the mark left on Honduras is dark, and plagued with destruction.
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A public health emergency that claims over 130 lives every day in the U.S. With millions misusing prescription opioids, and hundreds of thousands turning to heroin, “Overdose” goes to the heart of a crisis that is grappling an entire nation.
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Following the migrant crisis, Another News Story takes a poignant, up-close look at the challenges of balancing objectivity and humanity in a packed and fast-moving news cycle.
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Sand is not an infinite resource, and the planet’s gigantic demand for it is threatening its very existence. “Sand Wars” investigates this modern day “gold rush,” one that poses a real danger to humans, and the environment, in every corner of the globe.
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With a goal to fully eliminate poverty by 2020, China’s rural and underserved population is being given an unprecedented opportunity for upward social mobility. Yet the challenges are enormous, for the masses and individuals alike.
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The story of three families exploring the dangers -and desires – of finally going home. The difficult journey residents of Fukushima still have to take.
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It’s of the world’s most dynamic countries, a vast subcontinent with a rich millennial history. This is the story of India, a land of vast contradictions, where women struggle to survive and thrive.
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On June 23, 2018, twelve young soccer players and their coach set off to explore a cave in northern Thailand, becoming trapped 4KM deep inside it. This is the story of how a massive effort became an even bigger miracle.
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In 2015, 20,000 negotiators, representing 195 nations, descended upon Paris for a tension-filled, high-stakes 11 days, in the name of reaching an accord. Guardians of the Earth tells the story of how it was done.
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Forty years ago, China opened its economy to the world, and also stepped out into it, creating extraordinary change both inside China, and beyond it.
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Peter Frankopan explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology. Mirroring behaviors seen across Asia for millennia, this shift gives way to a new paradigm of power.
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This is an investigation into how old electronics, discarded in some of the world’s richest countries, end up unrecycled. It’s the story of the trail of pollution – and corruption – that is left when trash is illicit, and business is dirty.
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Without a NATO soldier in sight and no narrative but their own, this is story of the war in Afghanistan, told through the eyes of the Afghans who live inside it.
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On January 1, 1979, China and the United States re-established full diplomatic relations. A few weeks later, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping made an official visit to the United States, a trip that would go down in the history books.
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Gerry Hadden goes into the heart of South America to meet the people affected by a unique paradigm: fighting scarcity in lands of tremendous abundance.
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Mosul is the second largest city in Iraq. In 2014, it was seized by Islamic State, becoming de-facto capital of the terror group. French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy embedded with troops from all sides to witness the last days of the battle to liberate this important city.
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On Big Story, VICE founder Suroosh Alvi traces the Islamic State’s origins back to a U.S. prison camp, and shows how the group’s rise has left a trail of unparalleled brutality. He meets with U.S. government officials, Iraqi military, and victims who have narrowly escaped the group’s beheadings or mass executions.
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On Big Story, VICE founder Suroosh Alvi travels to Pakistan – where he spent many summers growing up – to trace the roots of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. As Pakistan’s umbrella organization for the Taliban, the group has engaged in ruthless terror campaigns that have killed tens of thousands in Karachi and beyond.
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On Big Story, VICE founder Suroosh Alvi travels to Pakistan – where he spent many summers growing up – to trace the roots of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. As Pakistan’s umbrella organization for the Taliban, the group has engaged in ruthless terror campaigns that have killed tens of thousands in Karachi and beyond.
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On Big Story, VICE founder Suroosh Alvi travels to eastern Africa, where he documents the spread of al Shabaab and its relentless reign of terror, made notorious by its large-scale attacks in Somalia, Kenya and beyond.
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On Big Story, VICE founder Suroosh Alvi risks his life to meet with al Qaeda members, government officials, civilians and victims to investigate the organization’s origins, impact and plans for the future.
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What happens when the temporary feels like a decades-long prison?
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A middle class larger than most countries, works with grit and growing pains for glory.
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“De Verrekijker” looks like a normal Dutch primary school. However, the boys and girls are children of rejected asylum seekers.
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CGTN’s Gerry Hadden, a long time Cuba watcher takes viewers on a personal journey. Hadden portrays vibrant, hopeful, and resourceful characters facing enormous challenges in today’s Cuba.
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Reporter Sean Callebs and photographer Andrew Smith spent three months in the Arctic, documenting the changes in the region for the original documentary: “On Thin Ice: The People of the North”.
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Among China’s increasingly ageing population, there are more than nine million Alzheimer’s patients; the largest number in any country.
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The documentary “Tell Spring Not to Come This Year” is a gripping, observational film following one unit of the Afghan National Army over the course of its first year of fighting in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
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