CGTN AmericaBIG STORY – Unsustainable
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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December 19, 2017
December 5, 2017
BIG STORY – The Battle for Mosul
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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November 28, 2017
BIG STORY – TERROR PART V: Islamic State
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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November 16, 2017
BIG STORY – TERROR PART IV: Boko Haram
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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November 15, 2017
BIG STORY – TERROR PART III: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
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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November 7, 2017
BIG STORY – TERROR PART II: al Shabaab
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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October 30, 2017
BIG STORY – TERROR PART I: Al Qaeda
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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October 26, 2017
BIG STORY – Welcome to Refugeestan
What happens when the temporary feels like a decades-long prison?
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October 20, 2017
BIG STORY – Middle Class Kingdom
A middle class larger than most countries, works with grit and growing pains for glory.
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October 10, 2017
BIG STORY – Forget Me Not
“De Verrekijker” looks like a normal Dutch primary school. However, the boys and girls are children of rejected asylum seekers.
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January 17, 2017
BIG STORY – Reinventing Cuba
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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January 12, 2017
BIG STORY – On Thin Ice
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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January 4, 2017
BIG STORY – Please remember me
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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December 28, 2016
BIG STORY – Following the Afghan National Army fighting in Helmand Province
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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