Independent America: Rising From Ruins

INDEPENDENT AMERICA: RISING FROM RUINS reveals how Americans need local businesses to help their communities thrive and survive through hard times, now more than ever. This gripping documentary follows former NBC correspondent Hanson Hosein to New Orleans, where he investigates the heartbreaking story of post-Hurricane Katrina. Once a city known for its vibrant, independent retail businesses, only a third of businesses have reopened post-disaster, less than half in poorer neighborhoods. Given this unequal playing field between corporate chain and independent retail, will the Mom & Pop shops be strong enough to help revive those areas and restore New Orleans’ proud independence?

China Circus

Meet the young recruits of China’s Wuqiao School of Acrobatic Arts. Pushing themselves to extremes for that perfect performance and dreaming of making it as professional elite acrobats.

After The Wildfires

Fire is a force that has shaped the nature of Australia. However, as this bushfire season has made brutally clear, climate change is increasing the scale and intensity of bushfires. This documentary charts the recovery of wildlife in the aftermath of Australia’s recent catastrophic bushfires through stories of hope, human intervention and resilience. It provides an urgent message to safeguard our environment and bring about the necessary intervention required to maintain biodiversity on our planet, before it is too late. Awards: Best Conservation Film - 2021 Jackson Hole Media Awards

Trading Places

TRADING PLACES is an unscripted format that brings together people from contrasting social groups and asks them to live inside each other’s worlds. In each episode, three members of a contemporary “tribe” spend a full week immersed in the daily life, routines, and rules of a community whose values and way of living are very different from their own. Filmed around the clock, the series observes what happens when preconceptions are confronted, differences become apparent, and new relationships emerge, revealing whether the experience leads to conflict, understanding, or lasting change for both guests and hosts. FORMAT AVAILABLE

Young Gifted And Broke

Music prodigy Shane Thomas was a child star until his career suddenly ended. Now in his teens, he is being given one last chance to make it big – but first he must deal with a complicated family history and his frustrating manager father. Filmed over 18 months, this heartfelt documentary tells the story of a 17 year old trying to overcome financial and social barriers and a dark family secret to achieve his dreams and secure the recording contract he deserves.

My Home and Native Land

MY HOME AND NATIVE LAND explores the life journeys of people who abandoned their native countries in order to forge a better future. With stories as varied as the reasons for emigrating, this series is sure to open your mind and touch your heart. Escaping from communism or tyranny, people come to Canada for family, for job opportunity, for the chance at a better life. This is a Canada that we have never seen before, examined through eyes that have witnessed more than their share of human gore and glory. Exposed for all the world to see, this is MY HOME AND NATIVE LAND.

The Lion Cub From Harrods

This documentary tells the extraordinary story of Christian the Lion who was bought as a cub by John Rendall and Ace Bourke, from the Harrods ‘Exotic Animals Department’ Christian the lion then found himself swept up into the heart of hip London society at the height of the ‘swinging sixties’. The film features exclusive photographs, and never-before-seen footage of the last reunion between John, Ace and Christian which has come from their personal archive.

Prison

PRISON tells the human story on both sides of the cell door: staff and prisoners, and the real issues facing them all. The first season of this docu-series features exclusive access to the male English prison HMP Durham. The second instalment shifts its focus to female offenders with exclusive access to HMP Foston Hall, a women’s prison in the UK. Season 1: Winner of 2019: Best Documentary Series, Broadcast Award and Best Documentary Series, Royal Television Society Award. Nominated for 2019 BAFTA Award for Best Factual Series

Raising Cassidy

RAISING CASSIDY is a dramatic and heroic story of a mother's battle with addiction. This documentary follows Cheryl, a stripper, while she fights to regain custody of her daughter, Cassidy. An inspirational and provocative story; it is a defining example of the struggle to break cycles of abuse and poverty.

Casey Anthony: Where The Truth Lies

Casey Anthony offers a new perspective on the untimely death of her daughter Caylee Anthony. A decade after being acquitted of murdering her daughter in a court decision that enraged millions and earned her the moniker "America's Most Hated Mom," Casey Anthony is ready to tell her story in her own words. Through a close examination of her version of events, exclusive interviews with people deeply involved in the case, including the officers who initially charged Casey, and unprecedented access to Casey herself, Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies offers a jaw-dropping new perspective on the untimely death of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony.