Small Planet Films (Asia) © Life Copyright India is known as the global medicine production factory. It has a thriving pharmaceutical industry that produces quality medicine at affordable prices. These are the so called generics, copies of the original drugs produced by […] 0 In the Footsteps of the Argonauts Trabzon (Trapezounta), “the fairest city of all”, as Patriarch John the VIII of Constantinople called it in the 11th century, was the Greek capital of the East for over two millennia. It has been a […] 0 When the World Sinks Scientists consider Bangladesh to be the point zero of climate change. As the ice melts, the sea level is rising and this South Asian coastal country is sinking. It is estimated that, by the year […] 0 Gaza we are Coming August 2008, two small Greek fishing boats broke the naval siege, illegally laid by the state of Israel on Gaza, for the first time after 41 years. “Gaza We Are Coming” records the historic and […] 0 Dying in Abundance “Control oil and you control nations. Control food and you control the people!” Henry Kissinger, 1974 A handful of multinational companies have managed to control the “heart” of the food we put on our table […] 0 Digital Cemeteries Computer parts contain toxic and carcinogenic materials. When our favourite pc stops working, it turns into a dangerous electronic waste which must be recycled following rigid specifications. However, instead of managing their own electronic waste, […] 0 Shiva’s Flesh The act or practice of feeding on dead bodies (necrophagia) is beyond comprehension in the western world. But in other cultures ritual cannibalism is a fact. This astonishing documentary filmed in India provides a very […] 0 Taliban II, the Revival The “revival of the Taliban” is a fact. And Pakistan is the new centre of developments in Central Asia, for it is from its grounds that the new waves of fighters with the black turbans, […] 0 Saudi Arabia – Under the Veil The hub of the Islamic world, the largest oil-producing country in the world, homeland of Osama Bin Laden, is balanced precariously between the “modern, Western way of life” and tradition. Over-conservative clerics are asking for […] 0
