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In an audacious investigation, Freightened reveals the mechanics and perils of freight shipment; an all-but-visible industry that holds the key to our economy, our environment and the very model of our civilisation.

Funk Queen Betty Davis changed the landscape for female artists in America. She "was the first..." as former husband Miles Davis said. "Madonna before Madonna, Prince before Prince". An aspiring songwriter from a small steel town, Betty arrived on the 70's scene to break boundaries for women with her daring personality, iconic fashion and outrageous funk music. She befriended Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone, wrote songs for the Chambers Brothers and the Commodores, and married Miles - startlingly turning him from jazz to funk on the album she named "Bitches Brew". She then, despite being banned and boycotted, went on to become the first black woman to perform, write and manage herself. Betty was a feminist pioneer, inspiring and intimidating in a manner like no woman before. Then suddenly - she just vanished. Betty Mabry Davis is a global icon whose mysterious life story has until now, never been told. Creatively blending documentary, animation and nonfiction techniques, this movie traces the path of Betty's life, how she grew from humble upbringings to become a fully self-realized black female pioneer the world failed to understand or appreciate, revealing the mystery of her 35-year disappearance and her battle with mental illness and poverty. After years of trying, the elusive Betty, forever the free-spirited Black Power Goddess, finally allowed the filmmakers to creatively tell her story based on their conversations.

This 10-part mini-series is a sweeping account of the rise of Earth's continents. They are the product of a grand waltz of plate tectonics and the continual evolution of the earth's crust, assembling and separating.

Is sand an infinite resource? Can the existing supply satisfy a gigantic demand fueled by construction booms? What are the consequences of intensive beach sand mining for the environment and the neighboring populations?

The movie briefly covers NSA analyst-turned whistleblower Edward Snowden and his escape from American authorities to Hong Kong and later to Russia, after leaking classified information about global surveillance programs used by the American government to spy on people around the world and other nations activities. The movie also presents the journalists who had an exclusive access to Snowden and also the members of WikiLeaks, who helped him in moments of his escape.

In 2013, the giant Airbus was prosecuted for suspicion of corruption. By revealing the underside of the case, this investigation shows how justice has become one of the instruments of the economic war waged by the United States.

This documentary explores the incredible life of Merian C. Cooper, from his time as a soldier and pilot in three different wars, to his exploits in Hollywood, as a director, producer and cinematic innovator.

An unexpected Eden in the heart of Paris, a peaceful, well-preserved Eldorado and a necropolis surrounded by greenery, Père Lachaise is an internationally renowned cemetery. What's not generally known however, is that it's also a refuge for wildlife, a memorial site where time and nature are king.

A people's struggle to save the animal at the heart of their culture.

This is the story of a young girl who did not want to make a film and who became a myth of the 7th art. It is the story of an intimate and violent secret that shaped his dazzling career. It's the story of Claudia Cardinale.

Why is the Moon now more than ever at the center of geopolitical and economic discussions? Decades after man's first step on the moon in 1969, this satellite of the Earth is now more than ever at the center of new challenges. A point to future missions to Mars, a land of opportunity for a new kind of investor, the promise of new energy sources. The conquest of the moon has already begun. After the Americans and Russians plan to develop the moon, the Chinese, Koreans and Indians, along with companies financed privately by billionaires, also see it as their new Eldorado. The boundaries between geostrategic and economic interests are becoming increasingly fluid.

Field experts and cutting-edge technology are deployed to follow the painted lady butterfly, Eleonora's falcon, Nathusius' pipistrelle bat and blackcap warbler as they undertake mysterious migrations crisscrossing thousands of miles.

At a time when modern societies are increasingly dependent on high-speed Internet and data transmitted by satellite, a new space race is upsetting the global geopolitical balance. 550 kilometers from Earth, American entrepreneur Elon Musk is gradually deploying his Starlink constellation, already comprising over three thousand satellites designed to bring the Internet to the remotest corners of the globe. But as Musk builds up his network, pressure is mounting on governments: will they let a private player corner the market? While Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is also demanding his share of the pie, China and the European Union - with the Iris project, announced for late 2022 - have also entered the race.

Despite its familiarity, the concept of time raises many difficulties whose number grows as we attempt to analyze it. For example, it is very difficult to define the time. However, physicists have managed to make time an operative concept. - What time is? Time is first an indefinable word. - Does time exist? What kind of existence we attribute to him? - How to compare, oppose, objective time and subjective time? - The time he runs evenly? Compared to What does it flows? Has it an original? Will it end? Is it reversible? Is it cyclical or linear? - The arrow of time, second law of thermodynamics, entropy - The relativistic revolution duration are not absolute, the concept of simultaneity between two events loses its meaning. - General relativity, gravitation theory: space-time couples to matter and energy. Problem of the origin of time. - The fact of operating a measurement on a quantum system he introduced irreversibility? - Can the particles back in time?

Follows how in the 19th century, the American paleontologists, in their frantic race to discover the remains of dinosaurs, engage in a merciless struggle.