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Int'l PoliticsHow the one-child policy created a Chinese underclass of 13 million people with no rights (15:12)(2017)

58 points 6 comments submitted 8 days ago by Quouar to /r/Documentaries

https://aeon.co/videos/how-the-one-child-policy-created-a-chinese-underclass-of-13-million-people-with-no-rights

Int'l PoliticsPutin's Way (2015) - Fronline and the CBC track Vladimir Putin's ascent from unemployed spy to modern-day czar

34 points 10 comments submitted 9 days ago by Public_Fucking_Media to /r/Documentaries

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/putins-way/

Int'l PoliticsSweden's Fading Warmth (2016) "Last year, more than 160,000 migrants ended up in Sweden, a country of only 9.5 million people. That’s the highest number of refugees per capita in Europe. But an increasing number of Swedes have grown impatient with their country’s generosity."

18 points 11 comments submitted 1 month ago by miraoister to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmJErVzYUoo

Int'l PoliticsThe World's Most Dangerous Journey? (2016) "Dateline journeys through one of the world’s most dangerous jungles, an unmapped route populated by drug traffickers and bandits."

11 points 8 comments submitted 1 month ago by miraoister to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mXHhky-xsA

Int'l PoliticsBat Ayin: Episode 3 - "The Settler" (2016)

1 point 0 comments submitted 1 month ago by drak0bsidian to /r/Documentaries

http://hevria.com/hevria/bat-ayin-the-settler/

Int'l PoliticsGoing it alone (2010) How did castro and cuba survive the "special Period" of extreme austerity after the collapse of the soviet union?

6 points 1 comment submitted 1 month ago by ulyssesgazed to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZyb5Ni96fE

Int'l Politics"Cold War" TV series (1998) - "Cuba" episode. Overview of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Includes interviews with some of the major players.

10 points 0 comments submitted 1 month ago by hardwareandhumans to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/CqIQIGow6v0

Int'l PoliticsThe Cuban Missile Crisis: At The Brink (1992)

5 points 2 comments submitted 1 month ago by 50TrillionCells to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI3GZUryOX0

Int'l PoliticsMark Blyth (Economist Who Predicted Brexit & Trump Brilliantly Explains Capitalism's Collapse) and Wendy Schiller – Election 2016: What Happened and Why? (2016)

21 points 9 comments submitted 2 months ago by --_--__--___-- to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWMmBG3Z4DI

Int'l PoliticsPiracy in Nigeria - People & Power (2016) - The politics behind the rise of piracy in oil rich Nigeria

3 points 1 comment submitted 2 months ago by livingin-sin to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=n2A9VLlMzLw&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D866fXIAZsDk%26feature%3Dshare

Int'l PoliticsThe Lost World of Communism Part 3: Socialism in One Family (2009) - "Final installment in the BCC's examination of Communism. This film explores the Romanian Revolution and life in Communist Romania."

7 points 0 comments submitted 2 months ago by Robertroo to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/HjbYhVDwd6k

Int'l PoliticsThe Lost World of Communism Part 2: The Kingdom of Forgetting (2009) - "Czechoslovakia's attempts to reform Communism are crushed by the 1968 Warsaw Pact."

7 points 1 comment submitted 2 months ago by Robertroo to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/FgX8BFSx35I

Int'l PoliticsThe Lost World of Communism Part 1: A Socialist Paradise (2009) - "BBC film exploring how the collapse of Communism affected the 'Socialist Paradise' of East Germany"

7 points 0 comments submitted 2 months ago by Robertroo to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/3dFdKjhgt3k

Int'l PoliticsPutin's Way (2016) - "FRONTLINE investigates the accusations of criminality and corruption that have surrounded Vladimir Putin's reign in Russia."

16 points 3 comments submitted 2 months ago by Robertroo to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/NOCJENwsdJw

Int'l PoliticsThe Filipino Police Force Is Getting Away With Murder (2016) - A Glimpse Into The War On Drugs Happening Right Now In the Philippines. [CC]

189 points 32 comments submitted 2 months ago by luvthe1ugot to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5phg6y9Zzg

Int'l PoliticsMni Wiconi: The Stand at Standing Rock (2016) - Short film about the Dakota Access Pipeline Standoff

24 points 2 comments submitted 2 months ago by always_too_nice to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FDuqYld8C8

Int'l PoliticsRussian Godfathers (1 of 3) The Fugitive(2012)

6 points 1 comment submitted 2 months ago by FatDonQuixote to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLPxyDlQfBc

Int'l Politics‘Ladies First’: Saudi Arabia’s Female Candidates (2016) - Women have been given the right to vote and stand for election (37:06)

19 points 2 comments submitted 2 months ago by peskypotato to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2jTHX1ebsY

Int'l PoliticsModern Day Slavery (2016) - Human Trafficking as a global issue

30 points 11 comments submitted 2 months ago by tarokichi to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ielKBf5Jp6E

Int'l PoliticsGypsy Child Thieves (2013) "BBC documentary. Across Europe children are being forced onto the streets to beg and steal. They come from one of the poorest communities in Europe - the Romanian Gypsies."

205 points 104 comments submitted 2 months ago by delticblue to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THInODdvvMQ

Int'l PoliticsChina's Ghost Cities (2011) "Vast cities are being built across China at a rate of ten a year, but they remain almost uninhabited ghost towns. It's estimated there are 64 million empty apartments."

24 points 10 comments submitted 2 months ago by miraoister to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbDeS_mXMnM

Int'l PoliticsRuby Wax meets Imelda Marcos (1996) "BBC documentary. Ruby Wax visits Manila to interview the former first lady Imelda Marcos. Will she find the shoes? "

5 points 1 comment submitted 2 months ago by miraoister to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfwwikuMJ-E

Int'l PoliticsHow Much Do You Know About The Real Kazakhstan? (2016) "Beyond Borat: Sacha Baron Cohen's alter ego 'Borat' was a Hollywood hit. But his portrayal of Kazakhstan as a backward and impoverished country has led the Kazakhs to fight against this damaging misconception."

36 points 31 comments submitted 3 months ago by miraoister to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB9O4PU5Nnk

Int'l PoliticsPride of Warriors (2012) - With a ban on foreign journalists, this filmaker smuggled cameras into West Papua for locals to Share their stories of human rights abuse to the outside world.

NSFW 15 points 2 comments submitted 3 months ago by _Franque_ to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRaoupBulzA

Int'l PoliticsA Day with a Russian Billionaire (2013) "To see how the .00001% lives, we met up with infamous Russian oligarch Sergey Veremeenko and spent quality time hog-hunting and helicopter-joyriding at his private estate outside Moscow."

11 points 8 comments submitted 3 months ago by miraoister to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gye8ukFO-9s

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