Great Depression stories documentary

The Great Depression of the 1930s changed the way people think in multiple areas. It was a period of protests and hunger marches, poverty and unemployment. Many people suffered quietly, ashamed of their status. Others had no choice but to roam the country in search of a job. No matter what their situation was, the Great Depression changed those in the generation that survived it. This excellent documentary brings the interesting stories from several witnesses of the era.

Chernobyl nuclear disaster documentary

The documentary shows a sequence of events which resulted in a destruction of a nuclear reactor and a considerable amounts of radioactive material released to the environment at Chernobyl powerplant. The accident caused many deaths from radiation injuries over time. The authorities evacuated and subsequently relocated thousands of people from areas surrounding the reactor.

Libyan civil war

Muammar Gaddafi ruled Libya for more than 40 years and made corruption, torture, executions, lack of respect for human rights daily occurrence. His methods of banning anyone opposing his ideology, along with criminalization of the peaceful protests and denying the right to free speech led to a major conflict. In 2011, as the wave of revolutions hit the Arab world, the Libyan people rebelled against their formal leader and started a civil war. Urban fights that were fought daily took a death toll over 6000 people and lasted for several months. Finally, Gaddafi was captured alive from a drain under a motorway in Sirte, where he was hiding with a small group of bodyguards. Some claim that he was killed while putting up a desperate last fight for freedom. Read more on the course of Libyan civil war...