This award-winning movie explores media and it's effect on society. I wish that our schools would have mandatory classes teaching students about media consumption and how it can effect their sense of identity if they don't understand it. Our Western culture is seeing a changes in the mental health of our young people, and I believe these changes are strongly related to how the … [Read more...]
The Tax Free Tour
"Where do multinationals pay taxes and how much?" Gaining insight from international tax experts, Backlight director Marije Meerman ('Quants' & 'Money & Speed'), takes a look at tax havens, the people who live there and the routes along which tax is avoided globally. Those routes go by resounding names like 'Cayman Special', 'Double Irish', and 'Dutch Sandwich'. A … [Read more...]
Caesar’s Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus
Let's just go back to the drawing board, leave aside all of the assumptions of Christian history, look at the texts afresh, consider every possibility, and open the whole game up. By doing that we'll see that Christianity is really paganism by a different name. Some of the Bible scholars are mavericks working outside the restrictions of mainstream religious institutions. … [Read more...]
Words From the Edge
Words From The Edge is a film about the unprecedented transition that we are undergoing from a culture of industrial growth and inequality to what must inevitably be more localised, sustainable, living economies. It’s a film about what this shift involves, and what we need to do to get there. Following five ‘ordinary people’ as they look to an uncertain future and explore … [Read more...]
Hidden Secrets of Money: Episode 1 Currency vs. Money
Mike Maloney takes you to Egypt to unravel the difference between currency and money. This is one of the most important lessons you will ever learn, and will pave the way for your understanding of future episodes. Because without knowing exactly what money is...how on earth can we expect to learn about it? … [Read more...]