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2) High Wire
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Examines the reasons that Canada declined to take part in the 2003 US-led military mission in Iraq, shining a spotlight on the diplomatic tug of war that took place behind the scenes with our neighbours to the south, who have often adopted an interventionist foreign policy to serve their own economic and geopolitical interests. Canada’s historic refusal could have had disastrous consequences, but a number of key players and other analysts remind...
Publisher
The Epidavros Project
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Summer, 2001: Secret negotiations between US and Mexico break into front page news, igniting a national debate over immigration that reflects the country's deep divide. Advocates see pro-reform efforts from President Bush and 2 key Senators as an incredible alignment of the stars… until the 9/11 attacks shatter any hope of comprehensive reform. But immigration resurfaces in November's local elections. A heated city council race in Iowa holds the...
4) The Trial
Publisher
Ronin Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In February 2008 twelve Muslim men went on trial in Melbourne on terrorism charges. The trial ran for nine months, heard hundreds of hours of secretly taped conversations and presented 66,000 pages of evidence. With unique access to Greg Barns, one of the key defence barristers, THE TRIAL takes us inside one of the biggest court cases in Australia’s history.. Two of the men, Ezzit Raad and Abdullah Merhi, were charged with being members of a terrorist...
Publisher
Juno Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic, THE SAME STORM presents viewers with an intimate, emotional glimpse into the lives of twenty-four characters as they make it through the spring and summer of 2020. Each character is dealt with challenges that many people were forced to face during the pandemic in what felt to many like a living nightmare. With COVID, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the looming 2020 election as key backdrops, the film takes...
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 24 lectures, Macroeconomics Made Clear will introduce you to the subject that people have been theorizing about and modeling for almost 100 years. With easy-to-understand visuals and examples, Dr. Akila Weerapana of Wellesley College shows you the real-world applications of the key ideas in macroeconomics. Dr. Weerapana shows you how macroeconomics offers a hopeful tool for the future and sheds light on what we observe now. He focuses on the beginning...
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