Primer Haiku

Africa, GMOs and Bill Gates

The philanthropic foundation set up by US billionaire Bill Gates quietly co-finances experiments with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in several African countries. In the age of philanthropic capitalism, billionair

Kessler's Lab

Kessler's lab was created to run drug trials to determine what went wrong with a once popular mood stabilizing drug. Dr. Martin Kessler cloned his own daughter, who died from the drug. Once with ten test subjects, he and

Tabloid Workers

This documentary study of the mechanisms that turn the gears of the tabloids is conducted by the unique figure Pavel Novotný. This editor-in-chief of one of the most widely read Czech media outlets of the time, providing

Die Seucheninsel: Forschung im Sperrgebiet

New viruses are spreading in Europe and bringing with them diseases that previously only occurred in tropical countries. Jacob Kneser's documentary tells how researchers from the Friedrich Loeffler Institute on the Balti

We the Guinea Pigs

As the use of plastic has gained ground in our lives over the years, there has been an inexplicable increase in a number of diseases and disorders amongst the population. In this film as part of the Why Plastic? series,

How to Build A Beating Heart

Science may be on the verge of producing a limitless supply of replacement parts by regenerating damaged or aging body parts grown from our own cells. Could it eliminate the death sentence for profound birth defects, the

Shonenko

In 1943, the Imperial Japanese government announced a work-study program in its colony, Taiwan, to recruit children to work in military factories. 8,419 boys came to Japan... An one-hour documentary, Shonenko reveals the