Shin Dong-Huyk was born as a political prisoner in a North Korean re-education camp from where no-one leaves alive. Forced to labor in the mines from the age of 6 years he suffered from beatings, torture and permanent hunger, always at the mercy of the wardens and unaware of a life outside the barbed-wire fences. At the age of 23, encouraged by a recently interned work-mate and in order to find out what meat tasted like, he escaped. Staggered by the clothes and freedom he saw that other North find out more...
Scott says: "A very frank look at a crime for which a man is sentenced to die, Herzog goes at the whole thing in typical unsentimental fashion. As the case unfolds and we meet killers, families, lawyers and so on, the investigation is really about the American justice system and death row in particular. Although Herzog’s opinions are clear from the very beginning, he allows his film to show all sides of the issue find out more...
For over forty years, America's 'War on Drugs' has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and damaged poor communities at home and abroad. Yet for all that, drugs in America are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever before. The House I Live In depicts a series of heart rending stories at all level find out more...
Documentary directed by Gethin Aldous and Jairus McLeary about the rehabilitation of a group of level-four convicts in the United States. In Folsom Prison the inmates gather for a four-day-long therapy retreat alongside three men interacting with them for the purposes of the documentary. This process involves the convicts' deep examination of their own pasts and the actions that brought them to the find out more...