In the early 1960s psychologist Stanley Milgram, in seeking to understand the Holocaust, ran a series of controversial experiments on obedience. An authority orders you to inflict painful shocks on another person. Most us will obey, claimed Milgram. But will we? And were Milgram’s experiments as…
A great discovery and art documentary about one of the most famous and renowned painters in the history of the 19th and 20th century, the impressionist Paul Cézanne. This unique documentary focuses on his most accomplished period where he painted the incredible Mount Saint-Victoire. The show will…
When Kelsey Carroll entered high school, she was a more likely candidate for the juvenile justice system than graduation. Diagnosed with ADHD and carrying the emotional scars of homelessness and substance abuse, as well as the actual scars of repeated self-mutilation, Kelsey was volatile, disruptive…
INTELLIGENT LIVES stars three pioneering young American adults with intellectual disabilities – Micah, Naieer, and Naomie – who challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate high school, college, and the workforce. Academy Award-winning actor and narrator Chris Cooper contextualizes…
Paul & Sophie est un film centré sur la parole de deux survivants, une enfant cachée et un déporté. Sophie Rechtman, 8 ans en 1942, a échappé à la déportation grâce au courage de « gens ordinaires » qui l’ont cachée…
GORBACHEV. HEAVEN finds acclaimed director Vitaly Mansky (UNDER THE SUN) at home with a man who helped to shape the 20th-century: Mikhail Gorbachev. The Soviet leader was acclaimed as the architect of Glasnost and Perestroika, policies that gave the citizens of the Soviet Union—what Ronald…
The Radharc Documentaries Volume Thirty-eight: 1997 - April to May The 'Communities of Faith' programmes visit eight organisations living according to spiritual principles in small communities and on the world stage. Back to all Volumes radharc.ie/documentaries_on_demand/ The Radharc…
The Radharc Documentaries Volume Thirty-seven: 1996 The 'Christian Campaigners' programmes look into an unusual range of highly motivated christian people around the world; some conservative, some progressive; some showbiz, some fighting for human rights. The volume finishes with the story…
The Radharc Documentaries Volume Thirty-six: 1995 - April to July Fifteen 'Stories from Irish America' track Ireland's diaspora old and new across the USA, following the emigrant path from servant's quarters to the corridors of power. Back to all Volumes radharc.ie/documentaries_on_demand/ The…
The Radharc Documentaries Volume Thirty-five: 1994 'Radharc in Europe: Approaching the year 2000' - fifteen updates on christian practice and politics from across Europe present stories of female priests, worker priests, secret priests, murdered priests, married priests, refugees, church…
The Radharc Documentaries Volume Thirty-four: 1993 Presenting six portraits of influential 20th century christian thinkers and exploring the experience of the Irish in Canada and South Africa, this volume closes with a visit to the troubled but tenacious Abbey of Ballintubber. Back to all Volumes…
The Radharc Documentaries Volume Thirty-three: 1992 - March to November Examines the history and causes of the Irish Famine [or the Great Hunger], followed by programmes considering poverty and social injustice in South America, a portrait of Irish scholar and historian George Otto Simms, and a celebration…
