ISIS has released a video that appears to show the beheading of a Japanese journalist and now Jordan is vowing to do whatever possible to secure the release of one of its pilots captured by the Islamic militant group. But how far should governments go in negotiating with groups such as ISIS? The implications for governments engaging in terror negotiations …
FINDERS KEEPERS, Documentary of the Fight For a Lost Leg
FINDERS KEEPERS is the documentary that tells the story of a lost leg and the bizarre legal fight over ownership of it. After amputee John Wood lost his leg he had no idea it would find its way to a public auction and into the hands of Shannon Whisnant. The strange and grueling legal fight for the custody of the …
Marissa Alexander + Stand Your Ground Racism
Marissa Alexander was convicted in Florida after firing a warning shot to keep her husband from assaulting her. She was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and was facing up to 20 years in prison, even though no one was injured in the incident. Alexander’s case, Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law, and the apparent miscarriage of justice with heavy …
THE WOLFPACK – Documentary of Six Brothers with Crystal Moselle
THE WOLFPACK is a documentary examining six brothers in Manhattan that have created an isolated world with a peculiar charm to it. Focusing on their blending of cinema, fashion and remarkably distanced perception of the outside world (filtered through the movies), we look at a clip from the movie and get the story behind the film and family from director …
Cracking Unabomber Code Through Letter Investigation
The Unabomber’s letters and manifesto was analyzed in the investigation of his crimes, and retired FBI linguist Jim Fitzgerald shares the process of reading the words of Ted Kaczynski to track down his identity. How information is leaked and interpreted and how Kaczynski gave clues to investigators unwittingly that put him ‘at the top of the list’ of suspects is …
Reading Jodi Arias’s Letters to Travis Alexander’s Family
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Italy Councillors Pose as Prostitutes
Italy councillors are posing roadside as prostitutes in an effort to entrap unsuspecting men in Castel Volturno, Italy. The stunt was orchestrated by Mayor Dimitri Russo who felt that the city’s prostitution laws weren’t being taken seriously enough and was tired of the damaging effect prostitution was having on his town. Motorists were stopped by police and fined due to …