Screening Room
Top wine critic and author, Monty Waldin, has decided to put his money where his mouth is. More accustomed to (harshly) judging the efforts of others, Waldin has set out to open his own biodynamic vineyard in France and show everyone how it's done. His challenge is to turn four hectares of land into a top vineyard in only one year, doing all the work himself.
MIPCOM Picks: Bploi wai dtaai: Leave Her To Die
It's sometimes difficult to reconcile the disparate experiences faced by people around the world. Consider the experience, for example, of a two-year-old baby girl left alone on a bamboo mat in a government orphanage in Northern Thailand. Infected with the aids virus, her medical chart reads: 'Bploi wai dtaai.' Leave her to die.
MIPCOM Picks: Rania - The YouTube Queen
Queen Rania of Jordan, one of the most famous and influential women in the world, recently launched her own channel on YouTube, and has begun a dialog with the rest of the world about the Muslim way of life. And she's not just spouting propaganda - Rania is prepared to tackle even such controversial topics as honor killings.
Though Spinal Tap may have tried its best to diminish the majesty and mystery of Stonehenge, the puzzling ring of stones maintains an unknown history which begs to be uncovered.
MIPCOM Picks:The Hunt for the Texas 7
Good drama makes for good docs, and The Hunt for the Texas 7 has lots of it. The film details the escape, and subsequent recapture, of a group of hardened criminals who would go on to become America's most wanted.
While we chatter away globally in more than 7,000 languages, one tongue is lost to us every two weeks. So, in true Indiana Jones fashion, linguists David Harrison and Gregory Anderson have set out to record every one of these nearly dead languages.
