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The Fix – Football, A Corrupt Sport?

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:45:27 +0000

With the possible exception of their most fervent supporters, few people would have expected the match between Unione Sportiva Cremonese and Pagenese to be anything special. It was just another routine league tie between two unglamorous Italian third division sides. But when the teams took to the field at Cremonese's home ground one Saturday afternoon in November 2010, it set off a sequence of events that would resonate across the world of professional football.

Hillbrow: Between Heaven and Hell

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:00:52 +0000

Award-winning filmmaker Clifford Bestall goes back to the place where he grew up to explore this microcosm of chaos, crime and corruption in urban South Africa and discovers a place where human spirit, hope and enterprise triumph. George 'the brick' is an aging boxer, a hard-lived survivor. Around him and his gym are the characters that make Hillbrow the high-rise melting pot of South Africa. - Busi and Mimie are female boxers, punching their way out of their troubled backgrounds beyond the South African borders. - Les is a local nightclub entrepreneur with an eye for an opportunity. - And Bernice is a frail old Jewish lady - one of the very few whites still living in Hillbrow. This film draws them into its fold as their stories unfurl, revealing a rich seam of today's urban South African experience.

Drug Money – Fraud and Corruption in US Pharmaceutical Industry

Documentary.net staff — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:43:46 +0000

This documentary investigates fraud and corruption running through the veins of the US pharmaceutical industry. The US healthcare industry is the world's biggest, with $300bn per year spent on prescription drugs. For many these drugs have brought undeniable benefits. But recent months have seen health scandal after health scandal making headlines in the US. Two of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies have been fined billions of dollars after investigations into their secret working practices. What these cases have revealed will change the way the drug industry is perceived forever. Revelations have emerged of pervasive fraud, fatal side effects, and huge kick-backs paid to doctors. This investigation by Melanie Newman and Chris Woods reveals how healthcare became unhealthy profit.