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Genre: eLearning
BBC – San Fhuil Its in the Blood
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Category: Documentary
A personal portrait of the crofting calendar on South Uist, past and present.
Made from rock as old as the moon, Uist has been shaped by winds, tides and the people who have continuously worked this landscape for 5,000 years. The traditional crofting methods enable rare species of birds and flowers to thrive that are extinct elsewhere in the British Isles. Conflicts arise from the dramatic weather system and the front-line cycles of life and death, and from the flocking geese.
BBC Natural World – Tigers: Hunting the Traffickers (2020)
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Category: Documentary
Aldo Kane is on a mission to expose the shocking secrets of the illegal tiger trade in south east Asia and those who profit. Working alongside fearless wildlife crime investigators and covertly filming tiger traffickers, Aldo embarks on a perilous journey along key trafficking routes connecting Malaysia, China, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. He reveals how the breeding and farming of captive tigers drives consumer demand for tiger products and fuels the poaching of wild tigers. Aldo’s secretly filmed evidence is presented to international decision-makers at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in the hope that it will bring about change. With fewer than 4,000 tigers left in the wild, Aldo’s investigation also highlights the plight of a majestic species on the brink of extinction.
BBC – Steve McQueen: Le Mans and The Man (2020)
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Category: Documentary
Follows Steve McQueen’s efforts to make his passion project, the 1971 film Le Mans, revealing the true extent of the troubled production process. Throughout filming, Steve would lose his marriage, close friendships, control of his film and endangered lives, as he risked everything in pursuit of his dream.