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A skin-whitening trend is ravaging Senegalese women. Magazine and billboard ads display light-skinned models, insisting that this is what men want. Skin-lightening pills and creams can be easily bought everywhere, but pharmacists rarely warn the buyers of their possible catastrophic side effects. Though these products have long been banned in other countries, Senegalese women bent on flaunting a lighter skin shade don’t hesitate to use them.

How does a director choose the main protagonist for a documentary? There are lnumerous techniques and life hacks to help young filmmakers find the answer to this question. But are they relevant today? The protagonist of this documentary is selected by artificial intelligence. Watch the documentary to decide if the AI managed to create an authentic film?

Near Taos, New Mexico, you’ll find a sweeping plain dotted with odd-looking structures built nearly entirely from dirt and trash. This is not a large homeless camp or the set of a post-apocalyptic movie. It’s an off-grid subdivision dubbed the ‘Greater World Community,’ whose residents live in self-sufficient ‘Earthships’ and believe in “radical sustainability.”

No one knew where one-legged General Gudin was buried. This childhood friend of Napoleon died from a cannonball wound at the start of France’s 1812 invasion of Russia. Then in 2019, French and Russian archeologists started digging for his remains around Smolensk Fortress. So, could he be found and given full miltary honours in his homeland?

18-year-old Esteban Quispe Churata became world-famous as the “Bolivian Wall-E”. He is a self-taught robot maker who scours municipal dumps and flea markets to recycles e-waste for his inventive creations, many of which are inspired by movies. 

Lalit has lived all his life covered with excessive hair due to a faulty gene. He was bullied and resented. Hulya had to endure 20 operations during her childhood because her feet were too weak, and she kept falling. Danil’s genetic disorder stopped him from growing at a young age. How do these people come to accept themselves for who they are and lead a happy life?

These courageous firefighters chase wildfires in the taiga. When worse comes to worst, they’re forced to spend months away from home, digging firebreaks and setting up backfires. They risk being surrounded by the flames. Sometimes they have to hide in the swamps and cold rivers to wait for the fire to burn out and occasionally watch their camps burnt to the ground. Yet, they love their job and stay true to it for decades. What drives them to do that?

Shougang Olympic Park is a large state-of-the-art venue that will welcome the 2022 Winter Olympics in China. Built on the site of a derelict steel plant, it preserved the industrial grandeur, simultaneously meeting the demands of the modern world. Shougang Olympic Park is run entirely on renewable energy and, once the games are over, will be transformed into a multi-functional recreation area.

Since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, Russian people in the West have been up against the strongest wave of Russophobia which also engulfed Russian art and sport. Munich Philharmonic Orchestra cut all ties with Maestro Valery Gergiev and pianist Denis Matsuev found his name crossed out from the Carnegie Hall posters. Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Chekhov are no longer welcome in the West, either. How does Russian culture withstand this wave of aggression?

In summer 2014, fighting began in Southeast Ukraine, as Ukraine’s armed forces were tasked to subdue the rebellious region of Donbass. Debaltsevo, which is a vital railway junction, together with Uglegorsk — a town a few kilometres away — were a wedge in the Donetsk People’s Republic, cutting Donetsk off from the main road to another major city in the region — Lugansk. Gaining control over Debaltsevo was strategically important both to the militia and the government forces. The militia was defending the territory, desperately trying to maintain the link between the two rebel capitals.

They keep it quiet, but many young people engage in self-harm to deal with emotional pain. When his son was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, RTD's Vitaly Buzuev, discovered his family was far from alone. He decided to meet other sufferers and their parents to find out what living with self-harm is really like.

After starting the special operation in Ukraine, every day saw new sanctions against Russia. Sanctions as an enforcement tool have been used on our country and others. Sanctions are imposed on a country’s economy when neither political pressure nor military intervention is likely to succeed. What is the plausible outcome of the current economic situation? What will the long term effect of sanctions have on the world economy?

British Press TV correspondent Johnny Miller came to Ukraine to provide an unbiased account of the conflict in Donbass. However, after he sent a journalistic inquiry, he was immediately placed on a “Myrotvorets” kill list by Ukrainian nationalists. And this is not a rare case. Western media turn a blind eye to the atrocities committed by the Kiev regime. This is why Miller and other foreign journalists are ready to risk their lives and report what they really face in Ukraine.

Three years after Jacobo Arbenz was resoundingly elected president of Guatemala, he was forced to resign by armed intervention. He was just one of many leaders to suffer a similar fate after falling foul of the US. In this film, author and academic Stephen Kinzer explores the motives, formula, and justification America uses to topple governments it doesn’t like, as illustrated in Guatemala, Libya, and Hawaii.

18-year-old Esteban Quispe Churata became world-famous as the “Bolivian Wall-E”. He is a self-taught robot maker who scours municipal dumps and flea markets to recycles e-waste for his inventive creations, many of which are inspired by movies. 

The state of Alaska has been under cultural pressure from various countries throughout its history. Life in Alaska: its religious traditions, way of life, crafts, celebrations, cuisine and values - are unlike the life in the rest of America. Locals fish, carve wood, believe in mythical creatures and profess Orthodoxy. How do Alaskans manage to preserve their unique traditions?

A skin-whitening trend is ravaging Senegalese women. Magazine and billboard ads display light-skinned models, insisting that this is what men want. Skin-lightening pills and creams can be easily bought everywhere, but pharmacists rarely warn the buyers of their possible catastrophic side effects. Though these products have long been banned in other countries, Senegalese women bent on flaunting a lighter skin shade don’t hesitate to use them.

How does a director choose the main protagonist for a documentary? There are lnumerous techniques and life hacks to help young filmmakers find the answer to this question. But are they relevant today? The protagonist of this documentary is selected by artificial intelligence. Watch the documentary to decide if the AI managed to create an authentic film?

Near Taos, New Mexico, you’ll find a sweeping plain dotted with odd-looking structures built nearly entirely from dirt and trash. This is not a large homeless camp or the set of a post-apocalyptic movie. It’s an off-grid subdivision dubbed the ‘Greater World Community,’ whose residents live in self-sufficient ‘Earthships’ and believe in “radical sustainability.”

No one knew where one-legged General Gudin was buried. This childhood friend of Napoleon died from a cannonball wound at the start of France’s 1812 invasion of Russia. Then in 2019, French and Russian archeologists started digging for his remains around Smolensk Fortress. So, could he be found and given full miltary honours in his homeland?

Lalit has lived all his life covered with excessive hair due to a faulty gene. He was bullied and resented. Hulya had to endure 20 operations during her childhood because her feet were too weak, and she kept falling. Danil’s genetic disorder stopped him from growing at a young age. How do these people come to accept themselves for who they are and lead a happy life?

These courageous firefighters chase wildfires in the taiga. When worse comes to worst, they’re forced to spend months away from home, digging firebreaks and setting up backfires. They risk being surrounded by the flames. Sometimes they have to hide in the swamps and cold rivers to wait for the fire to burn out and occasionally watch their camps burnt to the ground. Yet, they love their job and stay true to it for decades. What drives them to do that?

Shougang Olympic Park is a large state-of-the-art venue that will welcome the 2022 Winter Olympics in China. Built on the site of a derelict steel plant, it preserved the industrial grandeur, simultaneously meeting the demands of the modern world. Shougang Olympic Park is run entirely on renewable energy and, once the games are over, will be transformed into a multi-functional recreation area.

Elena сame to Mongolia for a short business trip and never left. Her daughter now studies Mongolian and attends local children’s clubs. Like many others who relocate, Elena’s family observe both Russian and Mongolian customs and traditions. What attracts people to this ancient land of nomads, camels and enchanting nature?

In summer 2014, fighting began in Southeast Ukraine, as Ukraine’s armed forces were tasked to subdue the rebellious region of Donbass. Debaltsevo, which is a vital railway junction, together with Uglegorsk — a town a few kilometres away — were a wedge in the Donetsk People’s Republic, cutting Donetsk off from the main road to another major city in the region — Lugansk. Gaining control over Debaltsevo was strategically important both to the militia and the government forces. The militia was defending the territory, desperately trying to maintain the link between the two rebel capitals.

Since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, Russian people in the West have been up against the strongest wave of Russophobia which also engulfed Russian art and sport. Munich Philharmonic Orchestra cut all ties with Maestro Valery Gergiev and pianist Denis Matsuev found his name crossed out from the Carnegie Hall posters. Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Chekhov are no longer welcome in the West, either. How does Russian culture withstand this wave of aggression?

They keep it quiet, but many young people engage in self-harm to deal with emotional pain. When his son was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, RTD's Vitaly Buzuev, discovered his family was far from alone. He decided to meet other sufferers and their parents to find out what living with self-harm is really like.

After starting the special operation in Ukraine, every day saw new sanctions against Russia. Sanctions as an enforcement tool have been used on our country and others. Sanctions are imposed on a country’s economy when neither political pressure nor military intervention is likely to succeed. What is the plausible outcome of the current economic situation? What will the long term effect of sanctions have on the world economy?

The state of Alaska has been under cultural pressure from various countries throughout its history. Life in Alaska: its religious traditions, way of life, crafts, celebrations, cuisine and values - are unlike the life in the rest of America. Locals fish, carve wood, believe in mythical creatures and profess Orthodoxy. How do Alaskans manage to preserve their unique traditions?

British Press TV correspondent Johnny Miller came to Ukraine to provide an unbiased account of the conflict in Donbass. However, after he sent a journalistic inquiry, he was immediately placed on a “Myrotvorets” kill list by Ukrainian nationalists. And this is not a rare case. Western media turn a blind eye to the atrocities committed by the Kiev regime. This is why Miller and other foreign journalists are ready to risk their lives and report what they really face in Ukraine.