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Ballistic missile early warning system Soviet Union Ballistic missile early warning system Ukraine Chernobyl Nuclear Accident (Chornobylʹ, Ukraine : 1986) Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 Egypt Politics and government 1981- Maydān al-Taḥrīr (Cairo, Egypt) Nuclear reactor accidents Ukraine Chornobylʹ Russia Ukraine Chornobylʹ WeaponsFilter By Subjects
Ballistic missile early warning system Soviet Union Ballistic missile early warning system Ukraine Chernobyl Nuclear Accident (Chornobylʹ, Ukraine : 1986) Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 Egypt Politics and government 1981- Maydān al-Taḥrīr (Cairo, Egypt) Nuclear reactor accidents Ukraine Chornobylʹ Russia Ukraine Chornobylʹ WeaponsSummary: From his embed with US Marines Echo Company in Afghanistan, photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis reveals the devastating impact a Taliban machine-gun bullet has on the life of 25-year-old Sergeant Nathan Harris. The film seamlessly transitions from stunning war reportage to an intimate portrait of one man's personal struggle at home in North Carolina, where Harris confronts the physical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama Films 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HELSummary: In Afghanistan you risk your life to sing. After thirty years of war and five devastating years of Taliban rule, pop culture is beginning to return to the country. Since 2005, millions have been tuning in to Tolo TV's wildly popular American idol-style series, Afghan star. Like its Western predecessors, people compete for a cash prize and record deal. More surprisingly, the contest is open to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AFGSummary: From the 2011 overthrow of a 30-year dictator, through military rule, and culminating with the forced military removal of the Muslim Brotherhood president in the summer of 2013, we follow a group of Egyptian activists as they battle leaders and regimes, and risk their lives to build a new society of conscience. The Egyptian Revolution has been an ongoing rollercoaster. Through the news, we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SQUSummary: Investigates the theory that the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine had been orchestrated by the Soviet Union as a screen for the decommissioning of the Duga (i.e., Woodpecker) ballistic missle advance warning system (based in the vicinity of the reactor) because of the inevitable change in relations between Ukraine and what was soon to become post-Cold War Russia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016