This short film follows the reality, life, and struggles of a young Sherpa in Nepal - he is one of many who has set aside his own dreams to survive in an otherwise poverty stricken Himalaya area.

Within Japan, there's a place that's like another world: Gion, in Kyoto. When night falls in this historic district, nearly 100 geiko come out to entertain.

A fourth-grade class in a primary school in Kanazawa, northwest of Tokyo, learn lessons about compassion from their homeroom teacher, Toshiro Kanamori.

Film director Brian Springer's SPIN takes us through a surreal exposé of media-constructed reality and reveals how U.S. media personalities' manufacture the news for their viewers.

The director of Halden prison, Norway's most humane prison, visits american prisons trying to encourage to change the ways of rehabilitation in prison.

When billions of dollars are at stake, just how far are corporations willing to go to protect their bottom line? This is a film about a US-owned gold mining corporation in Peru destroying the environment versus the people trying to preserve it.

Sierra Leone was declared Ebola-free two years ago, but survivors are still suffering. After recovery, they are ostracised and rejected by whole communities and even their own families, who fear that they still carry the deadly infection.

Milène Larsson spends a week with three generations of women from the Chinese Mosuo tribe, one of the world’s last matriarchies.

This documentary takes a look at the social history of the toilet in Britain and abroad - as well as exploring many of our cultural toilet taboos.

Salt: Tears of the Earth takes a look at the very ancient and back-breaking industry of salt mining.

This 2-part environmental documentary series shows how desertification is changing the balance of the earth and affecting two continents in particular: Asia and Europe.

Tens of thousands of people live in Zabbaleen, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, they all make a living out of recycling the entire capital city’s refuse. Their whole town is a slum providing the inhabitants with almost everything they need: from kids’ toys to fodder for livestock.

How about a hot dog for lunch? A Hot Dog Program is an all-American celebration of those fabulous and phenomenally popular little sausages in their soft little buns hosted by Rick Sebak.

Explorer and writer Will Millard spends a year living with the Korowai tribe in Papua (province of Indonesia) in an attempt to understand the pressures they face adapting to a modern world.

Disappearing World is a series of anthropology inspired documentaries focusing on societies around the world, and more often than not, that of tribal people. Journey into almost forgotten cultures and live their day to day life.