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The weekly half-hour program delivers in-depth reporting on topical political issues and newsworthy events. Revealing the story behind the stories, "Close...
The weekly half-hour program delivers in-depth reporting on topical political issues and newsworthy events. Revealing the story behind the stories, "Close up" is informative, gripping and visually powerful.
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The weekly half-hour program delivers in-depth reporting on topical political issues and newsworthy events. Revealing the story behind the stories, "Close...
The weekly half-hour program delivers in-depth reporting on topical political issues and newsworthy events. Revealing the story behind the stories, "Close up" is informative, gripping and visually powerful.
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21:15 Secrets of the Stone Age – Part 2: Witnesses for Eternity
Around 12,000 years ago, humans underwent a transition from the mobile lifestyle of hunter-gatherers to the settled life of farmers. That epoch, the Stone...
Around 12,000 years ago, humans underwent a transition from the mobile lifestyle of hunter-gatherers to the settled life of farmers. That epoch, the Stone Age, produced monumental building works. How did our ancestors live and build back then? Part 2 of this two-part documentary takes us to unique archaeological sites in Scotland, Brittany, Austria, Malta, Turkey and Jordan.
The gigantic stone circles, temples and tombs from the Stone Age beg the question not only as to why this effort was made, but also of how, given the technical possibilities of the time, our ancestors were capable of building structures like the Barnenez burial mound or the stone ring of Orkney. How many people did they need to transport a 20-ton stone? A team led by experimental archaeologist Wolfgang Lobisser carries out a test with a wooden sledge and a two-ton stone block. The Neolithic seems to have been a fairly peaceful era; at least, no artifacts indicating military conflicts have been found so far. Raids and attacks that wiped out entire villages have only been confirmed for the later Bronze Age. But the foundations of many disputes were laid back then. In addition to cult objects, the Neolithic also saw the development of the first trading systems. "The people of the Neolithic were the first to become really dependent on material goods," says Marion Benz from the University of Freiburg, pointing to wafer-thin sandstone rings that researchers have found in large numbers in the Neolithic village of Ba'ja in Jordan. We need to know about prehistory in order to understand the present. Population explosion, consumerism and megacities are ultimately the heritage of the Neolithic period, when sedentary societies first appeared.
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23:15 Air and Ténéré – A Wilderness of Sand and Rock, Niger
Two adjacent landscapes in the southern Sahara: The Air - a rugged mountainous area of rocks and crags, gray, black and forbidding: and the Ténéré...
Two adjacent landscapes in the southern Sahara: The Air - a rugged mountainous area of rocks and crags, gray, black and forbidding: and the Ténéré with its lovely ocher dunes that are constantly changing shape
The Ténéré, known as the "Desert of Deserts," is crisscrossed by sparsely vegetated valleys where the last desert inhabitants try to survive as nomads. Camel caravans carry salt from the Ténéré southwards. A journey through a bleak landscape with neither roads nor tracks. The desert is constantly changing, its border continuing to move further south. As the desert interior continues to dry out, humans and animals are being forced out. Even the oases are being abandoned. All that remains is the beauty of the desert.
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21:15 Testifying against Assad – Seeking Justice for Syria
Thousands of prisoners have been tortured and killed in Bashar al-Assad's jails. Now survivors of these horrors are trying to bring the systematic human...
Thousands of prisoners have been tortured and killed in Bashar al-Assad's jails. Now survivors of these horrors are trying to bring the systematic human rights violations carried out in Syrian prisons before the courts in Germany. The international legal principle of 'universal jurisdiction' could allow the Assad regime’s crimes against humanity in Syria to be prosecuted in foreign courts.
Khaled was tortured in Syrian government prisons. The worst ordeal for him was being forced to watch the torture of other detainees: young people from Damascus who, like himself, had taken to the streets during the "Arab Spring" of 2011 to demonstrate peacefully against the government. Khaled's wife Abeer was also imprisoned and subjected to humiliation for months in one of the notorious prisons run by Syria's military intelligence. Today the two live in Germany. They are part of a small group of witnesses who, together with lawyers Mazen Darwish and Anwar al-Bunni, have filed a criminal complaint for war crimes and crimes against humanity with the German Federal Public Prosecutor in Karlsruhe. "No peace without justice," say the two Syrian human rights lawyers. They are convinced that if the perpetrators are not seen to be brought to justice, the spiral of violence will continue to escalate. Since escaping to Germany three years ago, they have been pursuing one goal: to bring the systematic human rights violations committed in Syrian military prisons to trial. They cannot appeal to the International Criminal Court in The Hague because Syria has not ratified the Rome Statute that established it. In addition, Russia has blocked the UN Security Council from initiating a tribunal to try war crimes in Syria. The lawyers and witnesses are placing their hopes in the international legal principle of 'universal jurisdiction'. Following the example of the Nuremberg trials, it would enable crimes against humanity committed in Syria to be prosecuted in Germany.
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Architecture has always been a way to impress, a way of expressing greatness. Rulers used it in the past - and they continue to do so today. Nowadays,...
Architecture has always been a way to impress, a way of expressing greatness. Rulers used it in the past - and they continue to do so today. Nowadays, museums have become the new cultural prestige objects; the challenge of producing the world's best, biggest and most beautiful art venue has taken on a new dimension - especially in the United Arab Emirates.
Like Florence during the Renaissance, the wealthy Gulf States today are investing in art and imposing buildings with no heed to the cost. Today it is no longer about castles, cathedrals, mosques or skyscrapers. The new prestige objects are museums: the opening in November 2017 of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, built by French star architect Jean Nouvel, marked a high point in the contest. Another spectacular museum, also designed by Nouvel, is due to open in neighboring Qatar at the end of 2018. The woman responsible for the culture boom in Doha is Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad Khalifa al Thani, a sister of the ruling Emir of Qatar. She is viewed by some as the most powerful figure on the international art scene. Every year, she invests hundreds of millions of Euros in new museums, in artworks for Qatar's collections and in promoting the local art scene. But Abu Dhabi has also been planning new museums too, including a Guggenheim museum designed by Frank Gehry and a National Museum by Norman Foster. It remains to be seen whether these projects will ever be realized. Construction has yet to begin on the buildings although they have been planned for years. Making the contest for great art venues all the more explosive is that fact that Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are currently experiencing a diplomatic crisis, with mutual accusations of support for terrorism. Relations between Qatar and its neighbors were severed in the summer of 2017. The great art patrons in the Gulf may be building bridges to the world with their museums, but they are no longer talking to each other.
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In Germany, 1968 is remembered as a year of student demonstrations, police crackdowns, sit-ins and communes. These pictures are branded in Germany’s...
In Germany, 1968 is remembered as a year of student demonstrations, police crackdowns, sit-ins and communes. These pictures are branded in Germany’s collective memory. But was that the sole truth of 1968? There was another reality too: women in the kitchen, serving breakfast to their working husbands. And in the pop charts, child star Heintje stormed past the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
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"Sarah’s Music - Contemporary Classical†is DW’s weekly program dedicated to the rich diversity of classical music. Presenter Sarah...
"Sarah’s Music - Contemporary Classical†is DW’s weekly program dedicated to the rich diversity of classical music. Presenter Sarah Willis gets up close and personal with the stars of the classical music world.
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Spectacular surfing footage and an important message: The documentary "White Waves" looks at surfers who are fighting the pollution of the oceans. The...
Spectacular surfing footage and an important message: The documentary "White Waves" looks at surfers who are fighting the pollution of the oceans. The authors join the surfers to identify largely unnoticed cases of marine pollution. Some the surfers are even taking the fight for clean seas into the law courts.
The surfer's love for the sea is turning into an effective weapon in the fight against marine pollution. Surfing superhero Kelly Slater once said: "I think when a surfer becomes a surfer, it's almost like an obligation to be an environmentalist at the same time." But commitment to environmental protection cannot be taken for granted. Even surfing itself can even be a threat to the oceans. Material such as surfboards and wetsuits can pollute the environment; flights to surfing locations lead to high CO2 emissions that adversely affect the climate; and surfers leave rubbish on the beaches. The documentary tells the story of a group of surfers fighting for clean seas and also highlights things anyone can do to protect the oceans. Marine pollution occurs worldwide, and the surfers go to great lengths to identify its sources. But the film doesn’t just send out an important message about global ecology, it also features some breathtaking surfing footage.
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"Sarah’s Music - Contemporary Classical†is DW’s weekly program dedicated to the rich diversity of classical music. Presenter Sarah...
"Sarah’s Music - Contemporary Classical†is DW’s weekly program dedicated to the rich diversity of classical music. Presenter Sarah Willis gets up close and personal with the stars of the classical music world.
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More and more war crimes and human rights violations are brought to indictment. In almost all conflict and crisis regions in the world, people are now...
More and more war crimes and human rights violations are brought to indictment. In almost all conflict and crisis regions in the world, people are now using their smartphones to document events. And older crimes can be reconstructed using satellite imagery. The documentary shows how state-of-the-art technology helps uncover these crimes worldwide.
