At the age of nine, Maksym Kryshtafor has one dream: to become the world’s youngest chess grandmaster before his 12th birthday. “Chess is honestly like […]
Tag: Documentary
Weaponising water in Palestine | Israel-Palestine conflict #Weaponising #water #Palestine #IsraelPalestine #conflict
How occupation and the climate crisis have made Palestinians some of the most water insecure people in the world. Decades of Israeli occupation have left […]
A battle for rights and recognition: India’s female fighters | Women’s Rights #battle #rights #recognition #Indias #female #fighters #Womens #Rights
101 East meets the women wrestlers and boxers battling for their rights in and out of the sporting arena in India. In India, wrestling is […]
Southern Sudanese leader John Garang’s mysterious death | Politics #Southern #Sudanese #leader #John #Garangs #mysterious #death #Politics
The last days of John Garang, Sudanese rebel leader and vice president, killed in a mysterious helicopter crash in 2005. On a stormy night in […]
The hunt for India’s timber trafficking kingpin | Crime #hunt #Indias #timber #trafficking #kingpin #Crime
101 East investigates the rise of India’s alleged kingpin of red sandalwood smuggling and the fight to capture him. India’s red sandalwood is one of […]
Shooting the Messenger: Journalism under fire by the Israeli army | Israel-Palestine conflict #Shooting #Messenger #Journalism #fire #Israeli #army #IsraelPalestine #conflict
The Israeli army has reportedly killed more than 55 journalists in the occupied Palestinian territory since 2000. Media freedom is under attack globally and the […]
Flavoured toxins: The rise of vaping | Health #Flavoured #toxins #rise #vaping #Health
101 East investigates Southeast Asia’s booming vape industry and its cost to health. Across Southeast Asia, vaping is skyrocketing, heralded as a way for smokers […]
Saving Brazil’s Democracy | Politics #Saving #Brazils #Democracy #Politics
We investigate the forces threatening Brazil’s democratic institutions and the Lula government’s agenda. People & Power investigates the vested interests that threaten Brazil’s democratic institutions […]
Rewriting Libraries: Challenging the past in Kenya | Education #Rewriting #Libraries #Challenging #Kenya #Education
Turning the page on the past by transforming colonial public libraries in Nairobi. In Nairobi, Kenya, Wanjiru Koinange and her co-founder of Book Bunk, Angela […]
Bat Couple: Nigeria’s bat researchers | Wildlife #Bat #Couple #Nigerias #bat #researchers #Wildlife
For the love of bats, and each other, one couple leads the way in bat conservation and research in Nigeria. “Bats are cool” is the […]