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Every year, millions of people around the world are leaving the countryside for cities, hoping to find a better life. But most end up in slums. In fact, the United Nations estimates that by the year 2020, forty per cent of the population will be slum-dwellers. Travel with CBC reporter Avril Benoit into the slums […]

Jerry is a troubled young man, a loner with a checkered past who is facing an even bleaker future. His defense attorney Tom sees something in Jerry that no one else does and decides to take him under his wing. Jerry needs a job to help him get on the right track and Tom has […]

First adultery, then blackmail and now murder. The beautiful artist Elizabeth Stanton is having an affair with her husband’s business associate Tony. Willie Kassel photographed and videotaped Elizabeth and Tony making love for blackmail purposes. He then threatens to go to Elizabeth’s jealous husband unless she gives him some money. When Elizabeth tries to pay […]

YouTube sensation Bryony Matthewman wanted to make a zombie movie. She wanted to make it with zero budget, entirely from contributions from her global online fan base and launch it for Halloween. So she posted a video on her YouTube channel. Attracting more than a quarter of a million views in a week, the video […]

Fireworks International brings you Cold Fusion: Fire From Water from the Paranormal TV catalogue. Fuelled by wonderfully strange stories, this catalogue of television series, made-for-television documentaries, and independently produced films focus on the paranormal – from ghosts, witchcraft and re-incarnation to UFOs, aliens and conspiracy theories. Paranormal TV features over 100 hours of long form series and […]

23 September, 2010 Fireworks International, the television and digital distribution arm of ContentFilm plc, and Michael Eisner’s leading US-based independent studio Vuguru are partnering in a significant output deal which will see the distributor acquiring a minimum of ten multi-platform projects from the company over two years. As part of the new two-year agreement, Fireworks […]

Two happy couples, four best friends; then one of the wives dies in a tragic accident and dark secrets are exposed. An illicit affair and an abortion are among the terrors that lead to the widower’s obsession with his friends’ happiness and his crazed determination to take over their lives, even if it means murder.

In the police world, a case is either ‘hot’ or ‘cold’. For a murder to be ‘hot’, one must have a warm body, a suspect, opportunity, motive, evidence and the will to prosecute. Without these, the file is passed down to the ‘Cold Squad’. This crack team of detectives take unsolved crimes, and using the […]

Captain Jack is the true story of irascible and irresistible Captain Jack, a Whitby sailor with antipathy for authority, appeal to the ladies and a great respect for his predecessor Captain Scoresby, who sailed from Whitby to the Arctic in 1791. For Captain Jack, Scoresby is Whitby’s true hero. Not Captain Cook whose statue stands […]