CBC News Network’s THE PASSIONATE EYE presents the groundbreaking documentary BLOOD IVORY, and is airing some of its best documentaries over the next two months. In BLOOD IVORY, see how a growing demand for ivory in China is threatening African elephant populations. InTEENAGE PAPARAZZO, Entourage‘s Adrian Grenier turns his gaze on a 14-year-old paparazzo who stalks the famous. SECRET PAKISTAN explores the allegedly double-crossing and Taliban-friendly Pakistani intelligence agency. THE KILL LIST is an investigation into the U.S. president’s escalated use of drones in the ongoing War on Terror. And REAGAN: THE MYTH & THE LEGACY explores the 40th president’s rise from small-town obscurity to revered conservative icon and hero of the Republican Party.
This Summer on THE PASSIONATE EYE
Saturday, June 8 at 10 pm ET/PT, repeats Sunday, June 9 at 8 pm ET on CBC News Network
Can elephants survive a new surge in illegal ivory smuggling? An investigative team uses undercover cameras to reveal how growing demand for ivory in China has caused a resurgence in African elephant poaching and created an elaborate smuggling network to Asia.
Sunday, June 9 at 10 pm ET/PT on CBC News Network (encore presentation)
One night in Los Angeles, Adrian Grenier, the star of the HBO series Entourage encountered 14-year-old paparazzo Austin Visschedyk. Astounded and inspired by the fast-talking, faster-snapping teen, Grenier decided to turn the cameras on Visschedyk in an effort to better understand this unique teenager’s world and gain insight into what motivates people to stalk the famous.
Sunday, June 23 at 8 pm ET/PT on CBC News Network (encore presentation)
Has Pakistan’s intelligence agency been double-crossing the West since 9/11? SECRET PAKISTANexposes the massive distrust between Pakistan and its allies in the war against terror. American, British and Afghani intelligence/military operatives make their case that Pakistan’s government and its intelligence agency, the ISI, are training, funding and arming the Taliban. Taliban commanders claim their deadly attacks against NATO soldiers are supported by Pakistani border guards and the ISI. High-profile members of the Pakistani intelligence community offer compelling reasons why they must continue to befriend the Taliban.
Saturday, July 6 at 10 pm ET/PT on CBC News Network (encore presentation)
Controlled remotely from the U.S., drones drop bombs from the sky and kill with impunity. Unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, have become President Barack Obama’s weapon of choice in the ongoing War on Terror. For a war-weary nation drones ensure no U.S. casualties, but also no end to the debate about its legality. Obama’s kill list raises deep concerns – who is targeted? According to what criteria?
Sunday, July 7 at 10 pm ET/PT on CBC News Network (encore presentation)
As the Republican Party looks to the past for reinvention, Eugene Jarecki’s insightful documentaryREAGAN: THE MYTH & THE LEGACY offers a fresh examination of the fascinating paradoxes surrounding the man, the myth and his legacy. It follows the 40th president’s rise from small-town lifeguard to revered architect of the modern world. This textured study investigates how Reagan’s homespun political vision fueled a seismic career, one whose reverberations still shape American life, and the Republican Party.
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