The UN predicts that by 2050, one in three people will live in a slum. But what determines where you live and how does your environment shape your health, hopes and prospects? In a special season of coverage, Al Jazeera explores our relationships with the places we call home. The six-part documentary series The Slum introduces the residents of Tondo - the most densely populated and least developed part of Manila - as they strive for success against the odds.
Zhou Mo, a 32-year-old vice president of a social software company, is seen as an independent and confident modern woman by her colleagues. To her best friends, she's a little girl with a strong sense of self-worth; and to her boss, she is a capable yet troublesome assistant. However, love doesn't seem to flow as smoothly for her. She meets Jiang Qi, a sweet man much younger than her; Yu Dazhi, a male chauvinist businessman; and Xia Yu, her minimalist ex. Love, perhaps, is like that: meeting the right person at the wrong time, and the wrong person at the right time. Despite her stumbling journey, she continues to fight through the battlegrounds of love and life. Is marriage a necessity to safeguard love? Is it correct to love someone without the purpose of marriage? What is the true reason for getting married, and is it possible not to marry at all? Can love really not be controlled? Even if she must constantly face challenges, she still wants to find the answers.
In a remote town in Western Tasmania, a teenage girl goes in search for the truth about her father's death and uncovers a secret that changes everything.
Alva wants nothing more than to become a parent together with boyfriend Nico, but it's just not happening. Meanwhile, her sister Ellen has three children with husband Alex — and dearly wishes she hadn't.
An account of the life of Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582), from her spiritual awakening to her final days, as she struggles to reform the Order of the Carmelites and with her own faith.
Real stories, real voices. The AIDS crisis as never told before, by those who survived - and those who did not. Frank, intimate accounts from the heart of a devastating epidemic.
On a hot summer night, a fierce competition for places in the square dance broke the peaceful retirement life of Aunt Wang and Aunt Yang.
The Brothers is a British television series, produced and shown by the BBC between 1972 and 1976.
Ariana, who has been in a relationship for quite a while with Galvin and finally decided to get married. On the day of the bachelorette party, a tragedy occurred between Ariana and Choky until Galvin decided to cancel the wedding.
Five Fingers is about young people overcoming their tragedy and fulfilling their dreams. There’s a boy, Ji Ho, who’s eager to be part of one family. Step-mother who saved a son from the fire, while leaving her birth son inside. This boy wants to become a son of a mother, who’s not his birth mother. He wants to become a brother to a younger brother, who’s not his true brother. Ji Ho’s life may look miserable. But he has an outstanding talent as a pianist. However, he has a rival to overcome. In Ha, who also has a professional skill. Although, he doesn’t get much attention. Stay tuned to see the battle between these two different pianists.
A spinoff of Rohit Shetty's action franchise, this animated series follows brave kid cop Little Singham's adventures as he defends his town from evil.
Fate played a strange joke with Airborne Forces officer Vladimir Mendin (call sign "Mendel"): his whole life is spent among women. Three daughters took over his house a long time ago, and there was almost no room for vests on the hanger between the dresses. One day, Mendel's life becomes even more "pink" when, according to the will of the deceased general, he gets a successful wedding salon, which is run by Lena Zhukova, a confirmed bachelor. And that would be all right, except that the general's widow and her new boyfriend seriously decided to take away the salon.
In the midst of a pandemic, Sahil Gujral goes missing. Thought to be a victim of the coronavirus at first, his death points to a mysterious crime. Sahil's sister and father takes matter into their own hand to find what actually happened.
Men with Brooms is a Canadian television sitcom, which debuted on CBC Television on October 4, 2010. It is a television adaptation of the 2002 film Men with Brooms, and was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The series stars Brendan Gall, William Vaughan, Joel Keller, Anand Rajaram, Aliyah O'Brien, Glenda Braganza, and Siobhan Murphy. The show's producer, Paul Gross, narrates and makes occasional appearances as Chris Cutter, his character in the original film. Men with Brooms aired for one season and was not renewed.
For the first time in over 50 years, a team of wildlife film-makers and scientists has been granted access to venture deep into Burma's impenetrable jungles. Their mission is to discover whether these forests are home to iconic animals, rapidly disappearing from the rest of the world - this expedition has come not a moment too soon.