The Philanthropy Channel: Special Edition

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PROGRAMMING Documentaries

Nelson Mandela

The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela: This is the story of the man behind the myth, probing Mandela’s character, leadership and life’s method through intimate recollections with friends, political allies, adversaries, and his fellow prisoners and jailers on Robben Island where Mandela spent 18 of his 27 prison years.

Real Life The Surgery Ship: A team of volunteer medics is sailing to the poorest nations on earth. This year they will face the most severe of medical issues, not seen in other parts of the world. Huge tumours left to grow unchecked, massive deformities and more. They deal with life and death cases and balance the fates of these patients in their hands.

Mercy Ships

Profiles Shameless Idealists: Hosted by Craig Kielburger, Shameless Idealists is an intimate series about Celebrities such as Sir Richard Branson, Rick Hansen, and former child soldier Michel converted fame into an effective force for and Kielburger’s personal observations throughout, illustrating key moments in the lives of our Shameless Idealists.

Movies Contagion : This hit movie depicts a nightmare scenario: a bat virus jumps to pigs and then to humans, infecting them with abandon since they have no immunity to the novel bug. The virus circles the globe in a matter of days, causing coughs, fevers and seizures as scientists from the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scramble to identify the pathogen and develop a vaccine.

co-founder of Free the Children, creating positive social change. Magic Johnson, Nelly Furtado, Chikwanine share how they change. Archival material are woven


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