Al Jazeera Documentaries
Season 2008
The Big Picture documents the full story behind the most pressing issues of our times. With a unique format, seamlessly mixing documentary filmmaking with informed panel discussion, we combine the best of strong, interview-based storytelling and incisive investigation to offer unparalleled analysis. The Big Picture sheds new light on the major issues of the present.
Where to Watch Season 2008
6 Episodes
- Veterans - Soviets in Afghanistan - Part 1
E1Veterans - Soviets in Afghanistan - Part 1As part of its series on veterans from some of the world's most brutal and forgotten conflicts Al Jazeera travelled to Russia. Despite being the Soviet Union's largest military operation since the second world war, the decade-long war in Afghanistan is regarded by many as a humiliation and the Soviet 'Vietnam'. However many veterans are still physically and psychologically damaged by their time in Afghanistan and say they do not receive adequate support upon their return. - Veterans - Siege of Sarajevo - Part 1
E3Veterans - Siege of Sarajevo - Part 1As part of its special series on Veterans Al Jazeera visisted Sarajevo more than ten years on from one of the longest sieges in modern history. The Bosnian capital is now at peace but the destructive efforts of war endure both physically and psychologically. - Veterans - The Falklands - Part 1
E5Veterans - The Falklands - Part 1The Falkands war is a conflict many people in Argentina would like to forget but which most cannot. Although the war lasted just 74 days the effects have lasted many years for the country's veterans. The Falklands is a group of bleak, wind-swept islands that at one time few people had heard of and fewer still could place on a map. But this anonymity was forever shattered in 1982 when the UK went to war with Argentina over the ownership of this tiny territory. Lying in the Southatlantic Ocean, some 500km off the coast of Argentina and almost 13,000km from the UK, it seemed inconceivable that these two nations would unleash their full military might in a battle for control of this little patch of land. A total of 649 Argentinians died in the conflict and those who survived they became synonymous with a humiliating defeat and an unpopular military junta that collapsed soon after. At least 350 veterans have committed suicide in the years since the war. Las Malvinas is Argentina's name for the Falkland islands, controlled by the British since 1833 and home to 3,000 of its citizens. In Argentina, the term Falklands is never used. Malvinas on the other hand has an almost sacred resonance. Every town has its Malvinas monuments - as much a reminder of whom they believe the islands belong to as a memorial to the fallen. Al Jazeera visited survivors for whom the Malvinas are still an inalienable part of Argentina
