CBC Documentaries

One thing is certain about human nature...we're born talkers. Our urge to communicate is universal. And now with modern technology we can meet anybody... anywhere... at anytime. Today our means for communication are endless: twelve billion text messages are sent worldwide every day. Thirteen million Canadians are Facebook users. And the number of personal computers in use around the globe is expected to double in the next four years. But is all this access to technology actually making our lives better? Are We Digital Dummies? takes a hard look at how computers and the latest cell phone technology affect our families and our co-workers in addition to our own lives.

CannaBiz unfolds in Grand Forks, BC, an eccentric border town nestled in the secluded Kootenay Mountains, where draft dodgers and hippies planted the first "BC Bud" in the 1960s. Marijuana growers here, and in other towns across Canada, are now at a dangerous crossroads between crime and commerce, battling for a share of profits from an industry worth a staggering $20 billion dollars. The one-time code of the marijuana industry - No guns. No coke. - has changed. Brian Taylor, Grand Forks' "marijuana mayor" and Sam Mellace, an ex con and grower, petition for legalized medical marijuana as an answer to the fallout from the escalating violence, while law enforcement officers like RCMP constable Harland Venema continue to fight an increasingly futile war against drugs. With inside access to growers, gangsters and police, CannaBiz untangles the inner workings of the exploding marijuana business and raises serious questions about Canada's drug laws.

Tiger Woods: The Rise and Fall tells the story of the world's most extraordinary celebrity sex scandal, talking for the first time to the key players behind the scenes: the girls; the 'Tiger Team' insiders; and the people who brought him down. In a global TV first, the revelation of Tiger's alleged secret child is broken by the reporter who first broke the scandal. And also for the first time, Michelle Braun (pictured above with director Jacques Peretti), the Hollywood madam who supplied Tiger's girls, reveals the secret sex life of Tiger, including the money he spent and his special requests. Waitress Mindy Lawton reveals details of her year long affair with Tiger, as well as how the affairs were covered up by behind the scenes deals. She has never been interviewed on camera, and the weird, explicit revelations of how they were eventually caught have never been related before. Porn actress and stripper Jocelyn James, who conducted a three year relationship with Tiger, talks about the kind of sex Tiger liked, as well as speaking with candour and feeling about the emotional costs of their affair: how she fell pregnant with Tiger (twice) and the personal price she paid for maintaining the secrecy. This documentary offers an unprecedented glimpse into the billion dollar athlete's secret world, with the people who were there. As well as the girls and madams, the film meets coach Joe Grohman, who made Tiger the man he is on the golf course and reveals Tiger's father Earl's, own infidelities. Elsewhere, Tiger's caddie, Tommy 'Burnt Biscuits', reveals for the first time how Tiger was also trained using army techniques developed in Vietnam (where Earl was stationed) including hypnosis and mind control. This film provides a unique insight into sport's 'golden man', completely altering the perception carefully cultivated by those around him.

Filmmaker Christopher Richardson buys goats for third world families as thank-you gifts for clients. It's a fresh approach to promotional giveaways, but as the list of gifted goats grows, some clients question the existence of their goat. Christopher decides to travel to Zambia to track down a client's goat and discover for himself if ethical gifts are the positive developing world life changers they are advertised to be.