America’s right-wing radicals - US veterans against democracy

By storming the Capitol, hundreds of supporters of former US President Donald Trump aimed to prevent the Senate and House of Representatives from officially confirming Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential elections. Some 15 per cent of those involved were former members of the US military or police. This shocking statistic prompts an important question: Why are the very people who have sworn an oath to protect the nation’s democracy attacking it?

Ukraine’s Bravehearts: From filmmakers to war veterans

 

Two Ukrainian filmmakers join the army and find themselves caught between worlds.

This extraordinary story of two Ukrainian filmmakers who became soldiers spans the 2013 Maidan protests to the 2022 Russian invasion.

In 2014, they joined a voluntary battalion in eastern Ukraine that turns into a five-year full-time contract with the army.