Hakol Shafit

MURDA CAPITAL documents the harsh reality of a post-Katrina New Orleans. Rapper, entrepreneur and New Orleans native K. Gates sets out into New Orleans most treacherous ghettos to discover the root of a cycle of killing. People from all factions of the city give their take on how murder has affected them directly and indirectly. Stories of a convicted murderer and a mother who lost all four sons to gun violence shivers the soul. Drugs, money, ignorance, ego, and envy make a deadly concoction which equates to the nation's highest murder rate for more than a decade. See how violence intertwines with the cities rich culture. Obtain access to the part of New Orleans hidden from tourist as K. Gates strives to 'Save The City'.

A full length documentary film recounting the events surrounding the widely publicized and controversial raid of a Fort Worth, Texas gay bar in 2009. Following a sordid aftermath, Fort Worth would become a leader in LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) equality. However, that journey was not smooth and without controversies. Witness history unfold as this film documents that journey from the perspective of eyewitnesses, activists and politicians who helped change the city. Narrated by television icon and Emmy nominated actress, Meredith Baxter.

After being unlawfully jailed for 157 days based on trumped-up charges, and the BBC making a dedicated hit-piece on the original 7/7 Ripple Effect, the film-maker Muad'Dib expands upon the original film and has added over 60 minutes of new material connecting the dots of what most likely really did happen in London on July 7th 2005, when 3 tube-trains and a double-decker bus were exploded.

The Comando Vermelho (CV), an organized drug gang in Rio de Janeiro, has pervaded the lives of many since its emergence in the 70s. Francisco Freire and Michel Misse dispel the myth surrounding the beginnings of the CV. But how do the violent and territorialized drug wars affect the residents of Rio's favelas today, and what is their perspective of the CV in their life? We follow the brothers Leandro and Francisco to gain a glimpse of the reality of living under the constant threat of drug violence. Felipe, a member of the CV, tells us a whole new side of the story. And the Pacifying Police Unit officer Marcos gives an optimistic insight into Rio's present and future.

Former Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi explores and explains virtually all aspects of the infamous O.J. Simpson murder trial of 1995. This special video program is a companion to Bugliosi's 1996 best-selling book "Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away With Murder".