22 The Worricker Trilogy BBC 3 part miniseries- 2008-2014 An MI5 analyst is on a run while trying to discover why the Prime Minister had his boss and best friend killed. An insight into British politics, global foun- dations, CIA secret prisons and political manipulations. Solari commented extensively on this series. Shut Up and Sing A documentary on the Dixie Chicks in the wake of singer Natalie Maines’ anti-George W. Bush statement at a 2003 concert. Her off-the-cuff remark sparked a backlash of organized and personal nation- al security state attacks. Dinosaur 13 A documentary about the 1990 discovery of the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil ever found… and how it was lost. During a 10-year battle with the U.S. government, powerful museums, Native American tribes and com- peting paleontologists, the discoverers found themselves not only fighting to keep their dinosaur, but literally fighting for their freedom. Richard Dolan False Flag Series at Gaia TV History and implementation of covert operations, and the resultant media cover- age, presented to reveal the ulterior motives behind such actions. A great description of “false flags” as control tools to manage systems and introduce new laws. LEGAL, POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL MANIPULATION The International An Interpol agent attempts to expose a major bank’s role in international arms dealing. We get to watch war, arms dealing, a corrupt banking system and Clive Owen. Der Banker: Master of the Universe A 2013 documentary where a German banker is chill- ingly straightforward when he shares his knowledge of modern banking’s power to prop or topple entire national economies. Margin Call While the official descrip- tion – “the story follows key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis” – could not be duller, it is actually a fascinating insight into the Goldman Sachs “Big Short,” the Lehman Brothers collapse and the 2008 wipe out of a fraudulent mortgage securi- ties and derivative bubble. Startup.com A dotcom era story about two 20-something entrepreneurs whose attempt to create an online service chronicles both the early Internet business models and how a friendship can fall victim of business realities and covert operations that result in bigger players acquiring up their business for cheap. III. let’S go to tHe moVIeS