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For the first time, an international film crew captures the round-the-clock action at Havana’s José Martí International Airport. Cuba’s elite security forces battle drug traffickers, arms smugglers, money launderers, and forgers to protect the nation’s borders. With over 100…
A Colombian passenger struggles to answer simple, routine questions, but the X-rays leave him embarrassed and speechless. Two Cuban women bring a large sum of money into Miami, which not only constitutes a customs violation but also requires an explanation if they don't want to be charged with a possible crime.
A young man is transporting a religious sculpture among his belongings, unaware that he is carrying it. An X-ray reveals, however, that something is hidden inside. Later, two friends arrive for a holiday, but instead of a swimsuit, they find documents in their luggage that raise serious doubts about their intentions and identities.
A woman attracts the attention of the authorities after they X-ray two boxes of household appliances that contain something unusual. Later, the immigration authorities have to deal with the case of a young Egyptian man who, the day after his arrival, desperately tries to catch a flight to Nicaragua and begs not to be sent back to his country.
A young Colombian student returns from visiting his family with bulky luggage and two tins of chocolate powder, which conceal something else entirely. At immigration, two friends from Angola arrive, planning a holiday, but one of them has information on his phone that could change his plans.
A passenger brings liquid soap in capsules on request, but cannot wash his hands if the contents are illegal. A man from Angola wants to continue his journey to Panama. However, in addition to problems with his visa, the authorities also have doubts about the true purpose of his trip.
A young Bolivian man arrives in Cuba intending to stay for a month. However, he has brought with him a tradition that the authorities might consider illegal. Meanwhile, immigration officials receive a Russian passenger with a violent past. But his problem is compounded when he presents a dubious passport.
A student is having trouble entering the country because electronic cigarettes are banned. However, the situation becomes even more complicated when cigarette remnants are found, the ingredients of which could jeopardize his education or freedom. Furthermore, the painful life story of a man deeply affects the immigration officials.
A passenger returns to Cuba from Mexico with bulky luggage and finds some containers there that could get her into trouble. Later, a Jordanian citizen tries to conceal some details of his life in order to enter the country, and finally, a man regrets bringing his brother the wrong gift.
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The specter of drug trafficking haunts Europe. Struggling with ultra-violent criminal groups that control the vast majority of cocaine trade, European police forces are overwhelmed. The epicenter of all this trafficking: the Netherlands. A nation at the forefront of international trade and drug policy. This two-part film delves into the origins of European drug trafficking through the unique history of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure is a 1999 BBC television documentary presented by Michael Palin. It records Palin's travels as he visited many sites where Ernest Hemingway had been. The sites include Spain, Chicago, Paris, Italy, Africa, Key West, Cuba, and Idaho. After the trip was over Michael Palin wrote a book about the journey and his experiences. This book contains both Palin's text and many pictures by Basil Pao, the stills photographer who was on the team.
Exploring the history and use of psychedelic plants. Psychedelica examines; Sacred Healing ,Integrating Shamanic, Wisdom, Treating Illness with Plant Medicines, Set, Setting, & Psychotropic Experiments, Expanding Human Consciousness, Shadow Side of Psychedelics, Indigenous Medicine of the Mind, and The Holy Mushroom Theory. Psychedelica is an original series streamed on Gaia. 2018
Every day, 3 million airline passengers travel into the United States— and every one of them is screened and their baggage checked by one of the 40,000 officers who work on America’s front line. This series documents the challenges faced by CBP at four of the busiest airports in the US including Atlanta, Honolulu, Detroit, San Francisco and Newark. From career drug smugglers and human traffickers to less serious visa and passport defaulters, everyone who comes into the United States by air is subject to scrutiny.
