TRUTH FILES

Travel with British photographer Karen Davies to Pakistan on an assignment to photograph General Pervez Musharraf.

Profiles the life and work of Dave Harvey, one of the world's most talented colour photographers.

Meet wildlife filmmakers Mark Deeble and Vicky Stone who have captured on film some of nature's most elusive creatures and most dramatic moments.

This film profiles the life and work of biologist and conservationist Jesús Rivas. He's the world's foremost authority on wild anacondas, but his interests and career extend far beyond snakes. Our film follows this scientist into the flooded grasslands, waterways, and beaches of Venezuela as he searches for giant snakes with his bare feet, captures crocs, and releases baby sea turtles. A few years ago, Jesus began a second career as a scientific adventurer for National Geographic Television, but today his life is at a crossroad. Will the seductions of fame lure him away from a promising life of science?

This film profiles the life and work of the millionaire inventor, Dean Kamen. With more than one hundred U.S. patents, ranging from a wheelchair that climbs stairs to a sophisticated electronic scooter, Kamen is one of the great minds of our time. We visit Kamen in all realms of his techno-kingdom: at home, at work, at play and presiding over his mega-robotics competition to show what makes this original thinker tick.

Ronis Da Silveira knows 15-foot long black caimans the way most people know dogs. But Ronis is not an admirer - he's a scientist dedicated to keeping Melanosuchus niger alive and well in substantial numbers, and in it's natural environment. Join Ronis as he crusades for conservation of this magnificent creature and the flooded forest it calls home. Catch him at work as he captures and studies these giants. And listen in as he speaks about his life at home with his wife, in the water with giant caimans and in the wild conducting studies on biodiversity. Finally, visit Mamirauá, the "Self-Sustaining Development Reserve" to which Ronis has dedicated much of his life. His passion has helped to forge a delicate balance in this vast 1.1 million hectare reserve between the animals that live there and the local population that relies in part on harvesting them for their survival.

What drives a man to walk 2000 miles across forests nearly as remote from the rest of his species as anywhere on earth? Who is the man who is so much more at home in the pristine nature he loves so much than with other humans? In this portrait see the private face of internationally acclaimed conservationist Dr. Mike Fay. Though human relationships and commitments are not easy for Fay, he has shown utter commitment to planet earth and saving the last of its pristine environments. In 1999 he began what he dubbed the 'Megatransect,' an unprecedented 2000 mile journey across Congo and Gabon. He conducted this journey on foot over 15 months. As one of the world's foremost conservationists and explorers, Mike Fay's commitments to the earth are nothing short of astounding. In this film we gain understanding of the convictions that motivate Fay and prompt him to undertake such incredible feats for no personal gain.What drives a man to walk 2000 miles across forests nearly as remote from the rest of his species as anywhere on earth? Who is the man who is so much more at home in the pristine nature he loves so much than with other humans? In this portrait see the private face of internationally acclaimed conservationist Dr. Mike Fay. Though human relationships and commitments are not easy for Fay, he has shown utter commitment to planet earth and saving the last of its pristine environments. In 1999 he began what he dubbed the 'Megatransect,' an unprecedented 2000 mile journey across Congo and Gabon. He conducted this journey on foot over 15 months. As one of the world's foremost conservationists and explorers, Mike Fay's commitments to the earth are nothing short of astounding. In this film we gain understanding of the convictions that motivate Fay and prompt him to undertake such incredible feats for no personal gain