This teenage boy is really a 33 year-old man. Denis Vashurin, from Russia’s Pacific Coast, didn’t produce enough growth hormones as a child, and so his body isn’t fully grown. To find out what it’s like to be a man trapped in a child’s body, check out our video.
Would you want to look young all your life? To find out more about this unique life story, watch the film Eternal Boy.
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Two years ago, the World Health Organisation excluded being transgender from the list of mental disorders. But is it the real salvation? In most cases, psychological problems are not being solved by changing sex.
A character in our film, Walt Heyer, says, '40% of people attempting suicide are people who regret ever-changing genders'.
Walt was suffering from gender dysphoria, the feeling of being uncomfortable with his original sex. Doctors insisted a sex transition would be the solution, but it didn't help. Changing the gender did not solve the internal problems but only made them stronger.
Watch our video to see why Walt didn't overcome gender identification problems by changing sex. You can learn more about transgender people who regretted changing sex in our documentary film I Want My Sex Back.
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‘As soon as you notice the change, when you’re lighter after using cream, you feel more beautiful’, these are the words of a black Senegalese woman Khuja, who bleaches her skin.
Many Senegalese women use skin whitening cream. They think they look prettier that way. But this procedure is hazardous, and it can lead to several terrible diseases. However, this does not stop women.
Doctors are calling for a ban on the import of brightening creams into the country. But the cosmetic business brings in billions of dollars, and no one wants to give up such profits.
See more about these women in the video and our film Beauty and the Bleach.
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‘It’s a real NATO group. Soldiers from America, the UK, Denmark, Sweden, and Latvia. These instructors lived here! They trained Ukrainian soldiers to conform to NATO standards.’
Daniil Martynov is fighting in the Russian special operation as one of the commanders of Chechen divisions. He has vast experience, taking part in many significant combat operations. Daniil claims there are large quantities of drugs and NATO equipment at every captured Ukrainian checkpoint.
According to the commander, Kiev’s nationalist propaganda puts a lot of pressure on Ukrainian soldiers to enter the battlefield: ‘We captured soldiers and interrogated them... They all say: ‘You know, it was drummed into us that you are the enemy. That you want to destroy us, wipe us out completely’.
Daniil Martynov is a subject in the film 'We’re Fighting the World’s Evil'about the Russian special operation in Ukraine.
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‘Luckily, the cat was lying on her chest. An artillery shell landed where the bus is. Glass shards flew through the room, killing the cat, but she lived.’
Liliya Chernova described how her young daughter Sasha survived Ukrainian army shelling. Their house in the Lugansk region is close to the frontline. But it is hard to call it home now. ‘The fence is in shambles, and the roof is full of holes and leaking,’ says Lilia.
According to her, Ukrainian soldiers have been bombing them for eight years, and Sasha is no longer reacting to it: ‘It’s been like this eight years, what do you think? We’ve been under constant fire.’
The story of mother and daughter is included in the film Battle for Freedom: On the Frontline.
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‘To be born with albinism in Tanzania is very tough. People think we do not die. People have been hunting us, have chopped off our body parts.’ Hasan Hamisi, an albino, is from Tanzania. His mother was advised to kill him with poison because of his albinism at birth.
Today is International Albinism Awareness Day. And what do you know about these unique people? In Tanzania, many believe the white-skinned are immortal spirits who bring bad luck to their families. Others believe that albino body parts can be used in witchcraft to cure diseases or make them rich. That’s why people with albinism in Tanzania fear being maimed or killed for the colour of their skin.
On such a day, find out more about the white-skinned people in the documentary Albino Africa.
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‘They’re [Ukrainian nationalists] 500m this way and 500m that way. Maybe 700, no more. We hear gunfire all the time. We crawl! We’ve forgotten how to walk. We’re scared to go anywhere’, says Tatyana, a Zaytsevo village resident.
The Ukrainian army shelled her house: the windows were broken, the gates were destroyed, and the barn collapsed. She says the Ukrainian military has begun to use drones. ‘They watch all the time and don’t care who or what. You walk and they chase you’.
Watch the stories of residents and those who help them in the RT Documentary film Foreign Fighters of Donbass.
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‘Azov’ fighters shot a 21 years old guy because he had correspondence with his grandmother in Russia’. Memories of Mariupol survivors are in our new film, watch this clip.
The tape has footage of atrocities allegedly committed by ‘Azov’, and testimonies of those who were not allowed out of the city along the green corridors by Ukrainian soldiers. The film also contains the chronology of events and how the nationalist movement in Ukraine was formed. The premiere is soon. Follow the posts.
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'This is another terrorist act, another war crime…', says Russell Bentley, an American volunteer in the Donbass. He filmed a huge crater near the house of his relatives in Donetsk.
Russell is sure that the United States is sending weapons to continue the military conflict in Ukraine: 'People have to understand that all the blood of this war is on the hands of the United States government'. The volunteer left his paternal Texas in 2014. Since then, he has been living in the Donbass and serving its people.
Russell is one of the heroes of our film Donbass. I'm Alive. Watch the film in its entirety here.
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‘Before, I could never have imagined a person living with a doll, but now I can,’ says Senji Nakajima, 62.
He lives with Saori, a silicone doll, and not just lives but takes care of her – washes, feeds, hugs, brings her to bed, and talks to her. Dolls are in high demand among the Japanese. Doll vendor Noboru Tanaka explains it this way: ‘When you make love to your wife, there can be some problems. With a doll, none matters!’
The dolls often replace real partners in Japan. Experts say it may be one of the reason births and the population is declining. But Mr Nakajima doesn’t care; he is sure Saori is the love of his life. Learn more about his story in the clip. Then, watch the full documentary Substitutes about people who have silicone dolls to help overcome loneliness.
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‘Many people imagine they break my bones and pull out the marrow’. Ruslan from Dagestan tells why his fellow villagers are afraid to become bone marrow and stem cell donors. Their blood is quite rare, so in the case of Caucasian ethnic groups, the probability of finding a suitable donor for a bone marrow transplant is almost zero.
How does Ruslan fight the prejudices of his fellow villagers? We show this story on World Blood Donor Day. You can also watch the film You’re my Type: The Donor Lottery.
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‘He used marijuana starting at the age of 14, and battled for the next five years his addiction, and eventually became psychotic, abusing very high-potency wax, and he jumped off a six-storey building’, said Laura about her son Johnny, who was suffering from marijuana addiction.
Johnny became a victim of cannabis legalisation in Colorado State. Watch our video to learn the story of his addiction.
Find more information about the effects of legal marijuana on physical and mental health in the documentary film Marijuana Victims: Colorado.
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