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Two municipal workers concoct a scheme to lure tourists by fabricating a tale of a mythical beast dwelling near their quaint village, hoping to revive the town's dwindling economy through this audacious ploy.

This documentary follows lobster fishermen and women from L'Anse-à Beaufils, in the Gaspésie région, Québec, during the course of the 2014 season.

Throughout his career, Mr. John Galianos has played a key role in a number of police cases that made headlines through historical re-enactments, relive intricate police stories where the polygraph has been a great investigative tool.

With its 6 Miss Universe and 6 Miss World titles, Venezuela is the hands-down global beauty pageant champ! After oil, pageants are the countrys second most important industry. Even though 80% of the population lives below the poverty line, many women spend a fortune on their appearance, and across the country pursuit of the Miss Venezuela crown is followed with near-religious fervour. Is beauty manufactured at whatever cost in Venezuela? Well explore the backstage world of the Miss manufacturing-machines and see how it all somehow co-habits with Hugo Chavezs government. This documentary will follow a pair of young girls training to become the perfect Misses but why are they plunging headlong into this adventure? Could it be to rise from a less-priviledged lower class to one full of limitless dreams and social priviledges?

Director D'orlando Arriagada talks with archaeologists, writers, historians and of course, cooks, to better understand ceviche's lasting appeal and its rise as the cornerstone dish of Peru's culinary renaissance.

For Amerikologys third season, Luis Oliva heads off to explore a country very much on the move, with a blossoming economy, yet glaringly-obvious social inequalities: Brazil. Host of the biggest social forums on the planet, bursting with innovative and progressive ideas, the country still nonetheless has 45 million citizens living below the poverty line. But grassroots work is already well underway throughout Brazil: from Rio de Janeiro to Sao Paulo, to Salvador and Porto Alegre. A colossal challenge has been taken up by courageous people who put the interests of their fellow-citizens at the center of their commitment. An inspiring undertaking that deserves to be reported. Work worthy of Amerikology.

-This documentary television series celebrates a place that was once a favourite destination for Quebec families: the outdoor cinema. Once extremely popular in the province of Quebec (Canada), this mythical place for family getaways and romantic rendezvous is now experiencing an unexpected revival, after a period of dramatic inactivity.

-Frédérick De Grandpré revisits some of Quebec's most impressive crime stories (In Canada) with four star investigators.

-After the earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince (Haiti) in 2010, hundreds of Quebecers took a flight to the Caribbean Sea in order to give a helping hand to a country that needed it. For Carla, Georges, Ishmaël, Géraldine, Guy-Olivier and Régine, what was supposed to be a trip of a few weeks turned into a one-way trip. If, at the beginning, the desire to help their fellow man was their main motivation, they quickly fell in love with the Pearl of the Antilles.

Broadcast: RDI / Radio-Canada Year: 2011 52 minutes 33 miners, trapped 688 meters underground for 69 days, in 35 degree Celsius heat. The numbers are fascinating as are the human stories behind them! Finally freed from their hellish trap, Los 33, as they became known, became popular folk heroes followed by the media, recognized wherever they went, sought after far and wide But behind the miracle of their rescue, who are these men suddenly thrust into the spotlight? Director Orlando Arriagada went and met four of them, obtaining privileged access into their new and not-always-charmed lives under the unaccustomed glare of the international spotlight.

-Surveillance by hidden cameras, tailing and tactical interventions: the artillery of protection agents is as spectacular as it is varied. The detectives set up operations that allow them to catch criminals red-handed under the eye of the cameras.