FBI

A 5 x 52 minutes documentary in partnership with France 5.

THE INSIDE STORY OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE F.B.I. DISTILLED FROM HOURS OF EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH 50 AGENTS, EX AGENTS AND DIRECTORS OF THE F.B.I. ILLUSTRATED WITH THE BEST AVAILABLE ARCHIVAL MATERIAL
Each film will be rich in references to popular culture and based on exemplary cases recounted by first-hand witnesses. By investigating contemporary themes, we will bring to life the 100 year old culture of the F.B.I. Reliving and debating key moments pertinent to contemporary issues. Whistle blowers and loyal troops will confront their views on the bureau’s attitudes and actions. As we investigate cases, we will pepper our narrative with down to earth [nitty-gritty] facts about the daily life of the agents concerned, highlighting the evolving reality of the Federal Agent. The storyline and the treatment will have all the tension and the pace of current F.B.I. based hits for T.V. The images will carry us into every corner of the U.S. It will also propose an original history of 20th Century America. Each episode will be propelled by a contemporary situation linked to a theme and we shall unwind the heritage that led to the manners and methods the F.B.I currently employs. An intricate weaving of; movie extracts, news archives, spy camera footage, the agents personal archives, and agent interviews integrated through state of the art graphics into a high speed story line. A unique collection that is both a critical history of the FBI and an insider’s view of its organization. The most difficult questions facing modern police forces will be treated, and the central quandary posed by the equilibrium between freedom and safety in contemporary society will constitute the thematic backbone.

COPYRIGHT FBI

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE F.B.I. IS MOSTLY A MYTHICAL CONSTRUCT SUCCESSFULLY MANAGED BY THE BUREAU ITSELF.
A richly illustrated history of the G-Man or the Fed in popular culture: How the F.B.I. gave birth to the G man and won its notoriety. How J. Edgar Hoover wrote and supervised scripts. How the image of the agent evolved into spy catcher, gang buster, tracker of serial killers, or hunter of extra terrestrials. A voyage in its dealings with dominant media up to and beyond the copyrighting of its name in 1956. -Illustrated with excerpts from Films and T.V., radio shows and comic strips -commented by the agents themselves. An historical kaleidoscope, reawakening souvenirs of a century of pop-culture. A striking introduction.

AN AMERICAN NIGHTMARE

THE F.B.I. HAS THE OBLIGATION OF PROTECTING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN. A TASK RIDDLED WITH CONTRADICTIONS.
The F.B.I. Presidents politics and dirty tricks.From John Kennedy’s assassination to the Watergate and it’s aftermath. Past agents and directors charged with domestic intelligence who worked to eliminate perceived threats as diverse as; the Klu Klux Clan, the Weathermen the Socialist Workers Party White Supremacists, etc… the list goes on… will give us first-hand accounts. We will ask important questions on Cointelpro-style operations, their political ramifications and the limitations and goals of domestic intelligence programs. Oklahoma City, Mississippi Burning, Martin Luther King, the Black Panthers… How has the F.B.I., as guarantor of the American Dream, policed the frontiers of public Freedom?

ON THE FRONTLINE

AMERICA WONDERED FOR DECADES WHY THE MYTHICAL F.B.I. DID NOT TACKLE ORGANIZED CRIME. WHEN IT EVEN¬TUALLY DID, IT FOUND ITSELF EMPLOYING NOVEL, SOMETIMES QUESTIONABLE, TACTICS.
The world wide hunt for James Whitey Bulger, no 2 after Bin Laden in the F.B.I.s most wanted list, is the backdrop for this episode. Through the revelations of real life “Donnie Brascos” the undercover heroes of the bureau and their directors, we will explore the difficulties of the F.B.I’s war on organized crime. When Hoovers FBI was finally forced to fight organized crime by the Kennedy brothers, its methods placed agents on the front line of Good and Evil. The Pizza connection, Abscam, Russian organized crime, rogue agents and corrupt Judges… We shall investigate the case of John Connolly accused of delivering names to his underworld informants leading to several murders. His colleagues all of them involved in similar investigations come to his aid. How this and similar cases are the risk when you come face to face with the Mob.

AMERICAN PSYCHO

WITH 25,OOO MURDERS, OF WHICH ONLY 50 PERCENT ARE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. YOU HAVE A 50/50 CHANCE OF GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER IN TODAY’S AMERICA.
The successes and failures of the war on violent criminals. At the scene of a particularly horrifying I5 year old crime, a now retired profiler pursues with his active colleague the hunt for the murderers and rapists, of a mother and daughter (bound together in a huge trash can) thrown alive into the icy waters of a river. The stars of the behavioral science unit and the directors and agents involved in the most spectacular criminal cases, along with their colleagues involved in crime scene investigations, and hostage negotiations relate their discipline and its most remarkable moments. We will discover how the F.B.I., through forensics and the study of behavior, became internationally known for tracking serial killers

HOME ALONE

AMERICAS INCREASING ISOLATION AND A CERTAIN XENOPHOBIA ARE CREATING NEW PROBLEMS FOR THE F.B.I. IS HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF?
The track of terrorists since the first World Trade Centre bombing in1993 Operation Bojinca, Ramzi Youssef’s arrest, the long track of the C.I.A. Killer and his arrest in Pakistan… Successful anti-terrorist operations in Pakistan and elsewhere. The internal debates spurred by 9/11. John O’Neil’s New York colleagues who lived the attack debate with agents whose warnings were lost in the machine shedding light on the state of the war the F.B.I is waging on terror. A thorough first-hand investigation of the F.B.I.’s dealings with Terror.