31 Mar 2018
Countdown to Calvary
Hugh Bonneville reveals how a perfect storm of political intrigue, power struggles and clashing religious passions combined, in a single week, to cause the event that changed the world: the killing of Jesus.
American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein
American academic Norman Finkelstein discusses foreign policy toward Israel and the Middle East.
Top Billed Cast
Norman Finkelstein Self
Noam Chomsky Self
Richard Finkelstein Self
Alan Dershowitz Self (as Alan M. Dershowitz)
Musa Abu-Hashhash Self
Nidal Barham Self
Raul Hilberg Self
John Mearsheimer Self
David Olesker Self
Len Rudner Self
Avi Shlaim Self
Maxine Tsvaigrach Self
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