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    Curated short documentaries and original Aeon productions exploring big ideas
    Photo of a person in white walking along a cliffside path near a stone structure with a scenic landscape view.

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    Architecture

    Steep climbs lead to sacred spaces carved high into the cliffs of Ethiopia

    9 minutes

    Watercolour and ink collage with a portrait, handwritten text saying ‘Hey, I’m important’ and a small beach photo on top right.

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    Consciousness and altered states

    How an artist learned to ‘co-live’ with the distressing voice in her head

    6 minutes

    Sketch of person holding a pink phone to their ear with minimal facial detail.

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    History

    In the face of denial, this film uncovers the hidden scars of Indonesia’s 1998 riots

    21 minutes

    Illustration of a brain with a tap attached, with yellow liquid flowing out against a grey background.

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    Ethics

    What’s an idea worth? How prominent thinkers have understood intellectual property

    6 minutes

    Illustration of a blue dragonfly, a green leaf insect and a brown butterfly wing on a light background.

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    History of science

    Insect aesthetics – long viewed as pests, in the 16th century bugs became beautiful

    8 minutes

    Photo of a woman sleeping, resting her head and hand on a large dog, creating a cosy atmosphere.

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    Love and friendship

    What does it mean to say goodbye to a creature that doesn’t know you’re leaving?

    13 minutes

    Photo of a woman wearing sunglasses, gesturing in front of a large stone monument with carved figures.

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    Thinkers and theories

    The prison abolitionist who dares to envision a world without ‘unfreedoms’

    16 minutes

    3D heat map graph with peaks in red and valleys in blue showing data variation.

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    Music

    A riveting audiovisual dive into what makes sounds harmonious, or not

    28 minutes

    Photo of two women hugging at an indoor event, one holding a piece of paper

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    Life stages

    Grief, healing and laughter coexist at a unique retreat for widows and widowers

    15 minutes

    Illustration of three people, one with wide eyes and mouth open, another holding their head, third timing with a pocket watch.

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    Medicine

    Drinking wine from toxic cups was the 17th century’s own dubious ‘detox’ treatment

    11 minutes

    Painting of a vast landscape featuring rocky hills, a woman with a child and distant snow-capped mountains under a cloudy sky.

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    Nature and landscape

    After independence, Mexico was in search of identity. These paintings offered a blueprint

    15 minutes

    Photo of a woman in a red coat gazing out a foggy window with a contemplative expression.

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    Progress and modernity

    Moving from Tibet to Beijing, Drolma reconciles big dreams with harsh realities

    31 minutes