Vanessa Caldwell
Vanessa Caldwell is a producer, writer and editor with CBC Docs in Toronto.
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In 2002, Falun Gong activists hacked into a state TV station in China
The goal of the hijacking was to counter the government narrative about Falun Gong. Documentary Eternal Spring reveals how they did it — and what happened after.
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Her face was deepfaked onto porn. When police wouldn't help, she did her own investigation
The documentary Another Body finds no one is safe from the growing threat of deepfake pornography.
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How Kanye West went from celebrated artist to a megaphone for hate and division
Journalist Mobeen Azhar investigates Ye’s shifting public persona in the documentary The Trouble with KanYe
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She spent 2 months underground with her infant son — and 1,000 other people — as Russia attacked Mariupol
‘When you’re down there, time disappears. You can’t tell day from night.’
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Previously unheard tape from BBC Archives reveals Duke of Windsor wanted Britain to appease Hitler
The tape was labelled 'IMPORTANT: Not to be broadcast'
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These strangers all have the same biological father: the fertility doctor who helped their parents have a baby
In the documentary Seeds of Deceit, a group of ‘Karbaat children’ meet for the first time.
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They went to a renowned fertility doctor. He secretly impregnated them with his own sperm
Dozens of women were impregnated with Dr. Jan Karbaat’s sperm. There are at least 71 ‘Karbaat children’ who have been confirmed by DNA tests or by the doctor himself, but the total number is impossible to estimate.
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In 'hugely moving' documentary, Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah reveals that he was trafficked to the U.K.
When Farah was nine years old, he was trafficked to the U.K. by strangers to work as a domestic servant
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These two Canadian farmers used Roundup on their crops for decades. Then they were diagnosed with cancer
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma has been called ‘a farmer disease,’ says farmer Richard Elenko
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He was drenched in a weed-killer made by Monsanto in a workplace accident. Then he was diagnosed with cancer
New documentary follows former groundskeeper Dewayne “Lee” Johnson’s trial against agrochemical giant Monsanto. He claims that their weed-killer was a substantial factor in causing his cancer.
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