tabiioriginal documentary
The Flip Side of the Story
1 Season
New Documentary
History
A different perspective on historical events in world history—revealing what truly happened behind the lines of history books.
1. Blankets of Death
23m
The aggressive policies and tactics used by Europeans to take over Native American lands and reshape the region into what is now the United States, often at great human cost.
2. The African Slave Trade
20m
Western colonizers seized Africa, forcibly uprooted millions of its people, and sold them as slaves in the Americas, inflicting unimaginable suffering and forever altering the course of countless lives.
3. The Dark Roots of Chocolate
19m
Belgium is known for producing the world’s finest chocolates, though cacao doesn’t grow there. This episode explores the lives destroyed and the bitter cost behind the sweet treat.
4. The Human Zoos
19m
Western countries created “human zoos” to display Africans and Native Americans as curiosities, stripping away dignity and exposing the darkest sides of so-called advancement.
5. The Opium Wars
17m
The British waged war to sustain trade with China while colonizing India, flooding the Chinese market with opium produced in India, triggering a devastating conflict fueled by greed and addiction.
6. Battleground British Raj
20m
The UK and the Netherlands clashed over the colonization of India, causing social, economic, and cultural devastation for the South Asian people, leaving scars that shaped the histories of both the nation and the region forever.
7. Genocide Down Under
23m
England transformed Australia from a penal colony into a full settlement, systematically committing genocide against the Aboriginal peoples of Australia and Tasmania, erasing cultures and lives in the name of the Empire.
8. Gold, Greed, and Displacement
21m
American settlers, driven by the California Gold Rush and other mineral rushes across the Americas, forcibly displaced Native Americans from their lands, devastating natural habitats and disrupting the Earth’s ecological balance.
9. The Diamond Curse
22m
After discovering diamond deposits in Africa, British colonizers systematically exploited the region, stripping the land bare for extraction, rendering it infertile, and leaving behind deep wounds that are still felt today.
10. A Colonial Tale of Tea
24m
To satisfy Europe's thirst for tea, Britain and other powers colonized India and China, forcing locals into brutal labor on plantations, leaving behind a bitter legacy still steeped in history.