VICE · SEASON 5
Last Line of Defense & El Rostro
Episode 17 · 2017-06-30

- Documentary
- News
- War & Politics
Episode overview
“Last Line of Defense” - With the Constitutional right to fair representation in a court of law in jeopardy, Cord Jefferson heads to one of the worst hit states to see how overworked and underpaid public defenders are coping with the broken legal system. “El Rostro” - VICE travels deep in the Peruvian Amazon to where multinational companies have been extracting lucrative natural resources to see how these activities are decimating the land. With the native Harakmbut people as his guide, Ben Anderson goes into the forest to explore sacred landmarks they hope will prevent companies from destroying the land for a profit.
30 minutes
Season 5 episodes
1. Assad's Syria & Cost of Climate Change2017-02-24
2. Trans Youth2017-03-03
3. When the Earth Melts & The Displaced2017-03-10
4. Kings of Cannabis & Into the Darkness2017-03-17
5. Black and Blue & Our Bionic Future2017-03-24
6. End of Amateurism2017-03-31
7. Life Under Sharia & Plastic Oceans2017-04-07
8. Fast Food of Arabia & Nollywood2017-04-21
9. Medical Détente & Bananas2017-04-28
10. Taliban Resurgence2017-05-05
11. Engineering Immortality & Robot Revolution2017-05-12
12. Women Behind Bars & The Business of Making Art2017-05-19
13. Taking Back Iraq & Lost Generation2017-06-02
14. The Politics of Terror & End of the EU?2017-06-09
15. Future of Firearms & Russia “Wins” Climate Change2017-06-16
16. Cyber Supremacy & Japan Rising2017-06-23
17. Last Line of Defense & El Rostro2017-06-30
18. Power to the President2017-07-14
19. Crude Reality & Between Oil and Water2017-07-28
20. Autism Under the Lens2017-08-04
21. Show of Force & Return to Somalia2017-08-11
22. Controlling the Narrative & Power to Congo2017-08-18
23. Dawn of a Dictator2017-08-25
24. Dirty Oil & Rebuilding Our Reefs2017-09-08
25. Dark Web & Future of Appalachia2017-09-15
26. Divide and Conquer & Crackdown in Honduras2017-09-22
27. Russian Hacking & Contagion2017-09-29
28. 'Post-Truth' News & Microbiome2017-10-06
29. After ISIS & Cubs of the Caliphate2017-10-13