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Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2002], c1999
Language
Persian
Description
A filmmaker travels to a remote mountain village secretly planning to record a local ritual ceremony surrounding an old dying woman. He befriends a local boy who ultimately becomes his informant on the fate of the old woman. As the rustling wind, golden light, and deep shadows of the village cast an alluring spell, the deathwatch drags on as the woman stubbornly clings to life, leaving the crew impatient
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
The entire performance of every artist was filmed at Woodstock. This footage has been archived since that history-making weekend and has only recently been re-discovered. Never before has the complete performance been shown, before now
64) Native America
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
Ancient wisdom and modern science are combined to shed light on who were America's first people
65) A small act
Publisher
Docuramafilms
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"When Hilde Back sponsored a young, rural Kenyan student, she thought nothing of it. She never imagined her quarterly donation of $15 would pave the way for Chris Mburu's journey to Harvard Law School. Years later, Chris has become a United Nations human rights lawyer working to combat genocide and discrimination. He decides to seek out the stranger who dramatically transformed his life and is astonished to learn his benefactor, Hilde, is a Holocaust...
66) Rewind & play
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Français
Description
"In December 1969, legendary jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk ended his European concert tour with a performance at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. Before the show, he was invited to appear on a French television program to perform and answer questions in an intimate setting. Using newly discovered footage from this recording, director Alain Gomis (F⁹LICIT⁹) reveals the disconnect between Monk and his interviewer, Henri Renaud, whose unwittingly...
67) Samsara
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
None
Description
Prepare yourself for an unparalleled sensory experience. Filmed over a period of almost five years and in twenty-five countries, it explores the wonders of the world from sacred grounds to industrial sites, looking into the unfathomable reaches of man's spirituality and the human experience. Photographed entirely in 70mm and transferred to 4K digital projection format, its mesmerizing images of unprecedented clarity illuminate the links between humanity...
68) Star wars
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Three bonus discs with deleted and extended scenes, commentaries by George Lucas and crew and from archival interviews with cast and crew; featurettes and Star Wars spoofs. Special features are unrated, may not be high definition and are not closed captioned
69) Theatreland
Publisher
Athena
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The first ever observational documentary series to look behind the scenes at one of London's premiere West End venues, the Theatre Royal Haymarket. The series follows the Theatre's busy daily life, from front of house to the production team's back stage, working to get a new production up and running. This also includes the arrival of a new artistic director Sean Mathias and his first production, Waiting for Godot which features two legends of stage...
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Ukrainian
Description
In this Oscar nominee for Best Feature Documentary, a group of strong-willed social workers at a war-worn orphanage in Eastern Ukraine work tirelessly to create a magical haven for children to live in while the state decides their futures
72) Man on wire
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A look at the high-wire walk made by Philippe Petit in 1974 between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York City, and how it is still considered one of history's most artistic crimes
73) Rez metal
Publisher
Leomark Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"REZ METAL follows the Navajo heavy metal band I Don't Konform's remarkable journey from performing on poverty-stricken reservations to recording their debut album with Grammy-award winner producer of Metallica while telling the compelling story of the thriving heavy metal scene on the Navajo reservations."--Container
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense, under President Kennedy and President Johnson, Robert S. McNamara. McNamara was one of the most controversial and influential political figures of the 20th century. Now, he offers a candid and intimate journey through some of the most seminal events in contemporary American history. He offers new and often surprising insights into the 1945 bombing of Tokyo, the Cuban...
Publisher
Monica Beach Media
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
This film examines the claim that most if not all degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods. It traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn. Although they didn't know each other, their individual research led to startlingly similar conclusions: degenerative diseases could usually be prevented--and in...
76) Food, Inc
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing how our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profits ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Reveals surprising - and often shocking truths - about what we eat, how it's produced and who we have become as a nation
77) Chimpanzee
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Oscar, a baby chimpanzee, is enjoying his life with his mother in the jungles along the Ivory Coast. Without warning, young Oscar is orphaned during an attack from a rival group of chimpanzees. Afterward, he attempts to survive on his own, and to be accepted by the other chimps. Oscar struggles until he is adopted by the alpha male of his group
Publisher
Outcast Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A searing documentary exposes, uncovering the ugly truth behind plastic pollution and the false solution of plastic recycling. Different from every other plastic documentary ever seen, it presents a cohesive timeline of how people got to the current global plastic pollution crisis and how the oil and gas industry has successfully manipulated the narrative around it. From the extraction of fossil fuels and plastic disposal to the global resistance...
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When a Vincent sold at auction for $1.2 million in 2018 it became the most expensive motorcycle in the world. Today, riders such as Jay Leno, Brad Pitt and Ryan Reynolds collect these beautiful machines. Yet its creator, Philip Vincent, died penniless and living in public housing. The Ewan McGregor-narrated Speed is Expensive is the story of how one man's obsession with speed cost him everything
80) Alive inside
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A joyous cinematic exploration of music's capacity to reawaken our souls and uncover the deepest parts of our humanity. Filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett chronicles the astonishing experiences of individuals around the country who have been revitalized through the simple experience of listening to music
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