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42) Winged migration
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Documentary on the migratory habits of birds across the seven continents.
44) The Corporation
Pub. Date
2003
Description
In this acclaimed documentary, Noam Chomksy and the Media, 40 corporate insiders and critics, including Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, No Logo author Naomi Klein and Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, explore the nature and spectacular rise of the most pervasive institution of our time. Combining analysis with footage from advertising, television news and industrial films, The Corporation is an entertaining and provocative look at the inner...
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Fire of Grace volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020].
Description
"A Midwest family drama series about a talented group of strangers who come together to help Freddy Bland make his first documentary that can raise his awareness. There will be resistance." -- Amazon.com.
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[2002].
Description
Aspiring filmmaker June Masterson has high hopes for her first documentary, the true story of the disappearance of famed mystery author Greer Larkin. June learned about the vanishing at age fourteen, locked down on her family's isolated commune. Now, the deeper she digs into the project, the darker the story gets. Everyone has a theory. Greer's mother, Blanche, and her best friend, Rachel, believe that Greer's fiancé, Jonathan, is the culprit. Greer's...
47) Final cut
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Blackwood Bay. An ordinary place, home to ordinary people. It used to be a buzzing seaside destination. But now, ravaged by the effects of dwindling tourism and economic downturn, it's a ghost town--and the perfect place for film-maker Alex to shoot her new documentary. But the community is deeply suspicious of her intentions. After all, nothing exciting ever happens in Blackwood Bay--or does it?
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Looks at the scientists striving to understand the forces at work behind last year's tornado outbreak. Could their work improve tornado prediction in the future? Nova also talks to people whose lives have been upended by these extreme weather events in an effort to learn how we all can protect ourselves and our communities for the future.
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[2016]
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"Mackenzie Walker has everything a single girl needs in her California mountain hometown. Family, friends, a thriving business ... and memories of Zan Elliott, whose touch--and betrayal--she's never forgotten. Now, ten years after he left town, Zan returns to manage his late grandfather's estate ... and flip Mac's life upside down. Documentary filmmaking has taken Zan all over the globe, yet nowhere was far enough away to make him forget Mac. Seeing...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Michael Moore visits a host of nations to learn how the U.S. could improve its own prospects. The creator of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine is back with this hilarious and eye-opening call to arms. Turns out the solutions to America's most entrenched problems already exist in the world. They're just waiting to be co-opted.
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Fire of Grace volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"A Midwest family drama series about a talented group of strangers who come together to help Freddy Bland a documentary." -- Amazon.com.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
As one of America's most beloved children's show hosts, Mr. Rogers remains one of the most iconic television figures for families worldwide. This documentary takes a closer look at the person behind the show, persona, and personality that helped define what it meant to be a good person and be a part of a healthy community. Through his children's show, Mr. Rogers would go on to inspire a generation by not skirting real world issues, confronting issues...
55) Trail of Tears
Description
Documents the forced removal in 1838 of the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma. Shows the suffering endured by the Cherokees as they lost their land and the difficult conditions they endured on the trail. Describes how thousands of Cherokees died during the Trail of Tears, nearly a quarter of the nation, including most of their children and elders.
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing across the planet, literally vanishing from their hives. Filmed across the U.S., in Europe, Australia, and Asia, examine the alarming disappearance of honeybees and the greater meaning it holds about the relationship between mankind and Mother Earth. As scientists puzzle over the cause, organic beekeepers indicate alternative reasons for this tragic loss.
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
"Nuremberg, November 20, 1945--The trials of Nazi war criminals begins in a city still in ruins, barely six months after the Germans' surrender. The United States, France, Great Britain and the USSR unite to deliver exemplary justice in response to crimes against peace and, for the first time in history, to "crimes against humanity". On the accused bench sit 21 of the highest Nazi dignitaries, including Hermann Goring, Rudolph Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop...
60) God in america
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Tells the sweeping and dramatic story of religious life in America, examining more than 500 years of American religious history, from the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the 2008 presidential election. Examine this history as it has played out in public life, exploring the complex interaction between religion and democracy in the United States; the origins of the American concept of religious liberty; the dynamics of the ever-evolving American religious...
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