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Beach Boys: 50 - Doin' It Again, TheGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 08/28/2012 Rating NR Production Year: 2012 This documentary records how Brian Wilson, Mike Love and the other surviving members of The Beach Boys reunited to record a well-received new album in 2012, their first with this line-up in two decades, and mount a tour together for the first time in many years. … more less -
Nature's Most Amazing EventsGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 06/16/2009 Rating NR Production Year: Run Time: 300 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Richard Attenborough's PLANET EARTH series introduced audiences to breathtaking wildlife photography, and the tradition continues in this program that goes from the Pacific Ocean to the polar icecaps to present some of Earth's most dazzling spectacles. This collection presents six episodes from the show. … more less -
MadagascarGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 06/07/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 174 mins Released By: BBC Video Not to be confused with the DreamWorks animated opus of the same name, this nature-themed BBC miniseries from David Attenborough travels to the titular island, a country situated in the Indian Ocean just off of Africa's southeastern coast. Attenborough and co. focus exclusively on studying various species of Madagascarian wildlife that occupy this most unusual nation, with a particularly strong emphasis on frogs, wasps, chameleons and lemur. In the process, a picture emerges of a breathtaking but perilously delicate corner of Earth's biosphere. This collection contains the entire three-hour miniseries as it originally aired on British television. … more less -
Dinosaurs 3D: Giants of PatagoniaGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 03/01/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 2007 Run Time: 40 mins Released By: Image Artefacts, scientific theories, and CGI effects are used to bring the dinosaurs to life in this educational IMAX presentation. … more less -
Great Rift: Africa's Greatest Story, TheGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 09/21/2010 Rating NR Production Year: 2010 Run Time: 176 mins Released By: BBC Video By any standard, there is no region of Earth as spectacularly diverse as the 6,000 mile-long stretch of land known as the Great Rift. Stretching from Syria in the southwestern corner of Asia, to Mozambique in Eastern Africa, it incorporates almost every type of land imaginable, from sulfurous volcanoes to thick grasslands to raging rivers and snow-capped mountains. It also functions as the home to an incredible panoply of exotic wildlife, and served as the geographic origin of <I>homo sapiens</I>. Hugh Quarshie narrates this BBC documentary miniseries that leads viewers on a kaleidoscopic tour of the Rift, touching on the many and varied aspects of its animal populations and geographic features. This set contains the entire three-hour series, plus a bonus documentary called INSIDE THE GREAT RIFT. … more less -
MarleyGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 08/07/2012 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 145 mins Released By: Magnolia Pictures Oscar-winning documentarian Kevin Macdonald (ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER) examines the life of pioneering reggae artist Bob Marley in this film featuring intimate footage from the family's personal archives. … more less -
Frozen Planet: The Complete SeriesGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 04/17/2012 Rating Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 350 mins Released By: BBC Video The set contains all seven episodes of FROZEN PLANET, the documentary devoted to showcasing both the Arctic and the Antarctic. State-of-the-art camera capture these naturally splendid but harsh locations as they undergo massive changes that very well may impact the climate for the rest of the planet. In addition to the environmental dangers for the globe, the series offers footage of animals as they adjust to these changes conditions, as well as the natural shifts that occur as the seasons change in these extreme climates. Alister Fothergill, the man who oversaw both Planet Earth and THE BLUE PLANET: SEAS OF LIFE, served as executive producer for this project as well. … more less -
Into the Universe with Stephen HawkingGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 01/31/2012 Rating Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 180 mins Released By: Discovery Channel, The Aided by spectacular computer animation, renowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking offers his perspective on the secrets of the universe, and touches on hot topics including the possibility of alien life and time travel. … more less -
Ai Weiwei: Never SorryGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 12/04/2012 Rating R Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 91 mins Released By: IFC Films Cast: Gu Changwei, Hung Huang II, Li Qing II, Karen Smith Filmmaker Alison Klayman presents an intimate portrait of outspoken Chinese artist/political activist Ai Weiwei, who was taken into police custody after criticizing the Chinese government over the deaths of 5000 students during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, and who defied his country's censorship laws to help organize and inform his fellow citizens. … more less -
Ambassador, TheGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 10/23/2012 Rating Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 93 mins Released By: Image Gonzo filmmaker Mads Brügger poses as a wealthy European-African consul in order to expose corruption and profiteering in the Central African Republic in this audacious hidden-camera documentary. Ostensibly traveling to the landlocked African country to open a match factory, Brügger delves into the dangerous world of blood diamond smuggling while revealing the treacherous greed of obscenely rich white businessmen who make a killing through the misery and suffering of the impoverished, defenseless masses. … more less -
Aquarium ImpressionsGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 07/13/2010 Rating NR Production Year: 2006 Run Time: 78 mins Released By: Navarre Corporation This program brings a soothing, lively aquarium into any living room, letting viewers take in a variety of ocean life and beautiful tropical colors while listening to relaxing mediation music. … more less -
BabiesGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 09/28/2010 Rating Production Year: 2009 Filmmaker Thomas Balmes offers an adorable glimpse at the first phase of life in this film following four newborn babies through their first year of life. Ponijao, Bayar, Mari, and Hattie were born in Namibia, Mongolia, Japan, and California, respectively. By capturing their earliest stage of development on camera, Balmes reveals just how much we all have in common, despite being born to different parents and raised in different cultures. … more less -
Battlefield Russia: The Eastern FrontGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 12/07/2010 Rating NR Production Year: 2010 Run Time: 360 mins Released By: Timeless Media Group Following the successful Blitzkrieg lightning war that devastated Western Europe, Hitler's minions naively foresaw countering the U.S.S.R. as a piece of cake. Instead, countless Russian soldiers waylaid the Nazis on the ice-encrusted plains of Stalingrad, waging a brutal battle of attrition that wore the Germans down and led to their immediate demise. As narrated by Tim Pigot-Smith (QUANTUM OF SOLACE), this tripartite documentary package BATTLEFIELD RUSSIA: THE EASTERN FRONT covers the three battles that were pivotal in this Russian victory - The Battle for Russia, The Battle for Stalingrad and The Battle for Berlin - emphasizing biographical profiles of various military leaders, discussion of the weaponry used, the political circumstances leading up to each battle, and much more. … more less -
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called QuestGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 10/18/2011 Rating R Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 97 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Actor Michael Rapaport turns documentary filmmaker with this look at the turbulent career of progressive New York hip-hop outfit A Tribe Called Quest. Interviews with such fans and contemporaries as the Beastie Boys, De La Soul, Ludacris, Kanye West, and Common reveal how the group helped steer collective hip-hop consciousness in an exciting new direction by combining divergent styles and penning positive lyrics before deciding to call it quits back in 1998. Additional interviews with members Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Q-Tip, and Phife Dawg during their 2008 reunion tour offer added insight into their glory days as hip-hop pioneers, and life after A Tribe Called Quest. … more less -
Blue Planet: Seas of Life, TheGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 04/09/2013 Rating NR Production Year: Cast: David Attenborough This collection comprises the first four installments of the underwater series THE BLUE PLANET. Also included is a fifth, additional program containing plenty of previously unseen material. Please see these individual volumes for further details: "Ocean World/Frozen Seas," "Open Ocean/The Deep," "Seasonal Seas/Coral Seas," and "Tidal Seas/Coasts." … more less -
CatfishGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 01/04/2011 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2010 Run Time: 88 mins Released By: Universal Studios Home Video Love and identity become twisted across the lines of the Internet in this documentary from filmmakers Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Nev Schulman is a photographer who one day received a surprising e-mail message -- Abby, an eight-year-old girl in Michigan, had seen his picture in a newspaper and wanted permission to paint a portrait from it. Nev gave his OK, and when he was given a copy of the painting, he was struck by how good it was, assuming that the girl was either a genius or a fraud. Nev tried to contact Abby's family, and somehow ended up in contact with Megan, Abby's sexy 19-year-old sister. As Nev fell into an increasingly complicated on-line relationship with Megan, he decided it was time to meet her in person, but when he traveled to Michigan and tracked her down, Nev learned that Abby and Megan's family were not at all what he expected them to be. Ariel Schulman, Nev's brother, began filming his brother's adventures from his first contact with Abby, and in CATFISH he and Henry Joost tell this strange story from beginning to end. CATFISH received its world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. … more less -
Chronique d'un étéGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 02/26/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 1960 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Criterion Collection Originally CHRONIQUE D'UN ETE, this black & white, 16-millimeter film is an exercise in cinema verite, conceived by an anthropologist/moviemaker (Jean Rouch) and a sociologist/movie critic (Edgar Morin). The all-amateur cast includes a black university student, a factory worker and a young holocaust survivor. Each is interviewed on a variety of current-events topics, and each is permitted to ramble on until the camera runs out of film. As a coda, the interviewees are seen talking among themselves, asking each other if they had been "acting" while on camera. … more less -
Cosmic Voyage/Destiny In SpaceGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 10/14/2008 Rating NR Production Year: COSMIC VOYAGE: This ambitious exploration into science and space gives the audience views of the cosmos that were never imaginable before. Using computer generated graphics and the latest technological advances in cinematography, this program studies the universe and the role of humans occupy in this world. Originally produced for the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and screened in the IMAX format, this documentary program boasts two of the longest continuous zooms in the history of filmmaking achieved through animation. Also included is a thrilling Big Bang simulation. Morgan Freeman hosts. DESTINY IN SPACE: The Hubble Telescope has given people the world over views of other planets that prior to its invention were only dreamed possible. This amazing film examines the telescope as well as the incredible images it captured. Venus and Mars are gloriously photographed. Also included is stunning footage of the telescope being prepared by astronauts floating alongside it. Leonard Nimoy narrates this fascinating look at space exploration, originally shown in the IMAX format. … more less -
Deep Sea (IMAX)Genre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 11/16/2010 Rating NR Production Year: 2006 Run Time: 41 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Graeme Ferguson The wondrous denizens of the diverse marine habitat known as a coral reef are the subject matter of Howard Hill's DEEP SEA 3-D (originally an IMAX presentation). Exploring the reefs throughout the Pacific, Hill's cameras capture a rare close-up glimpse of turtles, shrimp, scallops, sharks, eels, starfish, jellyfish, octopuses, and much more. Thematically, the film examines the balance of life and symbiosis between these creatures. There are the hunters and the hunted, yet there is always another species that keeps the hunters in check, too. Similarly, some species of smaller fish eat by feeding on sea material that collects on some larger fish, which also cleans the larger fish's scales. The continued and necessary persistence of this activity is quite important to the collective survival of the animals, the reef and, indeed, all of humanity. Narrated almost conversationally by Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet, DEEP SEA 3-D is a thrilling, intimate, and educational look at the unknown depths of the world underwater; enjoyable for kids and adults of any age. … more less -
Incredible Places Triple FeatureGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 03/12/2013 Rating R Production Year: 2013 Run Time: 100 mins Released By: Image This collection of nature documentaries highlights a variety of wonders of the natural world, including the legendary Nile, deep sea volcanoes, and the little seen crevasses and rooms hidden deep within the ice caves of Greenland. … more less
