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Birders: The Central Park EffectGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 01/22/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 60 mins Released By: Music Box Films Cast: Starr Saphir A chronicle of the avian population of New York City's 843-acre landmark over the course of a year, and the humans who delight in documenting their habits and migration patterns, including author Jonathan Franzen. … more less -
Boundless Potential With Mark WaltonGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 03/05/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 60 mins Released By: PBS Video BOUNDLESS POTENTIAL author Mark Walton explains how middle- and older-aged individuals can reinvent themselves. Included: profiles of people who've done just that, including author-surgeon Sherwin B. Nuland; former AARP executive director Horace Deets; physical therapist Marion Rosen, who created the Rosen Institute in her late 50s; and former L.A. district attorney Gil Garcetti, who turned his photography hobby into a second career. … more less -
Boys in Love Collection Vol. 1Genre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 07/24/2007 Rating NR Production Year: Run Time: 260 mins Released By: TLA Releasing Cast: Steve Braun, Larry Sullivan, Matt Fentiman, Michael Chase, Jay Wong UNDER ONE ROOF: Daniel (Jay Wong) is a young, gay, closeted Chinese-American man living in San Francisco. But when he finds himself falling in love with Robert (James Marks), the new tenant in his mother's apartment building, Daniel learns how important it is and how rewarding it can be to be true to yourself. This breezy romantic comedy garnered attention on the American festival circuit in 2002. THE TRIP: This movie tells the story of Alan, an aspiring conservative journalist, and Tommy, a free-spirited gay-rights advocate. They meet as teenagers in 1973, embarking on a relationship that continues into the '80s. Along the way, their opposing careers and an ongoing national debate about homosexuality ensures that their love for each another must endure a series of often comical obstacles revolving around both family and current events. EVERYONE: Winner of the Award for Best Canadian Film at the Montreal Film Festival, EVERYONE is the story of a gay couple whose impending marriage brings out the relationship problems in everybody around them. Ryan and Grant invite their families to the house for a small wedding ceremony, without realizing that they all have an issue with themselves or with someone else. As Ryan and Grant are forced to deal with everyone else's children, infidelity, and mourning problems, they begin to wonder whether marriage is an option worth considering at all. EVERYONE explores the difficulties of marriage by contrasting couples at various stages of matrimony. … more less -
History Channel Presents: The BrainGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 02/24/2009 Rating NR Production Year: 2009 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: New Video Group, Inc. Despite the myriad advances in science and technology over the past century, scientists are just now beginning to grasp the inner workings of the human brain. This History Channel special takes viewers inside this most complex organ, and explores the advances researchers have made towards understanding how memories, decisions, and instincts take shape inside its confines. THE BRAIN offers actual case studies (including analysis of a soldier’s thought processes, and those of an autistic adult), as well as detailed digital imagery to illuminate the many mysteries of the mind. … more less -
History Channel Presents: The Dark AgesGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 05/29/2007 Rating NR Production Year: Perched between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, the Dark Ages have long been dismissed as a time of chaos and cultural deterioration. But, as this fascinating program from the History Channel demonstrates, much of the teeming innovation of the Renaissance had its roots in the so-called Dark Ages; the nations of Britain and France, and global systems of trade both emerged from this time of squalor. Using the latest research, this fascinating documentary delves into this fascinating and troubled time period, examining its vital role in the history of human civilization. … more less -
David Tudor Bandoneon! (A Combine)Genre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 03/30/2010 Rating NR Production Year: 1966 Run Time: 39 mins Released By: Microcinema In 1966, an unusual event occurred in Manhattan when ten artists at the forefront of the avant-garde and thirty scientists and engineers from the Bell Telephone Laboratories pooled their efforts to create a dance, music and theatre series entitled 9 EVENINGS: THEATRE & ENGINEERING. Held in October of '66 at New York City's 69th Regiment Armory, it offered a platform for such visionaries as Lucinda Childs, John Cage and Robert Rauschenberg. The performances were later edited into ten films showcasing each artist's work, intercut with incisive and revealing interviews featuring the artists, scientists, and performers involved in the production. This particular volume highlights the contributions of composer David Tudor, who opted to play the bandoneon, and piped the music through an unusual sound and visual modification device that changed the entire look and feel of the armory. This release includes a film of the performance, archival photographs, and discussions with those involved. … more less -
D-Days in the Pacific setGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 05/25/2010 Rating NR Production Year: Run Time: 276 mins Released By: A&E Home Video … more less -
Dirty EnergyGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 01/22/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 94 mins Released By: Cinema Libre In this documentary centered on the 2010 BP oil spill, filmmaker Bryan D. Hopkins speaks with many of the Louisiana residents whose lives were directly impacted by the devastating environmental disaster. As their stories reveal the failures of both BP and the U.S. Government in ensuring that the situation was handled swiftly and effectively, Hopkins also explores the potential problems that the calamity could cause in the region for generations to come. … more less -
EarthGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 09/01/2009 Rating NR Production Year: 2009 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Cast: James Earl Jones Partially constructed from the groundbreaking BBC and Discovery Channel television series PLANET EARTH, EARTH is a ravishing and often gut-wrenching tale of natural survival and beauty. Five years in the making (including 250 days of aerial footage shot from planes, helicopters, and two-man balloons) and narrated by actor James Earl Jones, EARTH follows the trials of three families of polar bears, elephants, and whales. Though separated by seasons and continents, each family will cross great lengths and confront numerous hardships: for the Arctic polar bears, it is an increasingly warming planet that melts the ice they need for a hunting platform; for the African elephants, hot desert conditions and hungry predators will stand in the way of reaching a lush delta; and for the Pacific humpback whales, their Antarctic migration will be fraught with rough waters and great white sharks. Along the way, EARTH takes us on a global tour of nature in all its colorful splendor and harrowing moments--from windswept tundra to teeming rainforests, from cheetahs running down their prey to ducklings taking first flight. And as each family struggles towards their much-needed feeding grounds, directors Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield ultimately show us that nature can be equally giving and unforgiving. Educational but never preachy, EARTH is an unprecedented invitation for adults and children alike to experience the everyday natural wonders that deserve our awe and safeguarding. … more less -
Dreams of a LifeGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 12/11/2012 Rating NR Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 95 mins Released By: Strand Home Cast: Zawe Ashton, Alix Luka-Cain, Neelam Bakshi, Cornell John, Kelly Agbowu In 2006, repossession agents broke down the door of an apartment in the North London neighborhood of Wood Green and made a shocking discovery -- the woman who lived there, Joyce Vincent, was dead. Even more remarkably, police investigators determined that Vincent had been lying dead in her flat for close to three years, with the lights on, the television running, and her unopened mail littering the floor. How did a seemingly healthy woman of 38 suddenly die in her apartment? More importantly, how could Vincent have been missing for three years without friends or neighbors taking note of it? Filmmaker Carol Morley became fascinated with Vincent's story and began an investigation of her own. The documentary DREAMS OF A LIFE is the product of Morley's efforts to reveal just who Joyce Vincent was, who her friends and family were, and how a beautiful and talented woman could so readily fall off the radar of the people closest to her. DREAMS OF A LIFE received its world premiere at the 2011 London Film Festival. … more less -
Faces of Death, Pt. 3Genre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 10/30/2001 Rating NR Production Year: 1985 The parade of death continues in this collection of film clips capturing moments of death from the Autobahn, victims of political torture, even victims of sniper attacks. Be warned, it's truly horrible. … more less -
Faces of Death, Pt. 4Genre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 07/30/2002 Rating NR Production Year: 1991 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: MPI Home Video More macabre moments of death caught on film, including a person ripped to pieces and a wedding massacre. This is shocking, actual footage and should not be viewed by those who are easily upset. … more less -
Family Portrait in Black and WhiteGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 12/04/2012 Rating NR Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 85 mins Released By: Passion River Olga Nenya is a woman living in the Ukraine who has taken on a task most would never think of trying -- she's a foster mother who looks after 23 children, many of them the mixed-race offspring of African exchange students and local girls. In a community where people of color are still regarded with suspicion and a growing white-supremacist movement has taken root, Nenya's willingness to look after so many children, particularly given their race, is to be admired. However, while Nenya is a woman of great compassion, she's also one who believes in the collectivist philosophies of the old Soviet Union, and as her foster children grow up and embrace their own opinions, she often finds herself angry and at odds with the kids who still think of her as their mother. Filmmaker Julia Ivanova offers an insightful look into the life of Olga Nenya and her many children in the documentary FAMILY PORTRAIT IN BLACK AND WHITE, which was an official selection at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. … more less -
Fidel! - A Saul Landau FilmGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 08/14/2012 Rating NR Production Year: 1969 Run Time: 95 mins Released By: Cinema Libre Rather than simply focus on the landmark moments in the political life of an indelible historical figure, FIDEL! takes a sprawling look at the everyday life of the Cuban people and their president. The result is a more honest and accurate account of both a revolution and a leader’s charisma than any traditional documentary could hope to achieve. … more less -
Frontline: A Death in TehranGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 01/26/2010 Rating NR Production Year: 2009 Run Time: 60 mins Released By: PBS Video FRONTLINE examines the story of Neda Soltani, the young Iranian woman shot and killed in Tehran during a protest against the results of the 2009 Iranian presidential election, and how her death has become a symbol for those striving to keep the reform movement going. The documentary also looks at the numbers of Iranian protesters arrested and killed by the security forces, whether the presidential vote was manipulated, and the reported divisions among Iran's ruling elites. … more less -
GerrymanderingGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 10/23/2012 Rating NR Production Year: 2009 Run Time: 77 mins Released By: Passion River Documentary filmmaker Jeff Reichert ponders the troubling prospect that elections in America are decided before the first vote is ever cast by examining how the framework of democracy provides politicians with an entirely legal means of controlling electoral outcomes. The MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY definition of "gerrymandering" reads: "to divide a territorial unit into election districts to give one political party an electoral majority in a large number of districts while concentrating the voting strength of the opposition in as few districts as possible." As the debate surrounding the reliability of the electoral system rages, the question of how to ensure that the system is more accurate and accountable comes up time and again. Can that broken system ever be fixed? By posing that question, among many others, to governors, state representatives, Supreme Court justices, political strategists, party chairmen, scholars, and journalists, Reichert proposes that the fundamental democratic premise that voters actually choose their elected representative may be a falsehood implemented to create the illusion of democracy. … more less -
Graphic Sexual HorrorGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 08/10/2010 Rating NR Production Year: 2008 Run Time: 86 mins Released By: Synapse Filmmakers Barbara Bell and Anna Lorentzen offer an unflinching look at one the most notorious "violent porn" websites on the internet with this documentary profile of Insex.com, its colorful cast of fetish artists, and its unapologetic artistic creator Brent (aka PD). Exclusive Insex footage, behind-the-scenes interactions, and interviews with the men and women who put their livelihoods on the line in order to challenge preconceived notions about pleasure and pain reveal a complex world where the fascination with bondage and Sado-Masochism become inexorably entwined with the allure of cold hard cash. … 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 -
Happiest Baby on the Block, TheGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 06/12/2012 Rating NR Production Year: 2002 Run Time: 64 mins Released By: Lionsgate Noted pediatrician Dr. Harvey Karp takes parents through the necessary steps of calming down newborns enough to stop them from crying. … more less -
Haunting - Haunted Houses - Season 3, AGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 06/24/2008 Rating NR Production Year: 2008 Run Time: 495 mins Released By: Timeless Media Group New Dominion Pictures's A Haunting: Season 3, takes you inside ten real-life horror stories that originally aired on the Discovery Channel. Each eerie one-hour episode features eyewitness accounts and cinematic re-enactments of some of the most spine-tingling, ghostly haunting's ever recorded. Even the most skeptical observer will be shocked and intrigued by these spellbinding tales. Visit the centuries-old pub in northern England, haunted by its gruesome past, the dream house that turns into a nightmare, and the famously creepy haunting in Ireland. This three DVD set of the third season of A Haunting explores these and many other unexplainable, eerie and macabre tales of the paranormal. By the end of each amazing story, you will experience a lingering sense that life and death are much stronger than you could possibly have imagined! Source - Timeless Media Group … more less
