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1) Buck
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
Explores the life and career of real life "horse-whisperer" Buck Brannaman.
Pub. Date
[2011]
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...
Pub. Date
c2014
Description
Cosmos: a spacetime odyssey continues the exploration of the remarkable mysteries of the cosmos and our place within it. Hosted by renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, this thrilling, 13-part adventure will transport you across the universe of space and time, bringing to life never-before-told stories of the heroic quest for knowledge and a deeper understanding of nature. With an updated Cosmic calendar, dazzling visual effects, and the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
How might your life be better with less? Minimalism examines the many flavors of minimalism by taking the audience inside the lives of minimalists from all walks of life--families, entrepreneurs, architects, artists, journalists, scientists, and even a former Wall Street broker--all of whom are striving to live a meaningful life with less.
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Description
Provides a dinosaur's-eye view of survival in this violent primordial world. White Tip's journey: Follow the desperate trials of a velociraptor cut off from her pack in the desert. Pod's travels: A pyroraptor is swept away in a tidal wave and washes ashore on an island populated by much smaller dinosaurs. Little Das' hunt: An easily distracted young male daspletosaurus named Das bungles various herding chores, but looming danger affords him an opportunity...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Always on the money when it comes to music, David Bowie is equally at home talking about the fate of the planet, making wild but intriguing predictions about the future, chatting about the path of music from here on, or discussing any number of writers, poets, philosophers or artists who have inspired him. This collection of filmed interviews and conversations are superb examples of such debates.
Pub. Date
[2018].
Description
From Tibet to Australia, Alaska to Norway armed with drones, Go-Pros and helicopters, director Jennifer Peedom has fashioned an astonishing symphony of mountaineers, ice climbers, free soloists, heliskiers, snowboarders, and parachuting mountain bikers. Willem Dafoe provides a narration sampled from British mountaineer Robert Macfarlane's acclaimed memoir Mountains of the Mind.
Series
Criterion collection volume 805
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Follows singer-songwriter Leon Russell in the studio, in concert, and behind the scenes from 1972 to 1974.
11) Alive Inside
Pub. Date
[c2014], c2014
Description
Alive Inside is a joyous cinematic exploration of music's capacity to reawaken our souls and uncover the deepest parts of humanity . Filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett chronicles the astonishing experience of individuals around the country who have been revitalized and awakened by the simple act of listening to the music of their youth.
12) Maiden
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
The true story of skipper Tracy Edwards and the first all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World race.
13) Poverty, Inc
Pub. Date
2016
Description
The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion-dollar poverty industry. The business of doing good has never been better. Yet the results have been mixed, in some cases even catastrophic, and leaders in the developing world are growing increasingly vocal in calling for change. Drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in twenty countries, the film unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Directed by filmmaker Peter Jackson, this is a three-part documentary series that takes audiences back in time to the band's intimate recording sessions. The documentary showcases the warmth, camaraderie, and creative genius that defined the legacy of the iconic foursome, and is compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage shot in January 1969 (by Michael Lindsay-Hogg) and more than 150 hours of unheard audio, all of which has been brilliantly restored....
16) Stuffed
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Told through the eyes and hands of acclaimed artists across the world, the film explores the surprising world of taxidermy, where sculptors must also be scientists. From a studio in Los Angeles that has elevated taxidermy to the forefront of fashion to fine artists in the Netherlands, these passionate experts push creative boundaries while revealing the importance of preserving nature.
17) Man On Wire
Pub. Date
c2008
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.
18) Kabbalah me
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Kabbalah Me is a personal journey into the esoteric spiritual phenomenon known as Kabbalah. Leading authorities discuss the complex, mystical world of Kabbalah.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
"What is our latest picture of some of the most inexplicable features of the universe? What still remains to be uncovered? What are some of the next avenues of exploration for today's chemists, physicists, biologists, and astronomers? ... This lecture series is a wonderful entrée to scientific pursuits that lie at the very heart of the history and nature of our universe."--Publisher.
20) Apollo 11
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
From director Todd Douglas Miller comes a cinematic event 50 years in the making. Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 65mm footage, and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, the film takes viewers straight to the heart of NASA's most celebrated mission, the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names.