The most talked about musical event of the summer of 2000, that almost didn't happen, feturing extreme musics' biggest and brightest. This plastic terror contains an in depth adventure covering three days worth of heat, frustration, joy, triumph, chaos and unity.
A new documentary on the tragic battle at Beaumont Hamel, a documentary that traces the activities of the Newfoundland Regiment from enlistment in St. John's and training in Europe to combat in the Mediterranean and, finally, to the battle in France that virtually destroyed the entire regiment. The uniqueness of this documentary is that it is told exclusively through the words of the soldiers and their loved ones, words lifted directly from actual letters, diaries and memoirs.
Joined at the Heart
Prominent people from Newfoundland and Labrador discuss the province's history and their expectations for the future.
Les trésors du château de Fontainebleau
Kurchatov. Shield and Sword of the Cold War
An ethnographic documentary following four Ju/’hoansi (!Kung) men during a multi-day giraffe hunt in the Kalahari Desert, filmed during the Smithsonian–Harvard Peabody expedition of 1952–53.
A documentary with outtakes from early greek films like Maria Pentagiotissa (1927), Astero (1929), Promithefs desmotis (1930), Dafnis kai Hloi (1931) & O magos tis Athinas (1931).
This documentary offers an unparalleled behind-the-scenes look at the life of Elvis Presley. Using rare footage from his films, press conferences, outtakes, movie trailers, news clips, and comedy sketches, Elvis Thru the Years is a fitting commemoration of the man who became a legend.
Minor Threat played one of its last shows at Washington DC's 930 Club in June of 1983; they would only play once more in DC. Two years later, the tapes from the 930 show were edited together and Dischord Records released them as the Minor Threat Live VHS video in 1986. Along with the 40 minute 930 performance, the DVD includes a 1982 Minor Threat show in Camden, NJ, a clip of Minor Threat's 2nd ever show at DC Space in December 1980, and excerpts from a 1983 interview with vocalist, Ian MacKaye.
Documentary - Fate decreed that Orwell's book title, 1984, would anticipate the year that saw the beginnings of the development of the computer technology with which networking and surveillance would become possible. The documentary travels back to the Orwellian year 1984 and traces the last quarter century: between demand and need, technology and ergonomics, the cultural environment and frantic development. A timeline follows the most important stages of the computer to the present day.
Geoff Duke O.B.E. is the original superstar of motorcycle racing, a sportsman whose success, skill and personality ensured he became a household name. This is the most revealing film ever made about him.
It is the world's largest machine and consumes the same amount of electricity as a medium-sized town. Taking questions of this magnitude as its starting point, this documentary leads to a discussion between physicists and theologians regarding the role of chance, people's individual responsibility and whether, between all of these questions and answers, there is any room at all for God. Or indeed whether at this precise time modern Physics again sees a place for God in its world.
Zacarias Moussaoui, a Frenchman of Moroccan descent has often been referred to as "the 20th hijacker" who was prevented from taking part in the 9/11 attacks only because he was already under arrest.This documentary listens to a first-hand story by Aisha El Wafi, Moussaoui's mother, about his childhood and youth and attempts to get to the religious-ideological roots of Islamist terror. The relationship between Islam and violence is commented by powerful Muslim voices.
There is no doubt that light is of outmost importance for our wellbeing, health and security. If there were no light, we would not be able to survive. In the Western world, where societies are active 24 hours a day, there is need and demand for more and more sophisticated sources of light which can be used at any place and time. As a result, all around the world, scientists are unremittingly performing research in light laboratories in order to find out more about natural and artificial light.
Some men are more vain than women. They spend hours in the bathroom and run to the gym, where they work on developing a "sixpack". From the biblical David to our modern David Beckham- has the ideal of male beauty really changed? This documentary attempts to discover what the new role model for men might be by asking cultural historians, ethnologists, plastic surgeons and celebrities about their attitudes to beauty and about the delusions of masculinity.
"What am I working for? If there is no God, then there can be no soul either. If there is no soul, then you can't be true, Jesus!" wrote Mother Teresa in her notebook. Recently published personal letters and notes reveal Mother Teresa's profound spiritual crisis and shake the image of the pious nun to its foundations.
A soap opera set in the charming harbour side of Naples. More resembling a feature film than a documentary we stylishly will follow the fate of a pack of street dogs as they struggle for survival. Love affairs and gang raids guaranteed!
It's an intimate film that brings out the deeper vibrations of my person. It was for me at the same time a beautiful but disturbing experience. To deliver to such an extent what is behind the veil. I would add that it is not the portrait of a dressed Maja, but of the other one...(Dominique Sanda)
This special program takes a nostalgic look at some of the most memorable songs that have won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. With hosts Gayle King and Mickey Guyton leading the way, viewers can expect an engaging exploration of the stories and emotions that shaped these iconic tracks.