Antarctica: Ice & Sky
Documentary about the work of Claude Lorius, who began studying Antarctic ice in 1957, and, in 1965, was the first scientist to be concerned about global warming.
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Genre: Documentary
Director: Luc Jacquet
Actors: Claude Lorius, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Michel Papineschi
Sign Painters
There was a time, as recently as the 1980s, when storefronts, murals, banners, barn signs, billboards and even street signs were all hand-lettered with brush and paint. Today, the proliferation…
Being Different
A tribute to the spirit and humanity of people who are physically different from the average: very tall and very large men and women, a bearded woman and her long-time…
Seve the Movie
Despite being blocked at almost every turn in pursuit of the sport he loved, Seve Ballesteros fought against adversity to become the most spectacular and charismatic golfer to ever play…
First Flight: The Fleischer Superman Series
Superman leaps off the comic page for the first time in this animated series that ran from 1941-1942.
Hitting the Apex
‘Hitting the Apex’ is the inside story of six fighters – six of the fastest motorcycle racers of all time – and of the fates that awaited them at the…
Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
In 1972, Miyuki tells her ex-lover Kazuo that she’s going to Okinawa with their son. Kazuo decides to film her. He narrates his visits to her there: first while her…
The Redeemed and the Dominant: Fittest on Earth
In 2017, the fittest athletes on Earth took on the unknown and unknowable during four of the most intense days of competition in CrossFit Games history. “The Redeemed and the…
Voyeur
Journalism icon Gay Talese reports on Gerald Foos, the Colorado motel owner who allegedly secretly watched his guests with the aid of specially designed ceiling vents, peering down from an…
Tish
A working-class photographer captures the impact of Thatcherism on the north of England but is unable to escape the poverty and inequality she exposed.
David Lean: A Self Portrait
A television documentary on the life and career of British film director David Lean. Scenes of Lean directing are intercut with personal interviews in which the director explains his methods,…
Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan’s Copper Country
When the immigrants came to America, their cultures entered the “great melting pot.” In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Finnish immigrants mixed their musical traditions with many other cultures, creating a sound…
Analog Love
Do you remember sharing your feelings with someone through a “mix tape?” Analog Love is a joyful look at why this ritual of communication through music still continues to be…