Archive for the ‘Documentary’ Category

The Art of Football from A to Z

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

 The Art of Football from A to Z

Sketch comedians John Cleese and Tom Konkle in a comic look at soccer.
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Roman Polanski Wanted And Desired

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

 Roman Polanski Wanted And Desired

In 1977, Roman Polanski was arrested in Los Angeles on charges he gave drugs and had sex with a 13-year-old girl he was photographing for Vogue. Eleven months later, having pled guilty to one count, he fled to Europe before sentencing.
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Heath Ledger - A Tribute

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

 Heath Ledger - A Tribute

Heath Ledger was one of the most charismatic actors of his generation. After establishing a high-profile Hollywood career at the age of 21 with the lead in “A Knight’s Tale,” Ledger pursued a series of increasingly diverse, often subversive roles that belied his image as a teen idol.
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Loose Change: Second Edition

Monday, January 26th, 2009

It seems to me people are too quick to dismiss a movie like Loose Change as crazy conspiracy rubbish. Opinions contrary to widely held perceptions are always met with resistance. In this case, to accept what Loose Change suggests is to acknowledge that your government doesn’t serve the people after all, but only its own secret agenda, and that voters are just a necessary inconvenience in some sort of twisted Orwellian world we never knew we were part of, that need to manipulated to bring them around to accept the rhetoric of the day.
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Pregnant In America

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Pregnant In America is the true story of Steve and Mandy Buonaugurio, a young, adventurous, expectant couple, who decide to take a daring and potentially dangerous approach to having their first child–outside the modern American medical system. What they learn about hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, midwives, and home birth as they travel across the United States and Europe interviewing experts and confronting birthing situations, exposes them to some shocking and disturbing realities about Americašs maternity care system and what is happening to women and babies.
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Skinhead Attitude

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Skinhead Attitude is a 2003 documentary about the skinhead subculture, made by Daniel Schweizer. (Daniel Schweizer also directed the films “White Terror” and “Skin or die”)
It outlines the history of 40 years of the skinhead subculture, beginning with the most recent versions of the culture. One of the topics it explores is the political component, which ranges from far left to far right.
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Future by Design: The Venus Project

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Future by Design shares the life and far-reaching vision of Jacque Fresco, considered by many to be a modern day Da Vinci. Peer to Einstein and Buckminster Fuller, Jacque is a self-taught futurist who describes himself most often as a “generalist” or multi-disciplinarian — a student of many inter-related fields. He is a prolific inventor, having spent his entire life (he is now 90 years old) conceiving of and devising inventions on various scales which entail the use of innovative technology.
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American Teen 2008 DVDRiP

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

In the documentary “American Teen,” which had its Regional Premiere here at the 2008 Film Festival on the heels of an auspicious Sundance debut, filmmaker Nanette Burstein chronicles a year in the life of a group of high school students from Warsaw, Indiana! (more…)

The Last Continent 2007 DVDRip

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

In 2005, a small group of scientists and filmmakersagreed to leave everything behind for more
than a year to sail to the Antarctic and live in isolation! Following in the path of the greatest explorers, expedition leader Jean Lemire and the crew of the Sedna IV dedicated
themselves completely to measuring the threat posed by global warming in a place where Earth is particularly vulnerable! (more…)

PBS Nova: Spies That Fly 2006

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

It has no pilot no windows and it s flown by remote control! But this odd-looking plane is already credited with helping destroy nearly 750 enemy targets! It s the Predator an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with powerful surveillance cameras that spy on our enemies day or night and keep our military personnel out of harm s way! (more…)