"Left home at the age of seven/one year later I'm carryin' an AK-47." For hip hop artist Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier in Sudan's brutal civil war, these lyrics are hardly empty posturing. They are the bitter reality of a young man who wa more...
When the students of Tennessee's Whitwell Middle School began studying the Holocaust as a way to learn about intolerance and diversity, nobody could have predicted the results. In 2001, the Paper Clip Project culminated in a unique memorial that changed more...
Described as "kinky material trapped in a cage of Victorian propriety" (The New York Times), Psychopathia Sexualis is a dreamlike depiction of turn-of-the-century sexual deviance. more...
SUPER SIZE ME is one man's journey into the world of weight gain, health problems and fast food. It's an examination of the American way of life and how we are eating ourselves to death. Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock unravels the American obesity epidemic by more...
Macbeth and Banquo, victorious generals in the army of Duncan, King of Scotland, encounter three prophesying witches on their journey home from battle, Macbeth's ambitions are kindled by the witches' prediction that he will someday be king. more...
Deeply moving and surprisingly entertaining, Dark Days is an eye-opening experience that shatters the myths of homelessness by revealing a thriving community living in tunnels beneath New York City and honestly capturing their resilience and strength. more...
Africa: The Serengeti takes you on an extraordinary journey to view a spectacle which few humans have ever witnessed, the Great Migration across the Serengeti plains in Tanzania and Kenya. James Earl Jones narrates this stunning, award-winning film more...
Who's your favorite Stooge? If Curly is your man, then you're sure to love this collection of classic Curly shenanigans. How can one man screw up plumbing, medical malpractice, football and the opera? more...
Apple-lover Jonathan Chapman has come of age. Follow Johnny as he sews apple seeds across the land, under the instruction of his true love Betty Nature and to the dismay of the Smithville despot Jack Smith, in this classic American folk tale. more...
The Strength Of Mankind Has Always Been Its Women For this ambitious screen version of one the most powerful works of classic Greek theater, director Michael Cacoyannnis (ZORBA THE GREEK, THE CHERRY ORCHARD) unleashes the talent. more...
Perhaps one of the most underrated songwriters of the last century, BE HERE TO LOVE ME chronicles the fascinating and often turbulent life of Townes Van Zandt with a simple unpredictability that mimics the way the artist lived his short life. more...
This film is a rare, behind the scenes look at the preparation of an actor taking on the role of a lifetime, and of a Prime Minister taking on the greatest crisis of her life. On October 6, 1973, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, more...
Described as "kinky material trapped in a cage of Victorian propriety" (The New York Times), Psychopathia Sexualis is a dreamlike depiction of turn-of-the-century sexual deviance. more...
It's the summer of 1888, and Casey Frank (Elliot Gould) is a down-on-his-luck baseball player on the league's losingest team, the Mudville Hogs. Hard work, determination, and a little bit of magic turn Casey into the game's most popular slugger. But even more...
Steve Guttenberg (Three Men and a Baby) portrays Pecos Bill, the "King of the Cowboys," in this rootin' tootin' epic. Raised by coyotes, Bill puts the "wild" in the Wild West settlement of Petunia City. When his rowdy behavior gets him more...
Catch the fervor of famed frontiersman Davy Crockett, whose bounteous self-confidence and indomitable spirit left an indelible mark in American folklore! McLean Stevenson (M*A*S*H) and Michael McKean (Best in Show) co-star in this epic tale of leadership more...
Without question, the three most important figures of American animation are Winsor McCay, Max Fleischer, and Walt Disney. When Disney was just 19 years old, animated cartoons were an established novelty on the movie theater program. This was the result more...
Shot over an entire year in 2004, THE BRIDGE is a startling documentary about San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and the people who go there to end their lives. Director Eric Steel and his crew managed to dissuade some of the tortured souls who peered more...
WHO GETS TO CALL IT ART? is a wild ride through the fascinating 1960's New York art world, seen through the eyes of the first "contemporary art" curator for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Henry Geldzahler. more...
Michelangelo's Masterpiece painted on the domed ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is possibly the finest work of art of the Renaissance era. It combines religion, art, philosophy and personifies the intensity of its creator, Michelangelo Buonarroti. more...
Originally presented in IMAX theaters, this digitally remastered, large format film takes you to the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on earth. With its breathtaking aerial and underwater footage, Antarctica creates a sensation of truly being there more...
First Emperor of China, originally presented in IMAX theaters, has been remastered and is now available on DVD for home viewing. Starring Robert Duncan and Bo Guan Jun, this stylish documentary tells the story of how Qin Shihuang united the Chinese land more...
Charlie Chaplin's first starring role in a feature film was also written and directed by the star himself and took a whole year to make. The Tramp (Chaplin) discovers an abandoned baby and eventually adopts it as his own. Years later, the mother has more...
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War is a fascinating and revealing look at the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. filtered through the prism of three major conflicts: the struggle between black and white America, divisiveness within the civil rights more...
Indelibly linked to the Mayerling tragedy, the story of Crown Prince Rudolf still evokes mystery and conspiracy, thwarted hopes and unfulfilled love. After entering into an unhappy marriage of convenience, the young heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne more...
Indelibly linked to the Mayerling tragedy, the story of Crown Prince Rudolf still evokes mystery and conspiracy, thwarted hopes and unfulfilled love. After entering into an unhappy marriage of convenience, the young heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne more...
Hosted by Isaac Asimov! For the past three and a half decades, the United States has been sending sophisticated, unmanned probes throughout the solar system. Most of those probes contained cameras and the means of transmitting live pictures to Earth. more...
