In the donor-fatigued, jargon-laden, taboo-filled world of HIV/AIDS, two innocent and innovative voices revive our understanding and compassion. By asking questions ("that only a child could ask"), two young girls get basic, honest, and fresh a 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...
This acclaimed documentary follows the lives of a group of "Little Warrior Monks" who live in the famous Shaolin Temple and practice the highest form of martial arts known to man. The kids range in age from 6 to 12 years and lead lives isolated 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...
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...
Rarely is a documentary both as comedic and socially insightful at the same time as Czech Dream. What began as a film school project becomes a funny and provocative look at the changes of ambitions, desires and behaviors as old-fashioned Communism is more...
In Mojados filmmaker Tommy Davis tags along with four men from Mexico as they leave their families and embark upon a 120 mile journey across the Texas desert, evading the US Border Patrol and fighting off dehydration and hypothermia, they ultimately come more...
Heinz Bütler's Henri Cartier Bresson: The Impassioned Eye is a mature, evocative biography of the man considered to be the greatest photographer of the last century and the grandfather of photojournalism. 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...
"HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?" George W. Bush became President for one reason: the genius of Karl Rove, the man known as "Bush's Brain". The most powerful non-elected official in American history, Karl Rove is the first "co-president 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...
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...
When John Forbes Nash Jr., first arrived at Princeton as a graduate student in 1949 he was amongst some of the most brilliant minds the world had ever seen. Today, he is one of the most fascinating minds of our time. Follow the journey of an more...
A 90-minute special celebrating the finest Afro-American entertainers ever to grace the silver screen featuring performances from PORGY AND BESS, LILIES OF THE FIELD, GONE WITH THE WIND, COTTON COMES TO HARLEM, WAITING TO EXHALE and many more. more...
Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, and Memphis Slim are among the great veteran bluesmen featured in this documentary that explores the impact of blues music on rock & roll bands of the 1960s and '70s, including the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. 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...
In Great North, digitally remastered from the Large-Format film originally presented in IMAX theaters, the rich culture of the Inuit people is depicted through the eyes of a native man. "My name is Adamie Inukpuk," says the Inuit, drinking from more...
On October 12th 1984, Jo Tuffnell discovered that her father, Sir Anthony Berry MP, had been killed in the IRA bomb attack on the Conservative Party Conference at the Grand Hotel in Brighton. For Jo, it marked the beginning of an extraordinary journey to 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...
Narrated by Wesley Snipes (BLADE: TRINITY), this documentary recalls Steve James's HOOP DREAMS in its concentration on the trials and glory of an inner-city high-school basketball team. Volume one follows the starting five players of the more...
Director Andrew Berends's documentary THE BLOOD OF MY BROTHER takes an up-close and personal look at the tragic consequences of the Iraq war through the story of an Iraqi family mourning the death of their eldest son, who was killed by American forces. more...
WINNER! Sundance Film Festival: Audience Awards, Filmmakers Trophy, Special Jury Prize. St. Augustine's school is located in the poorest section of the South Bronx. The teachers & principal decided to commit to an arts curriculum, one where the arts more...
On Common Ground is the true story of a battlefield reunion of American and German soldiers nearly 55 years after they fought in the battle of the Huertgen Forest - one of the bloodiest of World War II. more...
The film tells the stories of eleven protagonists of different social backgrounds from Mexico City, aged between 16 and 85, with only one thing in common, namely that of dancing, and music, form part of their everyday lives. Despite living under the most more...
Peace One Day is the story of one man's attempts to persuade the global community via the United Nations to officially sanction a global ceasefire day; a day of non-violence; a day of peace worldwide. This documentary charts the remarkable 5 year journey more...
A look back at the unique genre of film noir, featuring a collection of trailers from classic films and commentary from filmmakers and experts, plus condensed versions of two excellent films from the 1940s, DETOUR and D.O.A. more...
Straight out of the Stone Age, 1.5 million TUAREGS are scattered across the Sahara desert in North Africa, one of the earth's most hostile environments to mankind. Over thousands of years the resilient Tuaregs have adapted well to the harsh living more...
