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An intimate look at the career of David Lean, this 1971 documentary by Thomas Craven features an extensive interview with the director, who discusses his work and his approach to filmmaking

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Pregnancy is a death sentence for more than half a million women every year, but their deaths would be preventable if they could obtain the health care they needed This documentary focuses on the personal stories behind those sta

Jeremy Irons sets out to discover the extent and effects of the global waste problem, as he travels around the world to beautiful destinations tainted by pollution This is a meticulous, brave investigative journey that takes Iron

Alessandro and Pietro, both aged 16, film themselves with a cell phone to tell the story of their friendship, the tragedy of Davide, and their everyday lives if the difficult Traiano district of Naples

Hidden from us by misunderstanding, mistranslation and clouded in mythology, the birth of religion on this planet was no mere accident It was the result of a vast alien invasion that

A descent into Eastern Europes haunted woodlands uncovers the secrets, fairy tales, and bloody histories that shape our understanding of mans place in nature

Documentary about Spains contribution to a time of discoveries and a first globalization

Following director Rotimi Rainwater, a former homeless youth, as he travels the country to shine a light on the epidemic of youth homelessness in America

Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, leads a literary double life, writing under the pseudonym A M Barnard, an identity that remains until the 1940s

A groundbreaking documentary about the temperament trait of high sensitivity found in 20 of the population in both men and women Based on the findings of bestselling author psychologist Dr Elaine Aron The Highly Sensitive Per

Tracing the movement to breed a better American race, which turned the science of heredity into an instrument of social control that led to forced sterilization campaigns

The decade that began with peace and love was shattered in the late 1960s amidst riots, assassinations and a war that wouldnt end The Rolling Stones became the voice of this new era, which came to a horrific end at the Altamont

Legendary comic Carlin comes back to the Beacon theater to angrily rant about airport security, germs, cigars, angels, children and parents, men, names, religion, god, advertising, Bill Jeff and minorities

The tale of the formation, journey and end of the seminal PunkReggae band The Slits

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Gabo, The Magic of Reality is a story about the incredible power of human imagination, which follows the interwoven threads of Gabriel Garcia Marquezs life and work Gabo to all of Latin America with the narrative tension of

For the first time ever the hidden archives of bandoneon player Astor Piazzolla are opened by his son A cinematic portrait of the worldwide legendary composer who changed tango

They call it blue gold Around the world, demand for water is exploding By 2050, at least one in four will live in a country suffering from water shortages creating ideal conditions for a new market Banks, investment funds

The extraordinary story and fairytale rise of Swansea City under John Toshack Premise Tosh joined the Swans at the bottom of the 4th Division in 1978, and by spring 1982 they were top of the 1st Division

A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations and Ethiopias most lucrative cash crop today

A renewed interest is emerging in mid 20th century architects and artists who exploded the comfortable constraints of the past to create a robust and daring modernist America Eero Saarinen The Architect Who Saw the Future examin

BROKEN VOWS Stories of Separation is an award winning documentary that was produced over a four year period Initially starting as a team of one Sunnie McFadden Curtis built a small but dedicated team of creatives around her This

The life and career of the renowned neurologist and author, Dr Oliver Sacks

Composer, conductor, genius, mensch, Marvin Hamlisch was as close to a modern day Da Vinci as it gets Hit after hit The Way We Were, Nobody Does It Better, The Sting, Chorus Line, Marvin was irrepressible and prolific

The touching portrait of eight year old Sasha, who questions her gender and in doing so, evokes the sometimes disturbing reactions of a society that is still invested in a biological boy girl way of thinking

Laura Ingalls Wilder is celebrated for her autobiographical fiction that helped record the expansion of the American frontier into the Midwest Laura was born in 1867 to Charles and Caroline Ingalls in a log cabin north of Pepin,

Birth its a miracle A rite of passage A natural part of life But more than anything, birth is a business Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience with her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits film

When an unlikely duo discovers a pattern of illegal sterilizations in womens prisons, they wage a near impossible battle against the Department of Corrections

I Am Richard Pryor tells the story of the legendary performer and iconic social satirist, who transcended race and social barriers by delivering his honest irreverent and biting humor to Americas stages and living rooms until his

Playoff game between New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers

Princess Dianas story is told exclusively through contemporaneous archive creating a bold and immersive narrative of her life and death It also illuminates how the publics attitude to the monarchy was, and still is

An extensive look at the naturalist John James Audubon

In 1988, Tilda Swinton toured round the Berlin Wall on a bicycle, accompanied by filmmaker Cynthia Beatt Starting and ending at the Brandenburg Gate, Swinton leads us on a journey that is by turns idyllic, surreal, whimsical and

A feature length documentary about the struggle of a group of swimmers from developing nations trying to qualify for the Olympic Games for the first time A story about pursuing your dreams and overcoming adversity

With the help of a handful of American recruits, an underdog football team in a small German town attempts to keep up in a league that appears to be leaving them behind