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For the past 4 years, scientist Dr Allen Dobrovolsky has been testing the waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Concerned with the degradation in water quality, his research has led him to believe that the reef could be facing an environmental disaster of enormous proportions. As Allen has been collecting data along the coast of the Great Barrier Reef, he has talked with residents, scientists, community activists and politicians about the hotly debated state of the Reef. The main voices in the documentary come from the top coral and marine research scientists in Australia, along with locals, activists, politicians and indigenous leaders, who are all concerned about the poor outlook for the reef due to the multiple port developments along the coast line that are contributing to its poor health. The story focuses on the fight that has been happening on land around governance of the reef's health.
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Great Voices Sing John Denver” - The award winning documentary film follows 15 world famous artists as they come together and sing some of John Denver’s classic songs. The film also talks with legendary music producer Milton Okun along with arranger and conductor Lee Holdridge about the creation of the new album. The film also shares with you some history about John Denver as well as the reasons why each of the world renown artists chose the song they wanted to sing. The group is comprised of an international group of singers to fully embody who John Denver was - an international man. The artists include: Danielle de Niese, Plácido Domingo, Plácido Domingo Jr., Rod Gilfry, Denyce Graves, Nathan Gunn, Thomas Hampson, Daniel Montenegro, Bárbara Padilla, René Pape, Matthew Polenzani (singing in English and Italian), Patricia Racette, Shenyan (singing in English and Mandarin), Stuart Skelton and Dolora Zajick. All the artists were given the option of which song they wished to sing and unbelievably no two artists chose the same song.
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An intimate portrayal of life on the edge in the war-torn city of Sderot. Once known for its prolific rock scene that revolutionized Israeli music, for thirteen years the town has been the target of ongoing rocket fire from the Gaza strip. Through the personal lives and music of Sderot's diverse musicians, and the personal narrative of the filmmaker, who ends up calling the town home, the film chronicles the town's trauma and reveals its enduring spirit.
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From Here to There is a road trip documentary following best friends Jesse La Flair and Cory DeMeyers as they aspire to become top athletes in Parkour and freerunning.
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John Ennis follows the money in elections to piece together the cycle of pay-to-play politics.
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Jim Wood has a dream to be famous, but he's too busy chasing the dream, he risks missing what success really means.
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To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best British actors for a unique evening of unforgettable performances, broadcast live from London to cinemas around the world.
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A gritty, provocative look behind the curtain of the Los Angeles, CA recording industry to reveal the dirty little secrets unsigned bands confront when they try to stay true to their vision yet appeal to established interests looking to sign the next sensation.
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The Twilight Saga has become one of the most successful film series of our time. This is the inside story.
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One of the most inspirational underdog stories in the history of science: Undaunted tells the stories of the people who faced relentless hardships and failures, and yet went on to found astrophysics and pioneer the invention of powered flight.
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The short documentary “Salty Language, Peppered Morals” finds Tough Luck Chump Mike Stanley taking on a 1200 mile drive to do 5 minutes against 70 comics at the 2009 Boston Comedy Festival. Filmed by two of Stanley’s best friends and featuring behind-the-scenes interviews with stand-up veteran and mentor Danny Bevins, the 45-minute feature gives both comics and comedy lovers a backstage look at life on the road. While people ask Mike Stanley how he can stand the pressure, the travel, the uncertain pay and hectic, sometimes heartbreaking schedule of the comedy life, he can only ask how they can do anything else. “Salty Language, Peppered Morals” is an alternately serious and silly look at a life most of us will never know. Anxiety, ambition, and relentless humor all have their place as our hero takes the stage—and a shot at the grand prize.
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What if everything we’ve been taught about charity is wrong? What if our beliefs are undermining the causes we love? “Uncharitable” is the world’s first feature-length documentary to examine our most basic ideas about giving. It re-shuffles old notions about saints and sinners, heroes and heretics, good and greed. It follows the stories of three record-breaking entrepreneurial charitable initiatives that were mercilessly attacked by the media, ultimately devastating the very people the initiatives were helping. It features activist and entrepreneur Dan Pallotta, whose TED Talk on charity was voted the most persuasive TED talk of all time by the TED community. Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal—“Uncharitable” offers a radical but simple idea: abandon our sack-cloth-and-ashes constraints on nonprofits. Give them the same economic freedoms we give to business and charities can lead the way to changing the world. Propelled by poignant, personal stories and featuring Edward Norton, Darren Walker and other prominent figures in philanthropy, “Uncharitable” takes audiences on a profoundly moving, hopeful and emotional journey that opens new domains of possibility for a world that can work for everyone.
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Fire Through Dry Grass uncovers in real-time the devastation experienced by residents of a New York City nursing home during the coronavirus pandemic. Co-Directors Alexis Neophytides and Andres Jay Molina take viewers inside Coler, on Roosevelt Island, where Jay lives with his fellow Reality Poets, a group of mostly gun violence survivors. Wearing snapback caps and Air Jordans, Jay and the other Reality Poets don’t look like typical nursing home residents. They used to travel around the city sharing their art and hard-earned wisdom with youth. Now, using GoPros clamped to their wheelchairs, they document their harrowing experiences on lock down. Covid-positive patients are moved into their bedrooms; nurses fashion PPE out of garbage bags; refrigerated-trailer morgues hum outside residents’ windows. All the while public officials deny the suffering and dying behind Coler’s brick walls. The Reality Poets’ rhymes flow throughout the film, underscoring their feelings that their home is now as dangerous as the streets they once ran and—as summer turns to fall turns to winter—that they’re prisoners without a release date. But instead of history repeating itself on this tiny island with a dark history of institutional neglect and abandonment, Fire Through Dry Grass shows these disabled Black and Brown artists refusing to be abused, confined, erased.
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When, in the late 1990s, Israeli student Teddy Katz exposed the massacre of Palestinian civilians by Israeli forces in the village of Tantura, in May 1948, during the first Arab-Israeli war, he was initially praised for his pioneering work; but he was soon infamous and branded a traitor. Decades later, incendiary new evidence emerges that corroborates Teddy's findings.
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Genuine New Zealand treasures Isey and James invite us into their lives in the week leading up to Isey's 100th birthday! A Northland celebration of life and aroha like no other!
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Get to know the Grammy Award-winning artist who made a name for herself with a soulful voice, honest personality, and iconic songs.
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By 1997 Diana, Princess of Wales had spent over a decade in the global spotlight. From a fairytale princess to a powerful independent mother - Diana had shown resilience and resolve. Free from the shackles of a royal marriage, she was just about to conquer the world all over again and this time on her own terms, but everything was about to come to a screeching halt.
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A biographical documentary film about the legendary Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray, to commemorate Ray's centenary year. The film covers Ray's life and early works, focusing on the making of his first film Pather Panchali.
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For millennia, Native Americans successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of colonization have disrupted their ability to maintain their traditional land management practices. From deserts, coastlines, forests, mountains, and prairies, Native communities across the US are restoring their ancient relationships with the land. As the climate crisis escalates these time-tested practices of North America's original inhabitants are becoming increasingly essential in a rapidly changing world.
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Open Your Eyes follows Dr. Kerry Gelb and influencer Chris Maraboli into thefuture of health. This feature length documentary explores how America becameso sick and how optometrists can now see almost 300 diseases in the eye. Thefilm delivers the resounding message that the eye holds the secrets to our hiddenhealth.The film journeys throughout North America, Europe and explores in contrast, thelively and robust lives of centenarians in Costa Rica, who for the most part haveno disease and live beyond 100 years without the major causes of mortality orblindness we come by in the United States.Interviews with medical experts, PhD’s, researchers and journalists conclusivelyconvey the emerging importance of how eye doctors have a major impact onprevention and why they should stand at the forefront of Health & Wellness.
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We were completely ignorant of this subject until we tried to begin our family four years ago, and found we were unable to conceive. As we sought a solution, we began documenting our journey as a way of reflecting and coping, and we were overwhelmed by the physical, emotional, and financial cost of creating a baby. We filmed all important events, decisions, and results in real time, exposing the heartbreaking, challenging, and even hilarious roller-coaster ride undertaken by a couple struggling to build a family.Throughout our journey, we have interviewed many other couples who have experienced the same struggle and found alternative ways to construct their families. Through IVF, surrogacy, egg and sperm donation, adoption, and miraculous natural conceptions, these infertility “survivors” instill a sense of hope that creating a family when all hope seems lost is possible.
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Three pioneering young adults with intellectual disabilities - Micah, Naieer, and Naomie - challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate high school, college, and the workforce.
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Supreme presents, "BLESSED" a full length video directed by William Strobeck featuring Tyshawn Jones, Ben Kadow, Sean Pablo, Aidan Mackey, Na-kel Smith, Sage Elsesser, Vincent Touzery, Kevin Bradley, Rowan Zorilla, Kevin Rodrigues, Mark Gonzales, Jason Dill, and more.
