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Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Join a team of explorers on the expedition of a lifetime as they set off to become the first to navigate the Blue Nile from source to sea. See a wondrous region and abundant treasures, from The wonders of Egypt to the black pyramids of Meroe and more.
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Three student filmmakers set out into the forest to film a documentary on a legend known as The Blair Witch. As they become lost in the woods, an unseen evil begins to stalk and harass them. They soon realize that what they are filming is not a legend, but their own descent into a horrifying encounter with the supernatural.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three unusual people--"defense intellectual" Richard Elster, who was involved in the management of the country's war machine; young documentary filmmaker Jim Finley, who is intent on documenting Elster's experience; and Elster's daughter Jessica, who behaves like an "otherworldly" woman from New York--train their binoculars on the desert landscape of California and build an odd, tender intimacy, something like a family. Then a devastating event throws...
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric Vermont doctor, drove from San Francisco to New York City, in 1903 to became the first person to drive an automobile across the continent - a feat never before accomplished. It would mark the beginning of a new era in America and the end of another. It took Lewis & Clark over two years to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific - Horatio went the opposite direction, by means of the "Horseless carriage", in less than...
Author
Publisher
Severn House Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon . . . didn't they? After China announce a space mission to place their own flag next to the one US astronauts planted during the Apollo 11 mission, few people bat an eyelid. Shortly after this statement Charlie Stephens, a 74-year-old former filmmaker, is murdered. The incident is made to look like an accident, but why? Going through his father's effects, Gary Stephens discovers reels of 35mm celluloid showing...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Set in Philadelphia, The Watermelon Woman is the story of Cheryl (Cheryl Dunye), a twenty-something black lesbian struggling to make a documentary about Fae Richards, a beautiful and elusive 1930s black film actress popularly known as "The Watermelon Woman." While uncovering the meaning of Fae Richards' life, Cheryl experiences a total upheaval in her personal life. Her love affair with Diana (Guinevere Turner, Go Fish), a beautiful white woman, and...
28) Super size me
Publisher
Hart Sharp Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least once, and supersize his meal if asked. He treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and a number of regular folk while downing McDonald's to try and find out why 37% of American...
29) The champions
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"All odds were stacked against the pit-bulls rescued from quarterback Michael Vick's dogfighting ring. Forced to fight for their lives, they were considered so dangerous many wanted them euthanized. But no one could have predicted how the dogs would change the lives of those who risked everything to save them. Featuring the life-saving work of Best Friends Animal Society"--Container.
Publisher
Unicorn Stencil
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
English
Description
Explores the work of the musician Jandek, who has produced over 30 albums since 1978 without a single live performance. Contains interviews with a broad spectrum of people familiar with Jandek's musical career, including music industry representatives, record store owners, disc jockeys and music critics.
Publisher
BBC Video Ltd
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
"'Auschwitz: inside the Nazi state' is the result of three years of research, drawing on the close involvement of world experts, recently discovered documents and nearly 100 interviews with camp survivors and perpetrators, many of whom are speaking on the record for the first time. Their stories are brought to life through the innovative use of archive footage, dramatic recreations of key ... moments, and their ... testimony"--Container label.
Publisher
Leisure Entertainment
Pub. Date
19
Language
English
Description
The film explores every aspect of his brief life--from his youth spent in the streets of Hong Kong to his early years as a martial arts teacher, his movie career, and finally to his mysterious and untimely death at the age of 33. Part documentary and part drama, it's an exploration of the life of a legend.
35) Playing dirty
Author
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
When Cade Gallari, who made her life a living hell in high school, wants to shoot a documentary about the mysterious mansion she inherited, former "fat girl" Ava Spencer, the owner of a successful concierge business, refuses to be at his beck and call, especially in the bedroom.
36) The first year
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2004], 2001
Language
English
Description
Every year the United States hires 250,000 new teachers. On September 7, five teachers will begin their new journey. These five young teachers fight the real fight: educating our children, one child at a time. Shows the human side of the story, revealing all the determination and commitment it takes to survive in America's toughest school systems.
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