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Fastest

2011

Fastest

2011
6.9
What does it take to be the fastest? From award-winning filmmaker Mark Neale, comes Fastest, a spectacular maximum-speed, full-length documentary delving deep into the world of MotoGP™. This thrilling documentary, narrated by Ewan McGregor, highlights the thrills, spills and incredible commitment and courage the sport demands of it stars. With unprecedented behind-the-scenes access and never before seen angles, interviews and insight, this truly cinematic experience charts the exhilarating highs, crushing lows, career-threatening crashes and spectacular comebacks, including Rossi’s 41 days turn around to race following a leg shattering crash.
Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen

2011

Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen

2011
7.2
It's Charlie Sheen's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central Roast.
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

2011

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

2011
5.3
For six months of the year, renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria closes his restaurant El Bulli -- repeatedly voted the world's best -- and works with his culinary team to prepare the menu for the next season. An elegant, detailed study of food as avant-garde art, EL BULLI: COOKING IN PROGRESS is a rare inside look at some of the world's most innovative and exciting cooking; as Adria himself puts it, "the more bewilderment, the better!"
Opening Our Eyes

2011

Opening Our Eyes

2011
How many people does it take to make a difference? Mother/daughter filmmakers, circle the globe on a 99-day journey, seeking people who are making a positive difference in our world. They find ordinary people who are changing the world and making the impossible, possible, through the power of ONE.
Kissinger: Statesman or War Criminal?

2011

Kissinger: Statesman or War Criminal?

2011
BBC Select gets political as this incisive documentary offers a sobering portrait of Henry Kissinger, quite possibly the most powerful US diplomat during the latter half of the 20th Century. Revealing the true character of this complex man, this eye-opening film presents Kissinger's responses to criticisms of his controversial foreign policy decisions. Should Kissinger be celebrated or castigated?
9/11: The Towers and the Pentagon

2011

9/11: The Towers and the Pentagon

2011
Engineers explain the structural consequences of the 9/11 attacks.
The Second Day

2011

The Second Day

2011
On September 11, 2001, 4 year-old Brook Peters was attending his second day of kindergarten a few blocks from the World Trade Center in New York City when two planes struck the Twin Towers. Completed when he was 14, The Second Day provides a unique and hopeful perspective on 9/11 through the eyes of young people and educators who lived through it.
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope

2011

Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope

2011
6.9
A behind-the-scenes look at San Diego Comic-Con, the world's largest comic book convention, and the fans who attend every year.
Unsigned

2011

Unsigned

2011
“Unsigned” is a documentary that trails three rising rock bands in Los Angeles as they chase their dreams of making it big in the music industry. We follow “Fight Friendly” ” Paul Nagi” and ” The Muddy Reds” as they learn to balance their rock ’n’ roll aspirations with the hardships and realizations of every day life in a film which dares everyone to follow their dreams.
Where Soldiers Come From

2011

Where Soldiers Come From

2011
5.4
From a small town in northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan, "Where Soldiers Come From" follows the journey of childhood friends who join the National Guard after graduating from high school. It chronicles the young men's transformation from teenagers to soldiers to 23-year-old combat veterans. The film offers an intimate look at the young men who fight our wars.
We Were Here

2011

We Were Here

2011
6.8
A reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of the crisis.
Last Call at the Oasis

2011

Last Call at the Oasis

2011
7.5
Participant Media’s Last Call at the Oasis is a new documentary from Jessica Yu & Elise Pearlstein. Think water is an infinite resource? Think again.
Gerhard Richter Painting

2011

Gerhard Richter Painting

2011
6.9
Gerhard Richter has spent over half a century experimenting with a tremendous range of techniques and ideas, addressing historical crises and mass media representation alongside explorations of chance procedures. This first glimpse inside his studio in decades is exactly that: a thrilling document of the 79-year-old's creative process, juxtaposed with rare archival footage and intimate conversations with his critics and collaborators.
bioArt - Art From the Laboratory

2011

bioArt - Art From the Laboratory

2011
The relationship between art and science has always been multifarious and today, in the age of technoscience, has become decidedly ambiguous. Between the mechanisation of living things in biological science and the 'bringing to life' of machines within the exploration of artificial life, the protagonists of transgenic art and artificial life art have dared to adopt the methods and procedures of life sciences, creating new art forms in the process.
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure

2011

Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure

2011
5.2
In 1987, Eddie Lee Sausage and Mitch Deprey recorded the nightly squabbles of their over-the-top neighbors, homophobic Raymond Huffman and proudly gay Peter Haskett, and the chronicle of the pair's bizarre existence soon took on a life of its own. This darkly funny documentary checks in with former punks Eddie and Mitch, who detail their late-'80s Lower Haight surroundings, and surveys the tapes' influence on an array of underground artists.
Sherlock Holmes' London: The Investigation

2011

Sherlock Holmes' London: The Investigation

2011
Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featured in four novels and 56 short stories first published in 1887. Most of these adventures featured the city of London. In this brand new program, we visit the London locations of the Sherlock stories that helped to bring the "consulting detective" to life.
Back To Eden

2011

Back To Eden

2011
6.6
The story of one man's lifelong journey, walking with God and learning how to get back to the simple, productive methods of sustainable provision that were given to man in the garden of Eden.
Summer Pasture

2011

Summer Pasture

2011
7
An intimate glimpse into the experiences of a young Tibetan family struggling to reconcile their traditional way of life with a rapidly modernizing world.
Life After Django Reinhardt

2011

Life After Django Reinhardt

2011
Django Reinhardt, the Roma genius, born to Gypsy parents in 1910, is considered by many to be the single most important guitarist in the entire history of jazz. To honor the 100th anniversary of Django's birth, one hundred of his disciples, including his grandson David Reinhardt, have gathered together for the Django 100 Centennial Tour -- traveling the world to pay homage to this exceptional type-setter who marked the 20th century.
Vigilante Vigilante: The Battle for Expression

2011

Vigilante Vigilante: The Battle for Expression

2011
7
A new breed of crime-fighter now stalks the urban landscape: the anti-graffiti vigilante. These dedicated blight warriors stop at nothing to rid their neighborhoods and cities of street art, stickers, tags, and posters. Yet several of these vigilantes have become the very menace they set out to eliminate. In their relentless attempt to stamp out graffiti, they've turned to illegally and destructively painting other people's property. VIGILANTE VIGILANTE is the story of two filmmakers who set out to expose these mysterious characters and discover a battle of expression that stretches from the streets to academia.