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Tashi and the Monk

2015

Tashi and the Monk

2015
7.9
This moving documentary profiles a former Buddhist monk who runs a home for orphaned children in the Himalayas, and his relationship with its newest arrival, troubled five-year-old Tashi.
A People Uncounted: The Untold Story of the Roma

2013

A People Uncounted: The Untold Story of the Roma

2013
8.5
The Roma, commonly referred to as Gypsies, have been both romanticized and vilified in popular culture. Dozens of Roma from 11 countries—including Holocaust survivors, historians, activists, and musicians--bring Romani history to life through poetry, music, and compelling first-hand accounts.
Who Will Burry The Dead?

2016

Who Will Burry The Dead?

2016
This documentary offers a deep, candid, and historical look at the Christian experience of America's largest and best-known tribes: the Dakota and Lakota. Its exploration into Native American history also takes a hard and detailed look at President Ulysses S. Grant's Peace Policy of 1873, which was, in effect, a "convert to Episcopalianism or starve" edict put forth by the American government in direct violation of its Constitution. The devastation it had on the values of the people affected were dramatic and extremely long-lasting. Grant's policy was finally ended over 100 years later by the Freedom of American Indian Religions Act in 1978. Interlaced with extraordinarily candid interviews, this documentary presents an insider's perspective of how the Dakota and Lakota were estranged from their religious beliefs and their long-standing traditions.
C.H. Spurgeon: The People's Preacher

2010

C.H. Spurgeon: The People's Preacher

2010
9
Here is the intimate story of one of the greatest preachers in the history of the church. We follow him from his youth where, as a young preacher he is surprisingly called to minister in London and soon captures the love and respect of the nation. He goes on to become one of its most influential figures. This powerful, inspirational docu-dama faithfully recreates the times of C.H. Spurgeon and brings the 'people's preacher' to life as it follows his trials and triumphs with historical accuracy. Made by the award-winning Christian Television Association and filmed on location in England, Scotland, France and Germany, this film vividly captures the spirit and message of a man whose eventful -- and sometimes controversial -- life is highly relevant to the twenty-first century. An international coproduction with CTA Productions in association with Christian History Institute, CWR (UK), ERF Germany.
The Jeff Koons Show

2004

The Jeff Koons Show

2004
1
A documentary on the life and work of artist Jeff Koons, told through the perspective of Koons himself, curators, gallerists, and fellow artists (Chuck Close, Julian Schnabel, etc.).
Project XX: The Jazz Age

1956

Project XX: The Jazz Age

1956
The period between the end of World War I and the crash of 1929 is known as the Jazz Age in America, a time of high-energy nightclubs, wild Prohibition evasion and an "America first" attitude. Narrated by Fred Allen. Note: Originally part of Project XX, this film was also distributed separately on 16mm for schools and libraries, qualifying it as a standalone documentary.
Gettysburg History & Hauntings with Mark Nesbitt

2004

Gettysburg History & Hauntings with Mark Nesbitt

2004
An exploration of the ghostly tales and history of the Battle of Gettysburg with the acclaimed author of the Ghosts of Gettysburg, series of books, Mark Nesbitt.
Mexico's Knockout Artist

2021

Mexico's Knockout Artist

2021
Mexico is a country rich with boxing history. They have produced numerous outstanding fighters such as Julio Cesar Chavez, Salvador Sanchez and Canelo Alvarez among others. But Pipino Cuevas remains supreme as the country's hardest puncher of all-time.
Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts

2021

Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts

2021
6
This illuminating documentary explores the life of a unique American artist, a man with a remarkable and unlikely biography. Bill Traylor was born into slavery in 1853 on a cotton plantation in rural Alabama. After the Civil War, Traylor continued to farm the land as a sharecropper until the late 1920s. Aging and alone, he moved to Montgomery and worked odd jobs in the thriving segregated black neighborhood. A decade later, in his late 80s, Traylor became homeless and started to draw and paint, both memories from plantation days and scenes of a radically changing urban culture. He made well over a thousand drawings and paintings between 1939-1942. This colorful, strikingly modernist work eventually led him to be recognized as one of America’s greatest self-taught artists and the subject of a Smithsonian retrospective.
The Oldies

2018

The Oldies

2018
1.5
A timeless look at art, love and beauty, The Oldies follows three elderly Cuban musicians as they relate their stories of struggle and reveal their undying passion for life.
Game Show Dynamos

2015

Game Show Dynamos

2015
7.2
A couple gets their family out of debt by winning on TV game shows, again and again.
The Big Fat Lie

2018

The Big Fat Lie

2018
4
A New Zealand man discovers the health benefits of a plant-based diet after he suffers a heart attack.
Unearth

2024

Unearth

2024
In the pristine Bristol Bay area of Alaska, two sets of siblings are alarmed when they learn of plans for the proposed Pebble Mine in the vicinity of their homes. The Salmon sisters, Native Alaskans, work on the regulatory front – pushing the federal EPA to block the project, and remaining hyper-vigilant to political pressures that could shift at any moment. The Strickland brothers, independent fishermen who know they could be just one mine accident away from losing their livelihood, probe closed-door meetings to expose the truth behind what the developer tells the public. Together, the Salmons and the Stricklands remind us never to quit until Goliath has fallen.
The Motorcycle Illustrated

2021

The Motorcycle Illustrated

2021
8
Cutler Gray pays tribute to his Great Grandfather Buck DuSell and other famous riders of the early 1900's by recreating their Endurance Runs, about 150 miles per day - on a Motorized Bicycle.
Ken Burns: Here & There

2020

Ken Burns: Here & There

2020
Explore the filmmaker’s life and career in interviews with colleagues, friends and Burns himself. The importance of place emerges as a theme as he reflects on his own geographic touchstones, from the Brooklyn Bridge to small-town New Hampshire.
Don't Be a Dick About It

2018

Don't Be a Dick About It

2018
5.6
A hilarious and beautiful portrait of two brothers growing up. The film follows the brothers around for one summer capturing the nuances of pissing each other off.
Do the Math

2013

Do the Math

2013
6
It’s simple math: we can burn less than 565 more gigatons of carbon dioxide and stay below 2°C of warming — anything more than that risks catastrophe for life on earth. The only problem? Fossil fuel corporations now have 2,795 gigatons in their reserves, five times the safe amount. And they’re planning to burn it all — unless we rise up to stop them.
Lost Rivers

2013

Lost Rivers

2013
8.5
Once upon a time, in almost every industrial city, countless rivers flowed. We built houses along their banks. Our roads hugged their curves. And their currents fed our mills and factories. But as cities grew, we polluted rivers so much that they became conduits for deadly waterborne diseases like cholera, which was 19th century's version of the Black Plague. Our solution two centuries ago was to bury rivers underground and merge them with sewer networks. Today, under the city, they still flow, out of sight and out of mind... until now. That's because urban dwellers are on a quest to reconnect with this denigrated natural world. LOST RIVERS takes us on an adventure down below and across the globe, retracing the history of these lost urban rivers by plunging into archival maps and going underground with clandestine urban explorers.
The Mostly Serious History of Wine

2023

The Mostly Serious History of Wine

2023
Early humans may have discovered wine accidentally, but now it's grown and sold just about everywhere. Jim Hodgson stops in Egypt, ancient Rome, Spain, France and other locations to trace wine's delicious history.
All In: Miracle at St. Bernard's

2022

All In: Miracle at St. Bernard's

2022
A tiny, 100-year-old Catholic school in Fitchburg, Massachusetts is struggling with insolvency. We follow the dramatic campaigns to raise money and enrollment as well as a magical football season that together saved a beloved institution.