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Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Walt Disney was uniquely adept at art as well as commerce, a master filmmaker who harnessed the power of technology and storytelling. This new film examines Disney's complex life and enduring legacy. Features rare archival footage from the Disney vaults, scenes from some of his greatest films, interviews with biographers and animators, and the designers who helped turn his dream of Disneyland into reality.
23) Monica & David
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Explores the marriage of two adults with Down Syndrome and the family who strives to support their needs. Monica and David are blissfully in love and want what other adults have, an independent life. Full of humor, romance, and everyday family drama, intimate fly-on-the wall footage is used to reveal the complexity of their story. While Monica and David are capable beyond expectations, their parents, aware of mainstream rejection of adults with intellectual...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
This 10-part series, with the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans, combining history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family and identity in today's America. Professor Gates shakes loose captivating stories and surprises in the family trees of Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey, Jr., Branford Marsalis, John Legend, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and...
Publisher
Madacy Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Beautifully shot by some of the best videographers in the United States, and incorporating never-before-seen footage from the 1920's, '30s, and '40s, the 3-DVD collection lays tracks for entertainment and enlightenment. All aboard for destinations on the steam shortlines of the South, the Baltimore & Ohio, the Grand Trunk and the Canadian Pacific! Marvel at the ingenious ways engineers have responded to the varied topographical and climatic conditions...
Publisher
Madacy Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Beautifully shot by some of the best videographers in the United States, and incorporating never-before-seen footage from the 1920's, '30s, and '40s, the 3-DVD collection lays tracks for entertainment and enlightenment. All aboard for destinations on the steam shortlines of the South, the Baltimore & Ohio, the Grand Trunk and the Canadian Pacific! Marvel at the ingenious ways engineers have responded to the varied topographical and climatic conditions...
Publisher
Madacy Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Beautifully shot by some of the best videographers in the United States, and incorporating never-before-seen footage from the 1920's, '30s, and '40s, the 3-DVD collection lays tracks for entertainment and enlightenment. All aboard for destinations on the steam shortlines of the South, the Baltimore & Ohio, the Grand Trunk and the Canadian Pacific! Marvel at the ingenious ways engineers have responded to the varied topographical and climatic conditions...
33) Meet the Patels
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Ravi Patel, early thirty years old gets help from his family to start looking for a wife in the traditional Indian way.
Publisher
Distributed by Gaiam Americas
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Stephen Hawking unfolds his personal, compelling vision of the biggest question of all: Who or what created the universe in which we live? The groundbreaking series into the Universe with Stephen Hawking combined cutting-edge computer graphics with Hawking's witty, distinctive and incisive world view. Now, the journey is taken a step further, as physics and cosmology become tools to answer questions that philosophers have struggled with for thousands...
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Water. It's the earth's most valuable resource. Our cities are powered by it, countless industries depend on it, and all living things need it to survive. But it's very possible that in the near future, there won't be enough to sustain life on our planet. This film sheds light on the vital role water plays in our lives, exposes the defects in the current system, and shows communities already struggling with its ill effects.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
From Oscar-winning director Luc Jacquet (*March of the Penguins*) comes a stirring portrait of French glaciologist Claude Lorius whose groundbreaking research in Antarctica gave us the first clear evidence of man-made global climate change. Through remarkable archival footage and stunning drone cinematography, this is an epic tale where science and adventure meet, equal parts contemplative memoir and an ardent call to action. Nominated for a...
40) The brain
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Neuroscientist David Eagleman explores the wonders of the human brain in an epic series that reveals the ultimate story of why people feel and think the things they do. The ambitious project blends science with innovative visual effects and compelling personal stories, and addresses some big questions.
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