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101) Planet Earth II
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This 2016 follow-up to the 2006 documentary mini-series "Planet Earth" examines the natural features and wildlife found in various parts of the world, each of the six episodes corresponding to a different category of natural or man-made terrain (e.g., island, mountain, jungle, urban area, etc.).
102) Edward Hopper
Publisher
Microcinema International
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Traces the life and career of iconic American painter Edward Hopper, focusing on his subject matter, influences, and the enigmatic quality of his work.
103) The Human experience
Publisher
Distributed by Docurama Films
Pub. Date
c[2011]
Language
English
Description
The story of a band of brothers who travel the world in search of the answers to the burning questions: Who am I? Who is Man? Why do we search for meaning? Their journey brings them into the middle of the lives of the homeless on the streets of New York City, the orphans and disabled children of Peru, and the abandoned lepers in the forests of Ghana, Africa. What the young men discover changes them forever.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c[2012], 2011
Language
English
Description
The Union's USS Monitor was a decisive factor in the Civil War. Today it rests in the nation's first marine sanctuary. Join a team of Navy divers as they attempt to recover priceless artifacts; meet the ship designer who built the Monitor; see a realistic reenactment of the battle that changed the course of the Civil War; and discover a powerful military past as the secrets of the Monitor's service emerge from the deep.
106) J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Profiles English writer, poet, and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, describing the influence the rural English West Midlands where he grew up had on his writing.
107) The Third Reich
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Two-part documentary exploring the rise and fall of the Third Reich through contemporaneous amateur footage filmed by German civilians and soldiers, and first-hand accounts culled from German diaries, journals, and letters.
108) Apollo 11
Author
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A look at Apollo 11, NASA's 1969 mission to land on the moon, led by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.
112) Looking for Fidel
Publisher
Cinema Libre
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In April of 2003, Oliver Stone returned to Cuba to interview Fidel Castro and ask questions that Castro has avoided; the Cuban leader offers his views about the state of the world, President Bush, the war in Iraq, and other major international issues.
Publisher
PBS Distibution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
What makes a person walk into a theater or a church or a classroom full of students and open fire? What combination of circumstances compels a human being to commit the most inhuman of crimes? Can science in any way help us understand these horrific events and provide clues as to how to prevent them in the future?
116) Mine
Series
Filmmovement volume year 7, film 12
Publisher
Filmmovement
Pub. Date
c[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Documentary about the essential bond between humans and animals, set against the backdrop of one of the worst natural disasters in modern U.S. history: Hurricane Katrina. This gripping, character-driven story follows New Orleans residents as they attempt the daunting task of trying to reunite with their pets who have been adopted by families all over the country, and chronicles the custody battles...
117) Meteor strike
Author
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Follows impact scientists in the days after the meteor flashed across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains in February 2013, as they hunt for debris and try to determine the meteor's origin.
118) All about the states
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"...to reveal how each state's territory was determined and explores their individual natural environments, populations, politics, traditions, legends, and quirks.....highlighting what makes each one unique as well [as] an integral part of the whole. Learn new factoids about each state's history, natural resources, geography and monuments as well as the truth behind the legends....There's a story...
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