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Shot in the Occupied Territories by Israeli director Avi Mograbi, this controversial documentary film draws parallels between the Israeli - Palestinian situation today and the enduring myths of Samson and Masada. Mograbi offers a powerful, at times chilling, lament of the continuing cycles of violence rooted in the past and threatening to engulf everyone's future. With the roots of so much real-world conflict left unexamined by today's restless media, this film reminds us just how vital filmmakers like Avi Mograbi are. Documentary today is rarely immersed in questions of this magnitude - or tackles them with the level of eloquence shown here by Mograbi. An exceptional and challenging film.
Avenge But One of My Two Eyes (2005 )
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The death of my seven-year-old brother when I was nine remains a painful and haunting memory. My parents did not know how to cope with the loss of their child and the entire family experienced indescribable pain. Phantom Limb uses this personal story as a point of departure. Whether it is a loss through death or divorce, the stages of grieving are the same. Individuals often go through denial, anger, bargaining, depression and, ultimately, some kind of acceptance, in order to heal. The film is loosely structured according to these stages. Interspersed throughout this poetic documentary are interviews with a cemetery owner, a phantom limb patient and an author of a book about evidence for life after death. Phantom Limb reminds viewers that while grief is painful and isolating, it is a reminder to each of us that life is impermanent. - Jay Rosenblatt
Phantom Limb (2005 )
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In Russian, "Svyato" means "happy". But it is also a nickname for Svyatoslav, the son of director Kossakovsky, who for two years covered mirrors from Svyato. For the first time in his life, Svyato is going to watch himself on a mirror.
Sacredly (2005 )
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When he wasn't duking it out in the boxing ring, Roy "Pretty Boy" Shaw terrorized Britain as one of the country's most feared gangsters, as revealed in this documentary. The program chronicles Shaw's shady history, a criminal career that includes armed robbery, murder and brutal beatings. Known as the only man who ever broke his way out of two prison cells, Shaw became one of Britain's most powerful gangsters in the 1960s.
Roy Shaw: Brute Force (2005 )
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An interview of George A. Romero discussing his two "lost" films, There's Always Vanilla and Season of the Witch.
Digging Up the Dead: The Lost Films of George A. Romero (2005 )
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The untold stories of six Australian army nurses who served at the only Australian field hospital in the Vietnam War.
Vietnam Nurses (2005 )
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Waiting to Inhale examines the heated debate over marijuana and its use as medicine in the United States. Twelve states have passed legislation to protect patients who use medical marijuana. Yet opponents claim the medical argument is just a smokescreen for a different agenda-- to legalize marijuana for recreation and profit. What claims are being made, and what are the stakes? Waiting to Inhale takes viewers inside the lives of patients who have been forever changed by illness-and parents who lost their children to addiction. Is marijuana really a gateway drug? What evidence is there to support the claim that marijuana can alleviate some of the devastating symptoms of AIDS, cancer and multiple sclerosis? Waiting to Inhale sheds new light on this controversy and presents shocking new evidence that marijuana could hold a big stake in the future of medicine.
Waiting to Inhale (2005 )
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When a woman is faced with her greatest fear...her husband and friends and affected in ways they had never expected.
The Inner Circle (2005 )
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Held up in a heavily fortified Baghdad hotel, Iraq's most famous pianist Samir Peter tries to survive the "peace" of post-war Iraq as he waits for his visa that will grant him a new life in America.
The Liberace of Baghdad (2005 )
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Beethoven's Hair traces the unlikely journey of a lock of hair cut from Beethoven's corpse and unravels the mystery of his tortured life and death. The film begins in modern times, when a pair of Beethoven enthusiasts purchase the hair at a Sotheby's auction. The story then looks at the lock's previous owners and culminates in the science that reveals Beethoven's "medical secret". Set to a lush score of some of Beethoven's most glorious music, the film explores the world of forensic testing in sharp relief against the romance of 19th-century Vienna and the horrors of 20th-century Nazi Germany.
Beethoven's Hair (2005 )
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An exploration of the unique culture of Newfoundland's outports, the film revisits the PR coup that launched the animal rights movement onto the international stage: the 1977 Newfoundland visit, orchestrated by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, of French actress turned animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot to protest the area's ancestral sealing activities. Soon, inhabitants of the island's northern outports we're being introduced to the world as the epitome of brutality.
My Ancestors Were Rogues and Murderers (2005 )
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The Satyrs Motorcycle Club was formed in 1954. As such it is one of the oldest gay motorcycle clubs in the world.
Original Pride: The Satyrs Motorcycle Club (2005 )
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More than just a pretty face, suave screen legend Cary Grant brought depth and heart to his roles, from the dramatic North by Northwest to the hilarious Bringing Up Baby. A documentary of Grant's life.
Cary Grant: A Gentleman's Gentleman (2005 )
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Tells the story of Maria, a Central American immigrant who is forced to leave her family in search for a better life. On her way to the United States, she is forced to cross Mexico where she experiences a nightmare.
No One (2005 )
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A look at the works of Bob Frissell
Bob Frissell - Nothing to Something (2005 )
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The violent legacy of this hard-riding, hard-partying and hard-fighting outlaw biker club has endured five decades. The Hessians share their personal stories, anecdotes and the history of a club that has been revered and reviled in the annals of motorcycle lore.
Hessians MC (2005 )
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Documentary, Social & Cultural Documentaries - Veiled in mystery, the secret society of the Japanese geisha has fascinated Westerners for centuries. This revealing program charts the history and art of the geisha, from the society's all-male origins to the beautiful kimono-clad women trained from childhood to carry on the age-old tradition. Exploring the contemporary practice of the craft as well as its surrounding controversy, this program offers an enlightening look into the geisha culture.
The History & Art of the Geisha (2005 )
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The story of the artists, rebels, and bohemians who came to New York’s Greenwich Village over many decades, and changed the face of American culture through their art and politics. The film portrays important political and social movements that started in the Village - such as the first interracial jazz club, the earliest Socialist newspapers from before World War I, and the Stonewall rebellion that sparked gay liberation.
The Ballad of Greenwich Village (2005 )
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This film tells a shocking and brutal story that has been kept a secret in Poland for over 60 years. It tells the story of a pogrom in 1941 in Jedwabne, Poland and explores the implications of the past for present constructions and negotiations of personal, national and religious identity.
The Legacy of Jedwabne (2005 )
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This film traces the story of Bruce Springsteen from the formative years of 1949 to 1985, playing in the bars and late night spots of Asbury Park.
Bruce Springsteen - Becoming the Boss (2005 )
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Who owns America's elections? Was the final outcome of the 2000 US Presidential election determined by secret men behind closed doors? Did Mobsters manipulate voter counts in the state of Florida? The Big Fix 2000 takes you beyond the election night media frenzy, uncovering at every turn, the hidden connections to nationwide electoral fraud.
The Big Fix 2000: Who Runs the Show? (2005 )
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Nine-year-old prodigy Xin Ben takes lessons from Daniel Mergler, a piano teacher at the end of his career. In this remarkable story about a student and her mentor, Xin Ben and Mergler meet 26 times over the course of one year. During this time, Xin Ben illuminates Mergler's final months as an instructor with her youthful talent, and he, in return, lovingly guides her towards a life in music.
Mr. Mergler's Gift (2005 )
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Beslan will forever be synonymous with the murder of hundreds of innocent children. One year on, how is the town coping? Our documentary this week is a harrowing and powerful new film on the school siege and its enduring legacy.
A Prayer for Beslan (2005 )
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When cracks in the Earth's crust large enough to swallow a city block appear, a team of scientists must go deep into the Earth to find a way to stop the destruction.
Descent (2005 )
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Residents of a small town find themselves battling a swarm of wasps which has been sprayed by a super pesticide.
Swarmed (2005 )
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After a group of biologists discovers a huge network of unexplored caves in Romania and, believing it to be an undisturbed eco-system that has produced a new species, they hire the best American team of underwater cave explorers in the world. While exploring deeper into the underwater caves, a rockslide blocks their exit, and they soon discover a larger carnivorous creature has added them to its food chain.
The Cave (2005 )
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A scientist plots a bank robbery based around his newest invention -- a time travel gadget that will send its user 10 minutes into the past. Everything goes according to plan, until he encounters a group of thieves who've planned their heist for the same day.
Slipstream (2005 )
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Following an incident on Halloween, the lives of a roofer, waitress, romantic rookie, and mysterious clairvoyant converge due to an undiscovered connection.
Firefly (2005 )
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They Are Here....Hud Masters (Paul Sloan) a serial killer on death row has his execution faked by a clandestine government organization in exchange for an extension on his life. Hud is injected with an alien fetus enabling him to find hunt down and kill a rogue alien race that have deserted their world and have inhabited human hosts to stay alive. With the help of Special Agent Logan (Colleen Porch) and the Alien police Hud must race against time - and his inner demons - as he defends the human race from aliens who themselves must fight against extinction.
Choker (2005 )
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A multi-national forestry company engages in genetic experimentation to increase logging yield in a remote section of forest...
Severed (2005 )
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In the cold, dark waters off North Korea a U.S. Navy fast attack submarine meets with a mysterious disaster - it's attacked and nearly sunk by an ominous stealth submarine resulting in the deaths of the Executive Officer and the Engineering Officer.
Tides of War (2005 )
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An accident during tests of an anti-plasma artificial magnetic shield at Japan's Ground Self Defense Force East Fuji practice range sends the 3rd Special Experimental Company, under Colonel Matoba on a time-slip 460 years into the past, into 'the Age of civil War'. At the same time an imaginary-number anomaly thought to be caused by interference from the past begins eroding the present.
Samurai Commando Mission 1549 (2005 )