Movies are checked out for one week - unlike music and books.
A searing indictment of the Mormon Church's historic involvement in the promotion and passage of California's Proposition 8, and the Mormon religion's secretive, decades-long campaign against gay rights. Narrated by Dustin Lance Black.
Every year Americans spend an average of $12.4 billion on cosmetic surgery procedures. Why are we being conditioned not to like the way we look? Award-winning filmmaker Darryl Roberts goes on a five-year journey to unearth the origins and deadly risks of our nation's quest for physical perfection.
It's been called the greatest theft of art since the Second World War. Reveals how a private collection of paintings became the envy of the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and other major institutions, and the prize in a battle between one man's vision and the forces of commerce and politics. Founded in 1922 by wealthy American drug developer and art collector Albert C. Barnes, the Barnes Foundation became the finest collection of paintings by Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse, and Van Gogh.
Illuminates the life and work of Bayard Rustin, who has been described as 'the unknown hero' of the civil rights movement. A tireless crusader for justice, a disciple of Gandhi, a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr., and the architect of the legendary 1963 March on Washington, Rustin dared to live as an openly gay man during the fiercely homophobic 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Reveals the price that Rustin paid for this openness.
A powerful portrait of America's overwhelming addiction to, and reliance on, oil. Having been born and raised in one of the USA's most oil-producing regions, Josh Tickell saw firsthand how the industry controls, deceives, and damages the country, its people, and the environment. After one too many people he knew became sick, Josh couldn't idly stand by any longer.
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist, concludes that the war is based on decades of lies and leaks 7,000 pages of top secret documents to the New York Times, making headlines around the world. One man's profound change of heart created a landmark struggle involving America's newspapers, its president, and the Supreme Court.
The sleepy town of Woods Harbor, Nova Scotia explodes when six handline fishermen seize a federal building and barricade themselves inside. They're in a desperate fight to save their community from regulations which let bottom trawlers destroy the ocean ecosystem. Their protest spreads across Canada over the coming weeks, as fishermen seize six more buildings, and the Minister of Fisheries threatens them with jail.
See inside the lives of three extraordinary women who each overcome insurmountable odds to bring lasting solutions to their countries. Hanh is an HIV-positive widow from Vietnam; Nada, a peacemaking survivor of the war in Bosnia; Madam Urbain, a crusader for girls' rights in Mali. Through their strength and ability to empower others they are igniting remarkable changes. Includes panel discussion hosted by Ann Curry, featuring Natalie Portman, Madeleine K. Albright, and Nicholas Kristof.
Returning home to Montana for her high school reunion, filmmaker Kimberly Reed (previously the school quarterback and now a transgender woman) hopes for reconciliation with her long-estranged adopted brother. But along the way she uncovers stunning revelations (including a connection to Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth), intense sibling rivalries, and unforeseeable twists of plot and gender that force them to face challenges no one could imagine.
As Massachusetts becomes the first state to recognize same-sex marriage, the eyes of the nation turn to this historic vote. Capture the struggle as it unfolds, along with the true personal stories of politicians, lobbyists, and the everyday Americans fighting to shape the future.
After witnessing the devastating AIDS epidemic firsthand Richard Berkowitz, a gay hustler turned activist, demanded a solution. Now destitute and alone, Berkowitz tells his remarkable story of sex, death, and betrayal.
Follows the last modern-day cowboys as they lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana's breathtaking and often dangerous Absaroka-Beartooth mountains for summer pasture. Reveals a world in which nature and culture, animals and humans, climate and landscape, and vulnerability and violence are all intimately meshed.
This documentary uncovers historic and previously unseen footage of the illustrious rock band and provides new insight into the revolutionary impact of its music and legacy. Narrated by Johnny Depp.
For close to two weeks, an Afghan video journalist gained access and traveled a region of Afghanistan that he found was largely under control of the Taliban 'shadow' government. As the new U.S. strategy focuses on the south and eastern parts of the country, this film opens up a window onto a potential new front in the north, and sheds an important light on who's fighting the U.S. efforts in Afghanistan and why.
Explore centuries of vampire lore and legend, unearthing new science and insights on superstition and psychology.
Features the ultimate collection of our national pastime at its side-splitting best. See the game's finest athletes brought to their knees by gravity, brain locks, killer kittens, and anything else that can disrupt the symmetry of the game. Includes music video and featurettes.
The words 'My Lai' are seared into memories of the Vietnam War, but few know what really happened in the small Vietnamese village on March 16, 1968. Now, drawing on 400 hours of recently discovered audio recordings and new interviews with participants, eyewitnesses, and investigators, the complete story can finally be told about one of the most shocking atrocities in modern times, and about lesser-known acts of remarkable courage.
As small children, Gabriel Bol Deng, Koor Garang, and Garang Mayuol fled their villages in South Sudan due to civil war. They became a part of a group of thousands of other boys with a similar story, nicknamed 'The Lost Boys' upon resettlement in the USA in 2001. In May 2007, Gabriel Bol, Loor, and Garang, now in their twenties, embarked on a journey back to Sudan to discover whether their homes and families had survived, and what the current situation is in South Sudan.
Experience nature's jarring feast of beauty, tension, and triumph like never before! Discover what happens when South Africa has too many elephants, or when just one lioness survives a senseless massacre. Tag along as conservationists relocate entire elephant families, study the fiercely intelligent golden jackal, and more. Includes the following five episodes: The Great Elephant Rescue; The Last Lion of Liuwa; Meet the Jackals; Saba and the Rhino's Secret; and Growing Up Giraffe.
Take off beyond Earth's boundaries for the ultimate tour of our solar system. From Mars' monstrous mountains to Saturn's glittering rings, the sights are out of this world. Each hour offers breathtaking tours of the planets using modern-day high-tech telescopes and stunning CGI.
