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The Age of Stupid
The Age of Stupid It's the year 2055 and the world has been ravaged by climate change. London is underwater, Sydney is on fire and nuclear war has turned India into a wasteland. An archivist looks back at old footage from the year 2008 to understand why humankind failed to address climate change. From the director of McLibel and starring Pete Postlethwaite, this bold, provocative film warns of the dire consequences of our failure to stop climate change....
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Duration: 88
Category: Documentary
Language: English (Stereo)
The War on Whaling
The War on Whaling Whaling was bitterly debated on the international political stage for decades. But Norway never succumbed to international pressure, and has continued its long history of whaling. Today, the protests have stopped, researchers have agreed hunting is humane and sustainable, the industry is flourishing. The fisherman on the ship Kato continue to stalk the Barents Sea hunting for Minke Whales....
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Duration: 51
Category: Documentary
Language: English [CC]
Served Like A Girl
Served Like A Girl Director Lysa Heslovs documentary, 'Served Like a Girl, provides a candid look at several American women as they transition from active duty to civilian life after serving tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our wounded U.S. female service personnel often return to a stark reality, one that is rarely discussed or considered. Struggling with PTSD, homelessness, broken families, serious illness, physical injuries, and the aftermath of military sexual abuse, these amazing women find ways to a...
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Duration: 90
Category: Documentary
Language: English (5.1)
Don't Break Down: a Film About Jawbreaker
Don't Break Down: a Film About Jawbreaker In 2007, 11 years after one of the most influential American punk bands, Jawbreaker, called it quits the three members, Blake Schwarzenbach, Chris Bauermeister, and Adam Pfahler reconnected in a San Francisco recording studio to listen back to their albums, reminisce and even perform together. Follow the band as they retell their rags to riches to rags story writhe with inner band turmoil, health issues, and the aftermath of signing to a major label. Featuring interviews with Billie Joe Armstr...
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Duration: 76
Category: Documentary
Language: English [CC]
Ghosts Of The Abyss [IMAX]
Ghosts Of The Abyss [IMAX] James Cameron, the Academy Award-winning director, presents the groundbreaking cinematic achievement GHOSTS OF THE ABYSS. Joined by his personal friend Bill Paxton and a team of the world's foremost historical and marine experts, Cameron journeys back to the site of his greatest inspiration -- the legendary wreck of the TITANIC. During the voyage, you will explore inside the entire ship, deck by deck, room by room, encountering mysteries that have remained hidden for almost a century. Revolutio...
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Duration: 91
Category: Documentary
Language: Eligible if purchased. Rentals are not eligible.
Imagine: John Lennon
Imagine: John Lennon A startling and powerful new film derived from 200 hours of footage, stills & heretofore unpublished music from John Lennon's and Yoko Ono's personal collection. A moving and revealing look at a man who was a musician, artist, writer, poet, and whose fame lives on....
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Duration: 106
Category: Documentary
Language: Eligible if purchased. Rentals are not eligible.
The Circus: Down the Road
The Circus: Down the Road Can the American big top circus survive the internet age, or will this ancient and vibrant culture be lost forever? The Circus: Down the Road tells the story of the American big top circus, the story of a society desperately holding onto its way of life....
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Duration: 97
Category: Documentary
Language: English [CC]
Kathy Griffin: A Hell of a Story
Kathy Griffin: A Hell of a Story The unprecedented and historic story of an iconic American comedian overcoming a political and media takedown following the release of the controversial photo....
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Duration: 106
Category: Documentary
Language: English [CC]
King Leopold's Ghost
King Leopold's Ghost The modern history of the Congo is a terrifying story of appalling brutality. Beginning with King Leopold II of Belgium's avaricious rape of the country and tracing the impact of this horrifying and often-forgotten crime through to the modern day, this immensely shocking doc is a heart-rending tale of a rich country destroyed by rapacious hands....
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Duration: 102
Category: Documentary
Language: English (Stereo)
Merchants of Doubt
Merchants of Doubt Inspired by the acclaimed book by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, Merchants of Doubt takes audiences on a satirically comedic yet illuminating ride into the heart of conjuring American spin. Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the curtain on a secretive group of highly charismatic, silver-tongued pundits-for-hire who present themselves in the media as scientific authorities yet have the contrary aim of spreading maximum confusion about well-studied public threats ranging from toxic chemicals to pharm...
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Duration: 93
Category: Documentary
Language: English (5.1), Russian (5.1)
The Harvest (La Cosecha)
The Harvest (La Cosecha) THE HARVEST (LA COSECHA) is the story of the children who work 12-14 hour days, 7 days a week to pick the food that we eat. These children are not toiling in the fields in some far away land. They are working here, in our back yard, in America. Every year more than 400,000 migrant child farm workers in the US journey from their homes, traveling from the scorching sun of the Texas onion fields to the winter snows of the Michigan apple orchards, from the heat of the Florida tomato fields to the d...
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Duration: 80
Category: Documentary
Language: English [CC]
2016 Obama's America
2016 Obama's America Just in time for this year's Presidential election, don't miss the must-see documentary that has the entire country talking. Best- selling author Dinesh D'Souza takes viewers on a journey into Barack Obama's past and present and suggests how his experiences will affect our country's future. D'Souza uncovers how "Hope and Change" became radically misconstrued in 2008 election, how Obama's decisions in office point to a greater hidden agenda, and how America's place in global affairs hang in the b...
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Duration: 87
Category: Documentary
Language: English (Stereo)
Disneynature Penguins
Disneynature Penguins Disneynature's Penguins is a coming-of-age story about an Adlie penguin named Steve who joins millions of fellow males in the icy Antarctic spring on a quest to build a suitable nest, find a life partner, and start a family. None of it comes easily for him, especially considering he's targeted by everything from killer whales to leopard seals, who unapologetically threaten his happily ever after!...
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Duration: 76
Category: Documentary
Language: English (5.1)
The Devil And Daniel Johnston
The Devil And Daniel Johnston His drawings and sketches are exhibited and sold worldwide. Beck, Wilco, Sonic Youth and Pearl Jam have recorded his songs. But beneath Daniel Johnston's success as an artist and musician is an incredible story of genius touched by madness: diagnosed as manic-depressive, Johnston has spent the last three decades of his life in-and-out of mental institutions. Told through a compelling combination of interviews, home movies and performance footage, THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON is "a harrowing, hi...
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Duration: 110
Category: Documentary
Language: Eligible if purchased. Rentals are not eligible.
Dina
Dina In this 2017 Sundance and IDA award-winning film, Dina, an eccentric and outspoken 49-year-old in suburban Philadelphia, invites her fianc Scott, a Walmart door greeter, to move in with her. Having grown up neurologically diverse in a world blind to the value of their experience, the two are head-over-heels for one another, but shacking up poses a new challenge....
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Duration: 102
Category: Documentary
Language: Available
A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time Errol Morris turns his camera on one of the most fascinating men in the world: pioneering astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, afflicted by a motor neuron disease that has left him without a voice or the use of his limbs. Telling the mans incredible story via the voices of his colleagues and loved ones, A Brief History of Time is as small as a single life and as big as the ever-expanding universe....
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Duration: 83
Category: Documentary
Language: English (Stereo)
Plastic China
Plastic China Laughter of playing children echoes through vast rolling hills of plastic waste. This recycling plant is home to Pen and his daughter Yi Jie, who is desperate for an education; and boss Kun, determined to improve his family's lot. Over time, one man moves closer to prosperity, whilst the other stagnates in poverty. This poetic doc exposes the lives of those on the fringes of global capitalist realities, a far cry from the communist dream....
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Duration: 82
Category: Documentary
Language: English [CC]
White Rhino
White Rhino A parallel story from the big wave surfers and photographers who witnessed the largest surf ever seen. This story is based on one photographer's journey to capture the wave of a lifetime. In pursuit, three epic swells hit the South Pacific shorelines, providing conditions only madmen could dream of. Hear the story behind these historical days from the men themselves who dared to challenge the 'White Rhino'....
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Duration: 64
Category: Documentary
Language: English [CC]
Generation Iron: Extended Directors Cut
Generation Iron: Extended Directors Cut From the producer of the classic Pumping Iron, comes the first-ever modern update of the most interesting and controverial sport in the world - bodybuilding. Generation Iron introduces us to a new generation of athletes, telling a powerful story of rivarly and brotherhood, defeat and redemption, dedication and triumph. This Limited Edition Extended Director's Cut goes even deeper into the lives of the sport's biggest stars, revealing the men behind the muscles and taking us on their journey to b...
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Duration: 116
Category: Documentary
Language: English (5.1)
American Hemp
American Hemp A feature documentary following hemp farmers, a hemp food company and state regulators through one year in the Colorado Hemp Industry. The film tracks the raw hemp from the fields to the shelves of American grocery stores. Along the way, Evo hemp partners with Alex White Plume of the Oglala Lakota on Pine Ridge to create the first Native American hemp products in the United States....
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Duration: 65
Category: Documentary
Language: English [CC]