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Dinosaur!

November 1985 •English

An entertaining documentary look at dinosaurs with Emmy Award-winning special effects, feature film clips and stills, commentary by leading paleontologists of the time, and an on camera as well as voice-over narrative by Christopher Reeve. Shot on location in Los Angeles and New York at the American Museum of Natural History

DFW Punk

August 2008 •English

DFW Punk, covering the Dallas/Ft. Worth punk/new wave scene. If you thought Texas in the late ’70s was all about urban cowboys, country tunes and bible-thumping, get ready to be proved dead wrong. 2007, MiniDV.

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

October 2022 •English

Investigates the politics of cinematic shot design, and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women, with over 80 movie clips from 1896 - 2020.

Vielfalt statt Artensterben: Die Menschheit am Scheideweg

April 2022 •German

The loss of biodiversity is highly alarming: our planet is currently experiencing the greatest extinction since the age of the dinosaurs. This film documents the extinction of species currently happening around the world. But it also highlights hopeful initiatives as committed men and women on every continent fight to save endangered species and work towards improving biodiversity.

Méditerranée : la face immergée des volcans

April 2023 •French

With the help of diver and biologist Laurent Ballesta, a scientific expedition explores three sunken Italian volcanic sites in the Mediterranean.

From One Second to the Next

August 2013 •English

Stories of serious traffic accidents caused by texting and driving are told by the perpetrators and surviving victims.

Mach 2

October 2016 •French

The Concorde remains a legend of the sky. In both looks and performance, it was incomparable, and the technology behind it was nothing less than revolutionary. Learn all about this magnificent craft that was able to fly at over 1300 mph, linking Paris and London to New York in under 4 hours. A unique flying machine, it remains the only supersonic commercial aircraft in the history of aviation.

Earth: Seen From The Heart

April 2018 •French

For more than twenty years, Hubert Reeves has put science, his media influence, and his energy at the service of a cause: biodiversity.

Fog

June 1943 •English

United States Navy Training Film produced under the supervision to the Bureau of Aeronautics by Walt Disney Productions in Technicolor

Lessons from the Air

January 1943 •English

Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making and broadcasting of pedagogical radio shows on the BBC.

Mein Name sei Altmann

September 2015 •German

The Solar Film

October 1980 •English

Educational film about solar energy, told with striking imagery and animation.

Tim's Vermeer

December 2013 •English

Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Holland, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artista David Hockney, and eventually even to Buckingham Palace. The epic research project Jenison embarques on is as extraordinary as what he discovers.

Life and Death in A Pond

January 1981 •English

An educational film about the life cycles of various types of pond life.

It Might Get Loud

September 2008 •English

A documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three significant rock musicians: the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White.

Soul Food Junkies

January 2012 •English

To many African Americans, soul food is sacrament, ritual, and a key expression of cultural identity. But does this traditional cuisine do more harm to health than it soothes the soul?

Dead Is Dead

July 1974 •English

An educational video exploring drug addiction, including footage of real-life addicts going through rehab therapy.

A Message from the East

July 2009 •English

The story of Muhammad Iqbal, a turn of the century poet/philosopher from South Asia. Through Iqbal's work we open a dialog between the East and West, refute the notion of a class of civilizations and discover our shared humanity.

Secrets of Christ's Tomb

December 2017 •English

We follow leading experts on a quest to unlock the mysteries surrounding the tomb of Christ, using the latest scientific techniques to restore the Aedicula housing the tomb.

Les Derniers Secrets du Sphinx de Gizeh

May 2023 •French