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Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Arabic
Description
LITTLE GANDHI is a powerful documentary that follows the life of iconic Syrian peace activist Ghiyath Matar, who became internationally known as “Little Gandhi” for his initiative of facing down violent government security forces with flowers and bottles of water. Matar was a key organizer of peaceful protests in his hometown of Daraya against one of the most vicious regimes in the 21st century, inspiring people worldwide. His brutal torture and...
Publisher
Icarus Films Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss harness air, water, fire, chemical reagents and simple machines to enact a chain of events that becomes an endlessly inventive meditation on cause and effect generating continuous process.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The West once ruled more than half the world. The religion it exported, Christianity, is still followed by a third of mankind. Above all, the way people live, or aspire to live, are unmistakably an invention of the West. All over the world, more and more humans eat a Western diet, wear Western clothes and live in Western housing. Niall Ferguson explains how by juxtaposing, we can uncover the keys, the six killer applications, of Western ascendancy...
4) Rebirth
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A riveting journey into living history, an act of personal witness to one of the most profound events in American history and the healing that has come in its wake. REBIRTH follows the nearly ten-year transformation of five people whose lives were forever altered on September 11, 2001. The film simultaneously tracks, by multi-camera time-lapse photography, the minute-by-minute evolution of the space where the Twin Towers once rose. Both a singular...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness sheds light on the fascinating story of a president who knew how to harness the nation's grief over JFK's assassination, and become an unlikely champion of Civil Rights. The film includes rarely seen footage, secret White House tapes, and personal testimony from LBJ's advisors, biographers, friends, and family..
Series
Publisher
V.I.E.W. Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was one of the greatest painters, printmakers, and sculptors of the 20th Century, and a founder of Modern Art. This unique film, a Cannes Film Festival Selection, reveals unknown aspects of Picasso's work and personality, and contains images of over 600 of his paintings, sculptures, and ceramics, many never before seen in public. In an unprecedented collaboration, Picasso gave filmmaker Edward Quinn unrestrained access...
Publisher
Films Media Group
Pub. Date
[2012], c2009
Language
English
Description
This episode of Clash of the Gods presents the real story behind our most renowned modern myth - that classic story of good vs. evil, fought in the world of Middle Earth. We enter creator J.R.R. Tolkien's fantastical world of hobbits, orcs, and wizards, and uncover the real life influences that shaped his epic fantasy, The Lord of the Rings. Intriguing connections and parallels are drawn from this epic saga to the battlefields of World War I and the...
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