New Video Group
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Language
English
Description
Mark Bittner tells how he became fascinated by a group of wild parrots living in and around his studio apartment on San Francisco's Telegraph Hill, and how his life changed as he became the small flock's trusted friend, a local parrot expert, and a tourist attraction.
2) John McCain
Publisher
A&E
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of the life and career of John McCain, from his transitory naval base childhood through the exciting 2008 presidential elections.
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
2000, c1998
Language
English
Description
Venturing to Vietnam twenty years after her husband was killed in a mortar attack, Barbara Sonneborn finds a mesmerizing landscape filled with psychic remnants of war. Getting beyond the physical and emotional devastation, she talks to those on all sides of the struggle, discovering a common bond in loss and ultimately understanding.
Publisher
Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
With all the trappings of a classic murder mystery, The Staircase chronicles the sensational story of North Carolina author Michael Peterson, who stood trial in 2003 for the murder of his wife, Kathleen Peterson.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
"Tells the story of the first truly modern artistic movement, focusing on five of its most important practitioners, Renoir, Monet, Degas, Pissarro, and Morisot. Their determination to remain true to their convictions--and the price they paid as a result--is vididly captured in their own words, taken from letters and diaries, while the world's foremost authorities offer fascinating insights into their lives and work"--Container.
7) Gasland
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Josh Fox learned his land was on top of a large reservoir of natural gas and that he would be paid to lease his land for natural gas extraction so he documented his journey to find out if the controversial process of hydraulic fracking is actually safe, and unearthed a shocking discovery in the process.
Publisher
Belzberg Films
Pub. Date
2002, c2001
Language
Romanian
Description
Follows the hand-to-mouth existence of five Bucharest street kids. Their drug use, homelessness, and poverty are representative of the problems of thousands of other Romanian orphans and runaways. Romanian with English subtitles.
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Told with a remarkable sense of intimacy, visual style and musical panache, Susanne Rostock's inspiring biographical documentary surveys the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. From his rise to fame as a singer and his experiences touring a segregated country to his provocative crossover into Hollywood, Belafonte's groundbreaking career personifies the American civil rights movement.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The Beatles were banned from Russia in 1964 - but their music offered hope and inspiration to the entire nation for decades. Finally, Paul McCartney satisfied years of anticipation with his first-ever concert in Russia - wowing a crowd of over 100,000 people in Moscow's legendary Red Square.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Teddy Roosevelt had a dream to make America a global power. It was realized through the Panama Canal. The French began construction in 1880, but it would take the inventive American's to discover a way to link the oceans. First, the diseases that attacked the workers had to be controlled. Then, an innovative design for a series of locks was developed. Finally, the dogged determination and backbreaking toil of the Americans was rewarded when the Atlantic...
16) Barack Obama
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The democratic political star during the Democratic National Convention in 2004, and now a possible front runner for the candidacy for the President of the United States, in many ways, his story is a unique American tale of the 21st century.
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Doug Block took a hard look at his parents' marriage and his own relationship with his father. With his latest film, Block turns in the other direction, offering an exceptionally moving look at his relationship with his only child, Lucy. A chronicle of Lucy's emotionally fraught last year at home before leaving for college. Moving fluidly between past, present, and the fast-approaching future.
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A captivating glimpse into the rise and fall of America's first celebrity designer, Halston, the man who was synonymous with fashion in the 1970s, and became the emperor of New York City nightlife. Interviews with friends and witnesses (including Liza Minnelli, Diane Von Furstenberg, Andre Leon Talley, Anjelica Huston, Bob Colacello, and Billy Joel, among others) round out this glittering evocation of the man who defined the most beautiful and decadent...
20) Half the sky
Publisher
Docuramafilms
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Take an unforgettable journey with six actress / advocates and New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof to meet some of the most courageous individuals of our time, who are doing extraordinary work to empower women and girls everywhere. These are stories of heartbreaking challenge, dramatic transformation and enduring hope.