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2) The weather
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Presents complete episodes of the BBC documentary series exploring extreme weather and climates around the world.
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Five Pilates workouts that are each 10 minutes long, and developed using a technique called Power Precision Sequencing, that is specifically designed to give rapid results. Split workouts into 5 separate workouts, mix and match to customize for individual needs, or do all together for a total-body 50-minute Pilates workout.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
A tale of one family's ambition and of Europe's struggle to emerge from the ravages of the Dark Ages. The Medici used charm, skill and ruthlessness to garner unparalleled wealth and power, ruling Europe for more than 300 years.
Publisher
First Run/Icarus Films
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Examines the case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti through archival film, music, poetry and excerpts from the 1971 feature film. Also includes interviews with historians, artists and activists as well as readings from the prison diaries of the two defendants.
Publisher
Hart Sharp Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked. He treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and a number of regular folk while downing McDonald's to try and find out why 37% of American...
8) New York
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Explores the settlement and growth of New York City, from its founding in 1624 by the Dutch to the skyscraper wars and the building of the Empire State Building to the 1990s.
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A circuit-style workout that will burn fat and increase muscle mass. It includes 25 minutes of cardio, followed by 20 minutes of upper and lower body resistance for lean muscles, and 10 minutes of sculpting and tightening the abs.
12) Somm
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Takes the viewer on a humorous, emotional and illuminating look into the mysterious world of the Court of Master Sommeliers and their massively intimidating master sommelier exam.
13) Fog of war
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A captivating look at Robert S. McNamara, who was the Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Candid interviews about the decisions he made and the impact they had on his career are mixed with archival footage and maps.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A star-studded documentary about one of the greatest Oscar-winning cinematographers, who captured the beauty of such stars as Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, and Sophia Loren in such memorable classics as The African Queen ; The Red Shoes ; Barefoot Contessa ; and Black Narcissus. With a career spanning more than 80 years, the passionate documentary reveals the craft of one of cinema's most indelible image-makers, Jack Cardiff.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey - a journey that will take them hundreds of miles across the continent by foot, one by one in a single file. They will endure freezing temperatures, in brittle, icy winds and through deep, treacherous waters. They will risk starvation and attack by dangerous predators, under the harshest...
Publisher
ThinkFilm
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
New York-based photographer Zana Briski embarked on a project by which she gave cameras to the children of prostitutes and taught them photography, awakening within them hidden talent and creativity and giving them a means to transform their lives.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Stories of five students such as Emily, a Silicon Valley eighth-grader who is afraid of being labeled as unfit for college, and Francisco, a Bronx first-grader whose mom will do anything to give him a shot at a better life that helped launch a movement to change the educational system.
20) The Mormons
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In this revealing American Experience/Frontline co-production, dig deep into the Mormon past to understand the church today, and how they are finally confronting its history of what is fact and what is fiction.
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