“Finding Edge Road” shows how immigration is changing and challenging a small city in Finland. It explores how the city of Lieksa in Eastern Finland near the Russian border is dealing with a recent influx of new asylum seekers from Somalia and Iraq. The newcomers have moved to vacant council…
The Grande Hotel in Beira, Mozambique’s second-largest city was built in the 1950s. With its 370 rooms it was called the “pride of Africa” but closed after a few years and was squatted since the 1980s. Today, it is home to nearly 3000 people. We came with a huge collection of masks:…
The Warsaw Ghetto 1940-1943 is documentary project that features three films. The main film is 912 Days of the Warsaw Ghetto (37 min.), and the two short ones are Children in the Ghetto and Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. These films were created for the Jewish Historical Institute as part of its permanent exhibit…
A thrilling journey to one of the world's most perilous environments, Antarctic Edge: 70° South follows a team of scientists as they explore the West Antarctic Peninsula. In the wake of devastating climate events like Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Katrina, oceanographer Oscar Schofield teams…
Trucks Gone Wild presents Michigan Mud Jam CHAPTERS 1. Intro 2. Hale Yeah 3. Open Bog Part 1 4. Camps 5. Open Bog Part 2 6. Nightlife 7. Truck Pulls 8. Mega Truck Freestyle 9. The Chapel of Mud 10. Open Bog Part 3 11. I'm on a Boat 12. Credits BONUS FEATURES Slideshow
A film by BEN DAITZ Smithsonian Magazine once asked the rhetorical question, 'Can a weekly paper in rural New Mexico raise enough hell to keep its readers hungry for more, week after week?' The Rio Grande Sun, published in Espanola, New Mexico is considered one of the best weekly newspapers…
When Muslim writer and activist Asra Nomani returns to her hometown mosque in West Virginia, she believes she sees signs of trouble: exclusion of women, intolerance toward non-believers, suspicion of the West. Her resulting campaign for change alienates would-be allies in the mosque, leading many to…
Spanish Lake is a bold and uncompromising documentary focused on economic oppression in the suburb of Spanish Lake, Missouri. Operating without a local government, the lack of community leadership has disastrous effects, including a mass exodus of the white population in the late 1990's. The themes…
This highly inspirational film has been dubbed THE WORLD’S GREATEST STORY OF ADVENTURE AND INNOVATION. This half-length 52 version was specially edited with National Geographic for televisions shorter screenings. In the extraordinary wilderness of New Zealand a bunch of daredevil kids experimented…
Welcome to VHS Theater - movies presented in good ole' VHS style! Let Dick Smith, the creator of the magical special effects for ALTERED STATES, THE EXORCIST, THE HUNGER and AMADEUS, show you how it s done. You ll never have to worry about searching for a Halloween costume again! Using easily…
The final decades of the twentieth century brought unprecedented changes for American Indians, especially in the areas of human rights and tribal sovereignty. In 1990, after a long struggle between Indian rights groups and the scientific establishment, the Native American Graves Repatriation and Protection…
It seems like it should be a simple equation. Economists, statespersons and policy wonks agree: GIRLS + EDUCATION = increased economic growth, improved well being of women, and extended life span. But where are faith groups on what Chernor Bah, Chairperson of the Youth Advocacy Group called "the…
