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Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Documents the 72-year struggle for women's suffrage which culminated in the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. It illuminates the alliances, infighting, betrayals and defeats that paved the way for victory in the battle for women's right to vote. Historical footage is enhanced with vocal performances, and interviews with historians provide the viewer with both current and historical perspectives.
Publisher
Vigil Films
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
As the most persuasive and pervasive force of communication in our culture, media is educating yet another generation that a woman's primary value lay in her youth, beauty and sexuality, and not in her capacity as a leader, making it difficult for women to obtain leadership positions and for girls to reach their full potential. The film accumulates startling facts and statistics that leave audiences shaken and armed with a new perspective.
Series
Publisher
Sony Music Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Charles Burnett explores his own childhood being shuttled between a religious mother and a blues-loving uncle. His film combines fiction with documentary footage in the story of a young boy kidnapped to prevent his being saved by a church that viewed blues as the devil's music.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Nova presents a gripping investigation of what went wrong when two Boeing 747 airliners collided in thick fog on the runway at a tiny airport in the Canary Islands, killing 583 passengers and crew -- the worst loss of life in any air disaster.
Series
Publisher
Globe Trekker
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Holly Morris explores the bustling Delhi Metropolis, the Chandi Chowk market, the Red Fort of the Mughal emperor and boats along the Yamuna River. Ian Wright explores Delhi old city, takes a metro to Jhandelwalan, then heads south to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal and learn about the Mughal Empire at the Red Fort. In New Delhi, he tours the President of India's house and stays at the Imperial hotel before riding my motorbike to Hariewar and bathes in...
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Join passionate experts and enthusiasts traveling through Britain and bringing to light unexpected and surprising historical gems that shaped the nation. From crumbling industrial sites to elegant country mansions, this series reveals fascinating secrets of Britain's treasured heritage.
Publisher
NGHT, Inc
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Traces anthropological research in human evolution, beginning with discoveries in Africa of australopithecine bones, the Leakeys' discoveries in the African Rift Valley and Olduai Gorge, Johanson's work in Hadar, Ethiopia. Includes discussion of dating techniques such as laser dating, and the search for a common ancestor.an.
Gives a history of anthropological research, beginning with discoveries in Africa of australopithecine bones, the Leakeys'...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In this groundbreaking documentary, world-leading neuroscientist and doctor Steven Laureys embarks on a unique investigation into death and the human brain as he explores the extraordinary, intense, and often life-changing tales of those who have returned from the brink of death.
14) The spill
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Long before the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf, BP was widely viewed as a company that valued deal-making and savvy marketing over safety, a 'serial environmental criminal' that left behind a long trail of problems, deadly accidents, disastrous spills, countless safety violations, which many now believe should have triggered action by federal regulators.
15) The great whales
Publisher
NGHT Incorporated
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A documentary on whales, including information on their anatomy, communication and migration patterns of a variety of whale species including killer, pilot, and humpback whales.
16) Cannibal hippos
Publisher
NGHT, LLC
Pub. Date
©2010.
Language
English
Description
The mysterious deaths of hundreds of hippos at the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda sparks a whodunit mystery on a national scale. As the body count rises, an international team of investigators struggle to find the cause.
18) Forces of nature
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Shows footage of earthquakes, volcanoes, severe storms and tornadoes as National Geographic cameras travel the world, venturing to the brink of erupting volcanoes, into the paths of deadly pyroclastic flows, along massive fault lines, and aboard vehicles barreling toward massive tornadoes, all in the pursuit of scientific knowledge. Shows an erupting volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. Travels in the Midwest's infamous "Tornado Alley" with...
20) Inside LSD
Publisher
NGHT
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Could LSD be the next drug in your doctor's arsenal? New experiments have a few researchers believing that this 'trippy' drug could become a pharmaceutical of the future, thinking it may enhance brain power, expand creativity, and cure disease. Outlawed in 1970, the street drug developed a reputation as the dangerous toy of the counterculture, capable of inspiring either moments of genius, or a descent into madness. Now...take...a fresh look into...
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