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The Girl of Sugar Beach is the most watched documentary in television history--a riveting, true-life mystery that unfolds over twelve weeks and centers on a fascinating question: Did Grace Sebold murder her boyfriend, Julian, while on a Spring Break vacation, or is she a victim of circumstance and poor police work? Grace has spent the last ten years in a St. Lucian prison, and reaches out to filmmaker Sidney Ryan in a last, desperate attempt to prove...
2) Barbarians
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Explore the origins of the Huns, Goths, Vikings, and Mongols. Shot on location featuring interviews, reenactments and narrated by Clancy Brown, this brings to life the powerful leaders, and drive that kept empires in terror for centuries.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"Deep in the Congo lives a little-studied group of apes called the bonobos. Like the more-familiar chimpanzees, bonobos are among the humans' closest relatives, but unlike the chimps, known for their violent behavior, bonobos are far more peaceful."--Container.
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Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This exhilarating adventure was filmed over four years and forty countries with help from camera-carrying birds, drones, paragliders and remote-countrol microflight planes. This wondrous aerial spectacle will make your spirits soar!
8) Ike
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Publisher
PBS DVD Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
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Excerpts from news clips, photographs, and other documentary material that illustrate the life and career of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"Dolley Madison lived through two wars, knew the first twelve Presidents, and watched America evolve from a struggling young republic to the first modern democracy in the world. At a time when women could neither vote nor participate officially in politics, Dolley Madison, wife of the fourth president James Madison, became one of the most influential and best loved figures of her day. When she died in 1849 at the age of 81-- one of the last remaining...
10) Planet Earth II
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
This 2016 follow-up to the 2006 documentary mini-series "Planet Earth" examines the natural features and wildlife found in various parts of the world, each of the six episodes corresponding to a different category of natural or man-made terrain (e.g., island, mountain, jungle, urban area, et cetera).
Travelling through jungles, deserts, mountains, islands, grasslands and cities, this series explores the unique characteristics of Earth’s most iconic...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
""Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of food journalist Pollan's thesis. Humans used to know how to eat well, he argues, but the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape dense with bad advice and foods that are not "real."...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The story of the world-famous Lipizzaner stallions from their origins in ancient times to the almost unknown drama of their rescue in 1945, beginning with the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, where the white stallions perform an impressive display of beauty and power that celebrates a perfect harmony between horse and rider. Movements originally intended for use in war.
15) Dunkirk
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Explores the audacious bid to rescue over 400,000 troops from the British Expeditionary Force besieged on the beaches at Dunkirk, which ranks as one of the greatest maritime evacuations in history. Combines contemporary footage and reenactments to tell the story in 3 episodes.
16) Bat superpowers
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Examines how bats could not only carry deadly diseases but may also hold secrets to longevity and health.
Series
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"'Auschwitz: inside the Nazi state' is the result of three years of research, drawing on the close involvement of world experts, recently discovered documents and nearly 100 interviews with camp survivors and perpetrators, many of whom are speaking on the record for the first time. Their stories are brought to life through the innovative use of archive footage, dramatic recreations of key ... moments, and their ... testimony"--Container label.
The...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Presents profiles of six modern Russian authors including extensive interviews with each subject; commentary from their literary critics, publishers, and peers; and dramatic readings of English translations of their works, accompanied by specially-created animation sequences.
Series
Publisher
Seventh Art Productions
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Expert insights from curators and leading cultural critics explore the inspiration behind Bosch's strange and unsettling works. Close-up views of the curiosities allow viewers to appreciate the detail of his paintings like never before. Bosch's legendary altarpieces, which have long been divided among museums, were brought back together for the exhibition and feature in the film.
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