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Were you one of the more than 80,000 people around the globe who were uploading their personal video of what happened in their lives on July 24th, 2010? Directed by Kevin MacDonald and produced by Ridley Scott, these two filmmakers sifted through over 4,500 hours of footage to create one incredible motion picture event. Created entirely from footage uploaded by YouTube users, 'Life in a Day' is a film first: exhilarating, moving and very, very funny-it...

Travel through time on a culinary adventure that reveals the humble beginnings and climactic interludes of cuisine throughout the ages to reveal how food has made us who we are today, and how it shapes our future.

"Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping cold turkey and survive only on foods that would otherwise be thrown away."--Container.

It's Thanksgiving and family and friends have gathered to celebrate togetherness and gratitude. But all hell breaks loose when cell reception mysteriously goes dead throughout the neighborhood. Each person must deal with their own crisis, with marriages being tested, values questioned, and everyone's future suddenly in doubt all due to a simple technology breakdown!

The shocking reality of Tijuana's 'Zona Norte,' created by failed U.S. immigration policy. Follows U.S. deportees in Tijuana as they struggle to survive a cartel war zone, living in cardboard shacks and sewer pipes, creating an ever-expanding underworld of exiles.

After opting not to flee to Canada with her baby, June struggles to strike back against the regime despite overwhelming odds. Startling reunions, betrayals, and a journey to the terrifying heart of Gilead will force all of the characters to take a stand, guided by one defiant prayer: Blessed be the fight.

Not Evil Just Wrong reveals how Al Gore's false doctrine about global warming is inaccurate and harmful. The hysteria around global warming could kill American jobs during one of the worst recessions in living memory, send energy prices soaring and cripple economies around the world.

Provided is an analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research, and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation,...

A religion-based autocracy has taken over most of the United States, renaming the country Gilead. In this country women are second-class citizens. Anyone trying to escape is punished. One such person is June, who is captured while trying to escape with her husband and child and is sentenced to be a handmaid, bearing children for childless government officials. As a handmaid, June is renamed Offred. This is her story.

In her gripping directorial debut, Christy Turlington Burns shares the powerful stories of at-risk pregnant women in four parts of the world, including a remote Maasai tribe in Tanzania, a slum of Bangladesh, a post-abortion care ward in Guatemala, and a prenatal clinic in the United States.