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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.
42) Wild Hawaii
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
From its hot molten core to the mega sized waves battering its coast, Hawaii is an untamed and very wild bit of paradise that continues to transform itself and challenge expectations.
44) 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
Gaiam Americas
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Did you know that Beer was critical to the birth of civilization? Or that it played a crucial role in the building of the pyramids, the founding of America, the industrial revolution, and advancements in medicine. That's right, beer. Scientists and historians line up to tell the amazing, untold story that puts beer at the center of the human civilization.
Publisher
Released by PBS]
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
The blues is a seven-part documentary film series exploring the evolution of the blues, featuring rare archival performance footage of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon... et al., also including over 100 newly-filmed performances by contemporary artists such as B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Beck... et al. singing classic blues songs.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Takes viewers on an exciting and visually stunning journey to the historic places where Christianity was born and grew to its place as the official religion of the Roman Empire. Join author and distinguished history professor Jonathan Phillips as he sets out on a 12,000 mile journey of a lifetime, traveling the ancient roads to the very places where Christianity began.
Publisher
Distributed by Gaiam Americas
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The Cretaceous Period spawned walking death machines with a savage combination of speed, eyesight, brain power, and razor-sharp implements. The latest science reveals the anatomical secret that made these bloodthirsty carnivores such incredible purveyors of terror.
51) Zoo confidential
Publisher
NGHT, Inc
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Its wild, unpredictable and all in a days work. National Geographic goes behind the scenes at the Houston Zoo to see the inner workings that visitors don't see. Episodes include Special Delivery, Operation Ocelot, and Urban Jungle.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The saga surrounding Louis XIVs blue diamond is a web of intrigue, betrayal and a bizarre curse, spanning three centuries. First brought back from India, it was then stolen during the French Revolution. Later, in London, another diamond appeared -- slightly smaller but equally magnificent -- the Hope diamond. Is the Hope diamond a recut version of the mythical blue gem?
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Profiles Chinese American artist Tyrus Wong, best known for his animation work on Disney's Bambi and his motion picture production art during the heyday of the Hollywood studios. Focuses on the racism he experienced during his career and in his private life, focusing on the treatment of Asian Americans during World War II.
55) In the womb
Publisher
National Geographic Channel
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
From the moment of conception, every human embryo embarks on an incredible nine-month journey of development. Now, cutting-edge technology makes it possible for National Geographic Channel's "In the womb" to open a window into the hidden world of the fetus and explore each trimester in amazing new detail. Revolutionary 3-D and 4-D imagery sheds light on the delicate, dark world of a fetus as never before and follows a rare fetoscope operation, performed...
56) China revealed
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
This is the story of the most complex country on Earth, of the dreams and challenges driving its people to look forward-- while cherishing the past. Can this ancient civilization survive its breakneck journey into the future? And at what price? This is the story of the greatest transformation on Earth, and of the people in the vortex.
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.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
℗2015.
Language
English
Description
From the perspective of space, this program traces mankind's journey from hunter-gatherer to dominant global species. With mind-bending data and CGI, the program shows how we have transformed our planet and produced a world of extraordinary complexity.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Every line on the U.S. map tells a great story: California's border was bent to claw onto lucrative gold deposits ... Oklahoma's panhandle reflects a shifting national barometer for legal slavery ... Kentucy, Tennessee and Virginia's shared border traces the scar of a meteor impact. The segments reveal the larger story of what makes America unique: a range of natural resources, a history of social experimentation, and a thriving democracy.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
For 191 years, the Supreme Court of the United States was populated only by men. When President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female justice in 1981, the announcement dominated the news. Time Magazine's cover proclaimed, 'Justice at Last,' and she received unanimous Senate approval.
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