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And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
What happens when humanity's infatuation with itself and an untethered free market meet 45 billion cameras? Filmmakers Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck once again turn their cameras directly on society, this time to explore, explain, and exposehow our unchecked obsession with image has grown to change our human behavior. From Camera Obscura and the Lumiere Brothers to YouTube and the world of social media, the film chronicles how we went from capturing the image of a backyard to a multi-billion-dollar content industry in just 200 years. With an exclusive use of archival and found footage, the film uses the very medium it examines, in a self-reflective yet hilarious montage.
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Knights Templar
The Knights Templar, or simply the Templars, was a Catholic military order, one of the wealthiest and most popular military orders in Western Christianity. Delve deep into the mysteries of the Nights Templar with this new documentary.
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King: A Filmed Record
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, King: A Filmed Record. Montgomery to Memphis is a monumental documentary that follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. From 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars. Selected to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1999, King is a cinematic national treasure that allows viewers to be first-hand witnesses to Dr. King's crusade, and thereby gain a fuller appreciation of both the personal challenges he endured and the vast cultural legacy he left behind.
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Planet Earth III
Completing the Planet Earth trilogy, Planet Earth III explores the greatest habitats on our planet and the extraordinary animals that live in them. Filled with wonder and insight, Planet Earth III celebrates places and animals beyond our imagination. From the depths of the ocean to the most remote jungle, discover the planet's last great wild places and the astonishing strategies animals have evolved to survive. Each episode focuses on a distinct and dazzling habitat, including grasslands and deserts, forests, freshwater habitats, and coasts. This contemporary chapter of Planet Earth also reveals the new challenges that wildlife faces in our modern and crowded world.
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Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island
Explores the 1979 Three Mile Island meltdown, the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history, and its aftermath. It uncovers the never-before-told stories of four intrepid homemakers who take their local community's case against the plant operator to the Supreme Court and a young female journalist who's caught in the radioactive crossfire.
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Andre Rieu: Love Is All Around - 2023 Maastricht Concert
The picturesque Vrijthof Square, Maastricht, The Netherlands serves as the backdrop for this live concert. Elaborate sets, colorful costumes, and the use of special effects contribute to a visually stunning and memorable experience.
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Because They Believed
Because They Believed" is a 101- minute documentary containing interviews of athletic trailblazers that were the first to break through racial barriers to participate in professional sports.
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Extraordinary Women Who Shaped American History: Women's Emancipation
The program sheds light upon numerous struggles endured by women during their fight against prejudice along with how they eventually secured equal status alongside men today. During the era of the American Revolution and for several decades thereafter, women were regarded as property owned by men. They were subjected to discrimination and denied their civil liberties. It took years of unwavering effort and sacrifice by advocates for women's rights to rectify this situation. Obtaining women's suffrage - the right to vote - necessitated a long, grueling struggle that spanned nearly a century of conferences, protests, hunger strikes, speeches, lawsuits, lobbying efforts, and marches. The Seneca Falls Convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York was largely organized by local Quakers Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Billed as "a convention devoted to discussing the social condition and rights of women," it was America's first-ever gathering on behalf of female equality.
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Joan Baez: I am Noise
Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, this documentary is a raw and intimate portrait of the legendary folk singer and activist that shifts back and forth through time as it follows Joan on her final tour and delves into her extraordinary archive, including newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, therapy tapes, and audio recordings. Baez is remarkably revealing about her life on and offstage, from her lifelong emotional struggles to her civil rights work with MLK and a heartbreaking romance with a young Bob Dylan. A searingly honest look at a living legend, this film is a compelling and deeply personal exploration of an iconic artist who has never told the full truth of her life, as she experienced it, until now.
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