New Video Group.
1) Detropia
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Detroit's story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century: the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; the love affair with automobiles; the flowering of the American dream; and now, the collapse of the economy and the fading American mythos. With its vivid, painterly palette and haunting score, sculpts a dreamlike collage of a grand city teetering on the...
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Go from the hills of California to the Himalayan Mountains to reveal the life of this one-of-a-kind servant to humanity. Wavy's own words are blended with stories from an array of fellow travelers both cultural and counter-cultural, revealing the man behind the clown's grin and the fool's clothing. Audiences will come to know the activist, optimist, and healer who reaches beyond political, economic, and cultural divisions in his commitment to social...
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Examines the many theories about the end of the world and looks for the possible truths behind the myths. It also reveals the many modern day methods of destruction and disaster theories from very real (nuclear arsenals) to controversial (global warming) to futuristic (nanotechnology, cyborgs, and robots).
Publisher
The Fish Film Company
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"[This film] charts the devastating ecological impact of overfishing by interweaving both local and global stories of sharply declining fish populations, including the imminent extinction of the bluefin tuna, and illuminates how our modern fishing capacities far outstrip the survival abilities of any ocean species. Scientists explain how this depletion has slipped under the public radar and outline the catastrophic future that awaits us -- an ocean...
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
For more than a hundred years, larger-than-life characters, many of whom are members of logging families who go back to the time when the West was being settled, have spent their days among towering trees and powerful machines and their nights in outposts far from the comforts of civilization. This is their remarkable story, detailing the history of the logging industry and how technology has transformed life for today's logger, while the struggle...
7) The plague
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
(Producer) During the worst biological disaster in the history of mankind, the so-called black death released an indiscriminate fury which shook the very foundations of human order. When all was said and done, nearly one-third of Europe's population had been completely wiped out, and devastated survivors were left to contend with a world forever changed, both socially and economically.
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
The film draws on over 25 years of exclusive video footage that captures Ellison at his most inspiring and irritating, curmudgeonly and lovable. See Ellison rant about the idiocies of geekdom, confess to mailing a dead gopher to an executive at a publishing house, and more.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Damien Echols is a teen who dresses in all black and listens to heavy metal. He and his two friends are accused of the murder of three little boys, and are instantly condemned by a retribution-hungry public. Now they try to defend themselves against a dubious lack of proof.
10) Secrecy
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In a single recent year the U.S. classified about five times the number of pages added to the Library of Congress. Depending on whom you ask, government secrecy is either the key to victory in our struggle against terrorism or our Achilles heel. Counter-terrorist intelligence officers recall with fury how a newspaper article directly led to the loss of information that cound have avoided a terrorist killing.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The lives and legacies of the 43 leaders of the United States. Based on the book To the Best of My Ability, The Presidents features insight from journalists, scholars, and politicians, as well as rare and unseen photographs and footage.
12) De Niro
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
From Travis Bickle to Jake LaMotta to Vito Corleone, Robert De Niro has brought to life some of Hollywood's most iconic characters. In this comprehensive profile, discover how De Niro went from being a low-key, quiet kid from a bohemian family in Greenwich Village to one of the greatest silver screen actors of all time. A passionate method actor, he has been known to push himself to dangerous extremes to inhabit some of his most recognizable roles....
13) Kama Sutra
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
One thousand years ago in the northern region of central India, the Hindu Kings built their capital city, Khajuraho. Eighty-five stunning temples were built, twenty of which remain today. Famed above all for the delicate sensuality and eroticism of their sculptures, these frank representations of sexuality are considered an expression of India's world renowned Kama Sutra.
14) Harvest of shame
Series
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Presented by CBS News correspondent Dan Rather, Murrow's Harvest of Shame is among the most famous television documentaries of all time. Richly photographed and arrestingly poignant, this long-acclaimed 1960 expose on the plight of migrant farm workers resonated deeply for a nation unfamiliar with such brutally honest depictions of living conditions that, as Murrow remarks, "wrong the dignity of man."
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Meet the Robertsons, who run Duck Commander, a homegrown mom-and-pop turned sporting empire selling top-of-the-line duck calls and decoys out of salvaged swamp wood. Dressed in camouflage and bandanas, this crew shows the world how a family can work together and be a success at the same time. Their booming business employs half the neighborhood, and each day brings a new set of challenges, but this clan meets them with a special brand of Southern...
16) The staircase
Publisher
Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
With all the trappings of a classic murder mystery, The Staircase chronicles the sensational story of North Carolina author Michael Peterson, who stood trial in 2003 for the murder of his wife, Kathleen Peterson.
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Follows Andy Goldsworthy's bohemian free spirit all over the world as he demonstrates and opens up about his creative process. From his long-winding rock walls and icicle sculptures to his interlocking leaf chains and multi-colored pools of flowers. Goldsworthy's painstakingly intricate masterpieces are made entirely of materials found in Mother Nature - who threatens and often succeeds in destroying his art, sometime before it is even finished.
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Chronicles over 40 of history's most devastating engineering failures: from the Exxon Valdez disaster, to a nuclear meltdown at a secret government facility, to the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. Special effects illustrate not only what went wrong, but what can be learned from these disasters. The catastrophes recounted led to the creation of Superfund sites for the cleanup of toxic waste, improved safety standards for cars, planes, and...