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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This program aims to show the diversity of natural and cultural landscapes that are characteristic of Australia, with contrasts between the vast uninhabited desert areas and the urban areas. Australia is a nation of city dwellers with a multicultural population that lives in relative harmony. The lifestyles and features of the people and their aspirations into the new century are highlighted. The program looks at places of interest in different states...
Publisher
Pro Doco
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, is a fascinating case study of a large city in the developing world. With around 10 million people as the city enters the 21st century, this is a mega city with a mix of traditional and Western land uses. The program covers the main activities and problems. Despite the difficulties, the Thai residents go about their daily lives with a minimum stress, which reflects on their culture. A visit to some major tourist attractions...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Kangaroo Island (KI), South Australia, is Australia's third-largest island. A popular tourist destination, KI has many ecotourism attractions. The program follows a group of Geographers and others discovering landscapes, landforms, animals and their habitats, communities and heritage. An aim is to show the major attractions and how good management leads to protection of natural and cultural environments and sustainable tourism. Content includes:...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This program looks at the role, character and functions of Australian cities with an emphasis on the State and Territory capitals. The first section shows the general features of these cities and then the main functions are examined. The importance of forms of transport to expansion of cities is shown together with discussion on the growth of cities and associated issues. Australia is one of the most urbanised nations on earth, and this program looks...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Rabat is the modern capital of Morocco but its history dates back to the 7th century. Here we visit the Mohammed V mausoleum; the Hassan Mosque, the most famous landmark in Rabat; next we explore the old city, the Fès-el-Bali medina, known for its various souks, or markets; then to the Fez el Jedid, the newer part of the city, which is home to the Royal Palace and the Mellah section of town; also we see Medersas, Islamic schools. In Marrakesh, the...
7) Timbuktu
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Not too far from Timbuktu, now ruled by religious fundamentalists, Kidane lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima, his daughter Tonya, and Issan, their shepherd. In town, the people suffer, powerless, from the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists. Music, laughter, cigarettes, even soccer have been banned. The women have become shadows but resist with dignity. Every day, the new improvised courts issue tragic and absurd sentences. Kidane...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
'Maverick British director Chris Petit has produced one of this year's eeriest and most haunting films, London Orbital, a threnody to the M25.' Sunday Telegraph. 'It is a mediation on the M25 and gives an intriguing history of the occult archaeology of London that the ring-road discloses ... Petit has witty and playful apercus for every mile he covers.' The Guardian. London Orbital is an extraordinary and visionary film by Chris Petit and Iain Sinclair...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This program explores the effects of mountain tourism on a small village in rural Nepal and the often ironic nature of the resulting cross-cultural encounters. Recommended for Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, The Anthropology of Tourism, Global Economics, and Mountaineering enthusiasts
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
At once an invaluable photographic record of life in Weimer Berlin and a timeless demonstration of the cinema's ability to enthrall on a purely visceral level, Berlin, Symphony of a Great City (Berlin, die Symphonie der Grosstadt) offers a kaleidoscopic view of a single day in the life of a bustling metropolis. Carl Mayer (The Last Laugh), influenced by the naturalistic Kammerspiel movement, envisioned "a melody of pictures" sprung from daily reality...
Language
English
Description
There are 8,000 miles of roads and paths in New York City and for the past six years Matt Green has been walking them all – every street, park, cemetery, beach, and bridge. It's a five-borough journey that stretches from the barbershops of the Bronx to the forests of Staten Island, from the Statue of Liberty to Times Square, with Matt amassing a surprisingly detailed knowledge of New York's history and people along the way. Something of a modern-day...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Drawn by its mysterious history and wild and rugged shores, the remote and little-known Australian island of Tasmania proved to be perfect coastline for us to explore by kayak, stopping along the 600-mile route to visit with fishermen and historians, sailors and aboriginals.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Bostwana is an extremely popular safari destination. Often called "Old Africa," it is home to the Okavango Delta and the Kalahari Desert and has some of the largest remaining herds of wildlife in Africa. First we go to Eagle Island Camp at Xaxaba, which means the "island of tall trees." People from all over the world visit this camp to experience some of the most beautiful and unspoiled areas in the world. Next the Kwhai River Lodge at Moremi provides...
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The Scottish explorer Dr. David Livingstone was the first white person to discover Victoria Falls and named them in honor of Queen Victoria. Also known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya, which means "the Smoke that Thunders," the falls have been named "One of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World," and this program, with its spectacular aerial footage that offers a bird's-eye view of the falls and the Zambezi River (literally, the "Great River"), proves why....
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