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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The hippopotamus has long been an enigma: an aquatic mammal that cannot swim, a vegetarian that is also the most dangerous animal in Africa. All hippos are utterly dependent on water,but in Botswana, hippos face an unparalleled challenge as deep floodwaters dry to dust in a matter of months. The documentary goes beneath the surface to show how hippos protect their families and face their enemies, revealing an animal that is highly sensitive and surprisingly...
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
This documentary profiles people who are living with the grave consequences of a changing climate, as well as the individuals, communities and scientists inventing new approaches to safeguard our children's future. Filmed across the U.S., Asia and South America, this program brings the reality of climate change to life and offers viewers a variety of ways to make a difference in their own communities.
Publisher
Image Entertainment [distributor
Pub. Date
2002]
Language
English
Description
In 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono invited the press to come to them as they campaigned for world peace while lying in a bed in a hotel room. There they debated with Marshall McLuhan, met with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and were confronted by cartoonist Al Capp.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Language
English
Description
Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato - and the corresponding human desires - sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan's garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests of Kazakhstan, from a medical marijuana hot house to...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This is the inside story of the bitter clash between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Amid violence in the Middle East, the film traces Netanyahu's rise to power and his high-stakes fight with the president over Iran's nuclear program.
8) Thin
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
This film takes us inside the walls of Renfrew Center, a residential facility for the treatment of women with eating disorders, closely following four young women who have spent their lives starving themselves-- often to the verge of death.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
It follows The New York Times bestselling author (How to Be Black), podcaster (How to Citizen with Baratunde), and outdoor enthusiast on his journey to explore the country's diverse landscapes and discover how they shape our outdoor lives. Wherever we live, we share a love for the wild, but in a country as big and diverse as America we have vastly different ways to find and experience nature. From coal miners turned beekeepers in Appalachia to Black...
11) Mexico revealed
Publisher
distributed by Discovery Education
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"From the famous single cry 'Viva Mexico!' that sweeps the country every Independence Day, to the spectacle and pageantry summoned by reverence for the Virgin of Guadalupe, this fascinating voyage introduces you to storied traditions, rich heritage and unique citizens." -- container.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
To mark the Olympics' 2004 return to its birthplace of Athens, this series tells the 'real' story of the original games. It combines lavish reconstruction of the ancient Greek games with dramatic highlights from the modern olympics.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The in-depth story of September 11th through the eyes of the witnesses, heroes and survivors. Made in collaboration with the 9/11 Memorial & Museum to mark the twentieth anniversary, this major new series charts the tragic day in unprecedented detail, from the first plane hitting the north tower to the last survivors being rescued from the rubble.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Follow along as NASA launches the Mars 2020 Mission, perhaps the most ambitious hunt ever for signs of life on Mars. For the first time, in February 2021, a rover will attempt a risky landing in Jezero Crater, the coveted site of an ancient river delta that could possibly be a cradle of life.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Part two, "The Story of Moses," presents the greatest of all the epic dramas of the Hebrew bible -- the book of Exodus. Experience the extraordinary life of Moses ... his dramatic deliverance of the Israelites ... the parting of the Red Sea ... and more.
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
Continues to examine 75 million years of the most credible alien evidence here on Earth. Season Three explores new directions, including sightings and phenomena from ancient times to the present. From the age of dinosaurs to ancient Egypt, from early cave drawings to continued mass sightings in the U.S., each episode gives historic depth to the questions, speculations, controversies, firsthand accounts and grounded theories surrounding an age-old...
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