Documentaries
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Elisha and the Cacao Trees
Movie
What links a village in Belize and millions of North American kids? Chocolate! Meet 13-year-old Elisha, the daughter of a cacao farmer in Belize. We learn about her daily life and her dreams as she and her father show how cacao is grown, harvested and turned into chocolate.
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Elgin Park
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Elgin Park is a lot of things: a 1950’s utopia, a fantastical world, and an optical illusion. Artist Michael Paul Smith’s imaginative town – composed entirely of miniatures – delighted audiences worldwide when his photo series went viral. For the first time, the documentary Elgin Park dives into ...
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El Corrido: The Two Sides of the Song
Movie
Documentary that studies the transfomation of the classic corrido into the narcocorrido.
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Egypt: The Story Behind the Revolution
Movie
A snapshot of Egyptian people's views about what happened and why...
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Driving Blind
Movie
Driving Blind, a documentary of hope and awareness that highlights the courageous cross-country journey of two brothers. Faced with the prospect of losing their sight due to a rare eye disease, Tod and Justin Purvis set out to experience and create lasting memories of people and places throughout...
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Drive-in Movie Memories
Movie
"Drive-In Movie Memories" is a film celebration of movie-going under the stars, and a chronicle of the history of outdoor cinema. What began as an auto parts store owner's business venture to make some easy money accidentally became a magical place where romance, fun and a sense of community flou...
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Douglas Tompkins - A Wild Legacy
Movie
Douglas Tompkins was a world-renowned adventurer, entrepreneur, and conservationist. Co-founder of The North Face and Esprit, Doug spent the first half of his life building successful, global brands, while simultaneously adventuring around the world, completing first descents of the world’s tough...
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Don't Eat The Baby: Adventures at Post-Katrina Mardi Gras
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A feature-length documentary examining the unique state of New Orleans as the city holds its first post-Katrina Mardi Gras. The film not only critiques the rebuilding effort of six months later and the controversy of holding carnival during that rebuilding, but also delves into the actual cultura...
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Doing the Impossible - The Story of the Developmental Disabilities Association
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Inspired by the birth of a boy with Down Syndrome, one mother’s bold choice not to institutionalize her child and challenge the status quo led to the formation of an organization that would impact the lives of thousands, inspire generations to fight for human rights and significantly change Canad...
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Do No Harm
Movie
In 2003, surgeon Dr. John Bagnato and accountant Charles Rehberg stumble upon evidence that non-profit Phoebe Putney Hospital is overcharging uninsured and indigent patients, has stashed millions in offshore bank accounts and controls lucrative for-profit businesses. As Bagnato and Rehberg dig de...
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Divide and Conquer
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In this episode of the Why We Fight propaganda series, the events from the English and French declarations of war against Nazi Germany to the conquest of France by the Nazi. In detail, we learn of how a combination of innovative Nazi military tactics and the work of traitors allowed the conquest ...
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Ditching School to Whistle
Movie
The one and only International Whistler's Convention.
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Dirt Road to Psychedelia: Austin Texas during the 1960s
Movie
Fueled by folk music and then LSD, this is the story of the evolution of psychedelia in Austin Tx.
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Dimmer
Movie
Mike, Teresa, Nick, Joey, and Ray - blind youths in Buffalo, New York. Mike narrates most of it, introducing us to his friends, telling us how they became blind. We see them riding bikes, goofing, relaxing at home. They explore deserted warehouses. Mike explains how he knows when he's reached the...
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Dig It If You Can
Movie
We get up close and personal with Steven Paul Judd, the dynamic and bold 21st century renaissance man.
This self-taught artist’s love for pop culture and Native American art has given him a massive following.
This insightful portrait shows how Judd indigenizes the popular everyday to allow ou...
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Dewa Sanzan: Who will save the sacred mountains?
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The yamabushi priests of the Dewa Sanzan mountains in Northern Japan have been practicing their religion: Shugendo, for more than 1400 years. These ancient beliefs are a fusion of Shintoism, Buddhism, and primeval Japanese mountain worship. It is believed that the practitioners of Shugendo endure...
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Devenir Elle
Movie
Andréa decides to become a woman at 50. She will finally assume her true dimension: to be a woman. Ever since she became a woman, transmitting has been necessary for her. Instinctively, she supports the teenager who is still inside her. Through this echo between her and him a balance is built, a ...
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Destination 3 (Degrees)
Movie
Following Morgan Hoesterey and Jenny Kalmbach, "Destination 3 Degrees" is the story of their dream to paddle all of the Hawaiian channels to raise awareness about plastics pollution in the oceans. Along their journey they encountered the plastics problem head on and also learn more about themselv...
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Delta Dawn
Movie
The Colorado River ran to the Sea for six million years but stopped nearly two decades ago. In the spring of 2014, something changed. An experimental pulse of water flooded this river of sand and a team paddled the crest to see if they could be the first to navigate this forgotten delta and once ...
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Delay, Deny, Hope You Die
Movie
After returning home from battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan, American soldiers are developing serious illnesses as a result of past exposure to open-air burn pits on their own military bases.
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Degrees North
Movie
A film which mixes hair-raising action footage of leading freeriders with a story of adventure and discovery. World-renowned freeriders Xavier De Le Rue, Samuel Anthamatten and Ralph Backstrom progress the sport of freeriding through the use new technology to scope remote areas in order to show s...
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Death of a Shaman
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In 'Death of a Shaman', a young mien woman from Sacramento, Fahm Saeyang responds to her father's unsettled life and death by taking a reverse journey to examine the heartbreaking path he took from respectability to hopelessness-and from Southeast Asia to America-in a heartfelt personal mission t...