DVD - Documentary

For those who were climbers in the 80s and 90s, Catherine Destivelle is a myth: a climbing competition winner who then moved onto higher ground and incredibly hard mountain climbs, culminating in solo ascents on the Eiger, the Dru, etc... Her face has stayed familiar but slowly faded away from climbing magazines in recent years. This movie is an invitation to climb with her.

Actors: Catherine Destivelle » Claire Destivelle » Gaby Briand » Bernard Giraudeau » Lothar Mauch » Pauline Pretet »

Director: Remy Tezier »

Movie category: Nature » Hobby » Documentary »

Kicking It chronicles the lives of seven players taking a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent their country at the Cape Town 2006 Homeless World Cup. Najib from war torn Afghanistan; Alex from the slums of Kenya; Damien and Simon from the drug rehab clinics of Dublin, Ireland; Craig from the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina; Jesus from the overflowing public shelters of Madrid, Spain, and Slavan from the shadow culture of the illegal rural immigrants to the big city of St. Petersburg, Russia.

Director: Susan Koch » Jeff Werner »

Movie category: Documentary » Sport »

A little loggerhead turtle follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Born on a beach in Florida, she rides the Gulf Stream all the way to the frozen north and ultimately swims around the entire North Atlantic to Africa and back to the beach where she was born.

Director: Nick Stringer »

Movie category: Documentary » Animals »

A look at how the quiet Northwestern town of Forks, Washington became a tourist hotspot for fans of the "_Twilight_ " books and films.

Actors: Styna Whatman »

Director: Jason Brown »

Movie category: Documentary »

A VERY BRITISH GANGSTER explores one of Britain's most dangerous crime families, headed by Desmond 'Dessie' Noonan. The documentary delves deep into the murky, brutal world of organised crime and into the underclass which relies on it for protection and justice.

Actors: Dominic Noonan »

Director: Donal MacIntyre »

Movie category: Documentary » Politics »

Few who witnessed the awesome spectacle of the Titanic emerging from the darkness of the ocean depths in James Cameron's Ghosts of the Abyss are likely to forget that spectacular sight, and now the groundbreaking filmmaker journeys even deeper into unexplored territory with this look at some of nature's most elusive creations in Aliens of the Deep. Using the basic concepts of astrobiology as his foundation, Cameron enlists the aid of talented marine biologists and NASA researchers to reveal the fascinating and seldom-seen life forms of the sea and use their biological makeup to create a specul...

Director: James Cameron » Steven Quale »

Movie category: Documentary » Nature »

Former vice president Al Gore shares his concerns on the pressing issue of global warming in this documentary. A long-time environmental activist, Gore first became aware of evidence on global warming in the 1970s, and since leaving public office he has become a passionate advocate for large- and small-scale changes in our laws and lifestyles that could help alleviate this crisis. An Inconvenient Truth records a multi-media presentation hosted by Gore in which he discusses the scientific facts behind global warming, explains how it has already begun to affect our environment, talks about the d...

Actors: Al Gore »

Director: Davis Guggenheim »

Movie category: Documentary » Politics »

Former vice president Al Gore shares his concerns on the pressing issue of global warming in this documentary. A long-time environmental activist, Gore first became aware of evidence on global warming in the 1970s, and since leaving public office he has become a passionate advocate for large- and small-scale changes in our laws and lifestyles that could help alleviate this crisis. An Inconvenient Truth records a multi-media presentation hosted by Gore in which he discusses the scientific facts behind global warming, explains how it has already begun to affect our environment, talks about the d...

Actors: Al Gore »

Director: Davis Guggenheim »

Movie category: Documentary » Politics »

March of the Penguins producers National Geographic Films team with An Inconvenient Truth producers Paramount Vantage to take viewers on an epic journey into the arctic wilderness in a documentary that explores what happens when the beautiful frozen world occupied by two majestic creatures gradually begins to melt away. Seela is a mother walrus thriving in the chilly waters of the Great North, and Nanu is a polar bear with curved claws that make it easy to maintain her footing on ice. As director Sarah Robertson follows these two remarkable creatures from birth through adolescence, maturity, a...

Director: Adam Ravetch » Sarah Robertson »

Movie category: Documentary » Nature » Animals »

"Yes we can!" was more than a slogan for the Obama campaign; it became a rallying cry from all reaches of America for economic and social change throughout the country, and led to the historic election of the first African-American President of the United States. Narrated by Blair Underwood, this retrospective retraces the Obama campaign and its defining moments.

Actors: Barack Obama »

Director: Roxanne Frias » Perrine Dutreil »

Movie category: Documentary » History » Humain »

Filmmaker, author, and political activist Michael Moore trains his satirical eye on America's obsession with guns and violence in his third feature-length documentary, which gets its title from a pair of loosely related incidents. On April 20, 1999, shortly before they began their infamous killing spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold attended their favorite class, a no-credit bowling course held at a bowling alley near the school, the same bowling alley which would become the scene of a robbery and triple homicide two years later. While pondering these...

Actors: Michael Moore » Marilyn Manson » Charlton Heston » Matt Stone »

Director: Michael Moore »

Movie category: Documentary » Politics »

Filmmaker, author, and political activist Michael Moore trains his satirical eye on America's obsession with guns and violence in his third feature-length documentary, which gets its title from a pair of loosely related incidents. On April 20, 1999, shortly before they began their infamous killing spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold attended their favorite class, a no-credit bowling course held at a bowling alley near the school, the same bowling alley which would become the scene of a robbery and triple homicide two years later. While pondering these...

Actors: Michael Moore » Marilyn Manson » Charlton Heston » Matt Stone »

Director: Michael Moore »

Movie category: Documentary » Politics »

Dan Brown's best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code is a murder mystery which along the way poses some intriguing questions about history, Christianity, and the hidden meanings of biblical texts and Renaissance artwork. To no one's surprise, the book has proven to be controversial, and this documentary examines the history and facts behind Brown's novel. Breaking the Da Vinci Code not only explores the popular novel, but three nonfiction books which offer their own perspectives on Brown's theories and research -- Breaking the Da Vinci Code by Darrell L. Block, The Da Vinci Deception by Erwin W. L...

Director: David Priest »

Movie category: Documentary » History » Politics »

In the early '80s, a new business emerged in Miami, FL, that changed the face of the city forever. That business was cocaine smuggling; as America developed a growing appetite for the drug, Colombian suppliers found that Miami was a good place to bring it into the United States, and a new breed of outlaws were more than happy to face the risks of importing cocaine in exchange for the massive profits to be made. At one time, cocaine runners were making so much money that the city's banks were running out of room to store the cash, and smugglers were developing new ways to move the product, from...

Actors: Jon Roberts » Jorge "Rivi" Ayala » Sgt. Al Singleton » Mickey Munday » Dr. Joseph Davis »

Director: Billy Corben »

Movie category: Documentary » Humain » Politics »

In this documentary sequel to the film that followed the development of the cocaine trade in 1980s-era Miami, filmmaker Billy Corben details the rise of Oakland, CA-based cocaine dealer Charles Cosby, who went from small-time drug slinger to multi-millionaire in a matter of months. Back in the early '90s, Cosby was selling ounces on the street and struggling to survive. Later, after writing a fan letter to "Cocaine Godmother" Griselda Blanco, who was serving a sentence in a federal prison, Cosby and Blanco struck up a lucrative partnership. Just six short months later, Cosby and Blanco were lo...

Actors: Criselda Blanco » Charles Cosby »

Director: Billy Corben »

Movie category: Documentary » Humain » Politics »

The African nation of Tanzania has a booming business selling fish to Europe, but its citizens live in a state of horrific poverty and degradation. Filmmaker Hubert Sauper uses his documentary Darwin's Nightmare to explore the lives of these people, and those who come from other countries to do business. As the film explains, sometime in the 1960s, some unknown party introduced Nile Perch into Lake Victoria, setting an ecological downward spiral in motion. The aggressively predatory fish consumed nearly every other species in the lake. The perch grew to enormous size, creating a booming busine...

Actors: Sergey » Dimond » Raphael » Eliza »

Director: Hubert Sauper »

Movie category: Documentary » Humain » Politics »

Alastair Fothergill's nature documentary Deep Blue consists of 90 minutes of footage of undersea creatures -- living, surviving, fighting, and dying. Similar to like-minded documentaries such as Winged Migration and MicroCosmos, Deep Blue features footage from locations throughout the world. The great British actor Michael Gambon provides the narration, which favors involving the viewer emotionally over providing enlightening factual information on the creatures. The 22 segments of the film conclude with footage of how man has affected life under the sea. This film was originally produced for ...

Actors: Jacques Perrin » Pierce Brosnan »

Director: Andy Byatt » Alastair Fothergill »

Movie category: Documentary » Nature »

Filmmaker Amy Berg recounts a harrowing story of child abuse and how a serial child molester went free for the better part of two decades in this documentary. Oliver O'Grady was a Catholic priest who served in a number of parishes in Southern California during the 1970s and '80s. O'Grady was also a habitual child molester who abused dozens of youngsters who were entrusted to his care, and while his superiors in the church were aware of O'Grady's crimes as early as 1973, they opted to simply move him from one congregation to another rather than turn him in to authorities or strip him of his ord...

Director: Amy Berg »

Movie category: Documentary » Humain » Politics »

A beautifully photographed documentary that explores the natural habitats of our world's creatures and examines the delicate existence of Earth itself. Narrated by Patrick Swewart.

Director: Alastair Fothergill » Mark Linfield »

Movie category: Documentary » Nature » Animals »

Ein kanadisches Bergsteigerteam erhält die heissbegehrte Genehmigung, den Mount Everest zu besteigen. Doch der Absturz einer ihrer besten Männer wirft einen dunklen Schatten auf das Vorhaben. Als der Berg seine ersten Opfer fordert, gefährden Konflikte innerhalb der Gruppe und Kritik seitens der Medien und Sponsoren den weiteren Aufstieg. Für die Männer erweist sich die Besteigung des höchsten Gipfels der Erde mit seinen unberechenbaren Launen als die grösste körperliche und geistige Herausforderung, der sie sich je stellen mussten. Nur wenige haben den Willen und die Kraft, das Abente...

Actors: William Shatner » Leslie Hope » Jason Priestley » Eric Johnson » Vincent Gale » Kevin James » Joe Norman Shaw » John Pyper-Ferguson » Michael Teigen » Meredith Henderson » Zachary Bennett » Gord Rand » Ted Atherton »

Director: Graeme Campbell »

Movie category: Action & Adventure » Documentary » Hobby »

Directed by Michael Moore, whose aura of controversy only grew after his Oscar acceptance speech at the 2003 Academy Awards, Fahrenheit 9/11, like Moore's Bowling For Columbine and Roger & Me, promises to expose the corporate wrongdoings and big-money scandals perpetrated by America's financial elite. This movie, however, looks beyond the inner echelons of General Motors and Lockheed Martin in hopes of outing the evildoers in the White House, particularly in regards to the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush. In addition to criticizing the administration's handling of the Septe...

Actors: Michael Moore » Debbie Petriken »

Director: Michael Moore »

Movie category: Documentary » Politics »

Review An astonishingly wide-ranging film. An informed and heartfelt examination of the tug of war between public health and private interests. --New York Times Product Description Water is the sleeping giant issue of the 21st century and we all need to wake up about it. FLOW opens our eyes about the greatest threat of our time - the global water crisis. It is a compelling and passionate film. Its engaging narrative will grip the viewer. - Robert Redford SYNOPSIS Irena Salina s award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue ...

Director: Irena Salina »

Movie category: Documentary » Nature »

Take a comprehensive look at the Watergate scandal and explore the controversial career of the only United States president ever to resign from office as former President Richard M. Nixon sits down with probing journalist David Frost for an illuminating series of live, unscripted interviews. His fall from power was nothing short of spectacular, yet still Nixon remains one of the most fascinating and complex political figures of the entire 20th Century. In addition to serving as Nixon's first public appearance since his high profile resignation, these interviews offer candid insight into the mi...

Director: Jorn Winter »

Movie category: Documentary » History »

During the embattled final months of Jean-Bertrand Aristide's second term as president of Haiti, Aristide's allies recruited street gangs from the nation's poorest cities to act as strong-arm men, helping to shut down resistance to Aristide and quiet those who opposed him. Called chimères (or "ghosts"), these gang-bangers became a powerful part of Aristide's forces until the president was removed from office by a coup d'etat in 2004. Dutch filmmaker Asger Leth combines mockumentary reenactments with footage shot in the ghettos of Cité Soleil during Aristide's final days in this powerful dram...

Actors: Winson "2Pac" Jean » James "Bily" Petit Frère » Éleonore "Lele" Senlis » Wyclef Jean »

Director: Asger Leth »

Movie category: Documentary » Humain » Politics »

Experience the wonderment of our world in a way that will enthrall, captivate and inspire you! Award-winning aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand and narrator Glenn Close take you on a spectacular voyage around the world in Home, a unique film with such breathtaking imagery, you’ll want to enjoy it time and time again.

Director: Yann Arthus-Bertrand »

Movie category: Documentary » Humain » Nature »

Filmmaker David Sington merges the magnificence of science with the compelling drama of the human quest for advancement with this fascinating and visually stunning meditation on the historic Apollo space program. In the four remarkable years between 1968 and 1972, American history took a defining turn as nine NASA spacecraft made the trip to the moon, and 12 bold explorers became the first men ever to set foot on ground beyond planet Earth. In this documentary, space enthusiast Sington allows the surviving crew members from each Apollo mission the unique opportunity to recount their memories o...

Director: David Sington »

Movie category: Documentary » Raumfahrt »

Filmmaker David Sington merges the magnificence of science with the compelling drama of the human quest for advancement with this fascinating and visually stunning meditation on the historic Apollo space program. In the four remarkable years between 1968 and 1972, American history took a defining turn as nine NASA spacecraft made the trip to the moon, and 12 bold explorers became the first men ever to set foot on ground beyond planet Earth. In this documentary, space enthusiast Sington allows the surviving crew members from each Apollo mission the unique opportunity to recount their memories o...

Director: David Sington »

Movie category: Documentary » Raumfahrt »

Directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato follow up Party Monster by returning to the documentary form of their most popular film The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Rather than examining evangelists-cum-gay icons, this time the duo takes aim at the cultural phenomenon that is and was Deep Throat, the hardcore porn film that cost 25,000 dollars to make and grossed over 600-million-dollars world-wide, making it the most successful independent film of all time. The impact of the film on the public's perception of pornography is discussed, as is the unlikely relationship the film had to the Watergate scandal...

Actors: Peter Bart » Carl Bernstein » Tony Bill » Helen Gurley Brown » Susan Brownmiller » Dick Cavett » Wes Craven » Gerard Damiano » Alan M. Dershowitz » Larry Flynt » Al Goldstein » Hugh M. Hefner » Xaviera Hollande »

Director: Fenton Bailey » Randy Barbato »

Movie category: Documentary » History »

Meet Dr. Hazel Barton and Nancy Aulenbach. These women are compelled to push their limits in hostile environments. They are cavers who risk fatal danger for the thrill of discovery. Barton and Aulenbach are extreme athletes and extreme scientists - scientists who gather their data in treacherous places where few dare to follow. In Journey Into Amazing Caves they travel to caves in Arizona, Greenland and Mexico searching for discoveries that may lead to cures for human disease.

Actors: Nancy Holler Aulenbach » Hazel Barton » Janot Lamberton » Mael Lamberton » Gordon Brown » Jean-Luc Moreau » Jorge Gonzalez » Ruben Novelo »

Director: Stephen Judson »

Movie category: Documentary » Nature »

Most of us don't know, where their money is. How ever, one thing is for certain. It 's is not in the bank, to which we entrusted it. The bank and our money is already a part of the cycle of the global money market.

Director: Erwin Wagenhofer »

Movie category: Documentary » Politics »

Legendary musical superstar Michael Jackson takes the stage one last time in this theatrical concert film compiled from over 100 hours of rehearsal footage for the 50 shows he had been scheduled to perform at London's O2 arena at the time of his death. Take a trip behind the scenes to see the mastermind behind such classic pop hits as "Thriller" and "Billie Jean" prepare for the concert that would have crowned his entire career. Produced in collaboration with the Estate of Michael Jackson, the film details the elaborate preparations that took place for two months beginning in April of 2009.

Actors: Michael Jackson »

Director: Kenny Ortega »

Movie category: Documentary » Music »

From Michael Moore's hometown of Flint, Michigan to the movie-making capital of the United States, director Mike Wilson's inflammatory documentary travels across the country to hold the controversial Sicko director's allegedly questionable tactics up to the light for closer examination. Wilson is a filmmaker who wants viewers to question what they see and hear in the media, and he's willing to travel thousands of miles in order to highlight why you too should remain skeptical about Moore's motivations as a filmmaker. The result is a meditation on the American Dream, and the manner in which dil...

Actors: Michael Moore »

Director: Michael Wilson »

Movie category: Documentary » Politics »

The life and times of Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA. How did this man of humble background become a billionaire? Anyone who has accompanied Ingvar Kamprad on an inspection tour of one of his stores will understand: He does without personal office space, always uses the cheapest parking space and insists on flying economy. For the first time this documentary provides a glimpse behind the scenes.

Actors: Ingvar Kamprad »

Movie category: Documentary » Biography »

The grail is not the gold, nor the books of ancient wisdom, but the 3'000 year old DNA of the mummies, which may lead to a cure for malaria.

Director: Keith Melton »

Movie category: Documentary » History » Humain »

With an unprecedented production budget of $25 million and from the makers of Blue Planet: Seas of Life comes the epic story of life on Earth. Five years in production over 2000 days in the field using 40 cameramen filming across 200 locations shot entirely in high definition this is the ultimate portrait of our planet. A stunning television experience that captures rare action impossible locations and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved wildest and most elusive creatures. From the highest mountains to the deepest rivers this blockbuster series takes you on an unforgettable journey t...

Director: Alastair Fothergill »

Movie category: Documentary » Nature » Animals »

With an unprecedented production budget of $25 million and from the makers of Blue Planet: Seas of Life comes the epic story of life on Earth. Five years in production over 2000 days in the field using 40 cameramen filming across 200 locations shot entirely in high definition this is the ultimate portrait of our planet. A stunning television experience that captures rare action impossible locations and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved wildest and most elusive creatures. From the highest mountains to the deepest rivers this blockbuster series takes you on an unforgettable journey t...

Director: Alastair Fothergill »

Movie category: Documentary » Nature » Animals »

Borat director Larry Charles follows host Bill Maher as he travels the continents interviewing various subjects about God and religion.

Actors: Bill Maher »

Director: Larry Charles »

Movie category: Documentary » Politics »

Journey across Morocco, Spain, Argentina, Patagonia, Mexico, Texas and British Columbia, to meet vaqueros, gauchos, baqueanos and cowboys - all part of a single global horse culture, an unbroken trail stretching back 1'500 years.

Director: Harry Lynch »

Movie category: Documentary » Humain » Animals »

Mars is Earth's closest planetary neighbor, and for decades scientists have been curious about the so-called "Red Planet," wondering if it's possible that life exists there, how its soil and terrain differs from our own, and if water can be found. While sending a manned space mission to Mars has been considered beyond the reach of America's space program, in 2001 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration approved a mission to send two "rovers" to Mars -- wheeled robots that would send images and data back to Earth. A two-year crash program resulted in two robotic rovers (dubbed "Spirit...

Director: George Butler »

Movie category: Documentary » Aviation » Raumfahrt »

After exploring the careers of the Band and Bob Dylan in The Last Waltz and No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, respectively, acclaimed director Martin Scorsese turns his lens on rock & roll legends the Rolling Stones for this feature focusing on two concerts from the band's 2006 A Bigger Bang tour. In addition to extensive coverage of the band's two-night stand at New York's Beacon Theater (an engagement that was staged as part of President Bill Clinton's lavish birthday bash), the film also features historical footage, interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage from decades past. Oscar-winning cine...

Actors: The Rolling Stones »

Director: Martin Scorsese »

Movie category: Documentary » Music »

In 2003, the female country band, The Dixie Chicks, are at the top of their game being one of the most successful bands of all time. However with the US invasion of Iraq about to begin over frustrated worldwide objections about this needless war, one of the Chick vents off the cuff in concert about being ashamed of US President George W. Bush. This statement sparks a firestorm of organized and personal right wing attacks against the Chicks for daring to think they have the right to express a negative personal opinion about the President. This film covers the band's effort to ride out the turmo...

Actors: Martie Maguire » Natalie Maines » Emily Robison »

Director: Barbara Kopple »

Movie category: Documentary » Music »

After exploring the predominance of violence in American culture in Bowling for Columbine and taking a critical look at the September 11th attacks in Fahrenheit 9/11, activist filmmaker Michael Moore turns his attentions toward the topic of health care in the United States in this documentary that weighs the plight of the uninsured (and the insured who must deal with abuse from insurance companies) against the record-breaking profits of the pharmaceutical industry. Moore interviews a number of people who have been left broke by medical bills even though they were fully insured, and explains ho...

Actors: Michael Moore »

Director: Michael Moore »

Movie category: Documentary » Humain »

Filmmaker Errol Morris (Gates of Heaven, The Thin Blue Line) takes an unflinching look at the Abu Ghraib prison scandal while meditating on the frightening side effects of the War on Terror in a thought-provoking documentary from Participant Productions (An Inconvenient Truth).

Director: Errol Morris »

Movie category: Documentary » Politics »

Taking inspiration from Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, Michael Blieden's documentary Super High Me charts what happens to comedian Doug Benson as he spends thirty days smoking marijuana. Benson also abstains from the drug for thirty days so that the movie can highlight the various differences between clean-living and waking and baking.

Actors: Doug Benson » Sarah Silverman » Patton Oswalt » Dana Gould » Bob Odenkirk »

Director: Michael Blieden »

Movie category: Documentary » Humain »

First-time director Morgan Spurlock takes a look at the subject of obesity in the United States, specifically zeroing in on the business and culture surrounding the nation's fast-food industry in this 2004 documentary. In addition to studying the marketing of fast food to American children and unsuccessfully attempting to gain an interview with McDonald's executives, Spurlock attempts to become one of his own subjects by documenting a one-month binge during which he survived only on items from the McDonald's menu, forcing himself to eat three meals a day and try every offering at least once. S...

Actors: Morgan Spurlock » Daryl Isaacs » Lisa Ganjhu » Stephen Siegel » Bridget Bennett » Eric Rowley » Alexandra Jamieson »

Director: Morgan Spurlock »

Movie category: Documentary » Humain »

Co-directors Leila Conners Peterson and Nadia Conners conduct interviews with some of the world's leading scientists and creative thinkers in a film that asks whether or not it's too late to avoid the ecological disaster that looms ominously on the horizon. In addition to exploring how the human race has arrived at this crucial point in history, conversations with fifty leading thinkers, scientists, and leaders including former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev, world-renowned scientist Stephen Hawking, and sustainable design experts Bruce Mau and William McDonough to find out just what ...

Actors: Leondardo DiCaprio »

Director: Leila Conners Petersen » Nadia Conners »

Movie category: Documentary » Nature »

In 1966, John Harlin II died while attempting Europe's most difficult climb, the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. 40 years later, his son John Harlin III, an expert mountaineer and the editor of the American Alpine Journal, returns to attempt the same climb.

Actors: Michael Gambon » Adele Hammond » Adele Harlin » John Harlin III » Siena Harlin » Daniela Jasper » Robert Jasper » Bruno Messerli » Christine Pielmeier » Adele Siena »

Director: Stephen Judson »

Movie category: Documentary » Hobby » Nature »

Dan Brown's controversial best-selling novel about a powerful secret that's been kept under wraps for thousands of years comes to the screen in this suspense thriller from director Ron Howard. The stately silence of Paris' Louvre museum is broken when one of the gallery's leading curators is found dead on the grounds, with strange symbols carved into his body and left around the spot where he died. Hoping to learn the significance of the symbols, police bring in Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), a gifted cryptographer who is also the victim's granddaughter. Needing help, Sophie calls on Robert Lan...

Director: Harry Beney »

Movie category: Documentary » History » Politics »

Producer James Cameron teams with director Simcha Jacobovici to explore the Biblical story of Exodus in a History Channel documentary that travels from Israel to Egypt and Greece to explore the many mysteries of a fascinating religious enigma.

Director: James Cameron »

Movie category: Documentary » History » History »

Docu-drama of a year in the life of 50 year old trapper Norman Winter, who lives in the wilds of Canada. He lives a simple life hunting and fishing, with Nebaska, a Nahanni Indian. Norman makes his sledge, snowshoes, cabin and canoe with wood and leather from the forest and Nebaska tans the leather as did the Sekani Indians for generations. This DVD is an officially released overseas import which is compatible with all UK & European DVD players. It has the original French soundtrack & English subtitles both of which can be selected from the DVD setup menu.

Actors: Norman Winther » May Loo » Alex Van Bibber » Ken Bolton » Denny Denison » Robert Lafleur » Alain Lemaire » Christopher Lewis » Roy Ness » Kaori Toregai »

Director: Nicolas Vanier »

Movie category: Documentary » Nature »

An inspiring look at how one family's connection to each other and their surroundings is a model of resilience and fortitude for us all. The story features the coming of age of a young meerkat pup, Kolo growing up in the Kalahari desert. Shot using ground-breaking techniques, this dramatised documentary is a one-of-a-kind presentation from The Weinstein Company and the BBC, the world's pre-eminent nature filmmakers.

Director: James Honeyborne »

Movie category: Documentary » Animals »

An inspiring look at how one family's connection to each other and their surroundings is a model of resilience and fortitude for us all. The story features the coming of age of a young meerkat pup, Kolo growing up in the Kalahari desert. Shot using ground-breaking techniques, this dramatised documentary is a one-of-a-kind presentation from The Weinstein Company and the BBC, the world's pre-eminent nature filmmakers.

Director: James Honeyborne »

Movie category: Documentary » Kids & Family » Animals »

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Movie category: Documentary » Erotic » Humain »

The September 2007 issue of Vogue magazine weighed nearly five pounds, and was the single largest issue of a magazine ever published. With unprecedented access, this film tells the story of legendary Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour and her larger-than-life team of editors creating the issue and ruling the world of fashion.

Actors: Anna Wintour »

Director: R.J. Cutler »

Movie category: Documentary » Humain »

In 1985, two adventurous young mountaineers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, set off to climb the treacherous west face of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. They were experienced climbers, and climbed "Alpine-style," climbing the mountain in "one great push," without setting up ropes or base camps ahead of time. After dealing with a snowstorm and some dangerous climbing over powder formations, they reached the summit (about 21,000 feet) on the third day. The climb down proved to be far more difficult. Simpson fell and broke his leg badly. Yates decided to try to lower Simpson down the mount...

Actors: Brandan Mackey » Nicholas Aaron » Joe Simpson » Simon Yates » Richard Hawking » Ollie Ryall »

Director: Kevin MacDonald »

Movie category: Documentary » Nature »

Paranormalist Uri Geller opens his mind to some of Venice's most-haunted hot spots.

Actors: Uri Geller »

Director: Jason Figgis »

Movie category: Documentary » Humain »

Alvin, a deep-sea mechanized probe, makes a voyage some 12'000 feet underwater to explore the Azores, a constantly-erupting volcanic rift between Europe and North America.

Director: Stephen Low »

Movie category: Documentary » Nature »

Vols Blancs ist ein sensationeller Film über die schweizer Luftwaffe. Am Steuer ihrer Mirage oder F/A-18 Hornet zeigen uns die Piloten eine Welt der Extreme im Herzen der Alpen: Abtauchen in tiefe Täler, knappes Überfliegen der Berggrade in Rückenstellung, Luftkämpfe mit wildesten Flugbewegungen über weissen Gletscherfeldern...

Director: Lionel Charlet »

Movie category: Aviation » Documentary »

Close to a billion of the nearly seven billion people on Earth are starving today. But the food we are currently producing could feed 12 billion people. This is a film about food and globalization, fishermen and farmers, the flow of goods and cash flow -- a film about scarcity amid plenty. Why doesn't a tomato taste like a tomato today? How does one explain that 200 million people in India, supplier of 80% of Switzerland's wheat, suffer from malnutrition? Why are thousands of acres of the Amazon being cleared to grow soybeans? Is water something to which the public has a basic right or, as the...

Director: Erwin Wagenhofer »

Movie category: Documentary » Humain »

After revealing just what a diet of Big Macs can do to a person, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock takes a tongue-in-cheek look at another threat to our collective well-being in this witty documentary from the maker of Super Size Me. When Spurlock learns that he and his wife are expecting a baby, he decides that he wants the child to grow up in a safer world than we know today, so he takes it upon himself to track down the most dangerous man on Earth, Osama bin Laden. Spurlock hops on a plane and flies to the Middle East in search of his quarry, making stops in Egypt, Morocco, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Af...

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Director: Morgan Spurlock »

Movie category: Documentary » History » Politics »

Filmmaker Chris Payne explores the many factors that played into the ultimate failure of the electric car to catch on with consumers, even as gas prices began to skyrocket, in a thoughtful meditation on the increasingly important role that renewable energy plays in modern society. Introduced as a means of providing an alternative to increasing oil consumption and reducing pollution in 1996, the electric car was all but a forgotten memory only a decade later -- but why? Though interviews with consumer advocacy experts, automotive industry experts, and oil industry heavyweights, Payne paints a t...

Actors: Dave Barthmuss » Jim Boyd » Alec N. Brooks »

Director: Chris Paine »

Movie category: Documentary » Humain »

Each year an unbelievable feeding frenzy takes place in the oceans of South Africa as billions of sardines migrate up the KwaZulu-Natal Coast. Wild Ocean captures spectacular breaching whales, feeding sharks, diving gannets, and massive bait balls inside and up close on the giant screen. The migration has provided an annual food source for both life in the sea and the people living along the African shores for countless generations. The film demonstrates how business, government, and the local people have joined forces to protect this invaluable ecological resource. Wild Ocean will delve audie...

Director: Luke Cresswell » Steve McNicholas »

Movie category: Documentary » Humain » Nature »

The Young@Heart Chorus is a vocal group from Northampton, MA, who have earned an international reputation for their unique interpretations of songs by Sonic Youth, the Ramones, and the Clash. However, this isn't a teenage garage band attacking the classic punk rock songbook -- the Young@Heart Chorus is comprised of 22 senior citizens whose average age is 80, and under director Bob Cilman they've gained a degree of fame for their enthusiastic a cappella renditions of well-known rock & roll tunes. Filmmaker Stephen Walker spent several weeks with the members of the Young@Heart Chorus as they reh...

Actors: Bob Cilman »

Director: Stephen Walker » Sally George »

Movie category: Documentary » Hobby » Humain »

During the winter of 1975 in Hawaii, surfing was shaken to its core. A group of young surfers from Australia and South Africa sacrificed everything and put it all on the line to create a sport, a culture, and an industry that is today worth billions of dollars and has captured the imagination of the world. With a radical new approach and a brash colonial attitude, these surfers crashed headlong into a culture that was not ready for revolution. Surfing was never to be the same again.

Actors: Shaun Thomson » Wayne Bartholomew » Ian Cairns » Mark Richards » Peter Townend »

Director: Jeremy Gosch »

Movie category: Documentary » Sport »

Twenty years after his influential debut, Roger & Me, Michael Moore returns to his roots by pulling back the curtain on capitalism to reveal the insidious role it has played in the destruction of the American dream for many people. Back in 1989, auto workers in Flint, MI, were lamenting layoffs and wondering how they would support their families without jobs to pay the bills, or benefits to ensure their health. Flash forward two decades, when cities all across the country are feeling the same pressures that Flint residents were back when GM left them high and dry. With an average of 14,000 U.S...

Actors: Michael Moore »

Director: Michael Moore »

Movie category: Documentary » Politics »

In the 1960s, Richard O'Barry enjoyed a lucrative career as a specialized animal trainer; he captured the five dolphins that were used in the popular television series Flipper, and taught them the tricks and special commands they used on the show. Four decades later, O'Barry has renounced his former life as a trainer and become an animal rights activist, speaking out against the hunting of aquatic mammals and keeping them in captivity. O'Barry is not welcome in Taiji, a town along the Japanese coast where hunting dolphins is a major part of the local economy, but he and a group of activist fil...

Actors: Richard O'Barry » Simon Hutchins » Mandy-Rae Cruikshank »

Director: Louie Psihoyos »

Movie category: Documentary » Nature » Animals »

In a remote and forgotten wilderness, one of nature's last great mysteries unfolds: the birth, life and death of a million crimson-winged flamingos. Against a dramatic backdrop of never-before filmed landscapes, these secretive birds struggle to survive and prevail over danger and fate. This inspiring story, set in the extraordinary 'otherworld' of Lake Natron in northern Tanzania, the cradle of humankind, reminds us: here on earth is a universe waiting to be discovered.

Director: Matthew Aeberhard » Leander Ward »

Movie category: Documentary » Animals »

Indonesia holds the World Record for fastest deforesting country on Earth. In less than 10 years, 72% of its rainforest has been destroyed. Man’s need for wood, minerals and palm oil from this area has desperate consequences for its ecostructure and, in particular, for the forests’ main inhabitant, the Orangutan. Narrated by Mel Gibson and filmed in stunning high definition, THE LAST TRIMATE follows the incredible work of a formidable woman, Dr. Biruté Galdikas, as she highlights the plight of the elusive “red ape” and offers some hope for their survival as their very habitat is decim...

Director: Stephen van Mil » Pria Viswalingam »

Movie category: Documentary » Animals »