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All In This Tea

7.1

2007

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During the 1990s, David Lee Hoffman searched throughout China for the finest teas. Hes a California importer who, as a youth, lived in Asia for years and took tea with the Dali Lama. Hoffmans mission is to find and bring to the U.S. the best hand picked and hand processed tea. This search takes him directly to farms and engages him with Chinese scientists, business people, and government officials: Hoffman wants tea grown organically without a factory, high-yield mentality. By 2004, Hoffman has seen success: there are farmers collectives selling tea, ways to export \boutique tea\ from China, and a growing Chinese appreciation for organic farmings best friend, the earthworm.

Welcome to Nollywood

7.2

2007

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The Nigerian film industry, known as Nollywood, has exploded in the last ten years. Now the most popular cinema in all of west Africa--even more popular than imports of Hollywood or Bollywood films--the Nigerian film industry has distinguished itself by shooting all films (called video films) on digital video. This has allowed production schedules to be compressed (films are shot in several days) and immediately brought to market (distribution consists of bringing films to Idumota electronics market in Lagos and selling them for home viewing). The sheer volume of Nigerian video films is staggering: one estimate has a film being produced for each day of the year. Nollywood is now the third-largest film industry in the world, generating US$286 million a year for the Nigerian economy. And yet this vibrant, profitable industry is virtually unknown outside of Africa. Jamie Meltzer, director of Off the Charts: The Song Poem Story, which premiered on PBS prestigious Independent Lens series has created a fascinating look into this newly emerging film industry, exploring its peculiar inner workings, economic challenges, and diverse array of colorful films. Traveling to the countrys chaotic capitol, Lagos, Meltzer spent six weeks following three of Nigerias hottest directors, each different in personality and style, as they shot their films about love, betrayal, war, and the supernatural. Welcome to Nollywood tells the stories of these three directors and their latest productions, while also using interviews with scholars, actors, and journalists who celebrate the industry in insightful and often humorous ways, the Nigerian video-film industry as a whole, its unique character and genres, as well as its impact on the culture of west Africa and Africans at home and abroad.

The American Brew

7.2

2007

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The rich and surprising history of beer in America.

The Powder & the Glory

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2007

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The story of pioneering entrepreneurs Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein, who built cosmetics empires and competed against each other for more than fifty years. Starting from nothing, they became household names and business icons.

Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia

6.4

2007

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If it werent for a series of cataclysmic events, a comet impact being first on the list, our planet could well still be the domain of dinosaurs. Following Pr Rodolfo Coria, a world-reknown Argentinian paleontologist, we visit sites of major discoveries he has contributed to in Patagonia and travel back in time to see these amazing beasts come to life in 3D. Patagonia has given us the largest living animal to ever walk the Earth: the titanesque plant-eating Argentinosaur, and its nemesis, the Giganotosaur, a bipedal carnivore that could easily challenge the famous T-Rex.

The Secret World of Haute Couture

7.1

2007

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Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out

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2006

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Stewart Copeland, drummer for The Police, compiles his Super 8 footage for an intimate look at what it was like to be a member of one of the worlds biggest rock bands.

The Alps - Climb of Your Life

7.5

2007

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John Harlin III attempts to climb the North Face of the Eiger, the site of his fathers death forty years earlier.

Dinosaurs Alive

4.7

2007

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This program presents some of the more recent ideas about dinosaurs that are gaining acceptance while following paleontologists searching for fossils over the decades in the Gobi Desert and New Mexico.

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

8.1

2007

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Die-hard gamers compete to break world records on classic arcade games.

Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of World War II

7.8

2007

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6,000 young Americans volunteered to fly large unarmed gliders into battle. Only a few returned.

Christopher Titus: The 5th Annual End of the World Tour

7.8

2007

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Stand-up comic Chritopher Titus delivers forceful topical humor on incidents and human behaviors that signal the apparent end of human civilization.

The Rape of Europa

7.8

2006

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The story of Nazi Germanys plundering of Europes great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.

Addiction

6.2

2007

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A documentary made up of nine separate segments on the topic of drug addiction. Segments include: \Saturday Night in a Dallas ER,\ by Jon Alpert; \A Mothers Desperation,\ by Susan Froemke and Albert Maysles; \The Science of Relapse,\ by Eugene Jarecki and Susan Froemke; \The Adolescent Addict,\ by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner; \Brain Imaging,\ by Liz Garbus and Rory Kennedy; \Opiate Addiction: A New Medication,\ by D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus; \Topiramate: A Clinical Trial for Alcoholism,\ by Alan and Susan Raymond; \Steamfitters Local Union 638,\ by Barbara Kopple; and \Insurance Woes,\ by Susan Froemke.

The Price of Sugar

7.4

2007

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On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches, with little knowledge that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians are under armed guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, most of which ends up in US kitchens. Cutting cane by machete, they work 14 hour days, 7 days a week, frequently without access to decent housing, electricity, clean water, education, healthcare or adequate nutrition. The Price of Sugar follows a charismatic Spanish priest, Father Christopher Hartley, as he organizes some of this hemispheres poorest people, challenging the powerful interests profiting from their work. This film raises key questions about where the products we consume originate, at what human cost they are produced and ultimately, where our responsibility lies.

Big Rig

6.5

2007

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A portrait of contemporary American life, as seen through the eyes of long-haul truck drivers.

The Great Global Warming Swindle

6.9

2007

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Everything youve ever been told about Global Warming is probably untrue. This film blows the whistle on the biggest swindle in modern history. We are told that Man Made Global Warming is the biggest ever threat to mankind. There is no room for scientific doubt. Well, watch this film and make up your own mind.

Bra Boys

6.2

2007

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A film about the cultural evolution of the Sydney beach side suburb of Maroubra and the social struggle faced by its youth - the notorious surf gang known as the Bra Boys.

Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion

7.4

2006

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A master of the one-liner with an absurd rambling style, Zachs sharp, resonating humor makes his show at the famed Purple Onion in San Francisco one of the funniest performances in recent comedy.

The Dark Ages

7.2

2007

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The History Channel examines the Dark Ages from the fall of the Roman Empire to the First Crusade.

Wainwright: The Man Who Loved The Lakes

8.5

2007

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Documentary telling the life story of cult author and renowned fell-walker Alfred Wainwright in Englands Lake District.

Alex Reymundo: One Funny Hick-Spanic

6.7

2007

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Shot Live from the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Comes one of the Original Latin Kings of Comedy, Alex Reymundo. The half Hill-Billy, half Latino comedian.

Monster Camp

6.8

2007

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Welcome to Monster Camp, the true story about a world where people transform into creatures, heroes, and monsters to escape their daily lives. In the vein of Lord of the Rings, World of Warcraft, and Dungeons and Dragons; these enthusiasts have developed a complicated world to bring their fantasies to life. Romantic relationships are forged between characters. Friendships are destroyed over plot disputes. Characters are slain and never return. But keeping this world alive takes a lot of real world work. And unless someone is willing to take charge, the fantasy may be lost forever.

Soundies: A Musical History

7.6

2007

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Before MTV and the age of television, there were Soundies. First appearing in 1941, these three minute black-and-white films featured artists of the Big Band, Jazz and Swing era, like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Jordan, Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, The Mills Brothers, Les Paul, Cab Calloway, and Fats Waller. The Soundies helped launch the careers of Doris Day, Nat King Cole, Liberace, and Dorothy Dandridge, among others. Viewed for a dime through a special machine called a Panoram, a movie jukebox, these forerunners to the music video could be seen in nightclubs, roadhouses, restaurants and other public venues across the U.S. These classic films remain as glorious time capsules of music, social history, popular culture, and tell the story of a crossroads in our country, when the uncertainties of war, race relations, and emerging technologies combined to write one of the most influential chapters in our nation¹s history.