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First Australians (2 disc set)
(2008) [PG]
First Australians chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia as never told before, from the perspective of its first people. First Australians explores what unfolds when the oldest living culture in the world is overrun by the world?s greatest empire.
Over seven documentaries,... More
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Edward Burtynsky: Manufactured Landscapes
(2006) [G]
Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of 'manufactured landscapes' ? quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams ? Edward Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilisation's materials and debris. This astounding documentary by award winning director... More
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Peter Beard: Scrapbooks from Africa and Beyond
(1998) [PG]
The most compelling and comprehensive movie ever produced about the life and work of Peter Beard, the photographer & writer who relentlessly fought in defence of Africa's fauna, this is the definitive portrait of the world's greatest adventure photographer. Narrated by Charlotte Rampling, the... More
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War Dance
(2007) [PG]
War/Dance tells the story of Uganda's brutal civil war through the eyes of a group of children whose love of music brings joy, excitement and hope back into their poverty-stricken lives. Dominic, Nancy and Rose have lived in the most dangerous part of the war zone and witnessed unimaginable... More
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The Rolling Stones: Shine a Light
(2008) [M]
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese and the world's greatest rock n' roll band unite to bring audiences the year's most extraordinary feature film, "Shine A Light."
"Shine A Light" will show the world the Rolling Stones as they've never been seen before. Filmed at the famed... More
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Herzog on Music (2 disc set)
(1995) [PG]
Two disc set of Herzog’s documentaries. Features the documentaries Gesualdo: Death For Five Voices and The Transformation Of The World Into Music
GESUALDO: DEATH FOR FIVE VOICES
Exploring the tumultuous and tragic life of the notorious Carlo Gesualdo, Werner Herzog’s... More
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In the Shadow of the Moon (2 disc set)
(2007) [G]
Between 1968 and 1972, nine American spacecraft voyaged to the Moon, and 12 men walked upon its surface. They remain the only human beings to have stood on another world. In the Shadow of the Moon brings together for the first, and very possibly the last, time surviving crew members from every... More
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Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
(2007) [MA]
As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before. In "The Future Is Unwritten", from British film director Julien Temple, Joe Strummer is... More
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The Clash : Rude Boy
(1980) [R]
Rude Boy is a semi-documentary, part character study, part 'rockumentary', featuring a British punk band, The Clash. The script includes the story of a fictional fan juxtposed with actual public events of the day, including political demonstrations and Clash concerts. Filmed over a period of... More
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Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (2 Disc Set)
(2007) [M]
Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who and Amazing Journey: Six Quick Ones are two exhilarating feature films about one of the greatest rock bands in the world!Spanning four decades this authorized and definitive anthology of The Who relives their journey from humble beginnings to their meteoric... More
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Life under Napoleon
(2006) [PG]
Perfume, cognac, champagne, wax figures, busts wherever we look, we find the French emperor's legacy.
But we're not really conscious of just how much the many innovations that Napoleon introduced shape today's world. Laws, customs, machines, figures of speech; many have their roots in the... More
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Blair
(2008) [PG]
Tony Blair, Britain's former Prime Minister, tells the story of his ten years in power (1997 2007) and the major events which marked his premiership.
Concentrating on the world crises and conflicts during this period and built around in-depth interviews with Mr Blair in which he talks candidly... More
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Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains The Same (Blu-Ray)
(1976) [PG]
The line forms - and ends - here for the world's greatest, most influential rock band. With Rock and Roll, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love and more signature songs, this mesmerising movie built around Led leppelins famed '73 NYC concerts is convincing proof why. Band members supervised the... More
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Annie Leibovitz - Life Through a Lens
(2006)
Annie Leibovitz has produced some of the most iconic images of the last 30 years and is, literally, our most influential woman photographer. She has shot the rich and famous, the profound and powerful, the exceptional and notorious. Her camera has documented the horrors of war most recently in... More
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Shoah (Disc 4 of 4)
(1985) [PG]
Claude Lanzmann spent eleven years spanning the globe for surviving camp inmates, SS commandants, and eyewitnesses of the Final Solution - the Nazi's effort to systematically exterminate human beings.
Without dramatic enactment or archival footage, but with extraordinary testimonies, SHOAH... More
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Shoah (Disc 3 of 4)
(1985) [PG]
Claude Lanzmann spent eleven years spanning the globe for surviving camp inmates, SS commandants, and eyewitnesses of the Final Solution - the Nazi's effort to systematically exterminate human beings.
Without dramatic enactment or archival footage, but with extraordinary testimonies, SHOAH... More
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Shoah (Disc 2 of 4)
(1985) [PG]
Claude Lanzmann spent eleven years spanning the globe for surviving camp inmates, SS commandants, and eyewitnesses of the Final Solution - the Nazi's effort to systematically exterminate human beings.
Without dramatic enactment or archival footage, but with extraordinary testimonies, SHOAH... More
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The Devil Came on Horseback
(2007) [M]
An extraordinarily powerful and original film, THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK exposes the tragedy taking place in Darfur as seen through the eyes of an American witness and who has since returned to the US to take action to stop it.
Using the exclusive photographs and first hand... More
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Glastonbury
(2006) [MA]
Glastonbury is now the best-known, longest-running and most pre-eminent music festival in the world. Fuelled by a staggering range of music, this groundbreaking documentary embraces the spirit, characters and overwhelming experiences of the festival as it reflects the extraordinary world changes... More
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Shoah (Disc 1 of 4)
(1985) [PG]
Claude Lanzmann spent eleven years spanning the globe for surviving camp inmates, SS commandants, and eyewitnesses of the Final Solution - the Nazi's effort to systematically exterminate human beings.
Without dramatic enactment or archival footage, but with extraordinary testimonies, SHOAH... More
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Little Richard - Keep on 'Rockin
(1969) [G]
Captured on film by the legendary music director D.A.Pennebaker (Don't Look Back, Ziggy Stardust), here is the ultimate and outrageous wildman performing his classic hits.A rare, electrifying Little Richard performance in front of an adoring audience at the Sweet Toronto Peace Festival in 1969 -... More
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Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors
(2007) [M]
For the first time ever, survivors of the famous Andes plane crash tell in their own words their harrowing story of survival.
In 1972, a student rugby team boarded a small plane in Montevideo to fly to Chile, but a storm brought their plane down in the high Andes, leaving the survivors... More
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Strange Culture
(2007)
The surreal nightmare of internationally-acclaimed artist and professor Steve Kurtz began when his wife Hope died in her sleep of heart failure. Police who responded to Kurtz's 911 call deemed Kurtz's art suspicious and called the FBI. Within hours the artist was detained as a suspected... More
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Joy Division
(2007) [M]
A chronological account of the influential late 1970s Manchester based rock band. JOY DIVISION follows the unlikely rise of these working class lads up to Ian Curtis's suicide which tore the band apart until it was reborn as New Order. Included here is rare footage of the group as well as their... More
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Crossing the Line
(2006) [PG]
This is the story of the last American defector in North Korea, James Joseph Dresnok. It's a story of defection, kidnap, love, and political intrigue, all set and captured in the most secret and inaccessible country on earth: North Korea. More
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Kurt Cobain - About a Son
(2006) [MA]
Taken from 25 hours of previously unheard interviews with Kurt Cobain, ABOUT A SON recounts the Nirvana frontman's life as he himself remembered it. The film reveals an intimate portrait of a well-known yet conversely not very well-understood man, whose life ended tragically too early. Cobain's... More
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Forbidden Lies
(2007) [M]
Weaving murder, deceit, politics, greed and an international literary scandal into an engrossing labyrinth, Forbidden Lie$ is a real life thriller for our time. Did author Norma Khouri con more than half a million readers, publishers and journalists across fifteen countries or is she a truly... More
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Bossa Nova - the Sound That Seduced the World
(2005) [G]
Mixing samba, jazz and sophisticated lyricism, the sultry bossa nova sound was spawned in the beaches and bars of Rio, Brazil in the late 50s, and quickly seduced the world when anthems like "The Girl From Ipanema" became huge international hits. This compelling documentary, filmed on location in... More
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The Sorrow and The Pity (2disc set)
(1969) [M]
From the moment it was first released at a tiny Left Bank theater in Paris, this epic account of France under the occupation of the Nazi regime during World War II has been acclaimed as one of the most moving and influential films of all time. Originally refused by French TV, the film garnered... More
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