The Weeping Camel
(2003) [PG]

Springtime in the Gobi Desert, south Mongolia. A family of nomads assists with the births in their camel herd. One of the camels has a difficult delivery, and when her rare, white calf is born, she rejects it, refusing it the milk it needs to survive. In accordance with an ancient ritual, the...  More

Biggie and Tupac
(2002) [M]

The hit of the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, BIGGIE & TUPAC investigates the still unsolved murders of rap superstars Christoper Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls, the Notorious B.I.G.) and Tupac Shakur. The story of two close friends who had a misunderstanding, a falling out and then became deadly...  More

The Naked Bunyip
(1970) [M]

Malcom Muggeridge talks pornography in publishing; Russell Morris sings through a striptease; a doctor talks abortion; another of homosexual relationships in prisons; and a beautiful prostitute bears her soul.  More

Blues Film Collection: Godfathers and Sons
(2003) [M]

Guided by the phenomenal talent of Martin Scorsese as Executive Producer, The Blues consists of 7 feature-length films that are both personal and impressionistic, viewed through the lens of 7 world famous directors who share a passion for blues music. In the tradition of 'The Buena Vista Social...  More

Blues Film Collection:Warming By the Devil's Fire
(2003) [PG]

Guided by the phenomenal talent of Martin Scorsese as Executive Producer, The Blues consists of 7 feature-length films that are both personal and impressionistic, viewed through the lens of 7 world famous directors who share a passion for blues music. In the tradition of 'The Buena Vista Social...  More

Blues Film Collection:The Road to Memphis
(2003) [G]

Guided by the phenomenal talent of Martin Scorsese as Executive Producer, The Blues consists of 7 feature-length films that are both personal and impressionistic, viewed through the lens of 7 world famous directors who share a passion for blues music. In the tradition of 'The Buena Vista Social...  More

Tibet, Cry of the Snow Lion
(2003) [M]

Tibet: Cry Of The Snow Lion is a dramatic documentary that takes viewers through the astonishing recent political history of the country. Spending over ten years making the film, director Tom Piozet presents a clear, concise, educational chronology that tracks the major events and developments in...  More

The Weather Underground
(2002) [M]

In October 1969 hundreds of young people, clad in football helmets and wielding lead pipes, marched through an upscale Chicago shopping district, pummeling parked cars and smashing shop windows in their path. This was the first demonstration of the Weather Underground's "Days of Rage." Outraged...  More

Festival Express (2 disc set)
(2003) [M]

In 1970, a chartered train crossed Canada carrying some of the greatest rock bands of all time. Janis Joplin, The Band, The Grateful Dead, The Flying Burrito Brothers and others all lived (and partied) together for five days, stopping at major cities along the way to play a series of concerts.The...  More

A Night with Bobby Darin
(2001) [E]

In this highly rated 1970 television special taped at the peak of his popularity, Darin is joined by a young and just-emerging Linda Ronstadt, and the charming George Burns. Includes his classic songs "Simple Song of Freedom", "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher" and "I Ain't Got Nobody".  More

Blues Film Collection:The Soul of a Man
(2003) [M]

Guided by the phenomenal talent of Martin Scorsese as Executive Producer, The Blues consists of 7 feature-length films that are both personal and impressionistic, viewed through the lens of 7 world famous directors who share a passion for blues music. In the tradition of 'The Buena Vista Social...  More

Blues Film Collection: Feel Like Going Home
(2003) [G]

Guided by the phenomenal talent of Martin Scorsese as Executive Producer, The Blues consists of 7 feature-length films that are both personal and impressionistic, viewed through the lens of 7 world famous directors who share a passion for blues music. In the tradition of 'The Buena Vista Social...  More

Blues Film Collection, Red, White and Blues
(2003) [M]

Guided by the phenomenal talent of Martin Scorsese as Executive Producer, The Blues consists of 7 feature-length films that are both personal and impressionistic, viewed through the lens of 7 world famous directors who share a passion for blues music. In the tradition of 'The Buena Vista Social...  More

Blues Film Collection, The-Piano Blues
(2003) [M]

Guided by the phenomenal talent of Martin Scorsese as Executive Producer, The Blues consists of 7 feature-length films that are both personal and impressionistic, viewed through the lens of 7 world famous directors who share a passion for blues music. In the tradition of 'The Buena Vista Social...  More

Control Room
(2004) [M]

The bristling documentary about Al Jazeera, the satellite news network, during the American invasion of Iraq is a seminal film that explores how truth is gathered, presented, and ultimately created by those who deliver it. Control Room goes behind the scenes and stirs up a stew of contradictions...  More

Bus 174
(2002) [MA]

Jose Padilha's award winning documentary reconstructs the extraordinary story of the hijacking of Bus 174 – a story that gripped the entire nation of Brazil and one that ended in chaos and devastating tragedy. On 12th June 2000, a bus was hijacked by an armed man in a middle-class residential...  More

Fahrenheit 9/11
(2004) [M]

Michael Moore's controversial Palme D'Or winning documentary takes on the Bush administration, from the contentious result of the Bush Gore election, through George W's uneventful first months as President (much of it spent away from Washington), to the attacks on September 11th, the subsequent...  More

Chicken Ranch
(1984) [MA]

A documentary which centres on the Chicken Ranch, a drive-in whorehouse located in the desert near Las Vegas. A study of the girls, their bible-quoting boss and the customers.  More

Naqoyqatsi : Life is War
(2002) [G]

Miramax Films and Steven Soderbergh are proud to present NAQOYQATSI ("Life as War"), from filmmaker Godfrey Reggio, in collaboration with composer Philip Glass, whose original score features renowned cellist, Yo-Yo Ma. In this cinematic concert - a follow up to the critically acclaimed...  More

Capturing the Friedmans (2 disc set)
(2003) [MA]

Capturing The Friedmans is a non-fiction film that explores the elusive nature of the truth through the prism of one of the strangest criminal cases in American history. The Friedmans seem at first to be a typical family. Arnold Friedman is an award winning school teacher, his wife Elaine a...  More

To Be and To Have (Etre et Avoir)
(2002) [G]

Charting the events within a small single-class village school over the course of one academic year, Etre et Avoir takes a warm and serene look at primary education in the French heartlands. A dozen youngsters, aged 4-10, are brought together in a rural classroom and taught every subject by a...  More

The Fog of War
(2003) [PG]

Former Secretary of Defense, under President Kennedy and President Johnson, Robert S. McNamara was one of the most controversial and influential political figures of the 20th century. Now - for the first time ever - he sits down one on one with award-winning director Errol Morris (The Thin Blue...  More

History Of Australian Cinema: 1896 to 1940
(2004) [M]

A three-part series looking at the early years of the film industry and motion pictures in Australia. The Pictures That Moved 1896-1920 - 45 Minutes (1967) A novel moving picture of Australia early in the 20th century. The film starts with the 1896 Melbourne Cup race, the 1900 multimedia event...  More

Billabong Odyssey
(2003) [PG]

An extreme sports adventure! Top professional surfers scour the world's oceans to ride the biggest waves on the planet. Experience the thrills and spills of action-packed big wave surfing.

The most ambitious surfing movie ever undertaken, Billabong Odyssey is based on a three-year...  More

Wow
(2003) [PG]

This is a Big Wave Documentary @ Teahupoo Tahiti. It is the biggest day ever caught on tape . "The magic is just awesome", "bigger than Laird’s Wave". See the largest waves conquered, it is the biggest day ever captured at Teahupoo and maybe the heaviest waves in surfing history . Featuring Taj...  More

Rock n' Roll Forever
(1992) [G]

Rock and Roll Forever. Centred on a wild 1979 British rock ‘n’ roll festival that ushered the Rockabilly revival of the 80s, this unique documentary depicts the undying passion and exuberance of Rockers, Rockabilly Rebels and Teddies over the decades. Featuring dynamic performances by...  More

Prisoner of Paradise
(2003) [G]

The startling true story of Kurt Gerron, a well-known and beloved German-Jewish actor, director and cabaret star in Berlin in the 1920’s and ‘30’s. Among his greatest accomplishments Gerron co-starred with the legendary Marlene Dietrich in the film classic, The Blue Angel. Gerron also sang...  More

Spellbound (documentary)
(2002) [G]

Jeff Blitz’s Academy Award-Nominated Documentary is an affecting, inspiring look at eight American children as they compete in the 1999 National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. Defying stereotypes, the spellers run the ethnic and socioeconomic gamut, offering equal doses of humour, heartbreak...  More

One Hundred Steps (I Cento Passi)
(2000) [M]

One Hundred Steps (I Cento Passi) was the distance between the Impastatos' house and the house of Tano Badalamenti, an important Mafia boss, in the small Sicilian town of Cinisi. The movie is the story of Peppino Impastato, a young left-wing activist that in the late seventies (when almost nobody...  More

My Voyage to Italy (2 disc set)
(1999) [M]

One of the most acclaimed directors of our time, Academy Award nominee Martin Scorsese directs and narrates this in-depth exploration of the careers of great Italian filmmakers and their art's profound influence on him. Scorsese highlights the classics of Italian cinema, from post-war neo-realism...  More