This is the DVD documentary of The 13th Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend. It follows the organizers through organization and the event.
Chris Farley lived his life full speed and committed to make everyone around him laugh out loud, and I Am Chris Farley will tell his hilarious, touching and wildly entertaining story for the first time ever - from his early days in Madison, Wisconsin, and at Marquette University, through his work at…
An ancient common in Oxford, its history, ecology and uses. Port Meadow is unique, older than the University, older than the Domesday Book. It is one of the largest stretches of common land in England, and it has never been ploughed. The film looks at the many facets of the meadow, its history, ecology,…
Problems of dumping nuclear waste in the sea. Many people are worried about the dumping of nuclear waste in the sea, where it might contaminate marine life including our own food. This film shows the courageous action of the Greenpeace protesters, who chained themselves to the platforms of the ship…
A South American Indian legend says that the tropical forest supports the sky - cut down the trees and disaster follows. The Indians may be right. We are destroying one of the Earth's most valuable natural assets at an alarming rate. This programe illustrates our dependence on the forest and its…
"Charming! Riveting!" - The New Yorker "Impressive . . . Comical and Compassionate!" - Variety "There's a star born every minute in the footlighted dreamworld of Stagedoor." …
Landmarks in 21st Century American Architecture Series Architect Daniel Libeskind first gained worldwide attention when his haunting, zigzag-shaped Jewish Museum opened in Berlin in 1999. After his dramatic urban design plan for Ground Zero was selected by city and state officials in 2002, Libeskind…
Developed as an adjunct to the exhibition Dive Deep: Eric Fischl and the Process of Painting, this 35-minute film is a co-production with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. It is comprised of excerpts from interviews conducted by PAFA Director Harry Philbrick and Associate…
When Alex Katz paints one of his large, signature paintings, it is an act of the utmost concentration, a performance in which he draws on years of experience as well as preliminary sketches, painted studies, finished drawings, and a large charcoal cartoon, as he transfers the bare bones of the image…
"Both the object and the idea are in varying degrees of harmony and dominance... Almost inevitably there are tensions in the picture, tensions between the outside world and the inside world. For me, a successful picture resolves these tensions without eliminating them."- Aaron Siskind, 1954 Aaron…
A vast and violent labyrinth lies right in the heart of Tel Aviv. It is the Central Bus Station, Israel’s main transportation artery. Living in and around it are thousands of new refugees, a second generation of guest workers with no identity of their own, and impoverished Jewish families who feel…
Leading thinkers discuss the necessity to protect life on this planet. Our generation is the first to be called upon to protect life itself from threatened planetary extinction. Here twelve leading thinkers provide the framework for a new mode of political consciousness that enables us to expand beyond…
