Auf der Suche nach Makropolus Ein filmisches Probenprotokoll von Imanuel Schipper Zur Neuinszenierung von Vec Makropolus von Leos Janacek Staatsoper Hannover Première : 13/02/05 Staatsoper Hannover cast: christiane iven, michael könig,tomas möwes/ klaus-michael reeh, frank…
Cartoons on the arms race. Cartoon on the arms race. This animated film was jointly produced by the United Nations and the Prague Documentary Films Studio. It takes a humorous look at a grim subject: the arms race which dominates the budget of so many nations around the world. Like the film "Attention"…
How war has changed and is now too damaging to be considered a viable military option. Oliver Postgate brought to life THE CLANGERS and some of the best-loved animated characters of the post-war era. Life on Earth is his most committed cartoon and in it he compares the behaviour of people with the…
"The finest educational and inspirational film on the subject of childbirth that I've ever seen" - US author, Suzanne Arms. The Face of Birth gives us a 'big picture' look at the importance of respecting and protecting a woman's right to choose how, where and with whom…
About to have a baby? Listen to empowering birth stories from nine women who chose different models of care. Select an individual birth story or play the movie version (all nine films as one) to view the complete series as a single film. Featuring previously unseen extended interview footage, this…
This rental is intended for educational use and is allowed to be streamed in classrooms, workshops, and small community settings. The media regularly use public opinion polls in their reporting of important news stories. But how exactly do they report them and to what end? In this insightful and…
This rental is intended for educational use and is allowed to be streamed in classrooms, workshops, and small community settings. Featuring Robert McChesney & Mark Crispin Miller If a key indicator of the health of a democracy is the state of its journalism, the United States is in deep trouble.…
This multiple-award winning documentary chronicles the life of acclaimed mountaineer Ruedi Beglinger. Living with his wife and two young daughters on a remote glacier in the vast mountains of British Columbia, Beglinger has built a reputation as one of the top ski mountaineering guides in the world.…
Retired Marine Colonel Eric Hastings remembers flight missions 'high above the death and destruction' in Vietnam. From the cockpit, he traced meandering ribbons that cut through the jungle. He recognized the shapes of the trout streams of home. Every night, he dreamed about fly-fishing. When…
¿Por qué tuvo Juan Pablo II tanta predilección por España? ¿Pensó que la hispanidad marcaría el futuro de la Iglesia? ¿Previó la elección de un Papa latinoamericano? Este film nos descubre un enigma apasionante. Al filo de sus cinco…
Director Wayne Wang (THE JOY LUCK CLUB) takes us into the world of Cecilia Chiang, the woman who introduced America to authentic Chinese food. Chiang opened her internationally renowned restaurant The Mandarin in 1961 in San Francisco and went on to change the course of cuisine in America. The film is…
Claude Steiner demonstrating emotional literacy/transactional analysis. Focuses on a weekend workshop held in Berkeley, California,when 14 people came together to study and train in emotional literacy under the leadership of its creator, Claude Steiner Ph D. Aimed at people in professional training,…
