The Amazon plays a vital part in regulating the planet’s temperature. And yet, in the last year, forest destruction in the Brazilian Amazon soared by 85 per cent. The combination of illegal logging and slash and burn agriculture is decimating the land. With huge profits to be made, the Amazon is…
From the Gold Rush to the Golden Gate Bridge, and through World's Fairs and World Wars, San Francisco Bay has been central to the identity of one of the world's leading economic, academic, recreational and cultural regions. Narrated by Robert Redford, Saving the Bay explores the history…
For more than 20 years, Sally Bethea was the voice of the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta. Back in the early 1990s, hardly anyone wanted anything to do with this urban river once it flowed through the city. For nearly 60 miles downstream it was off-putting and off-limits because of sewage, litter, runoff…
"Saving the Hansen House" gives a new meaning to "Restoration comedy"! This is the story of Bob Hansen, a college professor from Minnesota who buys a dilapidated 18th-century farmhouse in the Moravian settlement of Bethania, NC. Originally he plans to just restore it and then maybe…
The Hermans with their three children set off on an adventurous trip from Thailand to Laos, Cambodia, China, Kazakhstan and from there along the Silk Road to Cyprus. Their journey is a fulfillment of a dream and a chance to save their marriage. They fight and quarrel, laugh and cry. They meet exotic…
Watch a two-part in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Andy Hoffman, Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability. Part 1 starts with inspiring insights into how Andy Hoffman became interested…
It seems that Gerolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) conquered Florentine’s hearts with the prophecies pronounced in his furious preaches, some of which become reality. Admired and feared by the Greats of his age, from Lorenzo the Magnificent to pope Alexander VI, from Ludovico il Moro to Charles VIII…
Sawatdee is the 4th full-length video from Preduce Skateboards out of Thailand. Witness the team skateboarding and ripping through spots in Thailand, China and Taiwan with a unique thai soundtrack, the trademark of all the Preduce videos. Now streaming on ADVENTURE SPORTS TV! https://adventuresportstv.vhx.tv
In the coca heartland of Bolivia, slavery and liberation are still matters of living memory. In this twenty-minute film, we visit the town of Tocaña, where African descendents worked as slaves until 1952, and local people still perform dances rooted in their African cultural heritage. The film…
Un documentaire de Jasna Krajinovic Le lendemain de la guerre en Bosnie, Saya et Mira vivent, comme beaucoup d'autres, dans des maisons qui ne leur appartiennent pas. Saya, orthodoxe, est une femme âgée. La guerre a détruit sa maison. Aujourd’hui, réfugiée…
Addressing our mortality head on, viewers are guided through fear into honest conversation about the questions most of us avoid: How can we talk about death? What is a good death? What quality of life is enough for your? Where do we want to die? What is a conscious death? Could we have one? As hard…
What happens as we near death? What's "normal"? How can we stay grounded and present for our loved one when they are dying? What sort of role can a death doula play in the current system? These are just a few of the many amazing questions Hospice Nurse Julie McFadden and cancer care…
