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The Shipwreck of La Belle

from Les Blank Films PRO on July 9, 2019 1 video

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The 1995 excavation of La Belle, buried beneath Matagorda Bay off the coast of Texas for more than three centuries, is among the most significant archeological discoveries in North America. Through an unprecedented recovery effort by the Texas Historical Commission, including the construction of a cofferdam…

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Ciao Babylon

from Documentary Educational Resource PRO on October 16, 2019 1 video

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FOR HOME USE ONLY - FOR EDUCATIONAL STREAMING AND DVD SALES VISIT https://store.der.org/ciao-babylon-p1015.aspx Kurt Reinhard, Christoph Schreiber color, 52 min, 2017 in English, Spanish, Rhaeto-Romance, Swiss German with English subtitles Ciao Babylon takes us to New York where Dan Kaufman…

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The Poetry of Exactitude

from Les Blank Films PRO on July 9, 2019 1 video

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Since 1946, Lucien Mouchet (b. 1923 in Paris) has been making small-scale reproductions of carrousels and fairground scenes that existed in the past or are still in operation today. A machinist by trade, Mouchet retired nearly two decades ago, but his obsession with precision and detail has continued.…

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The Human Volcano

from Les Blank Films PRO on July 9, 2019 1 video

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The Human Volcano is a reflexive, first-person narrative by Captain Don Leslie, a sideshow sword-swallower, human blockhead, tattooed man, and fire eater. Recounting everything from childhood feelings of being an “oddball” to his injuries as a sword-swallower, Captain Don spews flames, lights…

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UN MONDE INAPERÇU | A WORLD UNNOTICED

from Etienne Plasse PRO on June 20, 2019 1 video

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SYNOPSIS - FRANÇAIS Dans un profond sommeil depuis plusieurs mois sont les amphibiens et les reptiles du Québec. De toutes les espèces animales, elles sont parmi les plus discrètes et les plus méconnues. Leur histoire commence à la fin de l’hiver, dès…

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WALTER ROBINSON: Artist Provocateur - ART/new york No. 70

from Paul Tschinkel PRO on June 13, 2019 1 video

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For digital streaming licenses and institutional use, please contact artny@bestweb.net. Interviewed by artist-critic Noelle Bodick, Robinson states: I am interested in desire and consumer happiness. When I started out, I wanted to paint like the artists who did illustrations of pulp paperbacks –…

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The Other Half of the Sky - Stories of Chinese Business Women

from MAGNETFILM PRO on June 13, 2019 1 video

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They are four of the most successful businesswomen in China: Belonging to a generation who experienced the austerity of China's cultural revolution, followed by the subsequent economic boom, they have worked their way to the very top in a patriarchal society. Today, Yang Lan is the owner of one…

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The Hard Ride: Black Cowboys at the Circle 6 Ranch

from Les Blank Films PRO on July 10, 2019 1 video

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The Hard Ride is an intimate look at black cowboys as they gather for a rodeo and dance on the 40 acre Circle 6 Ranch in Raywood, Texas (between Houston and Beaumont). A dirt road leads onto the ranch, where all of the structures, including a frame house, rodeo arena, and barn, are hand-wrought. A.J.…

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The Devil's Swing

from Les Blank Films PRO on July 9, 2019 1 video

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High above where the Rio Conchos joins the Rio Grande along the Texas-Mexico border, people in this film say the devil has mounted a swing, from which he can effect everything, revealing himself through seemingly unrelated worlds — sacred rituals, corridos, druglords, Pancho Villa, and the tragic…

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The Perry Preschool Project 1970 documentary

from Andrew Sacks PRO on June 12, 2019 1 video

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In 1967 the High Scope Foundation in Ypsilanti, Michigan began an experimental early childhood preschool program. The project compared three different approaches to early education of three and four year-old children. This is a digitally restored version of the half-hour documentary shot and produced…

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"What I Did on My Vacation: Allan Kaprow's "Happenings" in the Hamptons" by Gordon Hyatt

from International Film Network PRO on June 14, 2019 1 video

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“HAPPENINGS” are artist’s events – these created by Allan Kaprow and Charles Fraser are public participations in real time activities – related to action painting and a forerunner of conceptual art – producing images and spectacle as well as whatever participants and…

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"Epiphany: of Faith and Form" by Gordon Hyatt

from International Film Network PRO on November 18, 2019 1 video

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In December 1963, less than a month after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the parishioners of Epiphany Roman Catholic Church in New York City were dealt another emotional blow: their beloved place of worship was destroyed. A fire lit in the confessional led to the destruction of the nearly…

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