MAVIS! is the first feature documentary on gospel/soul music legend and civil rights icon Mavis Staples and her family group, The Staple Singers. From the freedom songs of the ’60s and hits like I’ll Take You There in the ’70s, to funked-up collaborations with Prince and her recent…
Running time 59 min. Language: English SERIES DESCRIPTION: Beyond Affliction: The Disability History Project is a four-hour radio documentary series originally distributed on NPR in 1998-2000. It is about the cultural history of people with disabilities in the United States, and its programs are remarkably…
A close-up look at two Early Church martyrs, Polycarp and Perpetua, who would rather pay with their lives than deny their faith. Their compelling story provides a convicting challenge of how seriously we take our faith.
The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon anyone serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. The deed for which it is awarded is to be one of personal bravery or self-sacrifice so conspicuous as to clearly distinguish the individual for gallantry…
Back in December 1953, the 27 years old Hugh Hefner published the first Playboy Magazine in Chicago, and the American system of values – God, family and work – got muddled up forever. There was no match for Playboy or for its founder. At the head of the company was a man whose lifestyle stimulated…
"His voice was like having warm butterscotch poured over your head," recalls Stephen Colbert. Leonard Nimoy remembers him as "endlessly creative." "I think he bordered on genius," declares Morgan Freeman. Jane Curtin thought "he was so much fun." "There…
THE 4th REVOLUTION calls for an energy shift away from fossil and nuclear fuels to renewables. The captivating vision of the documentary film is a global community whose energy supply is 100 percent provided by renewable sources – available for everyone, affordable and clean. A global restructuring…
Thirty years in the making, Eye of the Lammergeier opens with two American mountaineers, John Ackerly Esq. and Blake Kerr M.D., trying to get as high as they can on the Tibetan side of Everest, in sneakers. When Chinese police open fire on unarmed Tibetans in the capital of Lhasa, Ackerly photographs…
This film portrays Sigmund A. Rolat, a New York – based patron of the arts, businessman and philanthropist. Born in Czestochowa, Poland and a Holocaust survivor. Today Sigmund A. Rolat is a prominent supporter and advocate of Jewish culture in Poland, a key backer of the Museum of the History of…
This film portrays Sigmund A. Rolat, a New York – based patron of the arts, businessman and philanthropist. Born in Czestochowa, Poland and a Holocaust survivor. Today Sigmund A. Rolat is a prominent supporter and advocate of Jewish culture in Poland, a key backer of the Museum of the History of…
In 1968, following student demonstrations, Poland expelled the last remaining Jews from what once was the largest Jewish settlement in the world, effectively ending over a thousand years' history. The few that were left behind had to blend into Polish society without the ability or will to preserve…
In 1968, following student demonstrations, Poland expelled the last remaining Jews from what once was the largest Jewish settlement in the world, effectively ending over a thousand years' history. The few that were left behind had to blend into Polish society without the ability or will to preserve…
