So what do you do when your cherished childhood toy becomes an obsession' And then a collection. A really large collection. Well, if you're Charlie Mack, you make like the Addams Family. And - voila! (Snap snap!) The house is a museum! A generation-spanning monument to collecting, over 42,000…
The Mathematics of Change is the uproarious and moving story of a young aspiring mathematician who unexpectedly discovers his limits as a Princeton University freshman. This concert film captures Josh Kornbluth performing the show in a unique setting: the world-renowned Mathematical Sciences Research…
The man who created the faces of Hollywood was born in Poland and became the wigmaker and make-up artist to the Court of Tsar Nicolas II. Because of rampant antisemitism in the early 1900s, he and his family fled to America where relatives were living. An immigration officer inadvertently changed his…
FOR HOME USE ONLY – FOR EDUCATIONAL STREAMING AND DVD SALES VISIT https://store.der.org/the-mbako-trial-p1093.aspx Jean-Michel Kibushi 90 min, 2023 in French, Tetela, Kibali, Lingala, Kikongo with English, French and Dutch subtitles The film begins in the north-east of the Belgian Congo…
The Meaning of Vanlife is an adventurous, revealing look into the Vanlife community through the eyes of nomads who have chosen to live a life of freedom on the road. A movement that exemplifies a deeper societal trend towards minimalism and authentic community building. Featuring: @vanlifediaries @idletheorybus @wheresmyofficenow @irietoaurora @rockmeetssoil…
From anxieties about crime and terrorism to trepidation about expanding government power and illegal immegration, large swatches of the American population seem to be living in a state of perpetual fear. Yet across the board, on issue after issue, studies have repeatedly shown that the very things that…
Why is ham pink? Why do we believe that it is good for our children? Why are product labels beyond understanding? From Brittany to Denmark, through California and Wisconsin, director Sandrine Rigaud conducts a year-long investigation, trying to understand how these industrial giants are capable of stalling…
The fantasy of creating the perfect woman is as old as Pygmalion, but how close is it to becoming a reality? This provocative documentary explores the world of artificial companions—from life-sized silicone sex dolls to humanoid robots—and offers a surprisingly human, at times humorous, look…
The delicate balance of life in the forest. One tenth of all the world's species live on Amazonia, feeding off each other, pollinating each other, dependent in a web of life. A botanist and a zoologist explain and show the delicate balance between plant and animal life, and find that to survive…
My cat fell from the 8th floor and was left paralyzed in the hind legs. In search of a solution, I met a French association of paralyzed people who had been working for a long time on spinal cord regeneration. This took me and my cat to China for a clinical trial. When the spinal cord is injured, it…
Meet German Cabrera, a man obsessed with recording the violent crime that pervades the streets of Guatemala City. His obsession places him in the line of fire in one of the most dangerous cities in the world. The passion with which German pursues his quest to expose the violence of his city raises questions…
Dr Helen Caldicott gives a compassionate and informative lecture on nuclear dangers. Dr Helen Caldicott, an Australian paediatrician who has studied the medical effects of radiation, gives a compassionate and informative lecture on the dangers of nuclear reactors and weapons to college students in…
