Saturday, May 17, 2008
05/17/08 : 12:35 AM - 01:10 AM
Mr. Mergler's Gift
2004 - Rating: TVPG
A moving account of a student and her mentor, and a lyrical homage to the transcendent power of music. They will meet for less than a year--twenty-six lessons that change her life and his. Xin Ben illuminates his final months with her youthful talent, and in return he lovingly guides her towards a life in music. With a light touch and sure hand, Oscar-winning filmmaker Beverly Shaffer crafts a film of elegant simplicity and deep emotion, gracefully documenting a dying man's dedication to his young prodigy.
05/17/08 : 01:10 AM - 02:30 AM
Working Mom, A
2000 - Rating: TV14 - Advisories: AC
A divorced mother of two returns to her home and children in Bolivia after 15 years of struggling for a better life in Israel, only to find her family members have become strangers. A WORKING MOM is a story that demonstrates the extremes that individuals will go to in order to save their families--sometimes saving and losing them in the same act.
05/17/08 : 02:30 AM - 03:00 AM
Space Trip NYC
2007 - Rating: TV14: L - Advisories: AC, AL
This documentary starts with an earnest warning: "You are about to take a trip." What follows is an invitation into four very small, New York apartments occupied by some very unique people. The film does an expert job of never taking a condescending stance on the lives and dwellings of its deeply eccentric subjects of four different living situations in New York City: drag queens, cat fanatics, twins and year-round Christmas fan.
05/17/08 : 03:00 AM - 06:30 AM
Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, The
1994 - Rating: TVPG - Advisories: AC
This documentary recounts the life and work of one of most famous, and yet reviled, German film directors in history, Leni Riefenstahl. The film recounts the rise of her career from a dancer, to a movie actor to the most important film director in Nazi Germany who directed such famous propaganda films as Triumph of the Will and Olympiad. The film also explores her later activities after Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945 and her disgrace for being so associated with it which includes her amazingly active life over the age of 90.
05/17/08 : 06:30 AM - 07:00 AM
Louise Dahl-Wolfe: Painting With Light
1999 - Rating: TVPG
Louise Dahl-Wolfe is one of the most important women in the history of photography, and in this short documentary film on her life, Louise Dahl-Wolfe: Painting with Light, draws upon the excellence of her art and the quirkiness of her personality.
05/17/08 : 07:00 AM - 07:30 AM
Attacking Anxiety
05/17/08 : 07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
St Judes - Fighting for Life
05/17/08 : 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Learning Languages
05/17/08 : 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Attacking Anxiety
05/17/08 : 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Hair Loss and You
05/17/08 : 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speed Reading for Kids
05/17/08 : 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Select Comfort
05/17/08 : 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Your Baby Can Read
05/17/08 : 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Attacking Anxiety
05/17/08 : 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Hair Loss and You
05/17/08 : 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Peak Oil
2005 - Rating: TVPG - Advisories: AC
Is the age of cheap oil about to come to an end' According to many experts, we are about to reach the point of "peak oil" – the level at which supply can no longer keep up with demand. This, say the doomsdayers, may send economies spinning into turmoil and up-end our comfortable lifestyles. ‘Peak Oil’ investigates how long we have to prepare for a day when there is not enough oil to go around.
05/17/08 : 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Attacking Anxiety
05/17/08 : 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Golden Gloves
1961 - Rating: TVPG - Advisories: MV
The Golden Gloves boxing tournament is the Canadian amateur's hope for success in the boxing world. This film shows three Montr' boxers in training. In behind-the-scenes interviews they talk about their ambitions and what prompted them to take up boxing
05/17/08 : 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Too White for Me
2000 - Rating: TV14: L - Advisories: AC, AL
Nick Broomfield follows Chicco Twala, one of South Africa's few aspiring black millionaires as he tries to promote a Tracy Chapman concert in Johannesburg. Chicco made his fortune from the blossoming African music industry but cannot vote or send his children to the local school. On the surface, a story of music biz deals, recording sessions and rock concerts. Underneath, a study of the tensions between blacks and whites and amongst blacks themselves struggling to survive in the unstable, urban environment of Johannesburg in the days before Nelson Mandela was released and apartheid ended.
05/17/08 : 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Secrets of New York (12x30 Episodes)
2005 - Rating: TVPG
As hard as the rock this city is built on, its mysteries are even harder to break. What lies behind New York City's tough as nails veneer' It's the hidden, undocumented and unknown...enigmas we call Secrets of New York. Were going to break this city wide open and show you a New York City you've never seen before. NYC TV will share with you some of the most titillating and tantalizing Secrets of New York.
05/17/08 : 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Voices of Vision
2002 - Rating: TVG
Voices of Vision is a documentary series that profiles locations, institutions and organizations that are changing the world. This inspiring body of work is created by a team of professionals committed to using television as an instrument of service.
05/17/08 : 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Disbelief
2004 - Rating: TV14: MV - Advisories: AC, MV
When Tatyana Morozova, a pre-school teacher in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, learned that her mother had been killed and her old apartment block destroyed by an explosion back in Moscow, she believed the official version: that the attack was the work of Chechen terrorists. Then an American scholar published a book arguing that the bombing was engineered by the FSB, the Russian secret service, to help Vladimir Putin win the elections. Torn by grief and disbelief, Tatyana and her sister Alyona embark on a journey in space and time to seek the truth - followed by the camera of Russian filmmaker Andrei Nekrasov. Filmed in Milwaukee, Moscow, Denver, Washington, London and the Ural Mountains, Disbelief chronicles the agony of a devastated family swept up in the high-stakes politics of global terrorism.
05/17/08 : 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Half-Japanese: The Band That Would Be King
1993 - Rating: TV14: L - Advisories: AL, AC
Covers the rise of extremely alternative band Half Japanese: from the early days when Jad and David Fair recorded loud music in their bedroom for distribution via mail order cassette tape, to their contemporary incarnation after David's departure for married life and Jad's increased stature among musicians and critics. Includes interviews with Jad, David, Mo Tucker of Velvet underground fame, and Penn Jillette, who produced an album of theirs.
05/17/08 : 08:30 PM - 09:05 PM
Mr. Mergler's Gift
2004 - Rating: TVPG
A moving account of a student and her mentor, and a lyrical homage to the transcendent power of music. They will meet for less than a year--twenty-six lessons that change her life and his. Xin Ben illuminates his final months with her youthful talent, and in return he lovingly guides her towards a life in music. With a light touch and sure hand, Oscar-winning filmmaker Beverly Shaffer crafts a film of elegant simplicity and deep emotion, gracefully documenting a dying man's dedication to his young prodigy.
05/17/08 : 09:05 PM - 10:15 PM
Hooked: The Legend of Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell
2003 - Rating: TVPG: L - Advisories: AL, AC
Hooked (2003) traces the life of Demetrius Mitchell, who, at 5-feet-9, built his legendary playground status by jumping over the top of a Volkswagen car and slam dunking a basketball. He is considered by several NBA All-Stars to be the greatest player to never reach the NBA.
05/17/08 : 10:15 PM - 11:15 PM
Mike Birch: Riding with the Wind
2006 - Rating: TVPG
Mike Birch is a sailor and one of the world’s best. For years, he has raced sailboats across the North Atlantic. It’s his job and it’s his passion, a passion surpassed by an intense desire to live life to its fullest and that goes a long way back. In 1976, Birch competed in his first trans-Atlantic race and placed second. Two years later, he raced in the first edition of the Route des Rhum, and, after three weeks alone at sea, Mike surprised everyone when he surpassed the leader and won by only 98 seconds, and, like it or not, a legend was born.
05/17/08 : 11:15 PM - 12:20 AM
Hooked: The Legend of Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell
2003 - Rating: TVPG: L - Advisories: AL, AC
Hooked (2003) traces the life of Demetrius Mitchell, who, at 5-feet-9, built his legendary playground status by jumping over the top of a Volkswagen car and slam dunking a basketball. He is considered by several NBA All-Stars to be the greatest player to never reach the NBA.
