Sunday, May 11, 2008
05/11/08 : 12:30 AM - 01:00 AM
Swell Life, The
2001 - Rating: TV14 - Advisories: AC, AL
Threats, vandalism and assault...over waves' This film looks beyond surfing's idyllic face, showing how many "surfers are junkies and they need their fix." In this short film we learn about surfing etiquette, "Nazi surfers," and "Localism" # a form of surfer tribalism.
05/11/08 : 01:00 AM - 02:00 AM
In Dreams; The Roy Orbison Story
1999 - Rating: TVPG
One-hour music intensive documentary presents rock music legend, Roy Orbison, through his own words and music, and comments by artists inspired by his legacy. Includes clips from dozens of performances and commentary from people who knew him, people who worked with him, and the many, many people who were influenced by him, including Johnny Cash, Bono, Raul Malo, Fred Foster (Monument Records), the Bee Gees, Bernie Taupin, Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang, Dwight Yoakam, Chet Atkins, and dozens more.
05/11/08 : 02:00 AM - 03:00 AM
Pepi L'Art Brut
2006 - Rating: TV14 - Advisories: AC
Until recently, “outsider art” - the creative output of the handicapped, psychotics or the criminally insane – was a secret form of art. But that’s all changing. “We want them to develop their personalities and abilities. Art is a therapy,” explains instructor Klaud Mecherlein. L’Art Brut or ‘Outsider Art’ is art entirely free from formal artistic rules. It challenges both how we tend to view such “outsiders” in our communities and our expectations of what art should be about.
05/11/08 : 03:00 AM - 05:00 AM
Kennedy's Don't Cry
1983 - Rating: TVPG - Advisories: AC
The real-life saga of the triumphs and tragedies of America’s most powerful political dynasty is told in this remarkable video. The handsome and popular young president JFK, cut down in his prime by an assassin’s bullet; his wife Jackie, the most appealing First Lady in history, who transformed the White House into a shimmering Camelot; their young children Caroline and ‘John John’…and Bobby, the younger brother, murdered during his inspirational presidential campaign. Cliff Robertson narrates.
05/11/08 : 05:00 AM - 06:00 AM
Lord of the Brush
2005 - Rating: TVPG - Advisories: AC
Lord of the Brush will take you on a journey to discover John Howe, an artist famous for his illustrations of JRR Tolkien’s Middle Earth. The film will take you from the shores of British Columbia to the mountains of Switzerland, from old castles in France to the wilderness of Canada and on to Middle Earth. Through interviews and visuals, it will explain who John Howe is and what he stands for. The movie will focus on John’s vision of life, his art and the world in general.
05/11/08 : 06:00 AM - 06:30 AM
Landrider: Biking with Ease
05/11/08 : 06:30 AM - 07:00 AM
Sleep Again
05/11/08 : 07:00 AM - 07:30 AM
Attacking Anxiety
05/11/08 : 07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
St Judes - Fighting for Life
05/11/08 : 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Learning Languages
05/11/08 : 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Attacking Anxiety
05/11/08 : 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Attacking Anxiety
05/11/08 : 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speed Reading for Kids
05/11/08 : 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Select Comfort
05/11/08 : 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Your Baby Can Read
05/11/08 : 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Attacking Anxiety
05/11/08 : 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
I Promise to Remember : The Frankie Lymon Story
1983 - Rating: TVPG - Advisories: AC
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers was an enormously popular rock and roll group of the '50s and one of the first black groups whose music broke the color barrier. This documentary chronicles their meteoric career, from Harlem street corner 'doo-wop' sessions to national TV and movie appearances with their hits such as "Why Do Fools Fall in Love'" and "Goody, Goody," to the break-up of the group less than two years later.
05/11/08 : 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
Landrider: Biking with Ease
05/11/08 : 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Battle of Midway, The
1942 - Rating: TVPG - Advisories: MV
On June 4-6, 1942, a large Japanese force attempted to capture Midway Island in the North Pacific, but was defeated by U.S. forces with a loss ratio of 4:1 in favor of the Americans. On hand was a crew of naval photographers directed by John Ford; their documentary footage was edited together with narration by Hollywood actors. The film covers the attack on Midway, some limited aerial footage, the search for survivors, and aftermath of the battle.
05/11/08 : 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Attacking Anxiety
05/11/08 : 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Suncookers
2006 - Rating: TVPG
"Suncookers" follows Margaret Owino as she trains solar cookers in Nyakach, Kenya and at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Northern Kenya. Small cardboard solar cookers are clean, smoke free and better for the environment. Deforestation for cooking has contributed to soil loss through erosion.
05/11/08 : 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM
McLibel
2005 - Rating: TVPG - Advisories: AC
McLibel is the inside story of how a single father and a part-time bar worker took on the McDonald's Corporation. Filmed over three years, the documentary follows Helen Steel and Dave Morris as they are transformed from anonymous campaigners against the fast food giant into unlikely global heroes. Struggling to defend themselves in the longest trial in English history, the pair face infiltration by spies, secret meetings with corporate executives, 40,000 pages of background reading and a visit from Ronald McDonald. Using interviews with witnesses and reconstructions of key moments in court, the film examines the main issues of the trial - nutrition, animals, advertising, employment, the environment - and the implications for freedom of speech.
05/11/08 : 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator
2003 - Rating: TVPG - Advisories: AC, MV
In June 1918 Elliott White Springs, one of America's leading 'aces,' was on a two-man patrol in enemy territory with his friend John MacGavock Grider when Grider disappeared. It was later confirmed that Grider had been shot down and killed by a German pilot. Springs felt responsible for his friend's death, and after the war presented Grider's diary for publication as a serial in Liberty Magazine. Despite its antiwar tone, "War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator" was a phenomenal success. Springs insisted that the book's author remain secret and paid the Grider sisters $12,500 for the rights. It was only after Springs' death in 1959 that his family discovered that Springs had written most of "War Birds" himself, attributing the book to his dead friend as a memorial not only to him, but also to the others who had sacrificed their lives and sometimes their sanity in the skies above France.
05/11/08 : 05:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Exploration Series
2003 - Rating: TVPG
13 Episodes - 13 x 30 series
05/11/08 : 05:30 PM - 06:00 PM
Voices of Vision (76 x 30')
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.
05/11/08 : 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Boris Eifman: The Ballet Rehearsal
2007 - Rating: TVPG
Ballet may be one of the most popular forms of dance but it’s also the most mysterious. Rarely do we get a chance to look beyond the shimmering tutus and frozen smiles to the tortuous rehearsal process. In this astonishing film, we follow renowned choreographer Boris Eifman as he prepares for the opening night of his new ballet. Part fly-on-the-wall documentary; part philosophical study on the purpose of dance, it uniquely captures the frustration, fury and exhilaration of rehearsal.
05/11/08 : 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Breast Cancer Diaries
2006 - Rating: TV14 - Advisories: AC
The Diaries is a real-time portrayal of the unique issues and juggling act that face the 1 in 7 women in the world who are diagnosed with breast cancer. Director Linda Pattillo, herself an award-winning former network news correspondent (ABC NEWS and CNN), spent 15 years covering wars across the globe. In The Diaries, she covers a far more intimate and personal battle—that of a young woman and mother facing a life threatening illness. The resulting documentary is an unfettered, unvarnished memoir of the year that changed one woman’s life.
05/11/08 : 08:30 PM - 09:00 PM
emPOWERed
2007 - Rating: TVG
The “emPOWERed” documentary is directed by award-winning independent documentary filmmaker and human-rights activist J. Coll Metcalfe and features EPA’s ENERGY STAR, along with several visionary individuals leading the charge for a mass movement to conserve energy.
05/11/08 : 09:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Daughters of the Canopy
2003 - Rating: TVPG - Advisories: AC
The Amazon rain forest has never been more at risk. Every year, another 17,000 km disappears to make way for cattle ranches or falls prey to loggers’ saws. But it’s not just the environment that suffers when the forests are cleared. The traditional way of life for more than 20 million people is also threatened. But now, the women of the Amazon are fighting back. In thousands of communities across the region, they’re uniting to save their land. And in taking on the loggers, they’re challenging their male dominated society.
05/11/08 : 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Guardians of Nature - "Reunion Island"
2005 - Rating: TVPG - Advisories: AC
Five millions years ago, a piece of land emerged from the depth of the Indian Ocean: the island of Reunion. Today, it still has one of the world’s most active volcanoes; archaic animals such as the marine tortoises, unique birds and rare plants are part of Reunion’s patrimony.
05/11/08 : 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Daughters of the Canopy
2003 - Rating: TVPG - Advisories: AC
The Amazon rain forest has never been more at risk. Every year, another 17,000 km disappears to make way for cattle ranches or falls prey to loggers’ saws. But it’s not just the environment that suffers when the forests are cleared. The traditional way of life for more than 20 million people is also threatened. But now, the women of the Amazon are fighting back. In thousands of communities across the region, they’re uniting to save their land. And in taking on the loggers, they’re challenging their male dominated society.
