This 2001 concert filmed at Hollywood's Roxy club celebrates the 10th anniversary of independent heavy metal music label Century Media Records, featuring performances by the company's hottest acts such as Scar Culture and Eyehategod. Other groups pounding out the tunes include Nevermore, Shadows Fall, Skinlab and Devin Townsend featuring Strapping Young Lad. This program also features backstage footage and interviews with the bands.
Jennifer Berezan sings her heart out for all the peoples of the earth in this star-studded concert filmed live in March and November 2003 at the Scottish Rite Theater in Oakland, Calif. A multifaceted singer-songwriter, teacher and ritualist, Berezan has nurtured an international following for her songs that tackle weighty, contemporary issues. Celebrities in attendance include Alice Walker, Gloria Steinem, Eve Ensler and Patti Cathcart.
Shadowing a crew of top bikers on a raucous tour of the skate parks, ramps and streets of the American South, this documentary captures the grit and the glamour of the BMX lifestyle with unbridled -- and uncensored -- enthusiasm. Featured personalities include X-Games champions Mat Hoffman and Jay Miron, as well as other notable riders like Taj Mihelich, Mike Escamilla, Van Homan and Nathan Wessel.
Acclaimed Irish tenor John McDermott delivers a stirring performance that shows off his powerful vocal range in this 2001 show, recorded at Canada's Living Arts Center and originally broadcast on public television. The emotional concert features 16 songs all touching on the concepts of memory, family and patriotism, including "Try to Remember," "Ye Banks and Brass of Bonnie Doon" and the poignant World War I number "Christmas in the Trenches."
Combining archival photographs, interviews with historians and dramatic reenactments starring Blair Underwood and Ed Asner, this documentary recounts the gripping story of the Civil War-era Underground Railroad that shepherded slaves to freedom. Harriet Tubman, Thomas Garrett and William Still, whose tireless public efforts and clandestine activities kept the Railroad running, are among the abolitionist personalities highlighted.
Bollywood 2002
Sunanda Kohli is the only daughter of Dr. Mukta Kohli and her husband. Dr. Mukta runs a small clinic and a hospital, whereas her husband is retired. Sunanda meets Sandeep and both fall deeply in love with each other. Sunanda introduces Sandeep to her parents, and both approve of him. Sunanda is also introduced to his parents, and there too is approval. When the time comes for an engagement ceremony, Sandeep finds out that Sunanda does not like him anymore, leave alone marry him. He is heartbroken, and sets out to find out about this sudden change in Sunanda's affection for him.
Vlado Kristl rejected the word anarchy. Nor did he like the word utopia, nor the term experimental film. As a matter of fact, he didn't like any words if they weren't freed from the conventional ways of thinking. Following the shooting of "Kunst ist nur ausserhalb der Menschengesellschaft" he was only pleased when hardly anything he expressed in his poems performed, thrown and hurled against any hostile and alien environment by Carola Regnier was understood. - Markus Nechleba
A man meets a woman who is determined to show him happiness.
A stylish, laugh-filled drama about two road-weary lounge musicians who get an opportunity to revive their careers when one of them begins to display psychic abilities.
De la cabeza con Bersuit Vergarabat (2002) is an album by the band Bersuit Vergarabat Argentina, recorded live in commemoration of the 10 years since the first CD (Y Punto, 1992). In this CD were reflected old songs and two new songs: "Un Pacto" and "Perro Amor Explota".
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Journey into America's primitive soul in this documentary about the resurgence of humanity's oldest and most intense rituals. From garden-variety tattooing, to frenzied effigy-burning festivals, to the disturbing extremes of body-piercing, Modern Tribalism explores the cultural context surrounding this underground movement
Forget the overpaid, overhyped major leagues. The real spirit of baseball is alive and well in the minors, as this stirring documentary of the New Jersey Somerset Patriots can attest. Chronicling the minor league team for one season, this film offers a unique look into America's favorite pastime. Oscar-nominated director Charles Braverman scored a Directors Guild nomination for this real-life Bull Durham story.
Journey through the afterlife with this informative and entertaining program exploring Dante's epic poem of grandeur and complexity. Delving deep into the enduring allegorical work, the film combines dramatic reenactments, modern images and artists' renderings inspired by the literary masterpiece, as well as visual interpretations by the Topiary Dance Group, location footage of Dante's native Florence and analysis from noted scholars.
Hold onto your handlebars, because you've got a front seat to one of the most intense sports on the planet. From street skating to BMX to surfing, this video presents star athletes pulling off their most outrageous stunts. The awesome visuals spool off to an eclectic mix of rock, punk, hip-hop and electronica music that will have you groovin' as you "ooh" and "ahh" at the stupefying stunts on-screen.
Documentary on Russian painters of Art Nouveau period
Wanna-be hipster Burt is a trumpet player who'd rather be playing jazz instead of what he's doing now -- making what he considers watered-down, lifeless music as part of a nameless, faceless orchestra. But his tune changes when happy-go-lucky Linda, a flutist, joins the ensemble and shows him there's more to life than pining for a dream.
This film explosives the inherently dangerous occupation of astronauts and cosmonauts, who in the face of an unforgiving hostile environment, and relentless life threatening pressures, endured almost certain death in the pursuit to conquer the unknown.
Footage from Dale Chihuly's exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Originally commissioned to create a chandelier for the museum's rotunda, this documentary covers the Chihuly's complete process from inception to installation.
