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- CONFLUENCE is a three-part series which explores the many ways art, science, and technology come together to spark human creativity, featuring some of the boldest innovators in art, music, and tech.
- An average guy makes a resolution to stop using plastic bags at the grocery store. Little does he know that this simple decision will change his life completely. He comes to the conclusion that our consumptive use of plastic has finally caught up to us, and looks at what we can do about it. Today. Right now.
- In the war-zones of Liberia and Congo, four volunteers with Doctors Without Borders struggle to provide emergency medical care under extreme conditions.
- A once-famous millionaire "business artist" is forced to confront his own legendary obnoxious behavior, while trying to find love through fame.
- Composed in 1723, Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons is among the most recognized and beloved masterpieces of classical music. While many recognize its familiar musical themes, few may know about the word imagery Vivaldi purposely wrote into these four violin concerts. The entertaining and educational film DISCOVER VIVALDI'S FOUR SEASONS helps viewers fully experience these delightful details. Before a live audience, conductor-host George Marriner Maull, violin soloist Peter Winograd and the members of The Discovery Orchestra reveal the descriptive sonnets Vivaldi wrote into the score. After an interactive exploration of each season's concerto, the orchestra performs the piece in its entirety, providing an opportunity for the audience to enjoy a very focused listening experience. In addition, neuroscientist Dr. Jamshed Bharucha explains the connections between music and the brain, and musician and author Dr. David Rothenber describes the influence of birdsong on our musical roots.
- LUCKY CHOW explores Asian cuisine's impact on food culture with Danielle Chang, founder of the LUCKYRICE food festival, and innovative Asian chefs and personalities.
- It was April 4, 1968. At 6:01 p.m., across the street from the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, a gunman fired a rifle, and the leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., lay mortally wounded. As news of King's assassination spread, American cities were engulfed in chaos and fear. Urban areas erupted in riots. Fires burned out of control. Dozens of people were killed. Robert F. Kennedy, meanwhile, was en route to Indianapolis, where at 9 p.m. he was scheduled to make a campaign appearance in an African-American neighborhood. Pressing questions arose: Should Kennedy venture into the heart of the Indianapolis inner city and talk to the potentially volatile crowd gathered in a park? What could he say that would assuage their grief? Should he defy the Indianapolis city officials who ordered him to stay away? Would his life be in danger? Kennedy didn't blink. Despite the violence raging across the country, he courageously kept his promise to speak, climbing up on a shaky flatbed truck and delivering a moving, extemporaneous plea for peace and reconciliation-a talk that eventually would be regarded as one of the great political speeches of the twentieth century. A Ripple of Hope draws on interviews with Kennedy aides and associates, as well as "everyday people" who were in the crowd that night, to tell the story of an inspiring moment in American history.
- Conscious Living celebrates the courageous journey of becoming a more mindful human. Through the misadventures, insights and personal experiences of its Emmy-nominated hosts - Bianca Alexander, a black yoga teacher and attorney, and her husband Michael, a white vegan chef and energy medicine practitioner - Conscious Living offers a non-judgmental framework for viewers to consider a more holistic lifestyle. The duo's yin-yang dynamic provides unexpected conflict and humor that is essential to the dichotomous journey of awakening. This season, the hosts trek through garbage dumps exposing the inequalities of the Indian caste system, heal ancestral trauma, PTSD and anxiety with alternative modalities, confront the impact of patriarchy and white supremacy on indigenous cultures, uncover the timeless beauty of net zero design, and dare to travel the world as vegans in search of the best plant-based cuisine on the planet. As the hosts travel vulnerably to both inner and outer parts unknown, they authentically grapple with their own struggles inside of race, gender, inequality, climate change, spirituality and mental health, and serve as shamanic journeymen for viewers looking to awaken to a more mindful life. Through a lighthearted lens, Conscious Living offers viewers a compassionate roadmap for bettering themselves, their communities and the planet.
- Sobering look at how Hitler and the Nazi party manipulated laws to further their hate-filled agenda. People who were considered physically or racially inferior or disloyal to the state were deprived of their rights and often their lives under these Nazi laws. When Germany was ultimately defeated, Nazi leaders were charged with crimes against humanity in the Nuremberg Trials, in an attempt by the world community to restore the rule of law.
- Gandhi's Awakening explores the fascinating story of Mohandas Gandhi's early formative years in South Africa, where he experienced firsthand harsh prejudice and hatred as a young lawyer, saw the brutality of war as an ambulance stretcher carrier in the Zulu War of 1906, and underwent a spiritual epiphany that set the course for his entire life forward, leading him to become the Mahatma or Great Soul. A sequel film Gandhi's Gift, is also available.
- GLOBAL HEALTH FRONTIERS highlights a wide range of global health organizations and local volunteers engaged in pioneering field work. Created in a news magazine format, the series is made up of entertaining and fast-paced one-hour episodes, each containing three separate stories from around the world. Filmed primarily in Africa, Asia and Latin America, without an on-camera host and minimal narration, the stories include: searches for deadly viruses that could cause global pandemics, mass vaccination campaigns, the development of new strains of food crops to fight malnutrition, anti-smoking successes in Asia, and childbirth improvement methods in some of the deadliest places to be born.
- Have you ever wondered why some people connect so easily with classical music, while statistically as much as 95 percent of the U.S. population has trouble "getting into it"? The music series FALL IN LOVE WITH MUSIC is a fun exploration of the listening process. Developed over years of classroom and lecture interaction, this series offers streamlined, effective pathways to musical understanding based on the education strategies of Dr. Saul Feinberg, a pioneer and recognized authority in the teaching of music listening skills. Conceived and presented by George Marriner Maull, artistic director of The Discovery Orchestra, the eight-part series explores the following topics: hearing versus listening; the open mind; why aren't we listening?; the elements of music; thinking and feeling like a composer; grasping musical "paragraphs"; and learning to listen flexibly. The series invites viewers to solve very specific musical "problems" such as: How many times does this theme occur? Can you tell when the pitches descend? How many melodies are occurring simultaneously? Composers featured in the episodes include: J.S. Bach, Bartok, Beethoven, Handel, Mendelssohn, Monk, Mozart, Rachmaninoff and Schuman in both pre-recorded excerpts and "live" musical examples. Sharing the stage with Maestro Maull in the "live" musical segments are the Amphion String Quartet and the Dan Crisci Jazz Quartet. The listening skills acquired through FALL IN LOVE WITH MUSIC will help viewers understand, enjoy and better connect with all of the music in their lives.
- "Who's Afraid of Happy Endings?" is a witty and revealing documentary that offers an insider's view of the billion-dollar romance fiction industry. "Who's Afraid of Happy Endings?" follows the stories of three Canadian romance writers trying to make it big in this extremely competitive world: Kelly Boyce - an aspiring writer is hungry to sell her first book at a major industry conference. Kathryn Smith - an historical romance author, made a leap to the "dark side" of paranormal romance to stand out in a competitive marketplace. Kayla Perrin - a contemporary romance author is eager to break out of the smaller African American market and into the mainstream with a swing to the "steamier side" of erotica. Whisking us to the heart of the romance publishing centres in Toronto and New York to the whirlwind of a romance writers' conference in Reno, "Who's Afraid of Happy Endings?" features interviews with some of the biggest superstars of the romance world.
- An exploration of the world of Mexican wrestling and the tradition of the masked Mexican wrestler.
- Artistic Director George Marriner Maull and The Discovery Orchestra take viewers on a musical journey to explore the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's masterpiece in DISCOVER BEETHOVEN'S 5TH. Using directed listening, playful banter and audience participation, Maestro Maull and the musicians of The Discovery Orchestra help viewers to recognize, appreciate and understand the compositional elements of Beethoven's iconic 5th Symphony.
- The collision zone of the massive Indian and Asian tectonic plates is one of the most seismically active places on Earth. These plates trace an arc beneath the Himalaya Mountains and run south below the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, an area that is inhabited by millions of people. THE HIMALAYA CONNECTION follows earth scientists working in seven countries who are urgently investigating this area of high risk. Their painstaking work leads them to uncover a gigantic, dangerous, and previously unknown earthquake fault, putting 140 million people at risk.
- Narrated by renowned scientist Dr. Sylvia Earle, SAVING SEA TURTLES: PREVENTING EXTINCTION focuses on a record-breaking sea turtle stranding season on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where over 1,200 cold-stunned sea turtles washed ashore in 2014. Over 90 percent of the stranded sea turtles were Kemp's Ridleys, the world's most critically endangered sea turtle. This massive wildlife emergency marshaled an inspiring response, involving people from over 10 states and 21 institutions and even showcases "the largest airlift of an endangered species probably anywhere in the United States, quite possibly the world." This documentary also tells the larger natural history story of the Kemp's Ridley and how humans pushed a healthy population to the precipice of extinction and are now slowly helping it to recover. The Kemp's Ridley was once heralded as an endangered species success story in the making, but that all changed in 2010 after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, making the work of the conservationists, marine biologists and volunteers critical to the survival of the species. Awards: Green Spark Conservation Hero Award - American Conservation Film Festival - Shepherdstown, West Virginia, USA.
- Where Words Prevail explores the widely acclaimed work of Cicely Berry, Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). Berry's voice techniques are invaluable to the actors and directors who are performing both classical and modern plays in today's theaters. From rehearsals at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon, to workshops in Moscow, New York, Seoul, and the Favellas of Rio de Janeiro, Berry's work is documented in diverse languages, producing new understanding of the power of voice, language, and communications.
- Among the last unclimbed peaks on earth there stands a little-known mountain in a remote region of China. TO BE FIRST: THE QUEST FOR YANGMOLONG follows a climbing expedition as they make three attempts over the span of three years to summit the 6060-meter Yangmolong Mountain. Threatened by local villagers, challenged by unpredictable weather and facing dangerous rock and ice falls, the expedition must decide whether to give up or remain committed to their quest. This raw and candid film captures the essence of climbing and the struggles associated with exploration.
- Discover the cutting edge of materials science and watch as glass is forged into playable cymbals, an array of found objects becomes breathtaking sculpture, and banana leaves are transformed into fabric for the haute couture runway.