This 5 hour documentary exhaustively investigates the medical, physiological, pharmacological, psychological and spiritual causes of depression in Western society
George Nierenberg's brilliant and blissful followup to No Maps on my Taps is introduced by Gregory Hines, who shares his childhood memories of watching and imitating the tap dance greats at the Apollo Theater. ABOUT TAP features stylistic performances and recollections by three of America’s…
Filmmaker Philip Haas traveled to the southernmost tip of Madagascar to meet Efiaimbelo, a man in his mid-sixties who works as a funerary sculptor. The film follows Efiaimbelo as he travels to an isolated area in the countryside to cut down a special tree for sculpting. He makes it into a pole of geometric…
“HAPPENINGS” are artist’s events – these created by Allan Kaprow and Charles Fraser are public participations in real time activities – related to action painting and a forerunner of conceptual art – producing images and spectacle as well as whatever participants and…
The mass of ice and bit of shoreline which is the island of Greenland has been the home of a few hardy souls over the centuries who found a way not only to survive nature’s threat but to enjoy its unique beauty in the Arctic. Viking explorers followed the original settlers, bringing their culture…
The modern nation of Denmark has the reputation of being the home of the happiest society on the planet. But it wasn’t always that way. Disgruntled Vikings roamed far and wide in search of riches and glory. Following the adoption of Christianity, the Danes mellowed a bit, and during the medieval…
For digital streaming licenses and institutional use, please contact artny@bestweb.net. Interviewed by artist-critic Noelle Bodick, Robinson states: I am interested in desire and consumer happiness. When I started out, I wanted to paint like the artists who did illustrations of pulp paperbacks –…
Documentary by Nahed Awwad 52 minutes – 2007 Produced by Akka Films, Monarch Films & Karavan Films The Jerusalem Airport lies along the road that links Jerusalem to Ramallah. It has been occupied by Israeli army since 1967, at a 5 kilometer distance from Ramallah and 10 kilometer distance…
They are four of the most successful businesswomen in China: Belonging to a generation who experienced the austerity of China's cultural revolution, followed by the subsequent economic boom, they have worked their way to the very top in a patriarchal society. Today, Yang Lan is the owner of one…
Alice Austen (1866-1952) holds a distinctive place in the history of photography in America. She took to photography with keen interest combined with natural talent and technical patience—washing the fragile delicate glass plate negatives at a pump in her yard, mixing chemicals in a closet. She…
In 1967 the High Scope Foundation in Ypsilanti, Michigan began an experimental early childhood preschool program. The project compared three different approaches to early education of three and four year-old children. This is a digitally restored version of the half-hour documentary shot and produced…
Award-winning, cinematically stunning, feature documentary from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Sales from the film go directly to supporting the continued conservation efforts of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The Great Philippine Eagle is the largest and rarest bird of prey in the world. Fewer…
