Synopsis: Canadian Bill Wiley comes to Iraq to ensure that Saddam Hussein gets a fair trial. As the judge walks out, defense lawyers are murdered, and the trial becomes ever more bizarre, how will Bill manage to change Iraq's notion of right and wrong. And will Iraq change Bill's belief in…
Hi this is documentary is about how Canadian activist Alexandra Lamontagne saved a 5 month old lion cub named Serabie from the abhorrent Canned Hunting trade.
While working on a documentary about alternative health, Eli learns that his dog Sheba has terminal cancer and is not expected to live more than three months. Eli sets out to see if there is an alternative to traditional veterinary care that will allow Sheba to live out her final days in comfort--and…
A short overview of Sight Savers' work, highlighting the vital role of supporters in making programmes possible. Narrated by Saw Lawley. Suitable for secondary schools/education and adult audiences.
Awards: Academy Award-considered for Best Documentary 2001, Golden Halo Award for Best Documentary 2001, Angel Award and Southern California Motion Picture Council for Best Documentary 2001 Academy Award-considered documentary "Saving Sister Aimee" includes interviews with three primary…
The Amazon plays a vital part in regulating the planet’s temperature. And yet, in the last year, forest destruction in the Brazilian Amazon soared by 85 per cent. The combination of illegal logging and slash and burn agriculture is decimating the land. With huge profits to be made, the Amazon is…
From the Gold Rush to the Golden Gate Bridge, and through World's Fairs and World Wars, San Francisco Bay has been central to the identity of one of the world's leading economic, academic, recreational and cultural regions. Narrated by Robert Redford, Saving the Bay explores the history…
For more than 20 years, Sally Bethea was the voice of the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta. Back in the early 1990s, hardly anyone wanted anything to do with this urban river once it flowed through the city. For nearly 60 miles downstream it was off-putting and off-limits because of sewage, litter, runoff…
"Saving the Hansen House" gives a new meaning to "Restoration comedy"! This is the story of Bob Hansen, a college professor from Minnesota who buys a dilapidated 18th-century farmhouse in the Moravian settlement of Bethania, NC. Originally he plans to just restore it and then maybe…
The Hermans with their three children set off on an adventurous trip from Thailand to Laos, Cambodia, China, Kazakhstan and from there along the Silk Road to Cyprus. Their journey is a fulfillment of a dream and a chance to save their marriage. They fight and quarrel, laugh and cry. They meet exotic…
Watch a two-part in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Andy Hoffman, Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability. Part 1 starts with inspiring insights into how Andy Hoffman became interested…
It seems that Gerolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) conquered Florentine’s hearts with the prophecies pronounced in his furious preaches, some of which become reality. Admired and feared by the Greats of his age, from Lorenzo the Magnificent to pope Alexander VI, from Ludovico il Moro to Charles VIII…
