The amazing story of the epic first ascent of 'The Prophet' on El Capitan, Yosemite. Following the UK's top big wall climber Leo Houlding as he revisits his 10 year project; 'The Prophet', an exceptionally steep, loose and difficult route on the east face of Yosemite's El…
Terror in the sky wreaks havoc on the ground on September 11, 2001 as a "hijacked" 747 is diverted to Whitehorse, Yukon with armed fighter jets on its tail. The true story of the bizarre events that led to evacuation, panic in the streets and near-death experience.
A Boy's Dream: A portrait of Theo Jansen, who’s trying to add a new species to nature with his remarkable 'beach animals' Available on iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/a-boys-dream/id1102682168?mt=6 Watch on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/A_Boy_s_Dream?id=NEv7SJJgreM&hl=en_GB Watch…
FOR HOME USE ONLY - FOR EDUCATIONAL STREAMING AND DVD SALES VISIT https://store.der.org/the-swahili-beat-p463.aspx by Kenny Mann color, 28 min, 2008 The Swahili Beat is an upbeat look at the remarkable history of the Swahili people of Kenya and Tanzania's East African coast. Packed with…
In 1914, Gurdit Singh, a Sikh entrepreneur based in Singapore, chartered a Japanese ship, the Komagata Maru, to carry Indian immigrants to Canada. On May 23, 1914, the ship arrived in Vancouver Harbour with 376 passengers aboard: 340 Sikhs; 24 Muslims and 12 Hindus. Many of the men on-board were veterans…
WINNER 1984 Christopher Award for Best Television Documentary WINNER 1984 American Film Festival Blue Ribbon "This engaging. cinema verité-style documentary is about Kojo Odo, a remarkable man living in Harlem who adopted a total of 18 handicapped children over a 10-year period of time.…
"RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk is the largest USAF base in the UK with the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing in residence. Their big two day airshow always attracts something special. 1992 was no exception with rare displays from a USAF ' Wild Weasel' Phantom, dramatic 2 ship flying by French…
(with english subtitles) A film by Laetitia Carton Synopsis Edmond Baudoin is a comic strip artist. He signs his books only by his name, Baudoin. I call him Edmond. The raw material of his books it’s him, his life. He was one of the first to introduce autobiography in strip art. At Villars,…
This is the story of the family at the heart of American roots music - The Carters and the Cashes. Part history, part family saga, the film highlights a who's who of country music including Johnny Cash, George Jones, Rosanne Cash, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, The Carolina Chocolate Drops and more.
A rescue like no other- Award-winning animated true story of the 1976 hostage rescue in Entebbe, Uganda, narrated in first-person by the first commando in harm's way, through the perspective of his own family's rescue in the holocaust and featuring the original voices of former hostages and…
For academic or institutional purchase, please click here: http://www.combatfilms.com/from-the-masses-to-the-masses.html From the Masses to the Masses: An Artist in Mao’s China is the story of Jin Zhilin, a Chinese artist whose life was altered dramatically by the currents that shaped Communist…
This Scotland: Catching the Tide: A documentary about photographer Colin McPherson’s quest to capture the final days of Scotland’s salmon netting industry. In the early 1990s, photojournalist Colin McPherson embarked on a project that would take him to the heart of one of Scotland’s…
