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2011

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Wicked Pirate City
Wicked Pirate City
Port Royal, Jamaica, home to the real Pirates of the Caribbean. Once the world's wickedest city - until an earthquake swept into the sea. Now a dive team is using new technology to bring the sunken city to life; and to walk in the footsteps on pirates.
Wicked Pirate City 2011
Being Lucy
Being Lucy
Portrays the life of 85-year-old Italian male-to-female transexual Lucy who lived through the most dramatic moments of recent history, from fascism to deportation to Dachau concentration camp, from the Italian economic post-war “miracle” to sexual liberation.
Being Lucy 2011
Jesse James Presents: Jesse James Austin Speed Shop Bomber Seats
Jesse James Presents: Jesse James Austin Speed Shop Bomber Seats
Jesse James takes us back as he shows the guys from Austin Speed Shop how to make and rivet a Bomber style seat.
Jesse James Presents: Jesse James Austin Speed Shop Bomber Seats 2011
A Renaissance Education: The Schooling of Thomas More’s Daughter
A Renaissance Education: The Schooling of Thomas More’s Daughter
Helen Castor introduces a film about Thomas More's daughter Margaret, showing her revolutionary intellectual spirit and how the ideas that shaped her education changed the cultural life of England forever.
A Renaissance Education: The Schooling of Thomas More’s Daughter 2011
Han tror han är bäst
Han tror han är bäst
Han tror han är bäst 2011
Pepe & Rubianes
Pepe & Rubianes
On January 12, 2011, on a floor of Paseo de Gracia, a group of friends who knew him best and who call themselves "Rubianes Widows" meet (as they usually do from time to time) for dinner and remember how was Pepe, his unusual personality, good (and bad) moments shared, anecdotes, traits that best define the Spain.
Pepe & Rubianes 2011
The Crisis of Civilization
The Crisis of Civilization
The Crisis Civilization is a documentary feature film investigating how global crises like ecological disaster, financial meltdown, dwindling oil reserves, terrorism and food shortages are converging symptoms of a single, failed global system. Proving that 'another world' is not merely possible, but on its way.
The Crisis of Civilization 2011
How to Die in Oregon
How to Die in Oregon
In 1994 Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. At the time, only Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands had legalized the practice. 'How to Die in Oregon' tell the stories of those most intimately involved with the practice today -- terminally ill Oregonians, their families, doctors, and friends -- as well as the passage of an assisted suicide law in Washington State.
How to Die in Oregon 2011
McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice
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McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice
The film chronicles their back stories, prolific tennis careers and spirited rivalry, which propelled tennis into the international sports headlines of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. In addition, McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice spotlights their post-tennis careers as the two men went their separate ways, with McEnroe launching a high-profile broadcasting career, while Borg chose a more private life.
McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice 2011
General Orders No. 9
General Orders No. 9
One last trip down the rabbit hole before it gets paved over. A deep geography. What is above and what is below. What came before and what will come after. Agrarian fantasies, sacrificial rites, and excavations. A story told with maps, dreams, and prayers. A map lesson in three parts. A history of the State of Georgia - or Anywhere.
General Orders No. 9 2011
Kevin
Kevin
Kevin Gant was an inspired and beloved Austin musician, but in 1995 he disappeared from the scene. Who is Kevin? What happened to him? And, can he get back what he lost?
Kevin 2011
Fightville
Fightville
FIGHTVILLE is about the art and sport of fighting: a microcosm of life, a physical manifestation of that other brutal contest called the American Dream...
Fightville 2011
Kingdom of the Forest
Kingdom of the Forest
"Kingdom of the Forest" explores the wildlife of Europe's primeval forests. The full range of charismatic mammals and birds are captured with fascinating insights into hunting, reproduction and other behavior. This fascinating documentary also explores the hidden elements of the woodlands using long-term time lapse, super slow motion and extreme macro-photography.
Kingdom of the Forest 2011
They Were There
They Were There
What does it mean to be an IBMer? Every employee experiences the company in different ways, but the global impact IBM has made on business and society over the last 100 years gives us all a common framework. "They Were There" is told by first-hand witnesses—current and retired employees and clients—who were there when IBM helped to change the way world works.
They Were There 2011
Listening to Judge Garzón
Listening to Judge Garzón
This documentary summarizes an extensive interview made by the writer Manuel Rivas to the former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón.
Listening to Judge Garzón 2011
Counterterror NYC
Counterterror NYC
The NYPD's Counterterrorism Bureau is on the front lines in the war on terror. These specialized task forces have one goal: to keep New York City safe. During the busiest season of the year, Hercules teams deploy with 9-mm submachine guns, the TORCH team patrols New York's subway system and the bomb squad sweeps for explosive devices, all to secure the nation's largest city.
Counterterror NYC 2011
Meerkats 3D
Meerkats 3D
Narrated by Oscar-nominated actress Emily Watson, MEERKATS 3D takes audiences on a journey with a family of meerkats as they cope with the twists and turns of life in the Kalahari Desert. The film begins as matriarch Klinky’s most recent litter emerges from the burrow for the first time. Klinky and her family, including elder children and regular babysitters Ms. Bean and Harry, must endure turf wars from rival families, attacks from vicious predators big and small and internal family turmoil. The survival of this clan hinges on the meerkat golden rule: Stick together, and keep calling.
Meerkats 3D 2011
Where Soldiers Come From
Where Soldiers Come From
From a small town in northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan, "Where Soldiers Come From" follows the journey of childhood friends who join the National Guard after graduating from high school. It chronicles the young men's transformation from teenagers to soldiers to 23-year-old combat veterans. The film offers an intimate look at the young men who fight our wars.
Where Soldiers Come From 2011
Charismatic
Charismatic
In June of 1999 an unlikely chestnut colt named Charismatic, with jockey Chris Antley aboard, headed down the stretch at the Belmont Stakes with the hope of becoming the first Triple Crown winner in nearly 21 years.
Charismatic 2011
Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged is a feature length documentary film that examines the resurging interest in Ayn Rands epic and controversial 1957 novel and the validity of its dire prediction for America.
Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged 2011
The Virgin, the Copts and Me
The Virgin, the Copts and Me
After seeing a grainy video of what is supposed to be an apparition of the Virgin Mary, Abdel Messeh sets out to make a documentary about belief, family and religion, much to the disapproval of his mother.
The Virgin, the Copts and Me 2011
Vito
Prime Video
Vito
In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBTQ+ representation in the media. He went on to write "The Celluloid Closet", the first book to critique Hollywood's portrayals of gays on screen. During the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, Vito became a passionate advocate for justice via the newly formed ACT UP, before his death in 1990.
Vito 2011
Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist
Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist
Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist (Confessions) is not your typical eco-film. Seen through the eyes of activist Peter Jay Brown (from Whale Wars), Confessions grants the viewer an intimate look at shipboard life amongst these self-proclaimed animal saviors and sea rebels, the ones who helped shape the Green Movement we know and love today.
Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist 2011
The Lost World Cup
The Lost World Cup
The film reconstructs the mysterious story of the 1942 Patagonia World Soccer championship, never acknowledged by the official sports organizations, and which for decades have remained shrouded in legend without the winner ever being known.
The Lost World Cup 2011
180
180
The film begins by showing images of the Holocaust, and stating that Hitler sanctioned the killing of 11 million people. This is followed by Comfort interviewing people about Adolf Hitler; their responses indicate a lack of historical knowledge, although he also finds a neo-Nazi who claims to love Hitler. Comfort proposes a hypothetical situation to his interviewees, asking if they would kill Hitler if they had the opportunity at that time in history. He asks more hypotheticals dealing with what his interviewees might do in other circumstances related to the Holocaust. He then switches his topic to make similar comparisons to abortion within the United States and the right to life, personalizing his arguments to make comparisons between the Holocaust and abortion in order to place the interviewees on the spot. The documentary concludes with Comfort stating that over 50 million abortions have occurred to date; he calls this the "American Holocaust".
180 2011
A Nightmare in Las Cruces
A Nightmare in Las Cruces
In winter 1990, a friendly bowling match turned into a deadly nightmare when a pair of robbers walked into the Las Cruces, New Mexico, lanes, emptied the safe and then shot the bowlers. This documentary takes a close look at the still-unsolved case.
A Nightmare in Las Cruces 2011
Sénac, Jean. Algérien, Poète.
Sénac, Jean. Algérien, Poète.
Jean Sénac, born in Béni Saf in Algeria in 1926 and died in Algiers in 1973, is today considered one of the great French writers and poets and the only one of his reputation to have accompanied the Algerian revolution before November 1954. part of all the debates and got involved, very early and with immense enthusiasm, in a work of commitment which ended badly. His poetry, his sexual preferences and his political lyricism work against him: rejected as much by the Pieds Noirs as by the FLN activists then by the power in place in Algiers, Jean Sénac was assassinated in 1973 at his home in Algiers, in circumstances never clarified.
Sénac, Jean. Algérien, Poète. 2011
Beirut Kamikaze
Beirut Kamikaze
Beirut Kamikaze 2011
MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends
MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends
MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends is a live album by Mexican recording artists Los Tigres del Norte. It was recorded before a live audience at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California, on February 8, 2011 and released by Fonovisa Records on May 24, 2011. The album includes featured performances by Andrés Calamaro, Calle 13, Zack de la Rocha, Juanes, Paulina Rubio and Diego Torres.
MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends 2011
Jussi i våra hjärtan
Jussi i våra hjärtan
On February 2, 2011, Jussi Björling would have turned 100 years old. Just in time for the anniversary comes the film, a drama documentary about the legendary opera singer.
Jussi i våra hjärtan 2011
Beginnings of the Space Age: Destination Moon
Beginnings of the Space Age: Destination Moon
"Destination Moon" is the third in the trio of documentaries about the beginnings of the space age. It documents JPL's ambitious plan to beat the Soviet Union in robotic space exploration by reaching not only for the moon, but also the inner planets. But as the hour-long episode documents, JPL would be humbled by a series of failures in attempting to merely hit the moon, let alone visit the other planets. "We didn't know what we were doing," one veteran JPL engineer confides, "and there was no one around to tell us." This film shows how JPL did learn to go to the moon and to the planet Venus, giving the United States its first "First in Space."
Beginnings of the Space Age: Destination Moon 2011
Day Is Done
Day Is Done
A poetic but also wryly humorous study of the selfish artist trying to play the indifferent God, but ending up revealing himself as all too human.
Day Is Done 2011
Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
Mother, the film, breaks a 40-year taboo by bringing to light an issue that silently fuels our largest environmental, humanitarian and social crises - population growth. Since the 1960s the world population has nearly doubled, adding more than 3 billion people. At the same time, talking about population has become politically incorrect because of the sensitivity of the issues surrounding the topic- religion, economics, family planning and gender inequality. The film illustrates both the over consumption and the inequity side of the population issue by following Beth, a mother, a child-rights activist and the last sibling of a large American family of twelve, as she discovers the thorny complexities of the population dilemma and highlights a different path to solve it.
Mother: Caring for 7 Billion 2011
The Sky Above
The Sky Above
Blurring borders between documentary and fiction, this film portrays a few moments from the lives of three people from Belo Horizonte: a transsexual prostitute and academic, a Hare Krishna soccer fan and a would-be writer.
The Sky Above 2011
Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon
Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon
A behind-the-scenes look at the rise of the American rock band, Kings of Leon.
Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon 2011
Match 64: The Final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup
Match 64: The Final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup
Go behind the scenes and get closer to the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final than ever before in 'Match 64', a documentary that features exclusive interviews, footage and access to the battle between Spain and the Netherlands.
Match 64: The Final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup 2011
How Beer Saved the World
How Beer Saved the World
This show traces the important role that beer has played in human history from the probable origins of the first beer at the dawn of history to the development of a special beer for use in zero gravity space missions.
How Beer Saved the World 2011
Ayn Rand: In Her Own Words
Ayn Rand: In Her Own Words
Revealing the surprising life story of one of the world's most influential minds, this unprecedented film weaves together Ayn Rand's own recollections and reflections, providing a new understanding of her inspirations and influences.
Ayn Rand: In Her Own Words 2011
Bruce Springsteen: Between the Lull and the Storm
Bruce Springsteen: Between the Lull and the Storm
Bruce Springsteen: Between the Lull and the Storm movie was released Jun 14, 2011 by the United States Dist. studio. How different the career and music of Springsteen could have turned out had it not been for his legally enforced recording hiatus, witnessed between the release of his celebrated Born to Run album and the delayed but extraordinary follow-up Darkness on the Edge of Town, almost 3 years later. Bruce Springsteen: Between the Lull and the Storm movie Despite the undeniable strength of his 1975 opus, during this break from the studio, many wondered if the future of rock n' roll was a one trick pony who had somehow managed to capture the imagination of the media for a brief moment, but in reality was just another "new Bob Dylan" who got lucky.
Bruce Springsteen: Between the Lull and the Storm 2011
BBC Horizon: Are We Still Evolving?
BBC Horizon: Are We Still Evolving?
Dr Alice Roberts follows a trail of clues from ancient human bones to the frontiers of genetic research to discover if we are still evolving - and where we might be heading.
BBC Horizon: Are We Still Evolving? 2011