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See No Evil
The daily life of three famous elderly apes who spend their days in sanctuaries; a movie-star, a scientist and a crippled are portrayed in SEE NO EVIL. We have watched them closely for many years. And they have been watching us... A poetic, sometimes bitter tale on the intriguing relationship...Watch Movie
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Tokyo Waka
TOKYO WAKA is as much a carefully-etched, lyrical portrait of Tokyo and its denizens as it is a full-fledged rendering of the surprisingly rich life of crows. A tofu seller, a homeless woman and a Buddhist priest contemplate mortality, the metabolism of their city and garbage, while around them...Watch Movie
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Varmints
VARMINTS is a powerful, engaging, and surprisingly humorous expose of the strained relations between people and wildlife in the American West. The film artfully unravels the controversy surrounding this unassuming little rodent, leaving viewers to ponder questions about the ethics of hunting for...Watch Movie
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Beluga Days
From the lower St. Lawrence, a picture of whale hunting that looks more like a round-up, with a corral, whale-boys and all. In 1534, when he stopped at the island he named L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Jacques Cartier saw how the Indians captured the little white beluga whales by setting a fence of...Watch Movie
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Compound Eyes
Commissioned by the Exploratorium in San Francisco, Paul Clipson's five-part COMPOUND EYES cycle delves into the otherworldliness of the natural world. In training his Super-8 camera on insects and other "minor" invertebrates, Clipson draws the eye into an unseen realm, one so delicate as to...Watch Movie
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The Pain of Others
THE PAIN OF OTHERS is a found footage documentary about Morgellons, a mysterious illness whose sufferers say they have parasites under the skin, long colored fibers emerging from lesions, and a host of other bizarre symptoms which could be borrowed from a horror film. Tens of...Watch Movie
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Leviathan
One of the most critically-acclaimed documentaries in recent years, LEVIATHAN is a groundbreaking, immersive portrait of the contemporary commercial fishing industry. Filmed off the coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts (at one time the whaling capital of the world as well as Herman Melville's...Watch Movie
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Great Wide Open: The Wolfman
A documentary series celebrating America's National Parks and the incredible adventurers who explore them. Directed by Jared Leto and produced in partnership with Budweiser. Featuring Douglas Smith. Jared and Doug explore Yellowstone Park, and discuss the history of the wolf...Watch Movie
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Araneae
Filmmaker Paul Clipson's underlying attraction to things that elude the touch finds its apotheosis in the translucent thread of the spider's web, contrasted here against the grey solidity of a factory building. Pitched on the lip of nightmare, ARANEAE accesses the sublime in the very small. - Max...Watch Movie
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The Bear
Set in 19th-century British Columbia, THE BEAR follows the story of a young cub and an adult grizzly as they join forces to survive the perils inherent in their mountain habitat. With each passing obstacle, the two bears further develop a friendship that can only make them stronger – but will it...Watch Movie
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The Queen's Garden
Critically acclaimed and enthralling study of the wildlife of Buckingham Palace Gardens is narrated by Virginia McKenna of the Born Free Foundation and written, produced and directed by Bill Travers. The Queen's Garden at Buckingham Palace forms a unique area of garden and...Watch Movie
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G-Spotting
G-SPOTTING: A STORY OF PLEASURE AND PROMISE is a captivating, playful and well-researched documentary that explores the modern history of female sexuality. It is a fascinating investigation into the instrumentalization of women's pleasure, and women's bodies, by our society; and an attempt to...Watch Movie
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Bestiaire
Fascinating and beguiling, BESTIAIRE is filmmaker Denis Côté's mesmerizing meditation on the relationships between animals and people through the seasons at a Quebec safari park. This strikingly gorgeous work about the act of looking slyly blurs the line between observer and observed (the film...Watch Movie
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Fish Tail
Rabo de Peixe (literally translated as 'fish tail') is the name of a village in the Azores that is home to the largest collection of artisanal fisheries on the whole archipelago. The residents, mostly fishermen and their families, have relied on these waters for generations. FISH TAIL is a...Watch Movie
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Gut Hack
Josiah Zayner, a former NASA scientist turned bio-hacker, seeks to rid himself of ongoing physical ailments by replacing all the bacteria living inside of him with that of a donor's. This method involves, among other things, swallowing pills made of the donor's poop, and scrubbing himself "clean"...Watch Movie
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Facing the Storm
The epic account of our tempestuous relationship with the American bison, once dominating the plains of North America, numbering in the tens of millions. Native Plains Indians shared a sacred relationship with the species that went far beyond survival and sustenance. Then, in...Watch Movie
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Standards of Perfection
This is not a film about miniature horses... Rather, this documentary explores the idea of perfection as understood by The American Miniature Horse Association Standard of Perfection. The film questions the nature of such ideals as they are applied to the miniature horses of...Watch Movie
