In the Taplejung District of Nepal, Kanchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world behind Mt. Everest and K2. Translated it means, "the five treasures of snows" because it contains five peaks - four of which stand above 27,000 feet - the highest standing at 28,169 feet. Climbers face below freezing temperatures and impossible conditions...
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When it comes to independent animators, Bill Plympton is the undisputed king. His illustrations have been featured in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Penthouse, and National Lampoon. Since 1981, when his political cartoon "Plymptoons" was syndicated nationally, he has become a major force and...
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After the End is a documentary film about the effect of loss in each of our lives. Following the stories of people who have each experienced the death of a loved one, the film explores what it means to lose someone without losing ourselves in the process. Guided by Andrew Morgan, who lost his father in a cycling...
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Auyan Tepui is the highest table mountain in the Amazon. The indigenous Indians believe that demons still live on the top of it. Extreme explorer Becko Ondrejovic managed the first complete traverse and was so fascinated with its vertical lines, he decided to come back with his friends. Together, they climbed up the totally virgin wall...
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Americans have been taken hostage in Iran, but in the seedy dying discos of 1979 Los Angeles, a naive young immigrant is hostage to his own American dream. Houshang, or "Hank" when he's pretending to be Italian to get past prejudiced doormen, sees the disco club circuit as his ticket to a better life. Houshang's ambition leads to a chaotic...
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American Shopper is a hybrid documentary that documents the introduction of "Aisling", a new supermarket sport that promotes self-expression through creative shopping, and, in a larger sense, celebrates the human desire to rise above the ordinary. It follows eight "aislers" as they modify shopping carts, create costumes, and rehearse..
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Despite their wildly different working styles, Grace and John manage to chronicle the hopes and dreams of four fascinating subjects: IVAN, a convenience-store clerk who longs for a career in publishing; LISA, a florist trying to recover her lost memories; JUDY, a hopeless romantic who learns to accept her true nature; and JOEL...
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Crossing the Arctic Ocean from Russia to Canada through the North Pole has remained the last, almost impossible dream of Arctic explorers. This is the true life story of four polar explorers who tried to make this dream come true using only their own strength and without any aircraft support. These explorers reached the North Pole in 75...
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Songwriter Seth Swirsky grew up in the 1960s idolizing the Beatles –their songs, their sound and their style. In 2004, he set out, video camera in hand, to talk to people who had crossed paths with his heroes. From Sir Ben Kingsley to Sir George Martin, and Beach Boy Brian Wilson to astronomer Brian Skiff, Swirsky filmed hundreds...
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