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- Two sisters in 1920s London work to achieve success in the dressmaking business.
- The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
- In 1862, during the American Civil War, a Southern civilian is about to be hanged for attempting to sabotage a railway bridge. When the execution takes place from the bridge, the rope breaks and he begins his escape toward home.
- A filmed record of Pablo Picasso painting numerous canvases for the camera, allowing us to see his creative process at work.
- A way of life is dying on an Outer Hebridean island fishing port, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
- The "docu-remedy" about the grade school game that derailed an entire generation.
- An is-she-or-isn't-she gay comedy focused on a Taiwanese teen, the boy she might like, and the girl she may love.
- Under the guise of a brutally honest documentary, this malevolent propaganda film aims to be an "indispensable tool in the hands of the Aryan race", designed to depict the "true" Jew when the masks of western civilisation fall off.
- A weekly anthology of one-hour plays, both original and adapted from literary sources.
- A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
- James Burke explores key moments in Western History where new knowledge in science changed the way the modern Western world thinks.
- Johnny Lingo, one of the sharpest traders in the south pacific islands decides to bargain for a wife, and offers a record price of eight cows for Mahana, a plain girl who shuns contact. This causes quite a sensation on the island. A year later Johnny and his wife return for the first time since the marriage, and all find that something miraculous has occurred to Mahana. Johnny explains that by paying eight cows he proved that she was worth more to him than any other woman on the island. He gave her a great gift, that of self-worth.
- Asking to leave a school bus, Cliff, a young teenager, collapses and dies in the snow near the roadside. His math teacher is asked to notify the parents and then write a short obituary. This task is difficult, for although he was Cliff's favorite teacher and had the most interaction of any at the school, he barely knew him. In unraveling the mystery of the untimely death, he finds that Cliff was shy, lonely, and ostracized, being slowly reduced to nothing, a zero (cipher). He vows to not let this happen to others.
- In 1986, astronomer turned computer scientist Clifford Stoll had just started working on a computer system at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory when he noticed a 75-cent discrepancy between the charges printed by two accounting programs responsible for charging people for machine use. Intrigued, he deduced that the system was being hacked, and he determined to find the culprit. This is the re-enactment of how he tracked down KGB cracker Markus Hess through the Ethernet to Hannover, Germany, as is told in his best-selling book _ The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage_ (1989). Stoll has become a celebrity for being, as he terms himself, "a computer contrarian."
- The enchanting tale of the winsome little tuba who tires of only being able to sing "OOMPAH, OOMPAH" and decides to go off and find a melody of his own. His journey results in a gleeful musical fantasy of fun and friendship.
- Peter Gwazdauskas, a child with Down Syndrome, attends a normal school with regular students. The documentary follows Peter and how much he has improved throughout the school year.
- Fred Tuttle, faced with his father's impending hip operation and his failing farm, needs to make a six-digit salary with a fourth-grade education. So he runs for U.S. Representative from Vermont with a markedly bizarre campaign. Will he triumph over incumbent Bill Blachly?
- John Baker emerges as a fine runner while in High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and then continues setting records at the University of New Mexico. His ability is world-class, and after receiving his university degree he accepts a position as a coach and physical education teacher at Aspen Elementary School while continuing to train (with the 1972 Olympics in sight). He becomes very popular with parents and students alike, for seeking ways to involve all his students, even those with an apparent lack of ability. Learning that he has terminal cancer he contemplates suicide, but instead chooses to dedicate himself even more to the kids, helping even the handicapped to participate, and co-founding and coaching the Duke City Dashers, an all-girl AAU track team. He hopes his "last race"...already beating the odds by a year, will not end before seeing this team win the national title.
- It's the last month of high school for graduating senior, Edward Hamil (Andy Ziegler). But when he realizes that he hasn't accomplished anything to list under his class picture, he goes on a soul searching mission for the perfect yearbook caption.
- A college senior plots out his life beginning with a motorcycle ride through Mexico and South America, but his girl friend has other plans.
- Three men bike across America, headed for the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. They carry a basketball, which is signed by all who aid them on their journey, hoping that at the end of their journey, it will be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame, as a symbol of America.
- Jesco's trip to Los Angeles to appear in an episode of the Roseanne Barr show as an Elvis impersonating clog dancer is chronicled.
- For over 50 years, Ralph Stanley's banjo playing, haunting tenor voice and tradition-inspired repertoire have epitomized old time bluegrass music. This documentary explores Stanley's musical roots in the Clinch Mountains of Virginia, the early days of The Stanley Brothers, and Ralph's decision to continue on after the untimely death of brother Carter.
- A look at the reaction and aftermath of the murder of a documentary filmmaker in rural Kentucky in 1967.
- For two lifelong friends from Boston "green" means money. So when they start up a counterfeiting ring it seems that they will be in the "green" for good. But no matter how close their friendship or how strong the bond of trust between them. They are about to find out the hard way. Money changes everything Friendship and trust take a backseat to greed and dishonesty in this compelling drama from writer/director Marc Powers. "GREEN" is an interesting as well as honest look at what the effects of money, along with other influences, can have on any relationship.
- Amazing Journey takes us into the hearts and lives of America's undiscovered talent. Follow them on the path to self discovery and what they really want. Travel behind the scenes to see those involved in producing an adaptation of the Tony award-winning off-Broadway musical "Tommy," produced by Hawaii's own Manoa Valley Theatre. There's truth about raw ambition and extreme dedication. There's an inside look at the dreams of the innocent, the knowledge of experience and the pride in the journey itself, while providing a cultural view on society and the arts. Tim, the narrator, provides bipolar complexity-how experience contrasts with innocence, and how easily youthful talent can dissolve into an unappreciative society.
- Neil Murphy returns to his hometown, after an eight year absence, to attend the wake of his best friend Danny Sherman. However Neil doesn't quite receive such a warm welcome on his return as he is led to believe his friend was murdered. With the help of Danny's sister Lisa and her friend Roger. Neil may soon uncover the mystery surrounding his friend's death. But as the answers unfold before him will he be ready to deal with the events of their past? Or will he just wish it stayed buried?
- Description: An award-winning film about a 24-year old Harvard law student who is caught between his past and his present. Haunted by nightmares, the sleepless nights and long hours spent studying have started to take their toll on a personal relationship. After a series of tragic events, Kenny is forced to reevaluate his choices and plans for the future -- but will there be a future?
- In the city of San Francisco, where more homeless people died in 1998 than any other year on record and where low quality of life is a crime, there is a man who's passion for playing his guitar has forced him to the streets, and yet kept him alive. His name is Tim.
- If anyone needs AA, the Betty Ford Clinic, and a visit with Sigmund Freud, it's Bill, a middle-aged, a-social dipsomaniac using painkillers and vodka tonics to rationalize his erratic behavior. After a series of hallucinations feed his xenophobic paranoia, he begins to plot revenge against his imagined conspirators. His impulsive actions snowball into unbridled chaos against a chance group of strangers that have the misfortune of crossing his path.
- A college fraternity holds "Hell Night" aboard a cruise ship.
- Follows Roma (Gypsy) Safet Tairov's personal, economic, social and political struggles to build a kindergarten in a small mountain village in Eastern Europe.
- A gravestone salesman leaves his wife and job to follow his infatuation, who happens to be dead.
- This movie short is about six unlucky souls who find themselves trapped in an old house surrounded by zombies. Their efforts to escape are both humorous and tragic. Who lives and who dies? You have to see it for yourself.
- How traditional sacred rituals can positively affect modern youth.
- The documentary "Free Radio" is the first in-depth look at the underground world of pirate radio stations in the United States. Stations from all over the country, including Washington, DC, Texas, Seattle, San Francisco, and Springfield, Illinois are visited as the debate between corporate vs. pirate radio broadcasting is examined.
- Ala "Roger & Me", a young woman goes to Cannes and gets rejected at every turn.
- 'RitualNation' is a cross-country visit to three unique American communities: the Burning Man in Nevada, the Rainbow Family in Oregon and the Radical Faeries in Tennessee.
- A drunken scientist and his assistant plot to blow up the earth.
- What if today you could know about an incident that will happen tomorrow... Will you panic? Will you take action? Or will you ignore it? Izabella Nivoli gets that opportunity after inheriting her past cousin's radio that tells tomorrows death incidents today. But before she realizes that the radio possesses the ability to tell tomorrows deadly truth, it just might be too late!
- A young man on a business trip checks into a hotel where things aren't quite what they seem to be. Away from his fiancée he indulges in his secret vices and meets a mysterious woman who doesn't like to be alone. This trip is not going to end the way he expected.
- When a tramp gets her guitar stolen, she meets a morose musician and courts him through an series of events and characters.