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Seven Wonders of the Buddhist World

Seven Wonders of the Buddhist World

August 6, 2011

In this fascinating documentary, historian Bettany Hughes travels to the seven wonders of the Buddhist world.Her journey begins at the Mahabodhi Temple in India, where Buddhism was born; here Hughes examines the foundations of the belief system - the three jewels.At Nepal's Boudhanath Stupa, she looks deeper into the concept of dharma - the teaching of Buddha, and at the Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka, Bettany explores karma, the idea that our intentional acts will be mirrored in the future.At Wat Pho Temple in Thailand, Hughes explores samsara, the endless cycle of birth and death that Buddhists seek to end by achieving enlightenment, before travelling to Angkor Wat in Cambodia to learn more about the practice of meditation.In Hong Kong, Hughes visits the Giant Buddha and looks more closely at Zen, before arriving at the final wonder, the Hsi Lai temple in Los Angeles, to discover more about the ultimate goal for all Buddhists - nirvana.

Oakie's Outback Adventures

Oakie's Outback Adventures

August 4, 2011

Oakie, a young blue heeler pup, is supposed to be delivered to Texas, USA, but through a courier bungle he ends up in Texas, Queensland, in Outback Australia. Oakie is quickly befriended by Action Dann (an animated character identifiably based on Troy Dann) and they embark on a series of adventures, meeting many wonderful and quirky characters in the rugged and unique beauty of the Australian Outback.

Clara Campoamor, the Neglected Woman

Clara Campoamor, the Neglected Woman

August 3, 2011

Spain, 1931. Under the Second Republic, women are eligible, but cannot vote. Victoria Kent and Clara Campoamor, the first women in the Spanish Parliament, intend to fight for women's rights, and Clara knows that the first step is to get the women's vote approved…

At River's Edge

At River's Edge

August 2, 2011

A samurai Sakunosuke gets an order from clan chamberlain to kill another samurai who is married with his own younger sister. As a loyal samurai he has to accept the mission even though he has inner conflicts.

Hi, Neighbor

Hi, Neighbor

August 1, 2011

This experimental short film is about a little girl who lost her home to urban renewal, and asks her wealthy neighbor, "why?" The film is a prequel to Andrade-Watkins' documentary trilogy about the Cape Verdean community in Fox Point. "Hi, Neighbor" had its world premiere at the 2011 Cape Verdean International Film Festival and was awarded Jury Selection (first prize), in the 2012 Black Maria Film Festival.

Zeitgeist, History Rewritten

July 28, 2011

A refutation to Part 1 of Zeitgeist.

Hitler's Suicide Ship

Hitler's Suicide Ship

July 26, 2011

After battling in late 1939 with British cruisers off the coast of Uruguay, Hitler’s prized “pocket battleship” and high-tech wonder, the Admiral Graf Spee was blown up by its own captain, Hans Langsdorff. Denounced by the Nazi regime, Langsdorff commits suicide shortly thereafter. National Geographic Channel reconstructs the first naval battle of World War II and retraces the events that led to the Graf Spee’s ultimate destruction.

Last Flight of the Space Shuttle

Last Flight of the Space Shuttle

July 23, 2011

The story of the space shuttle - it's triumphs and disasters - and the dream of building an affordable and reusable spacecraft

The Moon

The Moon

July 21, 2011

Born to impoverished farmers, Pumpuang Duangjan faces setbacks, heartbreak and tragedy on the road to becoming one of Thailand's most cherished singers.

A Phantom Ride on the Evergreen Branch

A Phantom Ride on the Evergreen Branch

July 18, 2011

Tracing the ghost of infrastructure in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

La visita meravigliosa: Viaggio in Italia sulle tracce di Nino Rota

La visita meravigliosa: Viaggio in Italia sulle tracce di Nino Rota

July 17, 2011

Pechorin

Pechorin

July 15, 2011

Based on the Russian classic novel. While maintaining all the main plot-lines of the novel, it follows the events not as they happen but as they are reflected in the mind of the dying hero. Thus make a chain of recollections about the life he had lived through, now seen as a series of irrevocable mistakes and interpreted anew: it is either reconsideration or repentance. Recollections make main hero torment himself over his own past pretenses that seem ridicules now agonize and despair over his perfect indifference to everything except himself, see the horrible aspect of killing his friend, a greenhorn and a show-off. The final action of an intelligent and outstanding man is judging oneself without mercy.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

July 15, 2011

A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women.

The Law in These Parts

The Law in These Parts

July 13, 2011

Can justice truly be served in the occupied territories given the current system of law administered by Israel for Palestinians? This documentary explores the history of Israel's military legal system in the Occupied Palestinian Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Josef

Josef

July 10, 2011

It is a movie about survive in war time (WW1 East front). In dark colors, with interesting characters, mixture of ash and sand, puzzle of stories, cynic, precise, harsh, bitter, Rubick cube of times and events.

La très excellente et divertissante histoire de François Rabelais

La très excellente et divertissante histoire de François Rabelais

July 8, 2011

Sensual, facetious, satirical and mocking, François Rabelais born at the end of the 15th century, alone embodies the Middle Ages, this fertile era from which the modern world emerged, and the spirit of research, of intellectual fever of the Renaissance, its enthusiasms and its aspirations.

一号档案守护者

一号档案守护者

July 7, 2011

Shellshock

July 7, 2011

Ireland, 1923. A young man returns home after fighting for the British Army during World War One. He struggles to settle back in, his memories of the trenches still haunting him.

Leaky Boat

July 7, 2011

When Australia stopped the refugee boats in 2001, most Australians applauded. Ten years later, the people who were there tell us what we didn't then know.

Lee & Grant

Lee & Grant

July 6, 2011

Produced with the cooperation of leading Civil War historian Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump, Lee & Grant is a personal look at two iconic leaders of the Civil War. Surprising details reveal the bold choices and almost godlike power Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee summoned on decisive battlefields like Vicksburg and Gettysburg that, within days of each other, turned the tide of the war.