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“Documentary film” is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to “document” reality. (Wikipedia)

Prehistoric Park

Prehistoric ParkCreated by UK independent producers Impossible Pictures, the multi award-winning creators of the Walking With … series, Prehistoric Park follows wildlife expert, Nigel Marven, and his team of zoologists as they travel back in time to rescue some of the most amazing animals who ever roamed the earth and transport them back thousands of years to the present day to be

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Elvis - That’s the Way It Is

Elvis - That’s the Way It IsIn 1970, Elvis Presley seemed stalled on the comeback treadmill: Not quite part of the rock ‘n’ roll scene that was then dominated by the Beatles and Rolling Stones, nor part of the burgeoning ’50s revival movement. He was a man who needed to do it his way, and his 1970 tour of duty in the Las Vegas Hilton International Hotel — at the time and for many years to follow,

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White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and NagasakiOn August 6, 1945, the world was changed forever when American forces dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, another similar bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, and shortly afterward Japan surrendered to the United States. The human cost was tremendous — 210,000 died in the immediate aftermath of the atomic attacks,

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Shark Week: 20th Anniversary Collection

Shark Week: 20th Anniversary CollectionLurking silently beneath the ocean’s surface is one of nature’s most terrifying creatures — a powerful predator that can rip its prey apart in a matter of seconds. Now you can experience actual shark attacks and rescues captured on film. Learn why these attacks are increasing at an alarming rate, and see the awe-inspiring lengths sharks will go to when they’re on the hunt.

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A Crude Awakening - The Oil Crash

A Crude Awakening - The Oil CrashBasil Gelpke and Ray McCormack’s nonfiction treatise Crude Awakening joins Maxed Out, An Inconvenient Truth, and other recent documentaries devoted to unearthing and exploring forces that are untying the connective threads of contemporary society. The subject at hand is crude oil - specifically, the depletion of petroleum from the Earth, in an era when

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Roving Mars

Roving MarsMars is Earth’s closest planetary neighbor, and for decades scientists have been curious about the so-called “Red Planet,” wondering if it’s possible that life exists there, how its soil and terrain differs from our own, and if water can be found. While sending a manned space mission to Mars has been considered beyond the reach of America’s space program, in 2001 the

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