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- A film archivist finds his sanity crumbling after he is given an old 16mm film reel with footage from a horrific murder that occurred in the early 1900's.
- An poorly-educated house-wife fights companies polluting her hometown's water-table in up-state New York during the 1970's.
- The Love Canal was a suburban community that seemed like any other until the residents made a horrible discovery that the houses they purchased and the school their children attended was built on top of a toxic waste dump. After the hard work and dedication of they community, a number of families were relocated and their houses and school were demolished and buried deep below the ground rather than risk transporting the highly toxic materials away to another location. Several years later, in the 1990's part of the Love Canal community was declared safe and habitable, and the homes that were not demolished were resold below market value. However, as time has gone by, the adverse health effects that the former owners suffered were now beginning to be seen in the new residents. This documentary delves into the matter of how the Love Canal site is remains a serious health concern for the families who purchased the homes after the area was declared to be habitable.
- A live-action documentary film, this independent film was produced by Nibariki (Miyazaki's personal office), with the revenue from Nausicaä. At first, it was supposed to be an animated film which took place in the town of Yanagawa. After the success of Nausicaä, Tokuma wanted to produce another animated movie (of course, they wanted a Nausicaä sequel), and Miyazaki was looking for a good project. Miyazaki visited Yanagawa, and was impressed by the beautiful town with its canals, and came up with an idea for a film about high school boys and girls in Yanagawa, and thought that Takahata, who worked as a producer for Nausicaä, should direct such a film. However, when Takahata visited Yanagawa for research, he came to be more interested in the history of the town, especially how local people fought to preserve the canals which have been a part of the community for a long time, and how they put a great deal of effort to clean up the once polluted canals. As a result, it became a live action documentary, and Miyazaki decided to spend his own money on it. It took three years for Takahata to complete this film.
- Follows three small time criminals from Dublin's North Inner City as they each aspire to be somebody in a fast changing society.
- The struggle of the peasants whose villages were destroyed by their lords.
- Paul Gauguin, sick and dying, is subjected to a trial by French authorities in Tahiti while he obsesses over painting his last great work.
- Drama following the lives of two families living on the colourfully painted canal boats of Britain.
- A two-hour, real-time canal boat journey down one of Britain's most historic waterways, the Kennet and Avon Canal, from Top Lock in Bath to the Dundas Aqueduct.
- Three generations of New Orleans prostitute fight the FBI and each other. Based on a true story.
- This famous Chinese scroll painting traces the Emperor Kangxi's second tour of his southern empire in 1689. Painted by Wang Hui (1632-1717) and assistants, it was executed before Western perspective was introduced into Chinese art. Hockney contrasts the more fluid spatial depictions of this scroll with a later scroll painted by Xu Yang and assistants, The Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour (1764-1770), scroll four. This scroll illustrates the same tour, but now taken by the Qianlong emperor, grandson of the Kangxi emperor. Influenced by Western perspective, the Qianlong scroll presents the emperor in a single tableau, whereas the Kangxi scroll depicts a continuous travel narrative filled with details of daily life in the towns and countryside along the route. Reference is also made to the use of perspective in Capriccio: Plaza San Marco Looking South and West (1763) by Italian painter Canaletto (1697-1768). Director Philip Haas (Angels and Insects and Up at the Villa), and artist David Hockney take you on a magical journey through China via a marvelous 72-foot long 17th-century Chinese scroll entitled The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour (1691-1698), scroll seven. As Hockney unrolls the beautiful and minutely detailed work of art, he traces the Emperor Kangxi's second tour of his southern empire in 1689. Hockney's charming and fascinating narration helps bring the bustling streets and waterfronts of three hundred years ago to life. Hockney spins a dazzling discourse on eastern and western perceptive and their relationship to his own artistic vision. His trip through one of China's most magnificent artworks is a joyous adventure for all!
- The construction of the Panama Canal, from the first failed attempt by the French through the successful completion by the United States under the stewardship of President Teddy Roosevelt, was one of the most amazing engineering feats of the last several hundred years. This remarkable documentary tells its entire history.
- Based on a novel by Georges Simenon: After her parents' death, a young woman moves in with her unsophisticated country relatives with unfortunate results.
- The first moving shot, created by a stationary camera on a gondola in Panorama du Grand Canal vu d'un Bateau, was filmed by Alexandre Promio for Louis Lumiere. Filming Locations: Venice, Veneto, Italy. Release Date: 1896 (France).
- Drift along Norway's Telemark Canal aboard the MS Victoria as it sails through a series of locks and past points of interest between Skien and Dalen.
- Explores the historical significance of canals as vital transportation routes during the Industrial Revolution.
- The adventures of two children on the canals during the 19th century.
- In their home city of Manchester, England, rock star brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher come to learn what it means to be a true 'Manc.'
- An FBI raid on Jeanette Maier's infamous family-run brothel in New Orleans destroyed her livelihood. Stigmatized by felony, fearing recrimination from clients & determined to protect her children, Jeanette sets out to reinvent herself.
- Cast and crew discuss about production challenges and the beauty of Venice, all the while riding on a boat through the canals.
- A mockumentary film about the mysteries and legends surrounding the strange creature that lives, or lived in the Nakagawa Industrial Canal in Nagoya.
- Plastic Tides take on 11 brutal days and 240 miles of driving snow, subzero temperatures, and punishing ice along the Erie Canal on stand up paddleboards to raise awareness of plastic microbeads in cosmetic products.
- A documentary travelogue exploring the sights of Venice, Italy.
- Chronicles the journey and lives of five Individuals who are all drawn to the city of Venice by various postcards featuring "The Canals" that have impacted each of their lives.
- "The more you watch Canal+, the more you love cinema."
- A meditation on economic cycles and the American Dream. The film surveys the macro-economics of industrial expansion and decline along the Erie Canal, and examines its impact on the lives of workers in steel, grain, textiles and shipping. In the wake of economic collapse, can the people of America's cities find meaning and worth?
- A rather self-explanatory piece that features more interviews about the stunning city.
- The most gigantic engineering project in the world's history is almost completed. The Milaflores locks and the spillway are opened for the first time and in this film the camera gives a comprehensive idea of the enormity of the undertaking which will link the Atlantic and Pacific,
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