
Primate (1974)
Primate sees realist documentarian Frederick Wiseman hone his lens on the inmates of the Yerkes Primate Research Centre. A representative scientist explains the aims and outcomes of the organisation, describing the mating habits and relationships of the animals.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Frederick Wiseman
Life (1993)
Poetic essay about the beginning of life from labor pains and birth and about its symbolic meaning.
Ocean Oasis (2000)
Ocean Oasis is a fascinating journey into the bountiful seas and pristine deserts of two remarkably different, but inextricably linked worlds — Mexico’s Sea of Cortés and the Baja California…
Neurons to Nirvana (2013)
Through interviews with leading psychologists and scientists, Neurons to Nirvana explores the history of four powerful psychedelic substances (LSD, Psilocybin, MDMA and Ayahuasca) and their previously established medicinal potential. Strictly…
Film Is. a Girl & a Gun (2009)
Fragments of several (mostly) silent films are shown. They’re guided by quotes from, among others, Plato and Sappho and a soundtrack.
Russell Brand – From Addiction to Recovery (2012)
BBC 3 follows actor and comedian Russell Brand, as he campaigns for abstinence-based recovery programmes and the compassionate treatment of addiction as an illness rather than a crime.
Oil in the Blood (2019)
Lifelong biker Gareth Maxwell Roberts explores the contemporary custom motorcycle culture.
Making Fun: The Story of Funko (2018)
From a small garage in Redmond, Washington, to the furthest corners of the earth, Funko’s story is one that is centered around the fans and the global community that arose…
Flight of the Butterflies (2012)
It takes two or three generations for the monarch butterfly to reach the Canadian breeding grounds, but it is one “supergeneration” that makes the 2,000 mile return trip back south…
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let’s lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one time seeming innocent, have…
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel, “Deep Throat,” starring Linda Lovelace. This film would surpass the wildest expectation of everyone involved…
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the…
Run Ricky Run (2010)
Ricky Williams does not conform to America’s definition of the modern athlete. In 2004, with rumors of another positive marijuana test looming, the Miami Dolphins running back traded adulation and…