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The Quiet American Gardener
2 x 60’, 2012, HD
In the 1880s, American Lawrence Johnston settled in the rolling hills of the English Cotswolds and created a quintessentially English garden. Today it is visited by a quarter of a million people a year. Jardin Serre de la Madone is his second masterpiece in the Gorbio Valley in France. Both are beautiful and filled with rare and exotic plants. This show offers a unique and indepth look at these gifts in gardening.
196 Productions
We are living in a time of enormous change, when news literally flies by us with the speed of an early morning tweet. From the changing face of America, to the upheaval of the status quo in Washington, America is in metamorphosis. What we need most to explain this uncertain era is a reckoning—an accounting of the voices and forces that represent this new America. And no one is more equipped and experienced than Jorge Ramos to explore the U.S. landscape today.
Fusion Original Production
Diving into the streets of Havana, we meet change makers in Cuba today. Following their journeys to thrive and survive in a rapidly shifting society, they provide unique perspectives on how their country is shaped by an ongoing culture of revolution, one more nuanced than meets the eye. Speaking to thought leaders in the US and Cuba, history is made present as our characters trace their place in Cuban history to a trail of revolution and reform.
Rat Roads chronicles the unforgettable journey of a Rwandan orphan from his birth in a refugee camp in 1972 to him taking the podium at the University of Pretoria in 2011 to receive a masters degree in law. It was an extraordinary achievement for someone who had survived genocide, committed atrocities in Africa’s bloodiest civil war, and who had originally arrived in South Africa on foot, spending nights sleeping in parks and living as a street child.
Jacques Pauw
A look at the life and legacy of critically acclaimed television writer-producer Sam Simon as he fought two battles – one against cancer and another for animal rights. Sam Simon, best known for co-creating The Simpsons, was diagnosed with terminal colorectal cancer in 2012 and passed away on March 8, 2015 at the age of 59. As he battled cancer, Simon chose to give away most of his fortune to save animals from harmful and abusive situations worldwide.
Fusion Original Production
This documentary celebrates the rich, cultural and environmental tapestry which makes up Papua New Guinea. Indeed, according to Sacred Ecology in the Pacific Islands, the ‘ethnosphere’ and the biosphere are a single integrated whole. The conservation value of the country’s natural and cultural assets is ultimately juxtaposed with the fast-changing reality exacerbated by illicit deforestation and dodgy developments.
Real America With Jorge Ramos
5 x 30’, 2017, HD
Rat Roads
1 x 60’, 2012, HD
Rebel With A Cause:
The Sam Simon Story
1 x 60’, 2015, HD
Re-Evolution: The Cuban Dream
4 x 30’, 2019, HD
True Spectrum Media
Alessio Bariviera
Remembering Papua New Guinea
1 x 60’, 2019, 4K
People & Culture