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The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg And The Pentagon Papers
1 x 94’, 2009, HD
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a leading Vietnam war strategist, concludes that America’s role in the war is based on decades of lies. He leaks 7,000 pages of top-secret documents to the New York Times, a daring act of conscience that leads directly to Watergate, President Nixon’s resignation and the end of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg and a who’s-who of Vietnam-era movers and shakers give a riveting account of these world-changing events.
Kovno Communications
Directors: Rick Goldsmith & Judith Ehrlich
Nefertiti: The Lonely Queen
1 x 90’ or 3 x 60’, 2019, HD
‘Nefertiti: The Lonely Queen’ looks at the status of cultural treasures taken from their country of origin. Voices demanding repatriation are getting stronger - the resistance of the former colonial powers holding on to these cultural cornerstones grows accordingly. Museum directors talk about why their institution is the rightful owner and custodian of certain objects. People demanding repatriation explain the necessity of guarding their cultural heritage in an accessible place in the home country. This is only one part of the big picture.
Markell Production/Heretic/ Films Transit
Directors: Thorkell Hardarson & Örn Marinó
Nile: The Ultimate River
1 x 90’ or 3 x 60’, 2014, HD
The wildlife in the Nile’s catchment area is as diverse as the landscapes and nations through which it flows. A river of 6,671 kilometres long, it harbours the Nile crocodile, the hippo and the Nile perch. Along its course, millions of animals, among them Mongalla gazelles and white- eared kobs, are dependent on this ’River of 1,000 Sources’. This three-part mini series explores all the different faces of the world’s ultimate river.
Terra Mater Factual Studios/Cosmos Factory Production/ National Geographic Channel/ France Television/WDR
Naledi:
A Baby Elephant’s Tale
1 x 90’ or 1 x 60’, 2015, 4K
Naledi tells the incredible story of a baby elephant born into a rescue camp in the wilderness of Botswana. When she’s suddenly orphaned at one month old, it’s up to the keepers who look after the herd to keep her alive. Camp scientist Mike Chase has launched the most ambitious ever census of African elephants: a last ditch effort to ensure their survival. He is racing to defend a species while struggling to save a single life.
Vulcan Productions Inc/ Off the Fence
Directors: Ben Bowie & Geoff Luck
Neurons To Nirvana
1 x 85’, 2014, HD
A stylish, in depth look at the renaissance in psychedelic drug research in light of current scientific, medical and cultural knowledge. The film explores these socially taboo substances as adjuncts to psychotherapy, as crucial but neglected medicines, and as technologies of consciousness. From ‘Neurons to Nirvana’ features interviews with some of the world’s foremost researchers, writers, and pioneers in the growing field of psychedelic psychotherapy.
Mangusta Productions/ Gravitas Ventures
Director: Oliver Hockenhull
No Word For Worry
1 x 89’ or 1 x 60’, 2014, HD
As one of the last indigenous Moken sea nomads, Hook wonders what the future holds. Raised with the ocean as his universe, learning to swim before he could walk, today his lifestyle is under threat. Hook’s voyage forces him to confront his intransigent family, and at the same time brings him face to face with ‘new’ values from the modern world. But how do you face the future when in the Moken language there is no word for ‘worry’? Also available is a 30’ behind the scenes film, Kindred Spriit
Ten Thousand Images
Director: Harold Pokieser
Director: Runar Jarle Wilk
Feature Docs