Tag: Documentaries
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The Tiny House Movement Gets Its Own Documentary
A chance encounter with the Tiny House movement led one film maker to spend years in this "alternate universe". Now, she is telling her story.
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“To the Arctic” 3D is Filled with Adorable Animals Surviving Climate Change (Video)
Focusing on Walruses, Caribou, and Polar Bears, this documentary shows the wonders of the Arctic on IMAX 3D with a story of struggle and tenacity in a rapidly shrinking landscape.
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The Week in Animal News: Chimps Teach Bike Safety, Fat Dogs Get a Stairlift and More
A 1952 film teaches bike safety with a wayward chimp, the growing ranks of obese pets get a free ride up the stairs and more.
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Proceeds From Disneynature’s "Chimpanzee" Will Benefit the Jane Goodall Institute
In time for Earth Day, a heartwarming film about an orphaned chimp leads to an unlikely bond, raising both awareness and hard cash.
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Maldives' Mohamed Nasheed Pleads for a Solution to Rising Sea Levels in Film "The Island President" (Video)
The documentary about the former president of the Maldives points to the vulnerability of his country and rising sea levels around the world.
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New PBS Series "Food Forward" to Highlight Unsung Food Heroes (Video)
A new documentary series on PBS will feature the food rebels who are changing how communities eat across the country.
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PBS Documentary “Raccoon Nation" Suggests Humans are Making Raccoons Smarter
A documentary examines the problems with urban raccoons adapting and thriving in big cities.
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Contest Time! The Crisis of Civilization Remix Challenge
The Crisis of Civilization explores our modern cultural crises by sampling archive film footage from PSAs. Now the makers are asking budding film makers to have a go themselves.
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Sundance Film Fest 2012: “Chasing Ice” and “Atomic States”
Two eco-documentaries premiere at Sundance chronicle a toxic environmental problem and the dramatic impact of climate change
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Canadian Skier Takes Skiing to the City, Catches Bus for his Next Run (Video)
This could be the greatest skiing video you will ever see -- and it proves there's no need to waste energy on lifts.
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Sundance Film Fest Highlights “Fierce Green Fire” Documentary
2012 Sundance Film Festival features a definitive film on five decades of the environmental movement in its documentary program.
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Can We All Join Grandmother Heidemarie Schwermer in Living Without Money?
In a documentary by Line Halvorsen, Schwermer invites everyone to join her cash-free lifestyle. What would happen if we all did that?
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Exclusive Look at Charles & Ray Eames' Home in Los Angeles
Three Eames-related exhibitions allow you to see the designers' home and designs.
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Eames Documentary Premieres on PBS Highlighting “Less Is More” Idea
A documentary that chronicles the innovative and influential design work of Ray and Charles Eames with a look inside their famed studio
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5 Eco-Themed Documentary Films Make 2012 Oscar Shortlist
Five of the 15 documentary films on the Oscar shortlist -- see the trailers here -- share an environmental message.
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Josh Fox, Director of Gasland, on the Lies of Hydrofracking (Podcast)
Josh Fox, the writer and director of Gasland, discusses the ravages of hydrofracking and the fight against it .
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Ambitious Documentary Explores Computing and the Human Experience
How wrapped up in computing is humanity? A new documentary project hopes to explore and share the details about how technology and human experience are intertwined.
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Gutsy Turkish Villagers Stand Up to Destructive Dams
The new film 'Sudaki Suretler' (Figures in the Water) highlights local resistance to the more than 1,700 dams and hydroelectric power plants planned for Turkey.
