A Journey

Journey to the North Pole was the first film to be made about Cornelius Cardew's Scratch Orchestra. Cardew was an experimental English composer who founded the Scratch Orchestra in order to liberate avant-garde music from the control of the bourgeoisie.The orchestra had no restrictions to its membership and was an anarchic mix of amateurs, students, workers, professional musicians and composers. They wrote and performed graphic scores, group improvisations and deconstructed versions of the popular classics. Cardew sought, idealistically, to take the orchestra to the masses, and this tour captures them performing, predominantly outdoors, in North-East England.

This doc explores "The Band" guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson's Native American background. Half Mohawk on his mother's side, the film follows him back to the Six Nations reservation in Ontario where he spent summers growing up and picked up his first guitar. The resulting album, "Contact From the Underworld of Red Boy", draws on his childhood First Nation influences and includes musical collaborations wth Native artists such as John Trudell, Rita Coolidge and Buffy Ste Marie.

Chronicles over four centuries of African American influence on the development of the modern-day United States. Before Plymouth Rock and Jamestown, St. Augustine, FL had built a multicultural colony of free and enslaved men and women. This small colony would eventually set the stage for the first Underground Railroad in the late 1600s. Then, 300 years later, be the epicenter of events that would lead to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Sting's interest in this Elizabethan composer is unflagging. In this fascinating new 80-minute DVD music-documentary, he tells us how this inspiring project all came about, from genesis to realization. The program, which will also be sold worldwide as a TV special, is directed by Jim Gable, Sting's long-time associate and the director of his previous DVDs (All this Time and Inside The Songs of Sacred Love). Sting invites us behind the scenes as he learns the music with his teacher Richard Levitt and rehearses with lutenist Edin Karamazov in the unique atmosphere of his Tuscan villa and at his Elizabethan home and gardens near London. The DVD features Sting's thrilling never-before-released live performances in London and New York. It also includes interviews with Dowland experts and a photo gallery. Plus a bonus CD of various recordings of live performances.

Gerald Tabios, Filipino Ultra Runner, runs his 5th Badwater 135, considered as the world's toughest footrace. Together with his crew, Gerald has to run 2 deserts, climb 3 mountains, run 135 miles during record breaking heat across Death Valley within 48 hrs.

For many Americans, the journey of the Mayflower symbolizes the birth of their nation. To this day, the Pilgrim Fathers are a glorified symbol of American virtue. In search of autonomy and with the desire to preserve their cultural identity, a group of English Puritans left their Dutch refuge in 1620 to set off for the New World. That voyage is not just a tale of a religious community bravely going their own way; the events of those days would have a major impact on the course of modern history. The rules and regulations of the Mayflower Compact that the Pilgrim Fathers, religious sectarians, abided by, became the secular prototype for the constitution of the United States of America; a social contract that would serve as an example for many other national constitutions during the European age of civil society and thereafter.

Spectacular natural scenes thoughtfully blended with superb classical music. Visit the Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, Arches National Park and Grand Tetons while Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and other great composers set the mood.

Blu-ray release of the 100th commemorative performance of “Distant Worlds,” a full-orchestra concert tour of the FINAL FANTASY series, performed at the Tokyo International Forum. The Blu-ray is complete with songs such as “FINAL FANTASY IX: A Place to Call home – Melodies of Life,” “FINAL FANTASY XII: Kiss Me Good-Bye,” “FINAL FANTASY XIV: Torn From The Heavens,” “FINAL FANTASY Series: Battle Medley 2012”, which was thought to be impossible to perform live, and even “FINAL FANTASY VII: JENOVA COMPLETE,” which was performed for the first time during the encore. The video is available in multi-angles to switch between the elegant performances of the orchestra and game footages shown on screen during the concert.

Ayahuasca, the holy sacrament which the indigenous people and Shamans of the Amazon have known as a powerful holistic purgative medicine capable of great healing and transformation for thousands of years. The film 'Other Worlds : A Journey Into The Heart Of Shipibo Shamanism' by Jan Kounen primarily shows the therapeutic power of the Shamans and their plant teachers. This power is a type of ancestral psychoanalysis or human psychotherapy backed by 4,000 years of experience and practice.

Cellist Ilse de Ziah travels around Ireland searching for undiscovered secrets of ten Irish Airs, and playing these slow and intensely beautiful pieces in the places they come from.

A California research institute’s experiments in teleportation go wrong when a team they meant to send to Germany ends up at the earth’s center.

With this installment of the series, viewers are led on a fascinating tour of some of France's most scenic regions while enjoying Chopin's piano concertos. Stops include a visit to the medieval Benedictine Abbey on Mont Saint-Michel island, an exploration of the Loire Valley's many stately castles and a look at the architectural wonders of the Roman aqueducts of Provence. And, of course, there's the magic and allure of Paris.

Celebrate one of humanity's most astonishing accomplishments with this documentary that chronicles the Apollo 11 space program, which culminated on July 20, 1969, when American astronauts landed on the moon.

Jonathan Paul Clegg, was a South African musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and anti-apartheid activist. He was a close friend of Nelson Mandela and brought his unique fusion of European Pop/Rock and traditional South African music to the rest of the world. This short (one hour) film showcases a number of his favourite Zulu street guitar songs and the distinctive and unusual way the guitar is played in traditional music in South Africa.

Admirers of Harris' paintings discuss his place in the pantheon of Canadian artists.

Out of Our Heads: A Male Journey into the Heart is a call to action for men who want to break out of their apathy, create more meaning in their lives, or simply connect more with other men – and be fed by an authentic, creative, supportive male community. Using poetry, myth, ritual and community-building exercises, the Men's Wisdom Council creates a safe container in which men can share their deepest emotions, heal old wounds, and develop a bigger dream to move them forward in life.

A deaf party animal who has always felt out of place in hearing clubs travels to Holland to discover an amazing rave where deaf people can enjoy music.

Judd Reid's journey to the 100 man fight. An inspirational story of courage and commitment.