Film Americ

The series offers an extraordinary journey to the wonders of this legendary continent, featuring the Gila monster in the Sonora Desert in Mexico, the killer whales of Tierra de Fuego in Argentina, the mythical condor of the Andes in Peru, the dolphin of the Amazon River in Brazil and the hummingbird of the Colombian jungle.

The arrival in a small town of a stranger who calls himself 'Charles Dickens' makes a magical and lasting change in the lives of an imaginative 12-year-old boy and a loving young woman.

A documentary about American craftspeople featuring Clayton Bailey, J.B. Blunk, Otellie Loloma, Harry Nohr, Paul Soldner, James Tanner, Toshiko Takaezu, Peter Voulkos, and Dorian Zachai.

Leave Me Alone is a film about America, as it appears in music about America and in pictures from America.

Behind their picket-fences they appear the picture of absolute perfection, but when the sugary façade begins to crack, down come the walls of their country club fairytales. From salacious affairs, to nasty divorces, the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

Human rights abuses by graduates of the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA) are chillingly documented at the beginning of the campaign to close the school.

Glacier National Park is undergoing dramatic changes. As the glaciers that give this wilderness its name rapidly melt away, it is clear the park will never be the same. Explore the backcountry of this scenic region s pristine forests, alpine meadows, rugged mountains, and spectacular lakes to discover a dramatic transformation and witness a defiant new environment as it emerges.

The first officer in the United States Army to refuse deployment to Iraq on moral grounds, and attempts to clarify the issues that prompted Lt. Watada to choose the course he did in order to protest an immoral and, to him, unconstitutional war.

The documentary examines the rising popularity of camcorders and surveillance cameras, and uses a compilation of footage to demonstrate the consequences that they have on society.

A martial arts instructor must enter the world of illegal pit fighting in order to save his family and his dojo.

Forget martinis and Austin Powers. This documentary is an unflinching portrait of the realities of "swinging," and it's not exactly a shaggadelic picture; in fact, the swingers we meet in the film are older, often lonely people. Most of them are simply looking to break out of their conventional, well-ordered lives by adopting "the lifestyle." Birds and bees may not do it, but we learn that monkeys do -- as well as 3 million Americans.

Nature Photographer Ian Shive uncovers the mysteries of America's unexplored National Wildlife Refuge System and one of the least known national parks.

Short film of the audience leaving the afternoon show at Circus Carré in Amsterdam. In the early years of film, shots of visitors after a performance, churchgoers after a service, or workers leaving the factory were a proven success. Often the images were shown only a few days after they had been shot. These screenings attracted many curious viewers who enjoyed looking for images of themselves, of relatives, or acquaintances.

Master baker Paul Hollywood is on a road trip from New York to Los Angeles, lapping up the scenery, and cooking with some familiar faces along the way.

While it’s hard to imagine how much Flesh Gordon was something of a UFO in the 70’s underground film landscape, this excellent documentary will put it into context, inviting us to discover the secrets behind the myth, and finally clarify the rumours about a hypothetical pornographic version. But Christian Genzel’s work goes beyond the simple retrospective making-off by taking as a guiding theme the career of director Howard Ziehm. In front of the camera, the one who revolutionised adult films by adding screenplays, looks back to a time that is now past, making us discover a whole part of the history of cinema too often despised.

An "America Undercover" documentary relating the true story of how Mike Russell, a lone former police officer brought down an entire organized crime organization in one of history's largest sting operations. Real-life surveillance footage is included.