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"Trust Me" explores human nature, information technology and the need for media literacy to help people trust one another to create a more resilient world. Directed by Academy Award nominee Roko Belic, it demonstrates how an avalanche of negative news and min-information is unnecessarily increasing fear. This leads to mistrust, racism, polarization, mental health disorders and crime. Sensational media leverages our survival instincts to unscrupulously...

This hilarious and poignant documentary explores the positive effects of the intense bond between dogs and humans, as told through the story of Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Gayle Kirschenbaum and her dog Chelsea. As seen on HBO.

"Orphaned by poachers as a calf and sold into a life of labor and exhibition, the Gravedigger breaks free of his chains and begins terrorizing the countryside, earning his name from the humans he kills and then tenderly buries"-- Provided by publisher.

Filled with true stories that show why it's possible to have an Angel in someone's own life!

A visceral film, a nail-biting, humorous account of everyday heroes who push themselves to the brink on a 750-mile, engineless boat race through the Pacific Northwest, up the Inside Passage to Alaska. Mixing raw, first-person footage with vast aerials and in-depth interviews this documentary tells the story of the race's improbable inception and the epic journey of those who answer its call. It may be the most complex and beautiful racecourse on Earth;...

Discover the thrilling story of how people are made, from the moment of conception to the moment of birth 280 days later. Follow the gestation process, the most exquisite biological choreography found in nature. Using the latest research and advances in medicine, we can reveal this hidden world in forensic detail. Zeroing in on milestones along the road to creation; where critical events can change people's life.

UFO conventions may not seem like a good place for a Christian theology professor, but that2s where you can sometimes find Dr. Michael Heiser, an Old Testament scholar and author of the book, The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible. Dr. Heiser2s interest in UFO stories has led him to ask intriguing questions like, are all these stories of unidentified objects in the sky and alien abductions merely the product of sci-fi...

"The 1962 World's Fair looked ahead to what the future might hold, and transformed Seattle into a world-class city. Share the vision, the excitement and the legacy of the Century 21 Exposition, when Seattle captures the world's imagination with cutting-edge technology, exotic Belgian waffles, outlandish burlesque shows and an American King. In answering the question, What will America become? Seattle invented its future as a tech-savvy portal to...

A documentary film that takes viewers on a scientific and spiritual journey where we discover that, by changing one's perceptions, beliefs, and emotions, the human body can heal itself from any disease.

A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home with the director: Kirsten Johnson weaves these scenes and others into her film, a tapestry of footage captured over her twenty-five-year career as a documentary cinematographer.