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10 MPH (89:33)

The impulsive purchase of a two-wheeled Segway scooter sets this story in motion when the two friends decide to travel from Seattle to Boston at 10 MPH in an attempt to change their lives forever... What ensues is a road trip like none other with a haphazard cast of characters you could only find on a zany 100-day trek through America's back roads. Each poignant story the two friends discover along the way inspires a craving inside to go out and do that thing you're supposed to do.

Date added: 05/13/2009

20 Seconds of Joy (60:26)

I don't want to die, I want to live. I'm pretty good at running away, and this is my escape! This is how Karina Hollekim describes her dedication to BASE jumping, the most dangerous of all extreme sports. Documentary filmmaker Jens Hoffman first met the now 30-year-old Norwegian in 2002. He immediately started to film, accompanying her through many stages of her BASE-jumping career, until it comes to a sudden stop, changing all aspects of her life.

Date added: 01/23/2010

American Bellydancer Part 1 (40:51)

American Belly Dancer is an 88 minute documentary ostensibly about the history, extreme proliferation, feminism and misogyny of the ancient art form known today as Bellydancing. But it is also about tension between America and the Middle East, the dreams of young girls, the dialectic between art and politics and one man's attempt to reinvent his well-known turf in a failing music industry.

Date added: 01/14/2009

American Bellydancer Part 2 (47:46)

American Belly Dancer is an 88 minute documentary ostensibly about the history, extreme proliferation, feminism and misogyny of the ancient art form known today as Bellydancing. But it is also about tension between America and the Middle East, the dreams of young girls, the dialectic between art and politics and one man's attempt to reinvent his well-known turf in a failing music industry.

Date added: 01/15/2009

Banished: The Lost Boys of Polygamy (19:42)

Looks at the lives of the boys who have been excommunicated from Warren Jeff's fundamentalist LDS (Latter Day Saints) cult. TV14 Stacey Butler

Date added: 11/18/2009

Beautiful One Day (43:54)

It's one of the world's great natural wonders. But in the last 30 years, pollution has caused the Great Barrier Reef, and the life it supports, to slowly die. Sitting on valuable oil reserves it's also become the target of the oil industry which is desperate for new drilling sites. This is a beautifully produced investigative film highlighting the urgent need to guard The Great Barrier Reef from the corporate vultures.

Date added: 05/20/2009

Being Lincoln: Men With Hats (78:58)

Delves into a national subculture of Abraham Lincoln impersonators and explores why the over 180 Lincoln presenters in the country do what they do. Meet a legion of Lincolns at the annual Association of Lincoln Presenters conference as they ham it up, discuss costuming challenges, share trade secrets and participate in photo ops galore.

Date added: 10/27/2009

Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary (97:24)

A landmark feature-length documentary for film fans everywhere. Forty filmmakers fourteen countries one passion.

Date added: 06/01/2009

Cinderellas of Santa Fe (66:11)

From the people who brought you AMERICAN WAITRESS comes a documentary film that follows individuals who are highly educated, creative and recognized in their fields but still find it necessary to work jobs for cash. They are cleaning ladies, waitresses, bartenders, shopkeepers, adult entertainers and office workers to the public at large. But in reality, they are so much more!

Date added: 06/16/2010