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Tupac 2Pac
[ 2 DVD - released 12/Oct/2017 ] At the age of 25 Tupac Shakur was not only one of the most notorious and controversial icons of hip hop; he was also dead. These two documentaries tell his brief and tragic story. 'Before I Wake' (2002) takes a look at the last 12 months of... |
Tupac Vs
[ ViaVision / DVD - released 14/Jan/2016 ] In Tupac Vs., director Ken Peters has assembled a compelling portrait of controversial hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur, featuring never-before-seen interviews, rare footage and on-screen commentaries from biographer Michael Eric Dyson. Also highlighted are... |
Unbranded
[ Madman / DVD - released 10/Mar/2016 ] Four young Cowboys hatch an outrageous plot to adopt, train, and ride a string of wild mustangs 3,000 miles from Mexico to Canada through the wildest terrain of the American West. The trip becomes an epic journey of self-discovery, testing... |
Vitamania: The Sense And Nonsense Of Vitamins
[ Madman / DVD - released 14/Mar/2019 ] A documentary about vitamins: the history of their discovery, the dietary supplement industry, and the dangers of both deficiencies and excessive intake. Almost one billion of us take a regular dietary supplement, mainly vitamin tablets. Vitamins are... |
Whitney: Can I Be Me (Blu-ray)
[ Rialto Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 13/Sep/2017 ] By the time Whitney Elizabeth Houston was 15, she was singing background vocals for Chaka Khan, Lou Rawls, and Jermaine Jackson. In 1983 Whitney signed a worldwide recording contract with Clive Davis's Arista Records. However her success came with... |
Why Am I? The Science of Us
[ TVNZ DVD / DVD - released 5/Oct/2016 ] In 1972 the University of Otago's Medical School embarked on a remarkable project - the ultimate Nature/Nurture test. They decided to follow every one of the 1037 babies born in the city of Dunedin between April 1972 and March 1973 for their entire... |
Winter At Westbeth
[ Vendetta Films DVD / DVD - released 19/Jul/2017 ] Filmed across one extraordinary year in New York City's Westbeth Artists Housing, video artist Edith Stephen (95) hopes to complete an experimental film for her birthday; revered contemporary dancer Dudley Williams (75) rehearses for an electrifying... |
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
[ Umbrella DVD / DVD - released 12/Apr/2017 ] With Great Power explores the vivid life and imagination of Stan Lee, the 89-year-old comic book legend who co-created over 500 legendary pop culture characters including Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man, Thor and The Hulk. Featuring interviews with both... |
The Wolfpack
[ Madman / DVD - released 11/Feb/2016 ] Six brothers, known as The Wolfpack', grew up surrounded by the bustling electricity of New York City, but were trapped within the confines of their Lower East Side apartment. Living under the rule of their tyrannical father, and home schooled by... |
The Wonder Of Britain
[ SBS / 2 DVD - released 11/Feb/2016 ] Despite being a small nation at just 93,000 square miles (or roughly one third of the size of the state of Texas) Great Britain is blessed with an incredible range of landscapes, coastlines, and architecture that stretch across thousands of years of... |
Workingman's Death (Directors Suite)
[ Madman Entertainment / DVD - released 12/Dec/2007 ] Is heavy manual labor disappearing or is it just becoming invisible? Where can we still find it in the 21st century? Workingman's Death follows the trail of the heroes in the illegal mines of the Ukraine, sniffs out ghosts among the sulfur... |
World in Conflict 1900-1999 - A Century of Warfare
[ DV1 / 5 DVD Box Set - released 20/Dec/2010 ] The jagged edge of history. The human race achieved many positive goals during the twentieth century, but there is no denying that these years also featured more carnage per capita than ever before. The 1900s opened with the brutal conflicts of... |
Zach's Ceremony
[ Umbrella Entertainment / DVD - released 12/Jul/2017 ] Growing up isn't easy, especially for Zach who is rapidly making the transition from boyhood to manhood,in both the modern world and his ancient culture. Pressures from his loving, but staunch father, thetemptations of city life and the ever present... |
Zero Days
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 11/May/2017 ] From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief), ZERO DAYS tells the story of Stuxnet, a self-replicating computer malware, known as a "worm" for its ability to burrow from computer to computer on... |
Arcade Fire
The Reflektor Tapes + Live At Earls Court [ Eagle Vision / DVD - released 17/Feb/2017 ] The Reflektor Tapes is a visually stunning and hypnotic documentary about the making of Arcade Fire's hugely successful 2013 studio album "Reflektor" by director Kahlil Joseph (who also directed Beyoncé's "Lemonade" film). The film received its... |
Featuring Stefan Knupfer
Pianomania [ Arthouse Films / DVD - released 9/Jun/2011 ] Introducing Stefan Knüpfer, a softly-spoken, bespectacled piano tuner for Steinway and Sons who just might be the most gifted musical talent in the world... even though he's not a musician. Armed with his tool kit, his wry sense of humour and his... |
Iggy Pop Joshua Homme: American Valhalla
[ Eagle Rock / DVD - released 6/Apr/2018 ] American Valhalla tells the story of an unlikely musical collaboration between two mavericks of American rock: Joshua Homme, frontman of Queens of the Stone Age and Iggy Pop, the Godfather of Punk. The film, co-directed by Homme, follows the... |
Laya Project
Laya Project (Special Edition) [ Earth Sync / Boo Films / 3 CD/DVD Box Set - released 24/Oct/2007 ] The Laya Project is a personal and collective tribute to the resilience of the human spirit, and is dedicated to the survivors of the 26th December 2004 Asian tsunami. |
Lou Reed
Lou Reed - Rock and Roll Heart [ Madman Entertainment / DVD - released 9/Aug/2006 ] A stunning portrait of one of the most influential and iconoclastic talents in modern music tracing the life and career of singer-songwriter Lou Reed. Spanning three decades - from the formation of the Velvet Underground, to his extensive solo... |
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love
[ Madman Entertainment / DVD - released 10/Jun/2010 ] An audience sensation at film festivals worldwide, I BRING WHAT I LOVE takes you behind the scenes and into the world of Africa's most famous musician: Youssou N'Dour. This never-before-told story follows N'Dour at a turning point in his life and... |
