From birth, Todd Marinovich was raised with a defined purpose of creating the perfect athlete. Trained by his father, Marv, a former pro football player and a strength and conditioning guru, the young Marinovich was meticulously engineered and nurtured into a star quarterback. When it came to performance, Marv expected perfection and Todd delivered. HeContinue reading “The Marinovich Project – 2011”
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How to Build a Dinosaur – 2011
Dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago and we have hardly ever found a complete skeleton. So how do we turn a pile of broken bones into a dinosaur exhibit? Dr Alice Roberts finds out how the experts put skeletons back together, with muscles, accurate postures, and even – in some cases – the correctContinue reading “How to Build a Dinosaur – 2011”
Elevate – 2011
From a basketball academy in Senegal, to the high-pressure world of American prep schools, the film documents the extraordinary personal journeys of four particularly tall West African Muslim teenage boys with NBA dreams. Director : Anne Buford Cast : Amadou Gallo Fall|Papa Madethie ‘Dethie’ Fall Genre : Documentary Release Date : 10/21/2011 Country : UnitedContinue reading “Elevate – 2011”
Serving Life – 2011
“Serving Life” is the first OWN original documentary airing on the network narrated and executive produced by Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker. The film takes viewers inside Louisiana’s maximum security prison at Angola, where the average sentence is more than 90 years. The prisoners within its walls are the worst of the worst – rapists,Continue reading “Serving Life – 2011”
The Hollywood Complex – 2011
Every spring, Hollywood hosts a very species-specific migration: kids. Thousands of aspiring child actors flock to Tinseltown for pilot season, the traditional casting period for new network and cable television shows. But unlike adult actors who pound the same star-lined pavement, kids come with their families. Many set up camp at the Oakwood, a temporaryContinue reading “The Hollywood Complex – 2011”
Wilder Planet Erde – Afrika Outsiders – 2011
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The Anabasis of May and Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi, and 27 Years Without Images – 2011
A film on exile, revolution, landscapes and memory, Anabasis brings forth the remarkable parallel stories of Adachi and May, one a filmmaker who gave up images, the other a young woman whose identity-less existence forbade keeping images of her own life. Fittingly returning the image to their lives, director Eric Baudelaire places Adachi and May’sContinue reading “The Anabasis of May and Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi, and 27 Years Without Images – 2011”
About Jenny Holzer – 2011
Director Claudia Muller follows the career of conceptual artist Jenny Holzer in this documentary that’s as illuminating as her trademark LED displays. For over 30 years, Holzer has used a variety of unusual backdrops for her text installations. Director : Claudia Müller Cast : Jenny Holzer|Joel Kirby|Ulrich Matthes Genre : Documentary Release Date : 1/1/2011Continue reading “About Jenny Holzer – 2011”
The War of 1812 – 2011
The War 1812 is a two-hour film history of a deeply significant event in North American and world history. The war shaped American, Canadian and British destiny in the most literal way possible: had one or two battles or decisions gone a different way, a map of the United States today would look entirely (andContinue reading “The War of 1812 – 2011”
Hidden Colors – 2011
“Hidden Colors: The Untold History Of People Of Aboriginal,Moor,and African Descent” is a groundbreaking documentary that challenges conventional knowledge about the role of people of color in world history. We are generally taught that historically,most people of color around the world were primitive and uncivilized,and they only became modernized after they were saved and colonizedContinue reading “Hidden Colors – 2011”
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