Summary: Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome...

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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Earth 2010

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Summary: Addressing climate change is the existential question of the time, but climate change and biodiversity loss are two sides to the same coin. The Land of Azaba is the first feature documentary on the subject of ecological restoration, and it is set in one of the world's first hot spots for increasing and maintaining bio-diversity, Campanarios de Azaba Nature Reserve in Western Spain. It immerses...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: Travels around the world exploring the impact of humans on the environment.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Summary: Howard Hall, one of the world's foremost underwater filmmakers, brings a lifetime of insights into how life in the ocean really works - in surprisingly cooperative communities built on age-old partnerships.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Summary: "Oscar- winning director Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction. Spanning the globe to infiltrate the world's most dangerous black markets and using high tech tactics to document the link between carbon emissions and species extinction,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Summary: Producer-writer-director Jamie Uys, who brought us the uproarious 'The Gods Must Be Crazy, ' delivers awe-inspiring family entertainment in this unique look at the animal world. Four years of production, one hundred thousand miles of travel and half a million feet of film went into this splendid production. Away in their own world, far from the prying eyes of people, Africa's animals lead lives...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011

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Summary: In 1906, Teddy Roosevelt created the nation's first National Monument destination. The purpose was to preserve all of America's significant pieces of history. Now viewers can take a journey through the ecology, geology, and beauty of the Great Plains, the geologic West, and the historic South in an adventure never to be forgotten.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2010

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Summary: "The product of over 2,000 interviews recorded in 60 countries, this unique and thrilling collection of stories and images leads inexorably to the core of what it means to be human. Stories full of love and happiness, hatred and violence, from everyday experiences to accounts of the most unbelievable lives, share a rare sincerity and underline what is universal. Intercut with never-before-seen...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2017

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Summary: The three-part natural history series merges science, culture, and history and brings audiences along for an unforgettable voyage through hundreds of millions of years of history.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Summary: Branching off of his bestselling book, renowned forester and writer Peter Wohlleben guides us through his most precious ideas and understanding of how trees work in this enlightening documentary. Presenting ecological, biological, and academic expertise with matter-of-fact candor, Peter inspires us to see the forest for the trees. Traveling through Germany, Poland, Sweden, and Vancouver, Peter...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds, worshipped and treasured since the dawn of humankind. Seed: The Untold Story follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94 percent of our seed varieties have disappeared. As biotech chemical companies control the majority of our seeds, farmers, scientists, lawyers, and indigenous seed...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Summary: Examine the world's most extraordinary wildlife living in the newest and fastest changing habitat on the planet - cities. The innovative three-part series features a diverse cast of animals that are adjusting to this new world better than predicted, not only applying their natural born skills and abilities to life in the city, but also making amazing physical or behavioral adaptations.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Summary: This 6-part series will be shown on PBS in the Spring of 2006. Includes: Voyage To Kure (Parts I & II), The Gray Whale Obstacle Course, Sharks: At Risk, and America's Underwater Treasures (Parts I & II).

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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006

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Summary: Showcasing the natural magic of an extraordinary part of the border between the United States and Mexico over four seasons, the film explores Rio Grande's Big Bend - a vast unspoiled wonderland of serene beauty and astounding desert landscapes which are home to some of North America's most enchanting animals such as black bears, rattlesnakes, woodpeckers and scorpions.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: An IMAX film showing the formation of Australia and its unique wildlife and habitats.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2020

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Summary: In 1906, Teddy Roosevelt created the nation's first National Monument destination. The purpose was to preserve all of America's significant pieces of history. Now viewers can take a journey through the ecology, geology, and beauty of the Great Plains, the geologic West, and the historic South in an adventure never to be forgotten.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2010

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Summary: Actress/advocates and New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof meet individuals who are doing work to empower women and girls everywhere. These are stories of challenge, transformation and hope.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Docuramafilms 2012

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Summary: Follows five Native American communities as they restore their traditional land management practices in the face of a changing climate. For millennia Native Americans successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of colonization have disrupted their ability to maintain these processes. From deserts, coastlines, forests, mountains, and prairies, Native communities across the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: Peruvian leaders will stop at nothing to keep their respective goals intact. President Alan Garcia begins aggressively extracting oil, minerals, and gas from untouched indigenous Amazonian land. He is quickly met with fierce opposition from the indigenous leader Alberto Pizango. Alberto's passionate speeches against Garcia prove a powerful rallying cry from those of his supporters. When Garcia...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Summary: Film contains conversations between two old friends as they wander along paths and trails of central California coast. Gary Snyder and Jim Harrison debate the pros and cons of everything from Google to Zen Kōans. Includes archival materials and commentaries from Snyder's literary contemporaries, friends, and intimates.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: San Simeon Films 2010

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Summary: In 1991, a group of countercultural visionaries built an enormous replica of earth's ecosystem called Biosphere 2. When eight 'biospherians' live quarantined inside, they faced ecological calamities and cult accusations. Their epic adventure is a cautionary tale but also a testament to the power of small groups reimagining the world.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Summary: For the first time you can be there, 12,000 feet below the ocean's surface, inside an unparalleled undersea volcanic world filled with strange creatures and dramatic landscapes.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2005

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Summary: "The last ice age ended only a few thousand years ago, but there were earlier periods when the entire world was frozen, periods known as Snowball Earth."--Container.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Ambrose Video 2005

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