BBC Earth Films bring the most astounding stories from the natural world to the big screen. Audiences are invited to join us on a journey of new discovery, meeting extraordinary characters and following their incredible adventures. BBC Earth Films combine great storytelling with awe-inspiring HD film footage and moving scores from the world's greatest composers to connect audiences with their planet.

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Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation is the official film biography of the first democratically elected president of the racially united South Africa. "The struggle is my life," he wrote in a letter from underground on June 26, 1961. "I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days." More than anything else, Nelson Mandela is the living embodiment of the struggle for freedom by South Africa's blacks.

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Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation is the official film biography of the first democratically elected president of the racially united South Africa. "The struggle is my life," he wrote in a letter from underground on June 26, 1961. "I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days." More than anything else, Nelson Mandela is the living embodiment of the struggle for freedom by South Africa's blacks.

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Gibson talks about his own personal philosophies, experiences, and opinions about the media-saturated culture in which we live. The conversation provides a compelling glimpse at the radical, genius writer whose 1984 novel Neuromancer forever changed the concept of the Internet. Gibson also describes his need to distance himself from that breakthrough novel, and his other topics -- post-humanity, the "mediated" world, drugs, the birth of cyberpunk, technology and pornography, his method of writing, and much more -- combine to provide a definitive portrait of Gibson on the cusp of a new millennium, as the real world evolves to resemble the world of his fiction.

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In the 1960s and 1970s thousands of hippies journeyed East to India in the search of either enlightenment, free drugs or a 'pure' life. Most moved back to their home countries after a few months or years while some stayed for good. Cesare, an Italian expatriate, is still there searching and striving for spiritual liberation through back-breaking yoga. Hanspeter, a man originally from Switzerland, runs a small farm in the Himalayas.

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A chronological look at films by, for, or about (or "by, for, and about") gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback Mountain." Talking heads, anchored by critic and scholar B. Ruby Rich, are interspersed with an advancing timeline and with clips from two dozen films.

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This documentary was five years in the making, and revolves around 62-year-old Okuzaki Kenzo, a survivor of the battlefields of New Guinea in World War II who gained notoriety by slingshooting steel pinballs at Emperor Showa to protest against what he considered to be the ruler's war crimes.

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For more than three decades, she had taunted mainstream America with her outspoken attacks on government, big business and war. As this AMERICAN EXPERIENCE production shows, Goldman's passionate espousal for Leon Czolgosz, the assassin who killed President McKinley, brought down upon her the hatred of the authorities and the public at large.

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New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots.

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Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary is a feature-length interview with 81-year-old Austrian Traudl Junge, who served as Hitler's personal secretary from 1942 to 1945. She saw Hitler in his everyday life, right up until his final days, and she witnessed, firsthand, the collapse of the Nazi regime.

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Take a harrowing trip down one of the darkest roads in human history as rare footage of the only concentration camp still operational at the time of its liberation arrives on home video for the benefit of history buffs and Holocaust scholars everywhere.

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Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman (Missile, Domestic Violence) profiles Lord's Gym in Austin, TX, offering viewers a glimpse into the lives of both its owner -- former professional boxer Richard Lord -- and the eclectic mix of people who come to train at the gym on a regular basis.

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In July 2005, filmmaker Scott Hicks started shooting a documentary about the composer Philip Glass to celebrate his 70th anniversary in 2007. Over the next 18 months, Scott followed Philip across three continents - from his annual ride on the Coney Island “Cyclone” roller coaster, to the world premiere of his new opera in Germany and in performance with a didgeridoo virtuoso in Australia.

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As a part of their study of the Holocaust, the children of the Whitwell, TN Middle School try to collect 6 million paper clips representing the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis.

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At a secret army base near Washington D.C., 10 men, Jewish intellectuals, escaped from Nazi Germany, are trained to fight. They have the chance to use their intimate knowledge of WWII Europe to wreak psychological havoc on Hitler's forces. At Maryland's Camp Richie, these refugees are a strange sight in the U.S. Army, but their contributions to the war effort are heroic and invaluable.

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TUPAC: ASSASSINATION - CONSPIRACY OR REVENGE is an intense and controversial documentary that takes a hard look at the circumstances surrounding the death of Hip Hop's best selling artist of all time. New theories and evidence are raised as the film looks at the investigation by the authorities into his killing and the fact that the killer has never been caught.

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As a part of their study of the Holocaust, the children of the Whitwell, TN Middle School try to collect 6 million paper clips representing the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis.

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Here we have a superb fridge magnet for all Beatles and film fans everywhere. This is a movie poster of the 1970 music documentary movie 'Let It Be' starring John, Paul, George and Ringo made into a small stylish decoration for your fridge. It makes a perfect gift for a friend or family member, or why not just treat yourself and jazz up the front of your fridge with things you like!

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Most of us associate wealth with money but real wealth can only be achieved through the production and distribution of goods and services. This series of ten playful English segments will explain how society evolved in such a way to enable a huge increase in production to be achieved. Of course there were no television cameras or film crews available 10,000 years ago to record what happened, so this series uses cartoons to illustrate how things might have been all those years ago! Each cartoon section is followed by real-world images showing how this is relevant today.

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With unprecedented access, Lee follows him from his arrival at the Staples Center through team meetings and pregame warm-ups, during the game itself, and at the end of his day as he, his wife, and his kids get in the car to drive home. I believe this originally aired on 5.16.09 on ESPN, This Documentary is not just for Lakers fans but also for fans of the game of Basketball.

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