Category: Film & TV

First Language – The Race to Save Cherokee

This documentary follows the Eastern Band of Cherokee natives as they work to revitalize their endangered language. The Emmy award winning film was created by Danica Cullinan and Neal Hutcheson, and produced by Walt Wolfram. When a language disappears, a lot is lost. A language is a repository of cultural wealth. Each language is a …

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Short: Ti David

Little David is a tour guide at the sacred Saut D’Eau waterfall in Haiti, where Catholics and Vodouisants come to visit for healing. According to local beliefs, the Virgin Mary appeared at the 100-foot tall waterfall on July 16, 1849, and now the area receives many guests between July 15th and 16th of each year. The …

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Tim O’Brien – The Things They Carried

This is an excerpt from episode 10 of the Ken Burns/Lynn Novick documentary on the Vietnam War, “The Vietnam War (US version) Last Episode: The Weight of Memory” on PBS America. Writer Tim O’Brien reads from his short story collection The Things They Carried.

Dion Agius and Brendon Gibbens Find the Art of Surfing in “Surf Libre”

As people everywhere become more attuned to home life, creative endeavors, and nature, sharing these moments in an effort to send out positive energy, Dion Agius and Brendon Gibbens move past the idea that surfing is only a simple sport, and explore surfing as an art form in “Surf Libre.” It’s a beautiful, meditative look …

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Trailer: The Times of Bill Cunningham

Street and fashion photographer Bill Cunningham candidly tells his story in his own words in the documentary The Times of Bill Cunningham. He was involved with the papers from the very start, as a young newspaper delivery boy on a bike, and then attended university at Harvard. After dropping out of Harvard, Cunningham began his …

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July 27th Birthday Love: Isabelle Aubret

French singer and actress Isabelle Aubret was born Thérèse Coquerelle on July 27, 1938, in Lille, Nord, France. Her film repertoire consists of Les aventures de Saturnin (1965), Very Happy Alexander (1968), and Un Flic (1972). However she may be most famous for winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962, singing “Un Premier Amour,” written by Claude-Henri Vic and Roland …

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Sinatra in Palm Springs – The Place He Called Home

This month I had the pleasure of visiting Palm Springs, and of watching the recently released documentary on Frank Sinatra’s life in Palm Springs, and I must say that the film paints an accurate portrait of the beautiful desert oasis. One of the narrators of the film describes a Palm Springs neighborhood looking exactly the …

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Film: ‘Loved By All: The Story of Apa Sherpa’

In this gorgeous short film from Sherpas Cinema, viewers get a personalized look at life as a sherpa, their incredible surroundings, and the struggles they encounter. Loved By All: The Story of Apa Sherpa was produced by Malcolm Sangster, directed by Eric Crosland, and narrated by Apa Sherpa. Maximize your screen and enjoy.

‘Human Flow’ Gives a Voice to 65 Million Migrants

Director and producer Ai Weiwei gives us a powerful view of the 65 million migrants escaping climate change, war, and famine in the documentary Human Flow.  The Chinese artist and activist traveled for a year through 23 different countries on his own journey as a migrant to offer a realistic perspective of the refugee crisis, …

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Kunstglaser: Stained Glass Meets Modern Art

Kunstglaser: A Breakwater Original “When you don’t love, don’t do it. And when somebody says, ‘Nobody can do this,’ then I say, ‘hey, my name is Nobody.’” -Norbert Sattler Norbert Sattler is a master stained glass craftsman living Pleasantville, Nova Scotia who creates amazing modern glass pieces in conjunction with artists.  In this film Sattler shares …

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