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The Other Side of AIDS takes us behind the hype and headlines and into the heart of a brewing controversy over the cause and treatment of AIDS. Through candid interviews with doctors and scientists representing both sides of the issue and HIV positives on and off the drugs, the film opens minds and much-needed dialogue. Informative without being instructive, it raises fundamental questions about what we think we know. Its surprising and sometimes shocking revelations inspire us to take a closer look at HIV and AIDS and the systems that support our current views.

A documentary spotlighting the personal lives and friendly (sometimes) rivalry of the two legendary Hollywood comedians Charlie Chaplin vs. Buster Keaton.

Rare footage shot inside the People's Temple gives an insider's look at the tragic Jonestown Massacre that occurred in Guyana in 1978. Interviews with survivors attempt to shed light on how and why 900 Unitedstatians would follow one man to their deaths.

This investigative documentary based on Dan Brown's book Angels and Demons seeks to uncover any possible truth behind the theories posed in the story. Is the Vatican secretly embroiled in an ancient war with the Illuminati or is the story posed by brown pure fiction?

The first film to fully expose the humanitarian crisis of North Korea, this stylish, deeply moving documentary is centered around astonishing interviews with survivors of North Korea's vast and largely hidden prison camps, and interspersed with archival footage of North Korean propoganda films and original art performances.

Collected scenes, voices and conversations from an editorial staff who tries to keep track of what is happening with princes and princesses, other royals and celebrities in general.

Follows the life of one of today's most notorious bad-girl drag performers: Jackie Beat. Backstage we meet Kent Fuher, the man behind Jackie Beat, an incredibly talented performer whose life is ruled by constant doubts and insecurities. As Kent Fuher travels between New York City, Toronto, Los Angeles, Fire Island and then across the Atlantic to Berlin, he constantly questions his life and profession and slowly reveals his personal life.

An experimental documentary that portrays Jiva's life within a Hindu family that practices the Hare Krishna religion. Jiva lives in a typical house in the Buenos Aires suburbs with his wife and eight children, where a deep religiosity constantly filters into everyday life. Throughout the film, a split screen reflects the different aspects of this way of life.

Documentary about the enigmatic and experimental music group "Reynols", his lead singer and leader who was down syndrome and the peculiarity of having a discography published in the most dissimilar corners of the planet.

She was one of the world's most famous faces, yet no one knew who she was. Her image appeared on the front of magazines and books, posters, lapel pins, and even rugs, but she didn't know it. Now, after searching for 17 years, National Geographic has once again found the Afghan girl with the haunting green eyes.

This was taped in March 1990 at my 491 Broadway place. It is with Allen Ginsberg, Gozo Yashimasu, Leo Adams, others.

Scientists and campaigners claiming that chemicals in toiletries and cleansing products may have harmful effects, Nicky Taylor and Tim FitzHigham stopped using them for a month.

Little-known facts about the 1960s television series "The Munsters" abound in this documentary that details the show's conception, development and success through cast and crew interviews, rare footage and scenes from the show. The program, which details the behind-the-scenes antics of the classic hit comedy, also includes biographical documentaries of actors Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo and Al Lewis.

Global Warming: Our Searing Earth lays bare the hidden catastrophe of global warming. Using original interviews with scientists and victims alike we look to the truth behind the controversy and examine the devastating current and future effects on our planet. Is there anything that we can do to prevent the catastrophe?

A stunning and cinematic documentary, NIGHT explores the universal nature of its namesake and how the people of the world experience it. A combination of beautiful and arresting imagery that accurately captures the mystery, mood and magic of the night, this film unveils the pleasure, the pain, the reality and the fantasy behind the darkness.

Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny is an irreverent look at Western Civilization through Inuit eyes. Inspired by the satirical essays of Zebedee Nungak, the film turns the tables on generations of anthropologists, teachers, adventurers and administrators who went North to pursue their Arctic Dreams. Now it’s their turn to be poked, prodded, examined and explained. A new generation of Inuit is ready to take on the Qallunaat at their own game. Grounded in their own traditions but educated in the South, they have a unique perspective on the culture that has come to dominate the planet. And they are not afraid to speak their minds.

Two years ago, Mohammed VI succeeded his father, Hassan II, without any apparent difficulties. Is this succession really as smooth as it seems?

Today, thirty years after her kidnapping and confinement at the Naval Mechanics School, Miriam Lewin is a renowned journalist. Through her story, the documentary brings us closer to the stories of other survivors: that of the couple Ana María Soffiantini and Ricardo Coquet, who met during their confinement; and that of Victoria Donda Pérez, who was born in captivity and is the daughter of disappeared parents, appropriated by her uncle, who was linked to the forces of repression; and the sister—unbeknownst to her—of Victoria Grigera, also the daughter of a disappeared militant.

In September 2004, Himzo Muratovic returned from the dead. Himzo turned up in a taxi in his Bosnian Muslim village, 12 years after he disappeared at the height of the Serb terror. His mother fell unconscious when neighbors told her that her missing son had returned. For several days the village celebrated the return of the long-dead Himzo Muratovic.

The powerful McNeil River Falls is a very popular nursery spot for growing grizzly bears. Every summer, hundreds of the huge animals gather at the falls to feast on migrating salmon and find mates.

In this guided tour of a unique Persian carpet, a close-up of the delicate "spine" of a tree branches out into the discovery of a fantastical world.

Documentary about the allegedly best Brazilian surfer of all times, with scenes of his performance on some international championships

A documentary about Dyreparken in Kristiansand, Norway. About the humble beginnings with just a few animals to Dyreparken circa 2006 as a leisure park, water park, and home to everything from Julius to the one and only Captain Sabertooth. From the DVD "Den Levende Parken"

Three fighters pursue their dreams in the world of muay thai. Sam Sheridan, a 27-year-old Harvard graduate, travels to Thailand to train under a legendary champion. Gong-Prai Sorjintana, a 13-year-old boy, fights to earn money for his education. Boon-Term Kitmuti, a 29-year-old mother, defies tradition to enter the ring despite her husband's disapproval. As they prepare for their toughest battles, their journeys reveal the challenges, sacrifices, and passion behind the sport.

Skateboard film from Element Skateboards. Sequel to Elementality: Volume One. Featuring Nyjah Huston, Bucky Lasek, Bam Margera, Mike Vallely and Jeremy Wray.

In 1939, Yiddish was the spoken language of three-quarters of the world's Jews. But when leading Jewish scholars convened in 1980, they estimated that only 70,000 Yiddish books remained in the world. This engaging, often funny documentary film chronicles the adventures of an enterprising 23-year-old named Aaron Lansky, who rallied together an international network of volunteers and set out to rescue the world's Yiddish books. Twenty years later, the National Yiddish Book Center has collected 1.5 million Yiddish books and helped save a rich diverse, and surprisingly modern literature from oblivion. With rare archival images, and a lyrical portrayal of the National Yiddish Book Center's warehouse and cultural complex, A Bridge Of Books celebrates a pursuit that has become a powerful vehicle for the transmission of history, culture and identity across several generations.

A look at global sex tourism, focusing on the situation in Venezuela and Thailand.

Mołtajny in Masuria is a small, post-collectivization village, where time has stopped. Among the beautiful natural landscapes live here people without perspectives. However, enormous poverty and unemployment appears to the viewer as if from the background of the film - the first is the world of children's games, shown through the eyes of the director's son, Johnny. Together with their friends they collect snails, learn how to ride a bike and organize contests in spitting at a distance. They repeat what their parents teach and sometimes resemble a tiny copy of adults.

When its signature lean threatens to destroy the Tower of Pisa, a team of experts assemble to try save one of Europe's most distinctive silhouettes

Documentary about the apartment of filmmaker Bernhard Marsch.

This documentary focuses on the sacred sites in and around Mparntwe (Alice Springs) in central Australia, and the struggle of the Arrernte people to identify, document and preserve these sites in the face of rapid urban expansion and property development.

The third documentary in a trilogy of films about elderly couple Hans and Kerstin Stralström. This last instalment is quieter than the first two, as the couple argue and ponder whether renovation of their house is a good idea. A beautiful final portrait of the couple.

In 1984-85, people at Lake Tahoe fell ill with flu symptoms, but they didn't get better. Medical literature documents similar outbreaks: in 1934 at LA county hospital, in 1948-49 in Iceland, in 1956 in Punta Gorda, Florida. The malady now has a name, chronic fatigue syndrome, and filmmaker Kim Snyder, who suffered from the disease for several years, tells her story and talks to victims and their families, and to physicians and researchers: is it viral, it is psychosomatic, is it one disease or several (a syndrome) ; what's the CDC doing about it; what's it like to have a disease that's not yet understood? Her inquiry takes her to Punta Gorda and to a high-school graduation.

An extensive documentary of the band narrated by Tom Angelripper, featuring interviews to current and ex-members, rare pictures and video footage.

Two years after a harrowing rescue from Hurricane Katrina, music legend Fats Domino headlined a 2007 benefit concert for New Orleans hometown, performing hits to an adoring audience. The special captures Domino's triumphant return to the stage and provides an up-close, biographical look at Domino's storied career.

A few years after his death, the widow of Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) asks Jon Ronson to look through the contents of about 1,000 boxes of meticulously sorted materials Kubrick left. Ronson finds that most contain materials reflecting work Kubrick did after the release of "Barry Lyndon" in 1975, when Kubrick's film output slowed down. Ronson finds audition tapes for "Full Metal Jacket," photographs to find the right hat for "Clockwork Orange" or the right doorway for "Eyes Wide Shut" -- thousands of details that went into Kubrick's meticulous approach. Ronson believes that the boxes show "the rhythm of genius." Interviews with family, staff, and friends are included.

Documentary about the International Space Station, and it's future as a base for further exploration of the solar system

In many parts of Tokyo redevelopment is afoot, and the cityscape continues to change at a rapid pace. While on the surface Japan is easy to live in, many Japanese still feel a sense of emptiness in the aftermath of the shattered economic bubble, a condition that prevents them from making a change. Autumn 2006. Eight "normal" young women living in Tokyo--eight women now in the middle of change.

A portrait of director Lucio Fulci during the last years of his life...

In February 2004, after 30 years of my life in SoHo, I made a decision to leave SoHo and move to Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This video is about what it feels like to leave a place in which one has spent more time than any other place, and which was also the place of my family life. I am somewhere else now. It’s about beginning of growing roots in a new place, new home, with new friends, new thoughts, experiences. This video is also about video. When in 1949 I began filming with my Bolex, it took me fifteen years to really master it so that my Bolex would do for me what I wanted. When in 1987 I got my first Sony camera I thought it would be different. But no. Only today, after working with the video camera for fifteen years, I feel like it had become an extension of my eye, my body, "A Letter from Greenpoint" being my first real video work.

Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.

In Europe, they speak of him in holy whispers. In America, he's a mysterious footnote. Poised for huge commercial success, Jeff Buckley's untimely death kept him on the periphery of popular music. "Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley", a passionately crafted documentary, sets out to investigate the extraordinary phenomenon of Jeff Buckley, a deceased musician of modest commercial success, with only one full-length album, who has become a veritable tour de force of inspiration for artists across the globe. Interviews include all four of the Jeff Buckley Band members, friends, family, colleagues, critics, DJ's, producers, and fans. From Sydney, New York, and London to Memphis, Montpelier, and Los Angeles, the film takes viewers on an expansive yet incredibly intimate trip through the world of Jeff Buckley, and explores how he continues to inspire his fans - from classical composers to rock n' roll superstars and everyone in-between.

A filmmaker explores the cultural traditions and contradictions across the sexually conservative land of the Kama Sutra.

In the sprawling outer suburbs of Brisbane, a revolution is brewing. A sassy group of women from all walks of life has a dream: to resurrect the lost sport of full-contact roller derby in Australia.

A discussion on the politics behind the 1983 David Cronenberg thriller, The Dead Zone.

As a child, he was playful and loved music, but he began to change after he saw his cousin commit murder right in front of him.

Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of the 1953 sci-fi classic "The War of the Worlds". Included are interviews with some of the cast and crew and unreleased footage from the film itself.

Friends, ER, 24, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Alias, Sex and the City, The Shield, Lost: the new generation of Hollywood series is blowing things up! Brilliant, inventive, daring, violent, exciting, TV series have indeed become the new creative Eldorado in what used to be the realm of cinema. From now on, they are the ones who attract the best actors, the best writers, the best directors. They capture the public's attention, accompany their daily lives and inspire their thoughts on love, sex or politics. They know how to turn the constraints of the system to their advantage. How are they made? Who are the scriptwriters? On what criteria are they selected? How do the shootings take place? What censorships do they have to bypass?

The documentary Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter contains numerous clips from the film and television work of the beloved entertainer. These snippets are intercut with interview footage featuring people who worked with Hope as well as film historian Leonard Maltin who provides a context for Hope's career. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

The story of Joseph Paul Jernigan, a convicted murderer executed in Texas in 1993. His body was donated to science, cut into tiny sections and scanned into a computer model, thereby achieving a certain posthumous fame as the source of an Internet site for anatomy students.

Documentary about the technical achievements of the 1940 film classic The Thief of Bagdad.

Video-documentary about Istanbul taxi drivers. Traffic reveals the character of the big city, reflects the behavior patterns. For many people it is part of the boring routine, but for others it is a way of life. 34 Taxi is a video-documentary work that tells Istanbul from the point of view of taxi drivers. The film, shot mostly during the journeys, is based on the conversations of taxi drivers with their customers.

Documentary about the life of six sons of disappeared parents during argentine dictatorship between 1976 and 1983.

Long before the mountain bike entered our global consciousness, the cycling enthusiasts of Northern California's Marin County rode modified pre-WWII bicycles down the slopes of Mount Tamalpais. They developed their bikes through rigorous field-testing, often risking life and limb to do so. Some of these cyclists were Category-1 road racers looking for a new way to train during the off-season. Others were simply fun-loving hippies looking for a new way to commune with nature. Their early bikes were scavenged from dumpsters and junkyards. It was from these humble beginnings that a multi-billion dollar industry, a form of recreation for the masses, and an Olympic event, were born. These hefty steeds were affectionately known as Klunkerz.

After spending nearly 11 years in prison for breaking into an animal experimentation laboratory to expose animal cruelty, a young man is finally released and risks it all again to save more animals.

Documentary on the main principles of Sun Tsu "Art of War" illustrated with examples from the second world war, the Vietnam war and the American civil war.

Former "Titanic" satire magazine editor Martin Sonneborn takes an undercover trip around Berlin and discovers the East-German mentality and what is left of the socialist German Democratic Republic.

Conjoined twins are among the rarest of human beings. There are probably fewer than a dozen adult pairs living in the world today. Only a few hundred pairs of conjoined twins are born in the whole world each year - they appear about once in every 100,000 births - but more than half of them are stillborn, and one in three live for only a few days.

Retracing the footsteps of the beloved Paddington Bear, Stephen Fry travels to the Cloud Forests of Peru in search of the rare Spectacled Bear.