In 102 Dalmatians, a fashionista named Cruella de Vil is released from prison and comes up with a sinister plan to terrorize a group of dalmatians in order to make fur coats. With the help of her henchmen, she sets out to capture the adorable puppies. However, their compassion and love for each other prove to be stronger, leading to a thrilling adventure.
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a documentary that reveals the alarming environmental impact of the meat and dairy industry. The film explores the conspiracy of silence surrounding animal agriculture and its devastating effects on the planet. It exposes the truth about deforestation, water scarcity, greenhouse gas emissions, and other issues linked to the production of meat and dairy products. Through interviews with experts and activists, Cowspiracy sheds light on the urgent need for a sustainable and plant-based food system.
Stranded in the aftermath of a deadly outbreak, a brother fights to protect his sister while he desperately searches to find refuge and avoid an infected population with a thirst for blood.
Urbanized is a documentary film about the design of cities, and how they impact our lives. It explores the challenges and opportunities of urbanization, with a focus on sustainable development, transportation infrastructure, public spaces, and the effects of overcrowding. The film features interviews with architects, urban planners, and community activists from around the world, showcasing innovative design solutions and inspiring stories of urban transformation.
Afghanistan is at a crossroads between traditions and a contemporary lifestyle.
Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood is a documentary that examines the pervasive influence of marketing on children and their families. It delves into the strategies and techniques used by corporations to target children with advertisements, merchandise, and branding, and the impact this has on their behavior, development, and well-being. The film explores issues such as the ethics of marketing to children, the effects of advertising on children's imaginations and play, and the role of parents in navigating this commercial landscape.
After the death of her kind stepfather and Pontian Greek refugee, a young woman arrives in Athens to track down her biological father who is missing since the blood-drenched Pontic genocide in Asia Minor. Will she ever find him?
A young girl on a far off planet in another solar system discovers that all she has been told is not true, her search for truth and love is an adventurous and cautionary tale.
Birthgap - Childless World sets out to understand why birthrates have been falling across the industrialized world and beyond for decades through a journey of discovery across 24 countries. Combining deeply personal interviews with demographic trend data, a common picture emerges of what has been happening to communities across the globe. The documentary then explores the consequences for young and old alike and how our future world will be very different to the one we have become used to.
About the adventures of the good doctor Aibolit and the evil robber Barmalei.
Is our food bought at the price of famine in the developing world? Is agribusiness more interested in producing profits than producing food? This PBS independent documentary investigates U.S. and European agribusiness in the Third World. Filmed on five continents, it takes a close look at agribusiness, which is turning the world's food supply into a global supermarket, buying food at the lowest prices-regardless of small farmers and local populations-and selling it at the highest price and the greatest profit whenever possible.
The 17th century rebellion in Kakheti masterminded by Bidzina Cholokashvili gets about the whole Georgia. An Imeretian youth nicknamed as Bashi-Achuk is a real exterminator of the Persians. He attacks the Persian escort and sets free the Georgian women who were supposed to be locked up in the Shah’s harem. Bashi-Achuk’s twin sisters are among the rescued captives. Abdushahil, a Persian warrior who was defeated by Bashi-Achuk in wrestling, falls in love with Mzisa, Bashi-achuk’s sister. Mzisa brings Abdushahil to the camp of the Georgian rebels. Abdushahil learns that he is a Georgian too. As a child he was kidnapped and brought up in Persia. Abdushahil’s army gives up and the Georgians win the battle.
Georgia, 1864. The Tsarist regime is using Cossacks to forcibly resettle Muslim Georgians to Turkey in order to steal their land. Meanwhile a Muslim girl falls in love with a Christian from the next village.
Crude Impact is a documentary that delves into the far-reaching consequences of the oil industry. It examines the environmental devastation caused by oil extraction, the economic and political power of oil companies, and the urgent need to transition to sustainable energy sources. The film explores the impact of oil on climate change, human rights, geopolitical conflicts, food production, and the overall health of the planet. Through interviews with experts and firsthand accounts, Crude Impact sheds light on the challenges and potential solutions in a world heavily dependent on crude oil.
A prairie landscape undergoes a metamorphosis: rural idyll to over-urbanized dystopia. Director Anne Koizumi laments the changing face of her hometown of Calgary in this critique of the bacteria-like spread of suburbia and exurbia. This film was made as part of the third edition of the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship.
An exploration of the declining birth rate in the Czechoslovakia.
An analysis of the phenomenon of accelerated urbanization in Brazil, and more particularly in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
We start in Rio de Janeiro, with the statue of Cristo Redentor on Mount Corcovado, the avenue along the beach, the beauty of an historic city, and the landmark, Sugarloaf. Brazil's 47 million people celebrate racial diversity. From the Copacabana, we travel 40 miles to a resort, Quitandinha, where President Truman spoke. Then it's on to Sao Paulo, a modern, industrial city, and finally to the spectacular waterfalls of Iguazu on the border between Brazil and Argentina.