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The Extraordinary was an Australian television documentary series that featured stories of the paranormal and supernatural. It ran on the Seven Network from 1993 to 1996. The following year it moved to the Nine Network. If you ever wanted to be spooked by fantastic story-telling and compelling imagery without the horror, then this was your show. The show consisted of 4 -5 stories of ghosts, paranormal activity, urban legends, and unsolved mysteries. From local areas in Australia, to overseas locations, every nook and cranny was covered, including local and international personalities and stars telling their own personal encounters with the phenomenon that would give you goosebumps. The Extraordinary was a successful show, lasting 3 years on Channel 7 before being poached by Channel 9 in 1997, where it ended its run. It was successful enough to be taken up by US broadcasting to be re-dubbed there by US personality Corbin Bernsen.
This three-part documentary series charts Florentino Perez’ Galactico revolution at Real Madrid at the turn of the century. The documentary includes fascinating insights from a stellar cast of Real Madrid legends, including Iker Casillas, Roberto Carlos, Fernando Hierro, Claude Makélélé, Fernando Morientes, Steve McManaman and Manager Vicente del Bosque, alongside individuals closest to Perez. The three-part series traces Real Madrid’s time under Perez, from his Presidential win and controversial transfer of Luis Figo from bitter rivals Barcelona in July 2000, to the resignation of his first term as Real Madrid President in February 2006 following the fallout from his ‘Galáctico’ vision.
A cast of quirky critters and Mother Nature herself narrate this funny science series, which peeks into the lives of Earth's most incredible animals.
Real-life tales of tragedy when online acquaintances turn out to be murderous villains in disguise.
Must Love Cats is an Animal Planet television series hosted by John Fulton which premiered in the United States in February 2011. In each episode, he travels through different parts of the United States and explores various aspects of the cat lovers lifestyle. Animal Planet announced in April 2011 that the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on March 10, 2012. The second season features countries outside of the U.S.
Life-long birder Christian Cooper takes us on a journey to dive into and discover the wild, wonderful, and unpredictable world of birds.
Vitus is stuck in a rut until he meets the optimistic and adventurous Emma. The two start a relationship, but Vitus leaves out the detail that his ex-girlfriend is pregnant.
Objektiv is a travel show on Czech Television, the oldest of its kind in the Czech Republic, with which we can travel to all corners of the world. Objektiv was first broadcast on Sunday morning, January 11, 1987, and its broadcast time has not changed to this day.
A love letter to pork belly -- a perennial favorite among Koreans of every generation -- unfolds with an exploration of its history and cooking methods.
Battles BC is a 2009 documentary series looking at key battles in ancient history. The show was known for its very gritty nature, visual effects similar to the movie 300 and its highly choreographed fight scenes with various weapons.
Full of action, suspense, and larger than life characters, ‘Aussie Snake Wranglers’ thrusts audiences into Australia’s snake catching world – where one mistake could cost you your life. Stuart and the Aussie Snake Wranglers team put their lives on the line to ensure the safety of those who find a slithering surprise in their home, school or business.
Courtney Act presents a series of in-depth conversations with young Australian gamechangers - people who in the process of striving for their own successful lives, have changed the world they live in.
In Travels with Agatha with Sir David Suchet, the actor will replicate Poirot author Christie’s journey, which spanned former British Empire territories Canada, Hawaii, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia as part of a trade mission. Each episode will feature one of the five countries.
Comprised entirely of re-mastered and colorised archive footage from World War II, much of it never before seen, Sacrifice recounts the story of D-Day through the testimonies of those who lived it. These important historical days are seen through the eyes of French civilians and members of the military fighting on both sides. The testimonies of famous individuals like Dwight D. Eisenhower and Erwin Rommel are intertwined with those of anonymous soldiers and citizens, such as film director Samuel Fuller and Eisenhower's chauffeur, Kay Summersby. From the preparations for D-Day all the way through to the liberation of Paris, the accounts of these men and women provide a moving and invaluable retelling of this pivotal time in history.
Japan continues to thrive as it incorporates cultural elements of music, fashion, cuisine, sports, arts and science from around the world. People’s encounters trigger the fusion of Japan’s and the world’s diverse culture, unceasingly producing a myriad of new phenomena and events. This series will feature how various culture in modern Japan and overseas blend together and influence each other.
Since 1980, Lucille Côté has lived in Laterrière, surrounded by more than 250 animals. With a silver mane and candid demeanor, Lucille practices a craft that has long been the exclusive domain of men: Taxidermy. Through various contemplative and country-flavoured tableaux, we meet a particular breed of taxidermist, living outside of the digital age, with enough skills to get by in the woods without a compass or a frying pan.
After the fall of Assad’s regime, five survivors return to the former torture prison of Saidnaya to reenact what they experienced there during their incarceration. They reclaim their voices and bear witness for those who can no longer speak for themselves.
October 13th, 1977. Sport Club Corinthians Paulista hadn't won a major title in 22 years, 8 months, and 7 days. PLACAR magazine, launched in 1970, was in imminent danger of closing. Winning the Campeonato Paulista was crucial to the survival of both: the team with the second-largest fan base in Brazil and the longest-running sports magazine in Latin America.
An unsettling journey into the darkest corners of human desire. EROS & ARTHANATOS, directed by Domiziano Cristopharo and Cristo Gil Diaz, is an unfiltered documentary exploring the taboo world of necrophilia. Through historical accounts, psychological insights, and cinematic representations, the film dissects the intersection of love, death, and obsession. Blending expert interviews, archival footage, and artistic interpretations, EROS & ARTHANATOS challenges conventional morality, delving into the disturbing yet fascinating realm where eroticism and mortality collide.
An exploration of how the once taboo art form has become socially acceptable.
In this short film we accompany Sasha Gigliani, soccer player and Miss Argentina, for an entire afternoon, from her weekly beauty routine to her work as an athlete and influencer on the Estudiantes de La Plata field.
The world is on the verge of collapse. Climate crisis, loss of biodiversity, infertile soils, overpopulation... Frédéric Choffat's two children, 13 and 17 years old, confront him.
Antônio Tenório and the Brazilian Paralympic Team are invited to a rare training camp in Japan. Passing through the main temples of Judo, our visually impaired athletes face the many challenges of training in an unknown country. The encounter with their Japanese hosts generates strangeness and difficulties, but also discoveries and joys. Step by step, these situations strengthen our athletes, who find themselves increasingly united. Led by the charisma and sensitivity of champion Tenório, a new generation of judo is revealed and inspired.
Meet a surgeon who claims to remove highly advance implants, nanotechnology microchips imbedded by aliens, non-humans monitoring our earth. Discover the world of abductions, scalar wave transmissions and a program to study or manipulate the human race. Armed with a patient, a scalpel, black lights and a stud finder – we seek to verify the authenticity of this alleged Off-World Implant Technology.
In a tiny Alabama town with the curious name of Muscle Shoals, something miraculous sprang from the mud of the Tennessee River. A group of unassuming, yet incredibly talented, locals came together and spawned some of the greatest music of all time: “Mustang Sally,” “I Never Loved a Man,” “Wild Horses,” and many more. During the most incendiary periods of racial hostility, white folks and black folks came together to create music that would last for generations and gave birth to the incomparable “Muscle Shoals sound.”
Very few people really knew Herbert von Karajan. The conductor gave access to his private life only a little circle of strictly loyal people who kept their secrets even long after the maestro’s death. This documentary for the first time shows in the whole dimension the real man Karajan: not only the image of a dandy that he himself had shown to the public, but the unfiltered image of his personality. Newly discovered original film footage from the inner circle shows Karajan’s private life like it really was.
In 2008 Zenit turned into a European top club. The blue-white-blue not only won the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup, but also beat Bayern and Manchester United en route to the trophy. Andrey Arshavin, Anatoly Timoshchuk, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Zenit fan Mikhail Shats and others will tell you everything about the formation of that team, head coach Dick Advocaat and the hardest path to victories that have gone down in the history of Russian sports forever.
In 30 years of a deeply committed career and 50 roles, Denzel Washington, double-Oscar winner, placed the figure of the Black man in all its complexity at the heart of the American paradoxes: from Black activist, rebel soldier to gangster torn between violence and charity. Voted best actor of the 21st century by the New York Times a few months ago, Denzel Washington, 65, has risen to the top of American cinema. As an Actor, director and producer, he has shaken up a "color line" as immutable as it is subtle. Often identified with his characters, he reveals himself to be disconcerting and paradoxical. As if he were holding up a mirror to America in which all of its contradictions and failings were reflected. A documentary that chronicles the extraordinary career of the world-renowned African-American actor.
A 58 year-old Black queer man speaks about his life as an emergency nurse, leather title holder and civil rights advocate.
A portrait of the Larrieu brothers at work shot during the post-production of their film Tralala.
In American Sign Language (ASL) with subtitles available in English, Spanish and Canadian French. This powerful documentary uses real life experiences from Deaf people of varied social, racial, and educational boundaries showing how this form of oppression does lasting and harmful damage. Bonus materials include directors' comments from Ben Bahan and H-Dirksen Bauman and additional scences. Teachers: This film is a wonderful tool for beginning ASL students, as an introduction to a side of Deaf culture that cannot be found in any textbook.