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Showing posts with label Nature and Environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nature and Environment. Show all posts

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Wolves (IMAX Documentary)



Take a journey into the world of wolves as these amazing animals work and play while struggling to survive against the elements.

Friday, May 21, 2010

The Secret Life of Chaos



Chaos theory has a bad name, conjuring up images of unpredictable weather, economic crashes and science gone wrong. But there is a fascinating and hidden side to Chaos, one that scientists are only now beginning to understand.

It turns out that chaos theory answers a question that mankind has asked for millennia - how did we get here?

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Chernobyl Heart




Chernobyl Heart is a 2003 documentary film by Maryann DeLeo. The film won the Best Documentary Short Subject award at the 2004 Academy Awards.

In the film, DeLeo travels through Ukraine and Belarus with Adi Roche, the Irish founder of the Chernobyl Children's Project International, observing the effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on the health of children in the area.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

How to save the planet: One man, one cow, one planet



'The outcome of the battle for agricultural control in India may just dictate the future of the earth.' Peter Proctor is 78. He has a glass eye and is partially deaf. He can’t stomach hot, spicy food, sings opera obsessively and off-key and has left the comforts of life in suburban New Zealand to live and work in India. He is also quietly determined to save the world.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Encounters At The End Of The World




Werner Herzog ("Grizzly Man," "Rescue Dawn") confirms his standing as poet laureate of men in extreme situations with ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD. In this visually stunning exploration, Herzog travels to the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station, the hub of the US Antarctic Program and home to eleven hundred people during the austral spring and summer (Oct-Feb).

Friday, April 30, 2010

Oliver The Chimp: The Human Chimp



In January 1976 news broke of a phenomenon. Pictures showed an upright bald ape called Oliver, who appeared to be a cross between a human and a chimpanzee; What scientists refer to as a humanzee. Now 30 years later, he has been found still alive. And with the latest DNA profiling, we can finally solve the mystery of the humanzee.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Flow: For Love of Water




Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Lord of the Ants




Naturalist E.O. Wilson's fascination with little creatures has led him to some very big ideas.

At age 78, E.O. Wilson is still going through his "little savage" phase of boyhood exploration of the natural world. In "Lord of the Ants," NOVA profiles this soft-spoken Southerner and Harvard professor, who is an acclaimed advocate for ants, biological diversity, and the controversial extension of Darwinian ideas to human society.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Worlds Deadliest Animals Amazon



The Amazon, a place of beauty, mystery and danger. This immense river has literally shaped the continent and everything that lives here. A vast array of creatures stalks the shadowy rain forest and plies the murky waters. Each armed with ingenious methods to hunt, defend and kill. They are the Amazon's Deadliest Animals.

Worlds Deadliest Animals: Australia



Australia is a continent unlike any other, home to scores of lethal creatures found nowhere else in the world. Some are faceless, others unforgettable, but all use ingenious methods to hunt, defend and kill. Sometimes when we enter their worlds we get too close with fatal results. Prepare to come face to face with Australia's Deadly Dozen.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Anima Mundi




ANIMA MUNDI - THE SOUL OF THE WORLD. Is a film about animals. It contains no actors, has not plot and has no script. Anima Mundi was created by Godfrey Reggio who also created Koyaanisqatsi. Anima Mundi was commissioned by the Italian jewellery company Bvlgari, for the World Wide Fund for Nature which used the film for its Biological Diversity Program. The breathtaking images of nature where intended to make the viewer feel that they where part of the natural world.

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life




Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life is a documentary about Charles Darwin and his revolutionary theory of evolution through natural selection, produced by the BBC to mark the bicentenary of Darwin's birth. It is part of the BBC Darwin Season. The presenter, David Attenborough, outlines the development of the theory by Darwin through his observations of animals and plants in nature and in the domesticated state, visiting sites important in Darwin's own life, including Down House, Cambridge University and the Natural History Museum, and using archive footage from Attenborough's many nature documentaries for the BBC.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Earthlings



EARTHLINGS is a feature length documentary about humanity's absolute dependence on animals (for pets, food, clothing, entertainment, and scientific research) but also illustrates our complete disrespect for these so-called "non-human providers." The film is narrated by Academy Award nominee Joaquin Phoenix (GLADIATOR) and features music by the critically acclaimed platinum artist Moby.

Monday, March 29, 2010

The Ultimate Predators

The Ultimate Predators is a series of six half-hour films, in which the makers of this documentary uses miniaturised cameras mounted on the hunters themselves to show the chase from their perspective. The series also uses action replays and computer animations, allowing it to analyse the tactics of predator and prey from every angle.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

An inconvenient truth




This famous documentary shows the true impact of global warming through a talk given by former Vice President Gore.