rssMountain Gorillas
April 4th, 2007 · comment or link to (permalink)
Running time: 39 mins.
channel: 'nature'
Earthlings
February 28th, 2007 · 3 comments or link to (permalink)
Feature length documentary about humankind’s relationship to other animals. How we treat them and how we depend on them.
[update: as a Smashing Telly viewer, points out, I should probably warn people that this film is very disturbing and graphic. However, it is not gratuitously so. Also, if the warning is relevant, merely because it may put you off your dinner, then it’s kind of pointless, since one of the points of this film is to warn you about your dinner. ]
Running time: 1 hour 35 mins.
What Makes Us Human part 1. Big Heads
February 15th, 2007 · comment or link to (permalink)
What exactly is it that makes humans different from other animals? Presented by Armand Leroi
Running time, part 1: 47 mins.
Running time, part 2: 48 mins.
Full screen
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Rivers and Tides - Andy Goldsworthy
February 8th, 2007 · comment or link to (permalink)
Beautiful documentary about my favorite artist, Andy Goldsworthy. Goldsworthy makes landscape sculpture from purely natural materials that are immediately at hand. He makes arches out of cracked ice, spirals out of cracked stones, and incredible sculptures from woven leaves. The results are simple and unpretentious but at the same time profound and painstakingly well crafted.
Running time: 1 hour 30 mins.
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Meerkats United
January 10th, 2007 · comment or link to (permalink)
Aaah, if you can’t get enough of cute animals, this 1994 documentary about Meerkats in the Kalahari is a must.
Running time: 23 mins.