According to the legendary broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough, climate change is the biggest challenge facing the world, "We've reached a tipping point and we must act now to save our planet."
Widely considered one of the pioneers of the nature documentary, Sir David Attenborough has written and presented ten major series surveying nearly every aspect of life on Earth. Long criticized by environmentalists for not using his mesmerising platform to push the green message, Attenborough has taken up the battle cry for global warming. Read more about the series.
Filmmaker Marianne Kaplan turns the camera on her own family, creating a rare and intimate first-hand portrait of living with Asperger Syndrome (AS)-a form of high-functioning autism characterized by socially and emotionally inappropriate behavior, and an inability to interact successfully with others.
The film follows Kaplan's son Adam as he makes his way through Grade 7.
Just why does America fight? Acclaimed filmmaker Eugene Jarecki, (The Trials of Henry Kissinger) creates a sense of urgency and moves beyond the headlines to uncover the deeper answers behind the American war machine in WHY WE FIGHT - Winner of the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005.
During the early weeks of the war in Iraq, U.S. military officials believed victory would come quickly and few soldiers would be lost. But over the past four years, thousands of U.S. soldiers have been killed and many more thousands have returned home physically and psychologically wounded. In The Ground Truth, filmmaker Patricia Foulkrod delivers a searing look at how U.S. soldiers struggle to come to terms with their experience upon returning home.
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In 5 Ways to Save the World, five of the world's top scientists propose five radical scientific inventions which could stop global warming dead in its tracks. The ideas include: a giant sunshade in space to filter out the sun's rays and help cool us down; forests of artificial trees that would breath in carbon dioxide and stop the green house effect and a fleet futuristic yachts that will shoot salt water into the clouds thickening them and cooling the planet.
Are these the crazy ideas of mad scientists in white coats or could they be our saviours and save the world from global warming? Tell us what you think.
Vincent is addicted to fast food. Greg hides behind his jokes. Kat is obsessed with beauty products, and bullied Raya retreats to her room.
Generation XXL follows these four overweight teens as they attend a Fit Intervention Camp aimed at improving self-esteem. As the kids struggle against junk food, video games, soda pop, parents and peer pressure, viewers will see that for teens, weight loss is far more complex than simply getting off the couch.
