Sentences with phrase «than a documentary of»

Not exact matches

Maryam Henein, the director of Vanishing of the Bees, a 2010 documentary that explores the environmental ramifications Colony Collapse Disorder, dismisses the personified bee being backburnered as little more than a clever «healthwashing» - reminiscent corporate publicity stunt.

Last week, HBO released a documentary on the Church of Scientology (COS), called Going Clear, which was watched by 1.7 million people (not counting those who streamed online), more than any HBO documentary in nearly a decade.

Today, Carr's site kriscarr.com, is followed by more than 40,000 people, and her story has been the subject of multiple documentaries.

Next year, Netflix is expected to spend upwards of $ 6 billion producing more than 1,200 hours of movies, TV shows, documentaries, and children's television programs.

«The virtual reality experience was one of those communication events that would connect with audiences in a different way than a documentary.»

Connor Schell, executive producer of ESPN Films, told reporters on a conference call earlier this week that, when he first discussed the project that became Made in America with the director Edelman more than two years ago, they had no idea to what extent the Simpson trial would reassert itself into American popular culture after two decades — not to mention the surge in popularity of the true crime genre, as seen recently with documentary series like Netflix's Making a Murderer and HBO's The Jinx.

According to the documentary film «Saving Mes Aynak,» the mine would in effect destroy the ancient city, though MCC and the Afghan government claim that they will «move» the city in order to extract the more than $ 100 billion of copper deposited directly beneath it.

Reaching more than 96 million households worldwide, MSNBC offers a full schedule of live news coverage, progressive voices, award - winning documentary programming — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Join us as we discuss how Molly helped one of her clients successfully launch a Christian documentary and generate 100,000 leads for less than $ 1 / lead, how you can use the «MAGICC» method to convert cold traffic, and how the 3 - step «Ecommerce Ad Amplifier» led to a 5.8 X return on ad spend.

As an industry content leader, Participant annually produces up to six narrative feature films, five documentary films, three episodic television series, and more than 40 hours of digital short form programming, through its digital subsidiary SoulPancake — all aimed at entertainment that inspires social awareness and engaging audiences to participate in positive social change.

We bring together the best immersive experiences from the world's finest VR creators — from gripping tales set in worlds of pure imagination to documentaries taking you further inside the news than ever before.

Speaking after the documentary Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the peer and former chairman of the Conservative Party, said British Muslims had made more progress in changing their attitudes on various social issues since they arrived in Britain in the 1950s than the Church of England and the Conservative Party had over the same period.

I say this only because Cameron Crowe's documentary, which showed the Pearl Jam's alleged heroic testimony before Congress as they called out the monopoly of Ticketmaster in setting prices for concert tickets, made this band something other than a rehash of «70s stadium rock with a lead singer with a Bono complex.

You will observe that not one of the books of the Old Testament (in its finished form) is of earlier date than the eighth century BC Before that time there existed traditions handed down by word of mouth, and various documentary records and compositions, which were used by later writers.

The documentary deeply moved people, and inspired a new generation of Christian activists; more than a few became Missionaries of Charity themselves.

Specifically, we pop in a DVD titled Winged Migration, Jacques Perrin's Oscar - nominated documentary that follows dozens of species of birds on their amazing migratory trek — some covering more than 2,000 miles.

I am a huge fan of documentaries as I find real life far more fascinating than anything Hollywood could come up with.

Click through this slideshow for (more than) a few of our favorite vendors — plus a video documentary on the history of the place.

That's one of the lasting images from this deft documentary whose dark shadows are vastly more fascinating than its bright lights.

The documentary also touches on such ABA characters as beefcake forward Wendell Ladner and Marvin (Bad News) Barnes, who once said of a team flight that was to cross into a more westerly time zone and thus arrive earlier than it left, «I'm not getting on any time machine.»

No secret the players of today are bigger, stronger and faster (hey wasn't there a steroid documentary called that???) than the stars of the past, humans didn't evolve that fast, science did.

After kicking off with our premiere on Oklahoma Educational Television (OETA - PBS) in August, and with stations in North Carolina and Colorado having aired the documentary in September, the beginning of October marks the first full week of broadcasts on PBS stations in more than ten states.

All of this raises the possibility that those cafeteria ladies, with their hairnets and their soup ladles, may be doing more to change the way America eats than all the independent documentaries and Michael Pollan books and Whole Foods markets combined.

Adopted -2007 documentary film Adopted reveals the grit rather than the glamor of transracial adoption.

I think that this documentary does an excellent job of encouraging expectant parents to think about how they can have the healthiest and most meaningful birthing experience possible, rather than just submit to what's expected of them by their health care provider, relatives, and friends.

Edward Stourton, the senior BBC journalist who made the documentary, said more than 350 letters were found at the National Library of Poland, the first dated in 1973 and the last a few months before his death in 2005.

WASHINGTON — A New York congressional candidate who made a documentary about the hazards of a corn - fed diet is up to his ears in conflict since his wife owns more than $ 2 million worth of stock in food companies dependent on corn products, records show.

Democratic NY - 21 candidate Aaron Woolf, who made a documentary about the hazards of a corn - fed diet, has a conflict since his wife owns more than $ 2 million worth of stock in food companies dependent on corn products.

But, without giving too much away because the film isn't yet finished, the documentary is more than just an expose of Spitzer's sex scandal; Gibney also raises numerous questions about the incidents leading up the government's investigation of Spitzer's crime.

The director of two documentaries titled «Gasland,» who did more than anyone to popularize the case to ban fracking, did not need to explain his prop.

«In fact, in June 2010, the number of searches for «Gasland» was four times higher than the number of searches for «fracking,» indicating that the documentary created significant interest in the topic among the general public.»

«For the period of the study the number of Google searches for «fracking» was much larger than for «Gasland», with two exceptions: the months when the documentary was released on HBO and when it was nominated for an Oscar,» Vasi says.

With footage of frolicking polar bear cubs, mesmerizing time - lapse video of a frozen waterfall thawing in spring, and an up - close look at how rising temperatures are ravaging those environments, Frozen Planet has something for everyone — even those whose tastes run more to sitcoms than documentary.

In this thought - provoking documentary, meet one such twin who was born weighing more than three times as much as his brother, a pair of identical twins with different sexual orientations, and a young girl born with extra pairs of arms and legs belonging to her undeveloped parasitic twin.

In 2000, the Channel 4 documentary Neanderthal described how they were not covered in thick hair, but wore clothing made of animals skins and were far more sophisticated than popularly believed.

Some of the research covered in the documentary includes scientists who are identifying and characterizing planets orbiting other stars (the other planets in our solar system would likely be more trouble than they're worth to make comfortable, the film argues); an engineer building a rocket fueled by plasma, the same charged particles found in our sun; and a team building a fleet of robots that could construct habitats before humans even arrive at their destination.

Sroufe is the author of The China Study: Quick & Easy Cookbook, The China Study Family Cookbook, Better Than Vegan, and Forks Over Knives — The Cookbook, a vegan cookbook companion to the acclaimed documentary Forks Over Knives.

This is a woman who not only has the audacity to stand up to Anna Wintour (as we saw more than a few times in the documentary), but also the confidence to rock that billowing cloud of I - don't - care - what - you - think red hair within the halls of Vogue — where the word «critical» is likely an understatement.

Although the choice of interviewees skews the movie in a New Age - y direction, there's less pseudoscience and more heart than in the kindred documentary «What the Bleep Do We Know?»

[/ color][/ font][font = Arial][color = darkred] Wilson is tackling more than Moore's questionable tactics; he's examining the nature of documentary film itself.

Over all, Ms. Handler's attempt to reinvent the form doesn't quite succeed, but the best moments of these films at least are more fun than most documentaries.

The true - crime documentary «I Touched All Your Stuff,» the tale of an American imprisoned in Brazil, proves stranger than fiction.

This documentary explores the world of Michael Zahs, a collector who locates a home — other than his — for his enormous trove of memorabilia.

One month later, and less than two months after his final public appearance as the narrator of a TV documentary on the «real West,» Cooper died; to fans still reeling from the death of Clark Gable six months earlier, it seemed that Hollywood's Golden Era had suddenly died, as well.

Don't be put off thinking this is gonna be just another boring talking heads documentary; featuring some of the most ingenious photographic manipulation I have ever seen, it's considerably more cinematic than you might expect.

Ultimately, Handler's documentary functions more as a way to justify her brand of humor than to offer a fresh take on how we talk about race.

PYONGYANGST - My Review of THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT (3 Stars) Evoking more questions than answers, THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT, a documentary by filmmakers Ross Adam and Robert Cannan details the stranger than fiction account of a prominent South Korean film director and his actress ex-wife who were kidnapped by North Korea during Kim Jong Il's reign and were forced to make over 17 movies for him.

One comes out of this fragmentary documentary about the King Of Cool's passion for motor racing liking him much less than one did going iof this fragmentary documentary about the King Of Cool's passion for motor racing liking him much less than one did going iOf Cool's passion for motor racing liking him much less than one did going in.

A Ciambra is intimate and documentary - like, approaching and then backing away from larger issues of marginalized and immigrant communities, showing rather than preaching, and most importantly, prioritizing Pio's adolescent face and the way his eyes scrutinize his surroundings as they constantly look for opportunity, weak spots to break through.

It's both the best children's animated film this year since «Inside Out» — you might call it «Outside In» — and, unexpectedly, a more stirring depiction of the deadening modern megalopolis than most heal - the - world documentaries.