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The theme centers around a 17-year old girl, Elena, who's tempted to dismiss as futile the hope for love in her life when her parents divorce. This fantasy genre film pays homage to The Wizard of Oz, with an oceanic mythic savor. The story is set in contemporary beach culture of Southern California. Elena escapes the troubles of her home life by retreating to the solitude of the ocean, where she surfs away her pain. When her parents divorce and her father moves out, Elena unconsciously projects onto her boyfriend, Evan, the negative feelings she develops for her father. In an intense surf session Elena has a wipe-out, gets hit on the head with her board and knocked unconscious. She gets pulled underwater, and when she surfaces, finds herself in a dali-esque mythical realm where she sets out on a quest to find what she has lost. Lani, a mermaid guides her to find herself and face the Sea-serpent of the cave.

Chronicle of an installation Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, where Uruguayan artist Marco Maggi employed 400 reams of white copy paper to carpet a concrete floor. Shuffled, scattered, stratified, slipped, toppled, and shifted in a “techtonic” terrain with geological faults and urban plans, 200,000 empty pages awaiting inscription travel in all directions to survey what is absent, and quiet the space like snowfall. Strickland’s camera explores Maggi’s landscape myopically, from macroscopic to microscopic perspectives, tracing the surgical precision of the artist’s hand and contemplating his intrepid enterprise through the fragile experience of paper.

What killed the woolly mammoth? Why do we find specimens all over Siberia? How did these hairy elephants survive such a hostile environment? You’ll be captivated as scientist Michael Oard solves the baffling mystery of the Ice Age that followed the biblical Flood.

Documentary composed of footages taken over the course of 49 days.

A much picked upon teenager (Robinson) helps his uncle adjust to life in a swank retirement resort. Believing he's escaped the drudgery of teenage life, he soon finds his dreams dashed when set upon by a septuagenarian bully (Rocco).

Without sufficient work in the countryside, many peasants go to Hanoi to sell their labor force. As day laborers, they wait in the streets of the city until a job is offered them. After particularly arduous work, some decide to return to the countryside to be near their wives and children. The main character, surrounded by his neighbors, recounts the difficulties and the differences in living conditions between the city and the country.

LOON LIGHTS In the habitat of Loons a dynamic force is discovered. Its rhythmic play shifts and darts amongst the elements that host it, sometimes transposing its form in moods that plumb the amplitude of all that is visible by day or night. Chromatic and luminescent intervention surprises moments of pastoral bliss with symphonic shatterings, borne on the medium that is the sustenance of film itself.

The American flag as a symmetrical form with shifting hues, emblematic of complexities and contradictions. 3:22 or continuous installation

The links between the ancient Greek civilization and our own can be seen in their art, philosophy, government, architecture and scientific advancements. This program invites students to explore the history and culture of ancient Greece, a civilization comprised of over 700 city-states, the largest of which was the legendary city of Athens. Journey to the Acropolis to see the grandeur of the Parthenon, and examine terra-cotta pottery, decorated with images depicting the adventures of Greek heroes, gods and scenes from everyday life.

Explore the ancient history of the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations, two remarkable cultures that took root 3,500 years ago around the Aegean Sea. Students tour the palace at Knossos in the hills of Crete, where beautiful frescoes decorate the walls, showing what the Minoans looked like, what they wore and aspects of their everyday life. The Minoans were artists, engineers, merchants and traders. By contrast, the Mycenaeans were strong warriors and craftsmen who took power after the Minoans' demise, and dominated the early Greek city-states until the Dark Ages.

Join archaeologist Arizona Smith and a young detective-in-training as they unlock the clues of ancient Egypt, including a trip to the pyramids.

Journey high into the Andes Mountains to discover the secrets of the ancient empire of the Inca, a civilization that rivaled the Roman Empire, yet rose and fell within 100 years. The Inca were advanced engineers and farmers, building complex terraces and canal systems to help farm the harsh terrain. Students will explore the stone ruins of the lost city of Machu Picchu, learn the important role that the sun played in the religion of the Inca and marvel at the many traditional foods they enjoyed, including corn and over 200 different kinds of potatoes! Discover the earlier civilizations that influenced the Inca, and see how the arrival of Spanish explorers led to the downfall of their society.

In this fascinating look at ancient China, one of the oldest continuous civilizations, students learn of the great Emperor Qin, whose dynasty was responsible for the construction of the Great Wall and whose elaborate tomb contained hundreds of life-sized clay soldiers to guard him in the afterlife. Trace the history and lasting legacy of the Shang and Zhou dynasties while marveling at the beautiful bronze vessels found during the excavation of the ancient city of Anyang. Explore the origin of Chinese innovations like silk, calligraphy and even the yo-yo, and discover how the famed "Silk Road" opened China's frontiers to trade.

A biographical anime about Quill, a real life guide dog.

A Fully Rome city tour and attraction guide

Evil.9 combines an Internet-circulated hip-hop music video by the Canadian-German artist Mocky with an Associated Press text outlining the effect of the U.S.A. Patriot Act on the basic rights of U.S. citizens. Cokes writes: "Our unwillingness to confront the implications of our acts and the consequences of our history represent failures to take responsibility." [Overview courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix]

This film is made by an intense use of the optical printer. The image is inspired by a painting of Edouard Vuillard, and it depicts an interior that is at the same time a puzzle of fragments from nature. Slowly, it builds up to a chaos of colliding worlds.

Accompaniment to "Collage d’Hollywood (2003)"

A lot of prisoners are also fathers. This short animated film looks at the difficulties facing fathers and stepfathers in prison, and their children. It deals with the effects of imprisonment, and how parents can help children to cope.

"Recycling Flo" is the offbeat story of a man who meets an intriguing woman at a party and winds up in a very unusual menage a trois.

Musical tragic play was held in Dammam, Saudi Arabia

You know wakeboarding has arrived when a wakeboarding horror film is made! This film is sure to be entertaining along with having some great wakeboarding along the way. Two young hooligans stumble upon a gateway to pure horror. The two freakishly foolish boys unleash the most terrifying and sinister plague of the past upon a community of wakeboarders that results in a revenge-riddled blanket of blood.

This DVD "catches free-improv guitar legend Derek Bailey in an intimate concert for about 40 friends and fans on December 29, 2001 ... Bailey is at his best during the 51-minute set, which includes his telling a story about working in a guitar shop in the 1960s (accompanying himself as he does in his much sought-after "chats") and a few moments of traditional playing on the vintage Epiphone hollow-body he bought on Staten Island.

José José: Biografía En Canción Vol. 2 is a documentary that, through his songs, explores the story of his success, his personal life, and the anecdotes behind his music.