Featured DVDs By Month & Year

April 2010

Margot: Tony Palmer's film about Margot Fonteyn

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Release Year: 
2006
Media Format: 
DVD
Main Actors: 
Rudolph Nureyev
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Margot Fonteyn

Margot Fonteyn was the greatest dancer England has ever produced. In her life she transcended the world of dance and became a tabloid darling second to none, a true celebrity. And when, already in her forties, Fonteyn teamed up with Rudolf Nureyev, their astonishing union created one of the most brilliant and magical partnerships in all of ballet history. Their artistic and sexual chemistry electrified all those who were lucky enough to watch them perform. But her remarkable talent and façade of fastidious primness masked a dark torrent within. Fonteyn’s life was the stuff of unimaginable fiction: taken as an underage mistress; married to a Panamanian Ambassador; involved in an attempted coup; the lover of innumerable, often homosexual, public figures; a cultural icon of the swinging sixties; betrayed by her husband’s family, and, above all, a dancer of extraordinary physical eloquence and purity – all culminating in this fragile beauty dying a penniless, lonely recluse. This gripping film uncovers a mountain of archive footage, including memorable performances with Nureyev, and meets with those who danced with her, knew her, and loved her.

Director: 
Tony Palmer
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Facing Ali

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Release Year: 
2009
Media Format: 
DVD
Main Actors: 
Larry Holmes
Main Actors: 
Leon Spinks
Main Actors: 
Ken Norton

Ten of boxing's finest fighters tell what it was like to battle Muhammad Ali, the man many consider to be the best boxer ever. Ali's incomparable journey is recounted through the eyes of those who stepped through the ropes and into history. Join these respected fighters as they weigh in on 'The Greatest' and pay tribute to a living legend.

Director: 
Pete McCormack
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Botany of Desire

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Release Year: 
2009
Media Format: 
DVD
Main Actors: 
Michael Pollan

Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato - and the corresponding human desires - sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan's garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests of Kazakhstan, from a medical marijuana hot house to the tulip markets of Amsterdam

Director: 
Michael Schwarz
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Bonekickers

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Release Year: 
2008
Media Format: 
DVD
Main Actors: 
Julie Graham
Main Actors: 
Michael Maloney
Main Actors: 
Hugh Bonneville

A motley team of archaeologists unearths secrets from the past.

Director: 
James Strong
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Good Hair

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Release Year: 
2010
Media Format: 
DVD
Main Actors: 
Chris Rock

Comedian Chris Rock tackles the very personal issue of hair, and how attaining good hair can impact African American's activities, relationships, wallets, and a self-esteem. Engages in frank, funny conversations with haircare professionals, beautyshop and barbershop patrons, as well as featuring interviews with Dr. Maya Angelou, Nia Long, Ice-T, Raven Symone, and more.

Director: 
Jeff Stilson
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Soul Power

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Release Year: 
2010
Media Format: 
DVD
Main Actors: 
James Brown
Main Actors: 
B. B. King
Main Actors: 
Don King

Documents the events of the three night Zaire '74 music festival in which African-American soul and rhythm and blues performers sang alongside African performers.

Director: 
Jeff Levy-Hinte
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