The legacy and life of German composer Carl Orff as documented by director Tony Palmer.

Born in 1932 in Dresden, Gerhard Richter is considered one of the world's greatest living painters and now nearly 80 years old, agreed to talk about his work, as a small film crew documents his creative process. Blunt, provocative, unashamedly curmudgeonly, and iconoclastic (but never cynical), the artist says he's 'interested in things he doesn't understand,' that 'painting is a secretive business,' and that 'each painting is an assertion that tolerates...

This docudrama examines the establishment of Liechtenstein in 1699, its alliance with Napoleon, the threat of the annexation by Hitler as well as its transformation from peasant state to one of the richest countries in the world. It also investigates its role in selling citizenship to Jews during World War II, how the Princely family of Liechtenstein owns 7 billion Euros, what motivated the world's first whistleblowers Klaus Lins and Heinrich Kieber...

Thomas and Alexander Huber rank as two of the best mountain climbers ever. Now the brothers set out to break the record in speed climbing the 2,900 foot sheer cliff known as 'The Nose' of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. Extreme sports don't come any more extreme than speed rock-climbing. In their attempt to set a world record, the Hubers compress a three-day ascent for regular climbers into less than three hours. Intensive practice and split-second...

In Calcutta, India, the Banerji Protocol, named for a 150-year-old dynasty of doctors and based on the research of homeopathy founder Samuel Hahnemann, can naturally cure cancer and other chronic diseases. Treating more than one thousand patients each day in their clinic, the Banerjis have meticulously collected a wealth of unique data over the past fifty years, but their method is just beginning to be offered by doctors and homeopaths in the West....

This is an investigative documentary about the audacity of an industry that tests the toxicity of their products on prisoners- only to deny the danger of these substances and their damaging effects on the environment and health, including that of their own employees.

Multi-awarded director Nikolaus Geyrhalter delivers stunning images from inside the immense CERN, the research center in Switzerland where they try to recreate the big bang. Alternated by interviews with the experts who devised the Large Hadron Collider," the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, CERN gives an unprecedented insight into the complex experimental research institution and explores moments of tension between man and...

Surrealist artist H. R. Giger (1940–2014) terrified audiences with his Oscar-winning monsters in Ridley Scott's Alien. Sci-fi, horror, music, album covers, tattoos and fetish art have been influenced by his dark, intricate paintings and sculptures depicting birth, death and sex. Both a mesmerizing introduction to Giger's oeuvre and a must-see for Giger devotees, Belinda Sallin's definitive documentary Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World shares the intimate...

"You have to give up your old life before you can begin a new one" is the motto of the eight member Roc Kidz Crew, one of the most authentic hip-hop formations ever, and this is their film. The dancers indeed give up their middle-class lives and material expectations of life and make their way as a multicultural break-dancing crew all over Europe, on a tour that promises neither profit nor fame. Theirs is a journey full of surprises and positive encounters:...

Research into the hearts' longevity has the potential to lengthen our lives by years - what current challenges and technologies exist to maintain our heart health?