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White water kayakers are adventurers, extreme sports enthusiasts, and adrenaline junkies who push themselves through stretch after stretch of white water for the love of the challenge and to gaze fondly into the heart of nature. For one man that river exists only in wind gusts, the loud torrent that fills the air, the taste of clay in his mouth, and the splash of cool water on his face.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy gave Americans a new way to serve their country: the Peace Corps. In its 60-year history, 200,000+ volunteers have traveled to more than 140 countries to carry out the organization's mission of world peace and friendship a towering task, indeed. Through interviews with Corps volunteers, Heads-of-State, scholars, journalists, and host country nationals, the film explores how this uniquely American government agency...

The Woman of Stars and Mountains recounts the story of Rita, an indigenous woman from Mexico. Rita left her mountain community in northern Mexico and embarked on a journey to Kansas. There, she was involuntarily detained and confined in a psychiatric hospital for 12 years because the hospital authorities could not ascertain her identity, origins, or the language she spoke. Upon the discovery of the truth, Rita returned to live in the Sierra Tarahumara....

Trans women face extreme violence in Mexico City, and sex workers are even more vulnerable. This raw and deeply affecting portrait of Kenya gives an insider's view of the impact that violence has on the community, and how complex life is for them. Kenya witnesses her friend Paola being murdered by a client. When the murderer is released, Kenya embarks on a lengthy battle for justice, backed up by her "sisters." A debut of great integrity. Nominated...

In Egypt's Sahara Desert, massive skeletons with strange skulls and gigantic teeth jut out from the sandy ground. This fossil graveyard, millions of years old, is known as the Valley of the Whales.

Incorporating eyewitness accounts and cinematic reenactments of some of the most eerie and inexplicable stories ever recorded, this explores a powerful force whose true nature is unknown to most of us-yet whose grasp affects us all. With each chilling episode, with every spellbinding scare even the most skeptical observer will question what lies beyond the opened door between our world and the next.

Fly With Me tells the story of the pioneering young women who became flight attendants at a time when single women were unable to order a drink, eat alone in a restaurant, own a credit card or get a prescription for birth control. Becoming a "stewardess," as they were called, offered unheard-of opportunities for travel, glamour, adventure and independence. Although often maligned as feminist sellouts, these women were on the frontlines of the battle...

From the Pacific Northwest to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, this is the inspiring true story of four tenacious men who risk everything to conquer the world records of motorcycle land speed racing. Their extraordinary journey will remind you how perseverance against all odds can send the most unlikely men roaring into glory.

Continues to examine 75 million years of the most credible alien evidence here on Earth. Season Three explores new directions, including sightings and phenomena from ancient times to the present. From the age of dinosaurs to ancient Egypt, from early cave drawings to continued mass sightings in the U.S., each episode gives historic depth to the questions, speculations, controversies, firsthand accounts and grounded theories surrounding an age-old...

The world's most talented young pianists compete in the International Chopin Piano Competition, held every five years in Warsaw, Poland. A rare behind-the-scenes look at the triumphant highs and crushing lows of competition, Pianoforte is both a testament to the remarkable power of music and an intimate coming-of-age portrait.