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The Hudson River School: Artistic Pioneers (2014)  Movies

Posted by RSU75 at Feb. 12, 2020
The Hudson River School: Artistic Pioneers (2014)

The Hudson River School: Artistic Pioneers (2014)
DVD Video | NTSC 16:9 | 720x480 | 1hr 13mn | 4.07 Gb
DVDRip | MKV | AVC, ~ 1700 kbps | 720x480 | 1hr 13mn | 1.01 Gb
English: AC3, 2 ch, 256 kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Documentary, Excursion

In the vicinity of New York's Hudson River Valley, the Adirondack Mountains, Catskill Mountains, and the White Mountains of New Hampshire, a group of American painters led by British born artist Thomas Cole forged an artistic vision of the American wilderness. This was the first American school of landscape painting that emerged between 1825 and 1880. Men with the names of (Thomas) Cole, (Asher) Durand, (Jasper) Cropsey, (Albert) Bierstadt, and (Frederic) Church would impress the world with their creative brilliance and wondrous vision. On canvas they would bring to life 19th century America through imagination, interpretation, color and conviction, and they would craft an idealistic, identifiable narrative of an ever-changing nation. This template would soon attract fervid followers and avid admirers.

Art in the Twenty-First Century (2014) [Season 7]  Movies

Posted by RSU75 at March 19, 2019
Art in the Twenty-First Century (2014) [Season 7]

Art in the Twenty-First Century (2014) [Season 7]
DVD Video | NTSC 16:9 | 720x480 | 4 x ~ 0hr 55mn | 7.76 Gb
English: Dolby AC3, 6 ch
Subtitles: None
Genre: Documentary, Excursion | TV Mini-Series

A look at contemporary art and artists.

Spies of Mississippi (2014)  Movies

Posted by RSU75 at Aug. 5, 2019
Spies of Mississippi (2014)

Spies of Mississippi (2014)
DVD Video | NTSC 16:9 | 720x480 | 0hr 53mn | 2.55 Gb
DVDRip | MKV | AVC, ~ 1700 kbps | 720x480 | 0hr 53mn | 730 MB
English: AC3, 2 ch, 224 kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Documentary

Spies of Mississippi tells the story of a secret spy agency formed by the state of Mississippi to preserve segregation and maintain white supremacy. The anti-civil rights organization was hidden in plain sight in an unassuming office in the Mississippi State Capitol. Funded with taxpayer dollars and granted extraordinary latitude to carry out its mission, the Commission evolved from a propaganda machine into a full blown spy operation. How do we know this is true? The Commission itself tells us in more than 146,000 pages of files preserved by the State. This wealth of first person primary historical material guides us through one of the most fascinating and yet little known stories of America's quest for Civil Rights.

Vermeer Beyond Time / La Revanche de Vermeer (2017)  Movies

Posted by RSU75 at May 30, 2018
Vermeer Beyond Time / La Revanche de Vermeer (2017)

Vermeer Beyond Time / La Revanche de Vermeer (2017)
DVDRip | MKV | AVC 720x480, ~ 1.7 Mbps | 1hr 26mn | 1.14 GB
English: Dolby AC3, 2 ch, 192 kbps
Subtitles: English
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Excursion

Narrator Steve Martin explains Vermeer's fall into obscurity and rebound into worldwide sensation, all while examining themes in his paintings, comparisons to Renaissance masters, and relevant history of Europe's politics and art market.

Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party (2019)  Movies

Posted by RSU75 at Oct. 9, 2019
Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party (2019)

Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party (2019)
DVD Video | NTSC 16:9 | 720x480 | 1hr 55mn | 3.84 Gb
DVDRip | MKV | AVC, ~ 1700 kbps | 720x480 | 1hr 55mn | 1.56 GB
English: AC3, 2 ch, 224 kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Documentary, History | TV Mini-Series

It's been thirty years since the massacre at Tianamen Square in Beijing, where upwards of a few thousand students were killed in the military crackdown on their protests, the massacre which the Communist Party of China refuses to talk about or even acknowledge as having happened. With new official documents coming to light as well as the surfacing of other eyewitness video accounts, the seven weeks of the protest leading to the massacre are dissected in detail, it a time when China seemed to be on the brink of a new direction to possible democracy. While many factors led to the ultimate outcome, the core issues seem to be the students being unable to convince even the reformers within the Communist Party that they wanted a dialogue as the potential future leaders of the Party rather than wanting a regime change (i.e. to overthrow the existing government), while the Party leaders seemed to focus in on one word in a report - turmoil - they wanting to avoid long term turmoil with the …

King Arthur's Lost Kingdom (2019)  Movies

Posted by RSU75 at Oct. 16, 2019
King Arthur's Lost Kingdom (2019)

King Arthur's Lost Kingdom (2019)
DVD Video | NTSC 16:9 | 720x480 | 0hr 55mn | 3.46 Gb
DVDRip | MKV | AVC, ~ 1700 kbps | 720x480 | 0hr 55mn | 778 MB
English: AC3, 2 ch, 256 kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Documentary

In the fifth century, the future of Britain hung in the balance. After four centuries of Roman occupation and leadership, the Romans up and left, leaving the nation vulnerable to an invading Anglo-Saxon horde - or at least that's what the fragmentary historical texts record. The truth is no one really knows what happened, and this pivotal moment in history has been shrouded in mystery - until now.

America's Untold Story (2017)  Movies

Posted by RSU75 at June 17, 2018
America's Untold Story (2017)

America's Untold Story (2017)
DVD Video, 2 x DVD9 | NTSC 16:9 | 720x480 | 4 x ~ 0hr 55mn | 6.14 Gb + 5.94 Gb
English: Dolby AC3, 2 ch
Subtitles: English
Genre: Documentary, History

Before Jamestown… before Plymouth… the first permanent European settlement in the United States was founded two generations before the Pilgrims arrived - in 1565 - not by English Protestants, but by a melting pot of Spanish, Africans, Italians, Germans, Irish and converted Jews, who integrated almost immediately with the indigenous tribes. America's Untold Story uncovers the story of America's past that never made it into textbooks.

Vermeer Beyond Time / La Revanche de Vermeer (2017)  Movies

Posted by RSU75 at May 24, 2018
Vermeer Beyond Time / La Revanche de Vermeer (2017)

Vermeer Beyond Time / La Revanche de Vermeer (2017)
DVD Video | NTSC 16:9 | 720x480 | 1hr 26mn | 4.01 Gb
English: Dolby AC3, 2 ch
Subtitles: English
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Excursion

Narrator Steve Martin explains Vermeer's fall into obscurity and rebound into worldwide sensation, all while examining themes in his paintings, comparisons to Renaissance masters, and relevant history of Europe's politics and art market.

Boss: The Black Experience in Business (2019)  Movies

Posted by RSU75 at Oct. 5, 2019
Boss: The Black Experience in Business (2019)

Boss: The Black Experience in Business (2019)
DVD Video | NTSC 16:9 | 720x480 | 1hr 57mn | 3.81 Gb
DVDRip | MKV | AVC, ~ 1700 kbps | 720x480 | 1hr 57mn | 1.58 GB
English: AC3, 2 ch, 224 kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Documentary

From award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson comes a film that educates, informs, and examines more than 150 years of African American men and women who have embodied the qualities that are the heart of the American entrepreneurial spirit.

Big Birds Can't Fly (2015)  Movies

Posted by RSU75 at Dec. 19, 2018
Big Birds Can't Fly (2015)

Big Birds Can't Fly (2015)
DVDRip | MKV | AVC 720x480, ~ 1.6 Mbps | 0hr 53mn | 750 MB
English: AC3, 2 ch, 192 kbps
Subtitles: English
Genre: Documentary, Family | Star: David Attenborough

Of all the birds he's filmed over the years, David Attenborough finds these big birds the most comical. They are the Flintstones of the bird world - a group whose lineage can be traced back to when dinosaurs walked the earth. The ostrich, the emu, and the rhea - together with the kiwi and the cassowary - are essentially the court jesters of the avian world, because they can't do the one thing that birds are famous for doing. They can't fly. But exactly how - and why - did these birds abandon flight? It's been one of the natural world's great mysteries. And now DNA is promising to give us the answer. Among their number is the fastest bird on land, whose chicks hatch ready to run. One has dagger-sharp talons; another, killer thighs. One is a bird that is heard, but seldom seen, and only in the pitch black dead of night, does it call. So you could say these groups of birds are real oddballs. But they're a family with a remarkable success story…despite having never flown a day in their lives.