
Somewhere, in the far North, in a secret dwelling, icebergs are being born… The glacier's round belly gifts them with freedom to drift, like giant babies of the sea. At the term of an endless travel of 400 kilometres across a territory combed by storms and haunted by the solitary white bear, Pierre Dutrievoz, Lorentz and Niels - a father and his two sons aged 11 and 15 - reach this secret place in the spring of 2013, with their Inuit friends, marking on the smooth mirror of the Greenland icy immensity one of the most beautiful stories of arctic exploration, of the last decade.
Somewhere, in the far North, in a secret dwelling, icebergs are being born… The glacier's round belly gifts them with freedom to drift, like giant babies of the sea. At the term of an endless travel of 400 kilometres across a territory combed by storms and haunted by the solitary white bear, Pierre Dutrievoz, Lorentz and Niels - a father and his two sons aged 11 and 15 - reach this secret place in the spring of 2013, with their Inuit friends, marking on the smooth mirror of the Greenland icy immensity one of the most beautiful stories of arctic exploration, of the last decade.
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7.7Documentary that follows a lone Inuit as he hunts, fishes and constructs an igloo, a way of life threatened by climate change.
7.01947. The rush to the poles marked the beginning of an incredible human adventure to discover the last-remaining unknown lands. In France, Paul-E?mile Victor persuaded the government to finance expeditions to explore the Arctic and Antarctic. For the pioneers the conditions were Dantean, all in the name of science.
10.0Greenland, the largest island in the world, is unlike any other country. The film recounts the exploration of the Inlandis cavities in Greenland during the summer of 1992. Janot Lamberton, one of the pioneers of these expeditions, ventured, with speleologists and mountaineers, into the moulins, these immense crevasses that tear through the back of the Inlandis, a vast glacier four times the size of France, while glaciologist Louis Reynaut studies infraglacial phenomena. It is obviously not easy to penetrate the depths of the ice and film at a depth of 150 meters in sub-zero temperatures. The light is blue in one of the most fascinating landscapes on the planet, where scientists and explorers collaborate to deepen their knowledge of the Earth.
8.0If the ice sheet covering Greenland melted, global sea levels would rise 21 feet, profoundly impacting our planet. How, why, and when could this happen? A few years ago, scientists found lost sediment from a secret sub-ice Cold War base in the Arctic from the 1960s that holds clues to a time when Greenland Ice Sheet was gone. The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice is an hour-long documentary about the discovery of this sediment and the critical implications of the science to our future. The finding that the ice sheet melted in the past completely transforms our understanding of the stability of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
10.0Seb embarks on a unique journey by joining Mike Horn for a few days on a stage of Mike's new expedition. Unaware of what to expect, Seb returns with lots of beautiful memories and lessons. Although not presented as a traditional documentary, Seb encapsulates his experience in a captivating vignette, eager to share this remarkable chapter of his life with others.
0.0Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, is currently at the center of international covetousness and tensions. In his rivalry with China for technological supremacy, Donald Trump has made the acquisition of this Arctic territory a priority in order to secure American control over rare earth elements, of which Greenland is believed to hold one of the world's largest reserves.
6.7Hubert de Tartas' life becomes a complete muddle when his wife's grandfather is unearthed after having spent 65 years in frozen hibernation in the polar circle. After being de-frosted, the Hibernating Man believes it is still the beginning of the century. Nothing is spared to keep that illusion alive. At the end of his rope, Hubert blurts out the truth and takes the man from Edwardian times on a crazy spree through an ultramodern Twentieth Century.
0.01912. Montmartre is terrorized by the Parisian mafia. Charlotte and Milo belong to the Apaches gang and are ready to do anything to regain their freedom and run away to America.
8.2The history of lesbians and gays in the former GDR (German Democratic Republic) explored through the lives of five people.
7.0What killed King Tutankhamun? Ever since his spectacular tomb was discovered, the boy king has been the most famous pharaoh of all ancient Egypt. But his mysterious death, at just 19 years old, has never been explained. In this BBC One special, presenter Dallas Campbell reveals new scientific research and carries out unique experiments to get to the truth. For the first time, a virtual autopsy of Tut's mummified body reveals astonishing secrets about the pharaoh. Using CT scan data, the programme creates the first ever full size, scientifically accurate image of the real Tutankhamun. Brand new DNA analysis uncovers a shocking secret about Tut's family background, and the genetic trail of clues leads to a radical and revolutionary new theory to explain Tut's sudden and unexpected death. This is an epic detective story that uncovers the extraordinary truth of the boy behind the golden mask.
10.0The documentary depicts the remarkable phenomenon of the national competition Kalina Krasnaya, organised with a flourish in which the convicts from all over Russia sing their way to victory with songs about longing, war, love and forgiveness.
8.0Journalist Daniela Dahn interviews the East-German author Christa Wolf during the German reunification: reflections on history, changing politics, life and work.
0.0Behind the scenes documentary on the making of Sergeant York.
6.0Documentary chronicling the history of the Heaven's Gate cult, including actual home video footage and interviews with surviving members.