Great Masters Series – Botticcelli(1984)

Synopsis

Art/Life Biography -Oscar Nominated Director John Halas. Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli or Il Botticello (“The Little Barrel”; c. 1445[1] –– May 17, 1510) was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance (Quattrocento). Less than a hundred years later, this movement, under the patronage of Lorenzo de’ Medici, was characterized…

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Genre: Documentary

Great White Death( 1980)

Synopsis

Jean Lebel’s documentary Great White Death offers much information about the Great White Shark, one of the most feared creatures in the ocean. Hosted by Glenn Ford, the program includes facts about various aspects of a shark’s life as well as recreations of incidences where sharks have attacked humans.

Director

Jean-Patrick Lebel

Featuring

Glen Ford

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Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 88 minutes

Journey Into the Beyond(1976)

Synopsis

A “journey” into the world of the supernatural. Carradine hosts this grotesque believe-it-or-not shockumentary featuring hypnotic dentistry, exorcism, voodoo and psychokinesis. Suggested for mature viewers…

Directors

Rolf Olsen

Featuring

John Carradine – Paul Ross

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Genre: Documentary – Horror

Runtime: 95 minutes

Hollywood on Trial( 1975)

Synopsis

Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?” is the by-now familiar phrase that echoes through David Helpern’s portrait of Congress’s Hollywood witch hunt, the dark period of American Cold War hysteria that opened the door for Joseph McCarthy’s “red-baiting” reign of terror. Hundreds of Hollywood artists had their civil rights suspended when they were called before Congress …

Directors

David Helpern

Featuring

Walter Bernstein – Alva Bessie – Lester Cole – Gary Cooper – Henry Daniel – Howard Da Silva and Narrated by John Huston

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Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 105 minutes