Молодой биолог Виктор Служкин от безденежья идет работать учителем географии в обычную пермскую школу. Он борется, а потом и дружит с учениками, конфликтует с завучем, ведет девятиклассников в поход — сплавляться по реке. Еще он пьет с друзьями вино, пытается ужиться с женой и водит в детский сад маленькую дочку. Он просто живет…
In 2013, the world's media reported on a shocking mountain-high brawl as European climbers fled a mob of angry Sherpas. Director Jennifer Peedom and her team set out to uncover the cause of this altercation, intending to film the 2014 climbing season from the Sherpa's point-of-view. Instead, they captured Everest's greatest tragedy, when a huge block of ice crashed down onto the climbing route...
Тверской купец Афанасий Никитин давно мечтал о путешествиях и дальних странах. Мечты становятся реальностью, когда он отправляется в Индию - страну чудес, которую не посещал ни один европеец. Невероятные приключения, опасности и предательство, настоящая любовь и верность - всё пришлось испытать путешественнику...
Более ста лет загадка земли, затерянной среди арктических льдов, волновала путешественников, но никто не мог достичь её. Герой фильма, политический ссыльный Ильин, отправляется в экспедицию, которую финансирует богатый золотопромышленник. Отважные путешественники обнаруживают среди ледяного безмолвия цветущий оазис. Но выясняется, что во время землетрясения он должен исчезнуть. Ильин с товарищами стремится снова достичь материка в попытке предотвратить катастрофу...
Many geneticists and archaeologists have long surmised that human life began in Africa. Dr. Spencer Wells, one of a group of scientists studying the origin of human life, offers evidence and theories to support such a thesis in this PBS special. He claims that Africa was populated by only a few thousand people that some deserted their homeland in a conquest that has resulted in global domination.
Фильм снят на основе литературной версии событий из жизни известного русского этнографа, антрополога, биолога и путешественника, изучавшего коренное население Юго-Восточной Азии, Австралии и Океании.
Algeria from above is the first documentary made entirely from the sky on Algeria. Through the eye of the famous Yann Arthus-Bertrand this documentary vividly depicts this great country, and its vibrant cultural and natural treasures. From North to South and from West to East, it shows us the entirety of Algeria, lives in the large hectic coastal cities, Atlas mountains, oases of the Sahara or gentle hills of the Sahel. With a rich past that seems to have crossed all civilizations, and a territory where all natural environments amalgamate, Algeria appears here in all its diversity and its unity.
Travel across Vietnam on a breathtaking cultural and historical journey. Uncover ancient Chinese influences on Vietnamese traditions and striking examples of French Colonial architecture, and trace the impact of the Vietnam War in the north and south. Visit the country’s lively modern cities, taking in temples, floating markets, and the world heritage sites of Huế and Ha Long Bay.
How would natural habitats develop without human interference? In this documentary we follow an international team of scientists and explorers on an extraordinary mission in Mozambique to reach a forest that no human has set foot in. The team aims to collect data from the forest to help our understanding of how climate change is affecting our planet. But the forest sits atop a mountain, and to reach it, the team must first climb a sheer 100m wall of rock.
Explores the plans for the construction of the monumental dam on China's Yangtze River, the structure that when completed in 2009 will become the Three Gorges Dam. It is slated to be 610 feet high, 1.3 miles across, creating a reservoir 400 miles and the largest power plant in the world.
The film deals with the process of globalization based on the thought of geographer Milton Santos, who through his ideas and practices, inspires the debate about Brazilian society and the construction of a new world. Santos discusses his views on the importance of respecting difference and his belief that an alternative globalisation model could wholly enfranchise all citizens of the world. An illustrious presence in 20th century social sciences, the man dubbed as ‘geography’s philosopher’ eloquently elucidates a developing world perspective on the global age.
Take an unprecedented visual journey into Planet Water. Water Life captures extraordinary locations and intimate animal behavior never before seen on film. Two years in the making, this groundbreaking series takes viewers on an unprecedented visual journey to aquatic ecosystems on five continents to reveal how water shapes and sculpts the landscape and provides food and refuge for an astonishing array of species. This epic series tells water's story as never before to engage viewers in vital discussions about how water must be conserved and preserved. Learn the impact of climate change, pollution and other factors that are changing the environment and affecting each and every one of us.
Slated for inclusions on the Boston based Infinity Factory educational program alongside Map Projections, Digging to China explores a familiar childhood activity on a global scale.
Produced for Epcot Educational program. Short animated film telling of the geological and meteorological aspects of the ocean
