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Civilisations: The Gardens of Babel

January 2001 •English

Mesopotamia was the site of the Sumerian civilisation, which flourished at the confluence of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. From 5000 to 2000 BC, the Sumerians flourished in a hostile environment by developing agriculture and irrigation and they opened up the trade routes of the ancient world. It was the Sumerians who invented writing and the wheel, and they first divided time into minutes and seconds. In the end however the Babylonian civilisation took the place of the Sumerians. However their heritage and myths live on in the Mediterranean and Western worlds to this day.

Five Sex Rooms und eine Küche

December 2007 •German

Railway Station

January 1980 •Polish

Kieslowski’s later film Dworzec (Station, 1980) portrays the atmosphere at Central Station in Warsaw after the rush hour.

The World of Hammer: Wicked Women

September 1994 •English

The wicked women of Hammer included such cult stars and screen legends as Bette Davis, Ingrid Pitt, Joan Fontaine, Martine Beswick, Tallulah Bankhead, Lizabeth Scott and more. This is nothing more than assembled clips from various Hammer productions narrated by Oliver Reed. It aired on Channel 4 in the UK in 1994 before select episodes were released on VHS.

The World of Hammer: Vamp

September 1994 •English

Through the years, Hammer's depiction of female vampires was consistently groundbreaking and always controversial, exploring the fine line between forbidden desire and the curse of the undead. This TV production contains only recycled clips with the only new addition being narration from Oliver Reed.

Red Dwarf A-Z

February 2003 •English

A compilation of clips and interviews, originally broadcast on BBC2's Red Dwarf Night in 1998, and subsequently included on the DVD release of Red Dwarf series 2.

An Intervention

January 2021 •English

Chelsea Bledsoe and her husband Graig throw a surprise intervention for her old high school boyfriend, Henry, with a mismatched group of acquaintances from back in the day to fill out the guest list.

The Ring Thing

June 2017 •English

When Sarah accidentally proposes to her girlfriend in Provincetown, the mixup turns their loving relationship into a minefield of marital exploration.

El conserje

December 2020 •Spanish

Peace

January 2010 •Japanese

What is peace? What is coexistence? And what are the basis for them? PEACE is a visual-essay-like observational documentary, which contemplates these questions by observing the daily lives of people and cats in Okayama city, Japan, where life and death, acceptance and rejection are intermingled.

Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat

August 2002 •English

The controversial bad-boy of comedy delivers a piercing look at his life, lifting the metaphorical smokescreen that he feels has clouded the public view, commenting on everything from the dangers of smoking to the trials of relationships, and unleashing a nonstop litany of raucous anecdotes, stinging social commentary and very personal reflections about life.

Terror on Tape

January 1985 •English

A compilation of scenes from various horror/exploitation films released on Continental Video.

Life in a Day

January 2011 •English

A documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010.

Earth: One Amazing Day

August 2017 •English

An astonishing journey revealing the awesome power of the natural world. Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands to exotic jungles.

Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages

July 1989 •English

This animated short challenges enduring myths, spawned by fairy tales and romances, about women in medieval society. It explores the differences and similarities between that distant period and our own, and shows what medieval women’s lives were really like.

Another Sunny Day

September 2017 •English

Imagine how life must be for someone whose skin has no protection whatsoever from the sun. And now imagine living in a country that averages over 80% sunshine during any given year. Welcome to Paulus's life in Namibia.

Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2014

December 2014 •English

Annual countdown of the 40 most shocking celebrity moments of the year.

The Morning Shift

October 2016 •English

Follows the morning shift of Seiichi Tajima, a local bus driver in Beppu, Japan

Everyday Life

October 1976 •Polish

Dialogue-free short detailing the daily tasks of a man and his wife.

Barry Humphries at the BBC

May 2023 •English

Alex Jones looks back at the highlights of Barry’s career on a selection of BBC shows, featuring some of Barry’s funniest, rudest and most revealing moments from over the decades.