Long before Timothy Leary urged a generation to "tune in, turn on and drop out," D-lysergic acid diethylamide (or LSD) was being used by researchers to understand the human mind. Discovered in 1943 by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, LSD was hailed as a powerful tool to treat alcoholism and drug addiction and to provide a window into schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. While researchers were es
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In 1960, poet, artist, and beatnik Brion Gysin invented the Dreammachine, a hypnotic light device with the power to induce hallucinations. The Dreammachine enthralled mystics and freethinkers everywhere, with William S. Burroughs claiming that it could “storm the citadels of enlightenment”.
With interviews from some of the counterculture’s most eccentric icons- from Iggy Pop to singer Maria
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In the 1960s and 1970s thousands of hippies journeyed East in the search for enlightenment, free drugs or a 'pure' life. Indian peasants assumed that a severe drought in the West was the reason for their migration. India's holy men saw it, more accurately, as a search for spirituality. Most moved back to their home countries after a few months or years. Some stayed for good. Hippie Masala shows ag
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The Elvis phenomenon has its roots in his birthplace where Presley began a musical journey that would take him from the wrong side of the tracks in Tupelo through Memphis to worldwide iconic status. Using interviews, recordings, photographs and rare home movies, ELVIS: RETURN TO TUPELO is the rock n’ roll adventure story of one of the greatest cultural forces of the twentieth century.
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Meditate and Destroy profiles bestselling author of Dharma Punx and Against the Stream, Noah Levine and his journey from a life of addiction and violence to taking on the role of dedicated meditation teacher and community leader. Interviews with family and friends, including renowned Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield, illustrate the driving forces that compelled Levine to turn to Buddhism, while con
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The Gates, brought to fruition by Antonio Ferrera and co-directed with Albert Maysles, chronicles the evolution of The Gates from concept to installation, ultimately overcoming public disapproval and transforming Central Park into a visual symphony of color, light, joy and beauty at an eventual cost to Christo and Jeanne-Claude of $21 million.
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Since its overwhelming success on Broadway forty years ago, HAIR: Let the Sun Shine In has inspired generations with its messages of love, non-violence and liberation. This definitive and entertaining documentary highlights the continuing relevance of the show and its still radical, transformative power.

In preparation for its fortieth anniversary, the show’s author and co-creator Jim Rado re
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Living Goddess is a powerful portrait of three normal little girls anointed as goddesses growing up in a country in the throes of civil war. This acclaimed documentary feature contrasts the peaceful religious veneration of these children with the violent political turmoil of Nepal. With beautiful imagery and an intimate story, Living Goddess unfolds a world of spirituality and turbulence through
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Academy-award® winning filmmaker Jessica Yu explores human obsession and extremism in this riveting and provocative documentary. Yu interviews four men with seemingly disparate backgrounds, and then mirrors their experiences to what happens in a Greek tragedy by Euripides, THE BACCHAE. One of the men is Mark Pierpont, who tried to quash his homosexuality by becoming an evangelist and preaching a
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Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman are KIKI & HERB, worldwide smash punk rebel entertainers, cabaret outsiders, and subversive pop stars who rock stages from the Sydney Opera House to the West End with their iconoclastic and uproarious live act. Join the Tony-nominated duo at the epicenter of their madness for their first-ever live DVD from the Knitting Factory in New York City.
Featuring 15 numbers
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In their first live concert film, The Kinsey Sicks - America's Favorite Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet - reveal the shocking news: they have gone Republican. In this mock GOP fundraiser, Rachel, Winnie, Trixie and Trampolina, the four gifted singers and comedians who comprise the quartet, defend their conversion to conservatism.

They sing - literally! - the praises of corruption, tokenism, greed
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Sacred Love-Making is the kind of film that will awaken all of your senses, challenge you, enrich your intimate understanding, increase your spontaneity, cultivate your artistry, and – without a doubt – make you a better lover.

Watch as best-selling author and relationship expert, Karinna Kittles-Karsten, introduces ancient Taoist love secrets and rituals for deeper sexual satisfaction and
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"Pledge of Allegiance Blues", a feature documentary, follows the story of Michael Newdow, blues-playing atheist physician from Sacramento, who brought the landmark lawsuit to remove the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Supreme Court. The film includes scenes of the controversy over the Ten Commandments monument in Alabama and investigates the intertwining of r
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WORKINGMAN’S DEATH is an unflinching portrait of the state of manual labor in the 21st century. In the Ukraine, a group of men spend long days crawling through cramped shafts of illegal coal mines. Sulfur gatherers in Indonesia brave the smoky heat of an active volcano and the treacherous trip back down. Blood, fire and stench are routine for workers at a crowded open-air slaughterhouse in Niger
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Arab Labor is a raucous and irreverent critically acclaimed comedy series from Israel about Amjad, a Palestinian journalist and Israeli citizen in search of his identity. His personal quest for status and success as a journalist at a Jerusalem newspaper is foiled by the humiliating searches he endures everyday when he leaves his Palestinian neighborhood to commute to his job. In the midst of a wal
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This is an enlightening insight into the real history of a revolutionary icon.
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There are crimes so unspeakably horrendous they seem unforgivable. And yet, some people do manage to forgive.

Forgiveness: Stories for Our Time focuses on four individuals who have lived through events so painful and horrific they are unimaginable to most of us.

Through heartfelt interviews, archival footage and images shot by acclaimed cinematographer John Walker, filmmaker Johanna Lunn tel
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What is the soul? Is it genetically encoded in our DNA or the product of centuries of religious teachings dealing with our mortality?

Secrets of the Soul takes an all encompassing look at the search for the soul, from the faithful who seek to touch it to the scientists who investigate its reality. This two-hour documentary special explores the western belief in the soul as way of understanding
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Signs Out of Time, a film by Donna Read and Starhawk, examines the life and work of world-renowned archaeologist Dr. Marija Gimbutas. Drawing from her extensive knowledge of mythology and linguistics, Lithuanian-born Gimbutas uncovered the life-affirming and goddess-worshipping civilizations of pre-historic "Old Europe." Weaving together footage of Gimbutas herself, as well as interviews with her
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Already a worldwide film festival favorite, SOUND OF THE SOUL transports viewers on an exhilarating and inspiring cinematic journey into the heart of the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music.

SOUND OF THE SOUL celebrates the historic city of Fez, an ancient sanctuary for Muslim, Jewish and Christian inhabitants. This North African desert Mecca is the ideal location for an exceptional music festiv
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Through the Eastern Gate is a documentary film about the aspirations, practices and beliefs of three young Westerners who follow three different eastern spiritual traditions. Filmed in the gorgeous countryside and ancient cities of India and Turkey, this intimate and compelling film delves into the worlds of people who have turned their backs on Western traditions to find new transcendent meaning
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Best-selling Classic Series on Feminine Spirituality - First Time on DVD!

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GODDESS REMEMBERED – Part One – is a salute to 35 000 years of "pre-history," to the values of ancestors
only recently remembered and to the goddess-worshipping religions of the ancient past. This documentary features Merlin Stone, Carol Christ, Luisah Teish, Starhawk, Charlene Spretna
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Gandhi called it “Soul Force,” Dr. King called it “Love in Action,” and now, acclaimed filmmaker Velcrow Ripper is calling it “Fierce Light.” It is a universal power that radiates from every human heart, undeniably hopeful, and full of possibility. It holds us to be uncompromisingly nonviolent and drives us to the pentacle of our spiritual excellence. Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Ac
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Every year more than 250,000 teenagers and women choose breast implants, yet fewer voices than ever seem to be asking “Why?” And fewer still are asking “Are they safe?” Absolutely Safe takes an open-minded, personal approach to the controversy over breast implant safety. Ultimately, Absolutely Safe is the story of everyday women who find themselves and their breasts in the tangled and conf
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Susan Retik and Patti Quigley are two ordinary soccer moms living in the affluent suburbs of Boston until tragedy strikes. Rather than turning inwards, grief compels these women to focus on the country where the terrorists who took their husbands' lives were trained: Afghanistan.

As Susan and Patti make the courageous journey from their comfortable neighborhoods to the most desperate Afghan vil
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Filmmaker Jennifer Fox (Beirut: The Last Home Movie, An American Love Story) is a seasoned New Yorker struggling to juggle work, a married lover, a boyfriend, and her newly found desire to have a child. She decides to turn the camera on herself and her girlfriends to try to figure out how to survive their ‘modern female lives’. Not satisfied, she takes off across the globe to investigate how o
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The Altered Consciousness Collection box set of award-winning documentaries explores the frontiers of human consciousness and the iconic pioneers who opened the doors of perception. From early LSD research and hypnotic "dream machines" to the transformational powers of Eastern spirituality, The Altered Consciousness Collection reveals the sub-culture of enlightenment seekers who influenced a gener
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