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The Illness and the Odyssey

The Illness and the Odyssey

Filmmaker Berry Minott searches for the cause and cure of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS, and other neurological disorders.

The Crash Reel

The Crash Reel

Snowboarder Kevin Pearce wants to return to his favorite sport after suffering a traumatic brain injury while training for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Walter: Lessons from the World's Oldest People

Walter: Lessons from the World's Oldest People

Hunter Weeks and his fiancé set out on an adventure to meet the oldest people in the world and discover their advice for living life to the fullest.

Gravity

Gravity

A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space.

Tim's Vermeer

Tim's Vermeer

Inventor Tim Jenison seeks to understand the painting techniques used by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer.

Particle Fever

Particle Fever

As the Large Hadron Collider is about to be launched for the first time, physicists are on the cusp of the greatest scientific discovery of all time—or perhaps their greatest failure.

Upstream Color

Upstream Color

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of their wrecked lives.

The World's End

The World's End

Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from twenty years earlier unwittingly become humanity's only hope for survival.

    Sharknado

    Sharknado

    When a freak hurricane swamps Los Angeles, nature's deadliest killer rules sea, land, and air as thousands of sharks terrorize the waterlogged populace.

      Physics and Fastballs: The Science of Baseball

      Physics and Fastballs: The Science of Baseball

      Why is a curveball curved? What makes the sweet spot so sweet? Why do outfielders instinctively run in an arc instead of a straight line? And why have some physicists stated that, at least on paper, hitting a home run is impossible?

      Europa Report

      Europa Report

      An international crew of astronauts undertakes a privately funded mission to search for life on Jupiter's fourth largest moon.

      Short Films, Big Ideas: The Science of Science Fiction

      Short Films, Big Ideas: The Science of Science Fiction

      The Seattle Science Festival presents five favorites from Seattle's own Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival, introduced by a pair of scientists delving into the facts behind the sci-fi.

      Star Trek Into Darkness

      Star Trek Into Darkness

      After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.

      El Ingeniero (The Engineer)

      El Ingeniero (The Engineer)

      Israel Ticas is the only criminologist working in one of Latin America's most dangerous countries.

      Free the Mind

      Free the Mind

      Dr. Richard Davidson, a brain specialist, experiments with meditation and yoga as a means of helping soldiers with PTSD and children with ADHD.

      Kon-Tiki

      Kon-Tiki

      Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl makes an epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

      A Birder's Guide to Everything

      A Birder's Guide to Everything

      Teenaged birding fanatic David Portnoy takes an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.

      Beartrek

      Beartrek

      This documentary takes a look at the world's wild places through the eyes of bears.

      Twilight of the Mississippi

      Twilight of the Mississippi

      Theater troupe the Unseen Ghost Brigade builds a raft in 2010 and journeys down the Mississippi River.

      Jens Jensen The Living Green

      Jens Jensen The Living Green

      Unsung pioneer landscape architect Jens Jensen became one of the nation’s most influential urban designers and early conservationists, shaping the Midwest’s physical and cultural landscape and championing the need for nature in our cities.

      Til Sbórnia do us Part

      Til Sbórnia do us Part

      Sbórnia is an isolated, independent, and anarchist state. When the giant wall that separates Sbórnia from the rest of the world collapses, the Sbórnians suffer a towering cultural shock.

      Silver Linings Playbook

      Silver Linings Playbook

      After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solatano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.

      Trashed

      Trashed

      Jeremy Irons sets out to discover the extent and effects of the global waste problem, as he travels around the world to beautiful destinations tainted by pollution.

      Life of Pi

      Life of Pi

      A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.