"Explore the birthplace of Western civilization and extraordinary legends to discover how the Ancient Greeks used imagination and inventiveness, courage and conviction to lead architecture into the modern world. On-location footage, computer modeling and scholarly commentary illuminate how the Greeks were able to realize so many groundbreaking and unique engineering innovations at the dawn of European history"-- Container.

After a brief history of the founding of St. Petersburg and a biographical sketch of Peter the Great, the viewer is taken on a tour of the galleries of the Hermitage Museum housing masterpieces from ancient China, Egypt, Greece, and Rome through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the 20th Century.

Features rare and memorable film performances of the greatest performers like Bessie Smith, Son House, Jimmy Rushing, Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, and B.B. King. Follows the music's many tributaries as blues flows into the sophisticated jazz of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie, the rhythm and blues of Louis Jordan and Dinah Washington, and the rock 'n' roll of Chuck Berry and...

Quiet the thoughts and renew the spirit under the reassuring direction of Shiva Rea. A collection of meditations provide a calming oasis where viewers can leave behind life₂s stresses while being transported to tranquil settings such as a Greek island and New Mexico₂s White Sands National Park. Unwind and rejuvenate with meditations in Shiva₂s Yoga Matrix, which allows viewers to customize their practice for a calming and restorative experience....

Traces the evolution of blues music from its origins in the rural south and focuses on its development in the urban environment of Chicago. Interwoven with performances by Muddy Waters and others and interviews with Dick Gregory and others.

With three out of four Americans regularly experiencing stress, there's never been a better time to begin a yoga practice. Yoga instructor Peggy Cappy leads this yoga routine to ease stress and anxiety.

Five spirited Labrador puppies embark on an incredible journey to become guide dogs for the blind. Which ones will have what it takes?

Acclaimed director Andrea Arnold's first documentary immerses the audience in life on a dairy farm in rural England through the eyes of Luma, a cow. Empathetic and nearly wordless, the film opens during calving season and captures a world of animal existence that is ordered around service to humans.

A powerful testament to one man's commitment to his family, and his endurance in working to provide them with a brighter future. Kasongo, a 28-year-old man living in Congo with his wife and daughters, dreams of purchasing a plot of land on which to build his family a home. He sees his opportunity to earn money by selling charcoal, culled from the ashes of a mighty hardwood tree that he has felled and baked in an earthen oven. Loading up the bags of...

From Hong Kong to Hollywood, the Shaw Brothers to The Matrix, martial arts in cinema has been busting box offices and breaking barriers since the 1960s. This is the wild untold story of how the way of the dragon became a global phenomenon.