http://documentaryheaven.com Welcome To Documentary Heaven!! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:18:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://documentaryheaven.com/david-attenboroughs-madagascar/ http://documentaryheaven.com/david-attenboroughs-madagascar/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:32:46 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6245 Episode 1: Island of Marvels Madagascar, the world’s oldest island, broke off from Africa and India and has been on its own for more than 70 million years. In splendid isolation, it has evolved its very own wildlife – more than 80 per cent of it is found nowhere else. And that wildlife is quite extraordinary. In this episode, we reveal the island’s most bizarre and dramatic places, and the unique wildlife that has made its home in each, thanks to the geology and isolation of this Alice-in-Wonderland world.The stars are the lemurs, Madagascar’s own primates. A family of indris leaps like gymnasts among rainforest trees; and crowned lemurs scamper around Madagascar’s weirdest landscape, the razor-sharp limestone tsingy, which looks like something from another planet. And sifakas, ghostly white lemurs, move like ballerinas across the forest floor.Madagascar’s wildlife is famously strange. Bright red giraffe-necked weevils use their necks to... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/david-attenboroughs-madagascar/feed/ 4 http://documentaryheaven.com/the-beautiful-truth/ http://documentaryheaven.com/the-beautiful-truth/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:08:37 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6238 Garrett is a 15-year old boy living in the Alaskan wilderness with a menagerie of orphaned animals. Growing up close with nature has given him a deep understanding of nutritional needs required by diet sensitive animals on the reserve. Unfortunately, the untimely and tragic death of his mother propelled him into a downward spiral and he risked flunking out of school. This led to his father’s decision to home-school Garrett. His first assignment was to study a controversial book written over 50 years ago by Dr. Max Gerson.Dr. Gerson found that diet could, and did, cure cancer. Gerson’s pioneering theories were controversial at the time (and even today), but Garrett took on the challenge of researching this amazing therapy, drawing the interest of his neighbors in the small Alaskan community. With the help of Dr. Gerson’s daughter, Charlotte Gerson, and grandson, Howard Straus, who gave him the ammunition needed to go in search for the truth – Garrett brought home a truth tha... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/the-beautiful-truth/feed/ 15 http://documentaryheaven.com/manna-psilocybin-mushroom/ http://documentaryheaven.com/manna-psilocybin-mushroom/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:00:21 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6235 A beautiful, profound, and passionate documentary by Simon G. Powell; Author of Darwin’s Unfinished Business, Metanoia, and The Psilocybin Solution. This documentary will be a joy to watch for Psilocybin lovers and informative for those who have still not been introduced to this mystical fungus.After graduating from UCL in 1992, Simon G. Powell suffered an extended bout of ‘mushroom fever’ brought on by excessive psilocybin use. After this ‘mushroom fever’ subsided, he was left with a curious case of chronic biophilia. This soon developed into chronic gaiaphilia. This condition, which turned out to be permanent and quite stimulating, led him to write a number of unorthodox books – including The Psilocybin Solution and Darwin’s Unfinished Business. He also felt compelled to write and direct two radical film documentaries: Manna and Metanoia.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/manna-psilocybin-mushroom/feed/ 10 http://documentaryheaven.com/buck/ http://documentaryheaven.com/buck/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:50:25 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6155 Buck, reveals the life story of real-life horse whisperer, Buck Brannaman.A living legend in the horse world, Buck Brannaman was the inspiration for The Horse Whisperer. For this true cowboy, horses are a mirror of the human soul. Reared by an abusive father, Buck eschews violence.By teaching people to communicate with horses through instinct, not punishment, he frees the spirit of the horse and its human comrade. Crisscrossing the world with Zenlike wisdom, Buck promulgates grace in the bond between man and horse.The animal-human relationship becomes a perfect metaphor for meeting the challenges of daily life, whether they consist of raising kids, running a business, or finding your flow with a dance partner.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/buck/feed/ 6 http://documentaryheaven.com/vanishing-of-the-bees/ http://documentaryheaven.com/vanishing-of-the-bees/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:01:26 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6150 Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, this phenomenon has brought beekeepers to crisis in an industry responsible for producing apples, broccoli, watermelon, onions, cherries and a hundred other fruits and vegetables. Commercial honeybee operations pollinate crops that make up one out of every three bites of food on our tables.Vanishing of the Bees follows commercial beekeepers David Hackenberg and Dave Mendes as they strive to keep their bees healthy and fulfill pollination contracts across the U.S. The film explores the struggles they face as the two friends plead their case on Capital Hill and travel across the Pacific Ocean in the quest to protect their honeybees.Filming across the US, in Europe, Australia and Asia, this documentary examines the alarming disappearance of honeybees and the greater meaning it holds about the relationship between mankind and mother earth. As scientists puzzle over the cause, organic beekeepers indicate alternative reasons for this tragic loss. Co... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/vanishing-of-the-bees/feed/ 5 http://documentaryheaven.com/extreme-ice/ http://documentaryheaven.com/extreme-ice/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:37:52 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6090 As scientists try to forecast the future consequences of the big melt, internationally acclaimed photographer James Balog is risking everything to capture the phenomena on film.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/extreme-ice/feed/ 3 http://documentaryheaven.com/life-reptiles-and-amphibians/ http://documentaryheaven.com/life-reptiles-and-amphibians/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:18:55 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5953 Reptilians survive from the age of the Saurians, but if many look Ancient that's because their early and sometimes relatively recent adaptations to widely varied conditions worldwide still work admirably. Examples include lizards like the giant Komodo dragon, still top-dog on his Indonesian island, the feared crocodilian hunters, color-changing chameleons and snake species fitted for most (warm) ecosystems. The same goes for amphibians, including numerous specialized (tree) frogs and toads. Both groups are cold-blooded, hence vulnerable while warming up.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/life-reptiles-and-amphibians/feed/ 3 http://documentaryheaven.com/the-life-of-birds-to-fly-or-not-to-fly/ http://documentaryheaven.com/the-life-of-birds-to-fly-or-not-to-fly/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:02:34 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5945 David Attenborough presents a ten-part insight into the evolution and behaviours of birds. In this first programme, computer graphics recreate the period 150 million years ago when small, fast-running dinosaurs evolved feathers and took to the air. In New Zealand, David examines the environment required by birds which have survived without recourse to flight, and enjoys a midnight encounter with a kiwi, captured on a starlight-sensitive camera.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/the-life-of-birds-to-fly-or-not-to-fly/feed/ 8 http://documentaryheaven.com/the-elephant-life-after-death/ http://documentaryheaven.com/the-elephant-life-after-death/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:10:30 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=5828 Elephants can live for 70 years. But what happens when one of these magnificent beasts dies in the wild? This stunning film turns normal wildlife documentaries on their head to find out what happens after death, as a five-tonne adult elephant is transformed into six million calories worth of fat, meat and guts, feeding a whole new cycle of life. The documentary gives scientists the chance to watch close up, day and night, as animals from leopards, hyenas and vultures to flies and beetles take just days to reduce the largest land animal on earth to bare bones. Biologist Simon Watt leads a team of experts watching the events unfold in Tsavo West National Park in Kenya. They follow the action as never before, using remote cameras and night vision equipment under the supervision of animal behavior expert Warren Samuels. The elephant, a young adult male, had to be put down by a vet after being mortally wounded by ivory poachers. But his remains will provide a feast for the local ecosystem... 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Brian considers how the properties of light that lend colour to desert sands and the spectrum of a rainbow can lead to profound insights into the history and evolution of our universe.Finally, with some of the world’s most fascinating fossils in hand, Brian considers how but for an apparently obscure moment in the early evolutionary history of life, all the secrets of light may have remained hidden. Because although the universe is bathed in light that carries extraordinary amounts of information about where we come from, it would have remained invisible... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/wonders-of-the-universe-4/feed/ 4