Man Ray

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Glimpse into the life and works of Man Ray, an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. He produced major works in a variety of media and was renowned as a fashion and portrait photographer. (53 min, 7 segments)

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Photography’s First Footsteps - Points of View at the British Library

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From haphazard science experiments in the 1830s to fully fledged works of art, photography came a long way during the 19th century. (3:42 min)

The Secret Life of Chaos

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BBC narrator, Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores how Chaos Theory how slowly changed the paradigm in science and may answer the question that mankind has asked for millennia - how did we get here? (59 min, 6 segments)

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Digital Nation - Life on the Virtual Frontier

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PBS FRONTLINE presents this excellent in-depth exploration of what it means to be human in a 21st-century digital world. (86:13 min)

Paradigms, Aboriginal Dreamtime, and Ritual Gestures

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Wade Davis, at recent a lecture explains that differences in human existence throughout the world should be celebrated and not seen as inferior or superior as humans tend to define. (4 min)

Ecuador - The Tribes vs. Chevron-Texaco

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The indigenous communities of Ecuador are standing up and demanding Chevron-Texaco to clean up its toxic wastewater legacy in the worse environmental disaster since Chernobyl. (28 min)

How Earth Made Us: Water

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In this 2nd episode, BBC’s Iain Stewart explores our complex relationship with water. Visiting spectacular locations in Iceland, the Middle East and India, Iain shows how control over water has been central to human existence. (59 min)

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No Reservations - Australia

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Anthony Bourdain and the No Reservations crew goes to Australia. (44 min, 5 segments)

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