Cultural Preservation Movies

  • 2021
    Spain: The First Globalization

    Spain: The First Globalization

    Spain: The First Globalization

    7.82021HD

    A new reading of the historical period that began with the reign of the Catholic Monarchs (1479-1516) and the discovery of America (1492), as well as...

    Spain: The First Globalization
  • 2015
    The Birth of Saké

    The Birth of Saké

    The Birth of Saké

    7.12015HD

    Through the unrelenting winter in the north of Japan, a small group of workers must brave unusual working conditions to bring to life a...

    The Birth of Saké
  • 2003
    Dan Cruickshank & The House That Wouldn't Die

    Dan Cruickshank & The House That Wouldn't Die

    Dan Cruickshank & The House That Wouldn't Die

    02003HD

    This unique recreation of an 18th-century home, in London's Spitalfields, has to be seen to be believed. Dan Cruickshank smells the rotting food and...

    Dan Cruickshank & The House That Wouldn't Die
  • 2021
    Saving Venice

    Saving Venice

    Saving Venice

    7.252021HD

    Rising sea levels and sinking land threaten to destroy Venice. Leading scientists and engineers battling the forces of nature to try to save this...

    Saving Venice
  • 2021
    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

    72021HD

    For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an amusement park nestled in the waters between the...

    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale
  • 2021
    The Wikipedia Promise

    The Wikipedia Promise

    The Wikipedia Promise

    6.62021HD

    In 2001, Jimmy Wales published the first article on Wikipedia, a collaborative effort that began with a promise: to democratize the spreading of...

    The Wikipedia Promise
  • 2023
    Against the Grain

    Against the Grain

    Against the Grain

    02023HD

    A glimpse at how genre film-focused home video companies have taken the charge in preserving, restoring, and releasing so many works which otherwise...

    Against the Grain
  • 2020
    Preserving Worlds

    Preserving Worlds

    Preserving Worlds

    02020HD

    WorldsChat was 1995's hottest 3D chat program. Somehow, it's still online. Take a tour through the strange worlds its users built, and meet an...

    Preserving Worlds
  • 1984
    For All People, For All Time

    For All People, For All Time

    For All People, For All Time

    01984HD

    Mark and Dan Jury document the gradual demise of a community nestled within the Cuyahoga National Recreation Area between Akron and Cleveland, Ohio,...

    For All People, For All Time
  • 2016
    Lost World Of Pompeii

    Lost World Of Pompeii

    Lost World Of Pompeii

    02016HD

    What life was like in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii moments before it was devastated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

    Lost World Of Pompeii
  • 2016
    Going Going Gone: Nick Broomfield's Disappearing Britain

    Going Going Gone: Nick Broomfield's Disappearing Britain

    Going Going Gone: Nick Broomfield's Disappearing Britain

    02016HD

    Two iconic British buildings - the Wellington Rooms in Liverpool and the Coal Exchange in Cardiff - are threatened with demolition and Nick...

    Going Going Gone: Nick Broomfield's Disappearing Britain
  • 2022
    Beyond Paper

    Beyond Paper

    Beyond Paper

    82022HD

    At a critical moment in the history of the written word, as humanity’s archives migrate to the cloud, one filmmaker goes on a journey around...

    Beyond Paper
  • 1985
    Canada Vignettes: The Move

    Canada Vignettes: The Move

    Canada Vignettes: The Move

    01985HD

    In this short documentary from the Canada Vignettes series, a Saskatchewan grain elevator is moved across the snow-covered prairie to a new home...

    Canada Vignettes: The Move
  • 2015
    Hidden Idols

    Hidden Idols

    Hidden Idols

    02015HD

    Documentary following a real-world Indiana Jones: Brent Easter. A federal agent for Homeland Security Investigations, Easter tracks the black market...

    Hidden Idols
  • 2024
    Povo da Floresta

    Povo da Floresta

    Povo da Floresta

    82024HD

    Povo da Floresta
  • 2022
    Our Story: The Indigenous Led Fight to Protect Greater Chaco

    Our Story: The Indigenous Led Fight to Protect Greater Chaco

    Our Story: The Indigenous Led Fight to Protect Greater Chaco

    02022HD

    Over 90 percent of the available lands in the Greater Chaco region of the Southwest have already been leased for oil and gas extraction. Witness the...

    Our Story: The Indigenous Led Fight to Protect Greater Chaco
  • 2023
    Nos restaurants : Une grande histoire française

    Nos restaurants : Une grande histoire française

    Nos restaurants : Une grande histoire française

    82023HD

    Nos restaurants : Une grande histoire française
  • 2013
    The Native Hue of Resolution

    The Native Hue of Resolution

    The Native Hue of Resolution

    02013HD

    A documentary celebrating 20 years of the work of Kaleidoscope, an organisation devoted to the preservation of archive television.

    The Native Hue of Resolution
  • 2013
    Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride

    Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride

    Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride

    72013HD

    When his rented lot is snatched up by an opportunistic real estate mogul, Eddie Miranda and his Coney Island ride the Zipper become casualties of a...

    Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride
  • 2023
    Les Îles Canaries, nées du feu et bercées par l'océan

    Les Îles Canaries, nées du feu et bercées par l'océan

    Les Îles Canaries, nées du feu et bercées par l'océan

    82023HD

    Les Îles Canaries, nées du feu et bercées par l'océan