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Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof's free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive. Shunned and ostracized by many old friends and bereft of government-approved medicines, he decided to take matters in his own hands, tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Bypassing the establishment, he joined forces with an unlikely band of renegades and outcasts and established a hugely...
2) Herbalism
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This program discusses the ancient art of Western Herbalism, dating back hundreds of years, which utilizes the "life-force energies" of countless flowers and plants to alleviate and eliminate numerous common ailments. Learn the healing properties of herbs. Find out which herbs are commonly used for numerous complaints. Discover the ancient history of Western Herbalism. Understand how herbs can be used for Cancer or AIDS.
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A two-year journey exploring the lives of Canadians in every province and territory who have made the choice to disconnect. Life Off Grid is a film about people who have chosen to build their lives around renewable energy, with beautiful, inspiring, and often challenging results.
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Culturally competent care adapts care interventions to the cultural needs and preferences (ethnic and religious beliefs, values, and practices) of diverse clients. This program provides practical and effective methods of recognizing and dealing with the special needs of different cultures.
7) Crazywise
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Crazy...or wise? Indigenous cultures address "mental illnesses" quite differently from western societies. Are symptoms a 'calling' to grow or just a 'broken brain'? The documentary CRAZYWISE explores what can be learned from people around the world who have turned their psychological crisis into a positive transformative experience. During a quarter-century documenting indigenous cultures, human-rights photographer and filmmaker Phil Borges often...
8) Lourdes
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Christine has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. In order to escape her isolation, she makes a journey to Lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrenees Mountains. She wakes up one morning seemingly cured by a miracle. The leader of the pilgrimage group, a handsome 40 year-old volunteer from the Order of Malta, begins to take an interest in her. She tries to hold on to this new-found chance for happiness while her cure provokes...
9) Charlatan
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The Oscar entry for the Czech Republic. Few true stories tread the thin line between good and evil as precariously as that of Jan Mikolášek, a 20th century Czech herbal healer whose great success masked the grimmest of secrets. Mikolášek won fame and fortune treating celebrities of the interwar, Nazi, and Communist eras with his uncanny knack for “urinary diagnosis”. But his passion for healing welled up from the same source as a lust for...
10) The food cure
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Six cancer patients make the decision to turn their backs on conventional medicine and put their faith in an alternative treatment based on food. Some dialogue is in French and German.
11) 11.22.63
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On November 22, 1963, President Kennedy was killed in Dallas and the world changed forever. But what if it could be changed back? James Franco stars as Jake Epping, an English teacher who accepts the monumental mission of trying to prevent the assassination of JFK. Luckily, he has the help of Sadie Dunhill (Sarah Gadon), a resourceful librarian who₂s trying to reconcile secrets of her own. Executive produced by J.J. Abrams and based upon the bestselling...
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The Alexander Technique has been used for decades by dancers, actors and singers to improve their performance, energy and health. The first program shows the fundamentals, the second program illustrates special variations on the technique to effectively prevent or relieve back pain for good.
15) Alive inside
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A joyous cinematic exploration of music's capacity to reawaken our souls and uncover the deepest parts of our humanity. Filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett chronicles the astonishing experiences of individuals around the country who have been revitalized through the simple experience of listening to music.
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Meet ten people from around the country with a variety of challenges such as PTSD, chronic back pain, fear of public speaking, Fibromyalgia, abundance blocks, weight loss, smoking addiction, and more. Follow their journey as they learn Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). Then viewers will learn how to use these keys to changing their own lives. Learn how to release pain, how emotions affect the body, how to release trauma, how to clear limiting beliefs,...
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"[Inspired by true events, in 1985, ] Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof ... sees his free-wheeling life overturned when he's diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live. Determined to survive, Woodroof decides to take matters in his own hands by tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal"--Container.
18) In the hive
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Sixteen-year-old Xtra Keys lives by a few simple rules, all rooted in a world of brazen retaliatory violence. Only his infant son is excluded from his hard-shell persona. Xtra hopes to raise his son better than his boozy, razor-edged mother raised him and his younger siblings and he just might get his wish when he's thrust into the world of the HIVE, an unorthodox alternative school full of other discarded boys.
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From the outskirts of Los Angeles, Simon Geist wages war against all of modern American popular culture. He starts up his own magazine called 'The Next Big Thing' which he uses as a way to confront and insult future actors, comics, models, and rock bands. As Geist's agenda grows, will he become the 'last big thing' or be taken in by the very forces he is railing against?
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In 2011 Adele scored a number one single, with Rolling in the Deep, and the year's biggest selling album, with 21. This DVD/CD set captures her concert from London's famous Royal Albert Hall. Along with performances of songs from her two albums, this DVD features behind-the-scenes footage.
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