The Amish
Explore the insular religious community of the Amish, whose intense faith and adherence to 400-year-old traditions have, by turns, captivated and baffled Americans for more than a century. The film examines the beliefs, lifestyle, and history of the Amish, as well as their complex relationship to mainstream American culture. Beautifully and lyrically photographed, The Amish is part history and part observational documentary into the world of these simple living people.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies
The sequel to Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera takes place in 1907, ten years after the Phantom's disappearance from the Paris Opera House. Christine Daaé is invited to perform at Phantasma by an anonymous impressario and, with husband Raoul and son Gustave in tow, journeys to New York, totally unaware that it is the Phantom who employed her. Filled with lovely songs and intriguing plot twists, the musical is a Lloyd Webber original, not based on the original book by Gaston Leroux.
Cinderella
Julie Andrews plays Cinderella in this 1957 performance of the Broadway musical from the legendary team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Lost for years, this first television production of the enduring classic remains a rollicking, tune-filled delight for young and old alike! Extra features include a new documentary featuring interviews with Julie Andrews, Edie Adams, Kaye Ballard, and Jon Cypher, behind the scenes photo galleries, rare color photos and advertising art, and Rodgers and Hammerstein's appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
The Engine 2 Kitchen Rescue
Join former Texas firefighter Rip Esselstyn, author of the national bestselling Engine 2 Diet , as he guides the White and Wali families through an Engine 2 Kitchen Rescue. Rip teaches the families how to take control of their health by undertaking a top-to-bottom pantry clean-out. A trip to the grocery store gives the families hands-on experience in deciphering food labels that often contain misleading information. And after the pantry is restocked, Esselstyn cooks up some family favorite dishes.
Thurgood
The remarkable celebration of the life and legacy of civil rights advocate and Supreme Court pioneer Thurgood Marshall, the first African American appointed to the nation's highest judicial bench, was filmed before a live audience at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater. This compelling one-man play, written by George Stevens, Jr. and directed by Michael Stevens, stars the Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning actor Laurence Fishburne.
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