Mark Bittner tells how he became fascinated by a group of wild parrots living in and around his studio apartment on San Francisco's Telegraph Hill, and how his life changed as he became the small flock's trusted friend, a local parrot expert, and a tourist attraction.

Includes: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Possum Magic and Princess Furball.

"Tells the story of the first truly modern artistic movement, focusing on five of its most important practitioners, Renoir, Monet, Degas, Pissarro, and Morisot. Their determination to remain true to their convictions--and the price they paid as a result--is vididly captured in their own words, taken from letters and diaries, while the world's foremost authorities offer fascinating insights into their lives and work"--Container.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and the Civil Rights Memorial, architect Maya Lin's best-known works, dramatize the true consequences of war.

Strega Nona: "Never go near my cooking pot," warns old witch Strega Nona. But does Big Anthony listen? No! Joseph had a little overcoat: Joseph loves his little overcoat, but it's getting old and worn. What can he do with it now? Stone soup: When three soldiers come to town, all the townsfolk hide their food. If the soldiers can't find any food, what will they eat? Stone soup, of course!

Filmmaker Josh Fox learned his land was on top of a large reservoir of natural gas and that he would be paid to lease his land for natural gas extraction so he documented his journey to find out if the controversial process of hydraulic fracking is actually safe, and unearthed a shocking discovery in the process.

Explores the engineering accomplishments of the empires of the Greeks and the Aztecs, as well as the leaders who directed feats of architecture and urban planning.

Follows the hand-to-mouth existence of five Bucharest street kids. Their drug use, homelessness, and poverty are representative of the problems of thousands of other Romanian orphans and runaways. Romanian with English subtitles.

Told with a remarkable sense of intimacy, visual style and musical panache, Susanne Rostock's inspiring biographical documentary surveys the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. From his rise to fame as a singer and his experiences touring a segregated country to his provocative crossover into Hollywood, Belafonte's groundbreaking career personifies the American civil rights movement.

Documents what explorers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler's underwater investigation of the "Titanic" revealed about why the ship broke apart and sank after it hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic in April 1912.