Films, documentaries, …
Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, but is later sued by two brothers who claimed he stole their idea…
Mary and Max: a tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.
The Last Belle is an award winning 2D animated short film. The film was created using ‘old-school’ technology and it features two characters journeying towards a blind date: WALLY, who suffers a nightmarish drunken trip through London as he races against the clock to the rendezvous; and ROSIE, who waits in a bar dreaming of how wonderful her date is going to be…if he ever turns up.
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This film portrays several decades in the life of Forrest Gump, a naïve and slow-witted native of Alabama.
Chasing i
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World’s glaciers are shrinking at a rapid rate, leaving rivers and rising water levels in their wake. This documentary chronicles the work of National Geographic photographer James Balog and his team to document the decline of some of the world’s most massive glaciers in Greenland and Alaska.
Hawking – BBC (2004)
A drama documenting the life and work of the theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking.
A beautiful mind
A 2001 American biographical drama film based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics.
The dream is now (2013)
A 30-minute documentary film by Davis Guggenheim, tells the story of those affected by a broken immigration system, the undocumented children of immigrants who yearn to contribute more to the country they call home.
500 Days of Summer (2009)
Why is this a great movie to learn English? The language is very simple to understand; it’s a narrative from one person’s perspective so it’s easy to follow. It’s not a typical love story and it catches the audience’s interest from the beginning.
Home
A 2009 documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on Earth. It shows the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet.
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ameen Par, Like Stars on Earth (2007)
An eight year old boy is thought to be lazy and a troublemaker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.
Story of Stuff (2007, OFFICIAL Version)
The Story of Stuff, originally released in December 2007, is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Stor
y of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the Stuff in your life forever.
A place
at the table (2012)
A documentary that investigates incidents of hunger experienced by millions of Americans…
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
This documentary is a powerful homage to Aaron Swartz, who was a programmer, writer, and involved in activism that helped shape the Internet. Some of his contributions to the technology world are the invention of RSS feeds, the conceptualization of the Creative Commons, and his involvement in the popular social news site Reddit….
BULLY 
It explores bullying’s impact on kids, their families, and their communities, from the devastation of teen suicide to frustrated parents getting nowhere with school administrators. And, more than anything, it encourages teens to make a difference — to stand up against bullying instead of standing by.
Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs “childish” thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids’ big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups’ willingness to learn from children as much as to teach.
https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/adora_svitak.html
PLASTICIZED
An account of a journey aboard the Sea Dragon on the very first scientific expedition, focused on plastic waste, through the South Atlantic Ocean, to study the effects, reality, and of plastic pollution around the world.
The Light Bulb Conspiracy
This documentary combines investigative research and rare archive footage to trace the untold story of Planned Obsolescence, from its beginnings in the 1920s to present-day stories.
When he was just 14 years old, Malawian inventorWilliam Kamkwamba built his family an electricity-generating windmill from spare parts; working from rough plans he found in a library book.
https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/william_kamkwamba_on_building_a_windmill.html
Pea
ceful Warrior
Dan Millman is a university student and a famous gymnast who dreams of winning a National Championship competition.
Food Inc
A 2008 American documentary film that looks into corporate farming in the US, concluding that produced food is unhealthy, in a way that is environmentally harmful and abusive of both animals and employees.
Hoop Dreams
It’s the story of two African-American high school students in Chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball players.
Spellbound Documentary
The film follows eight competitors in the 1999 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Violinist Sirena Huang gives a brilliant and emotional performance.
https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/sirena_huang_dazzles_on_violin.html
127 HOURS is a 2010 biographical survival drama film directed, co-written, and produced by Danny Boyle. The film stars James Franco, Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara. In 127 Hours, canyoneer Aron Ralston becomes trapped by a boulder in an isolated slot canyon in Blue John Canyon, southeastern Utah, in April 2003
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