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The film takes you on a journey through the four Papal Basilicas in Rome and their treasures: St. Peter’s (one of the 25 destinations most visited by travelers from all over the world), St. John in the Lateran, St. Mary Major and St. Paul Outside the Walls. Four majestic buildings – each with a precious papal altar, each a treasure trove of timeless works of art and a destination for millions of travelers and pilgrims over the centuries – play the leading role in a new film tour that has been recognized as a work of cultural interest by the film board of the Ministry of Culture, Heritage and Tourism.

A hidden world unfolds as cutting-edge cameras follow bees closer than ever before, revealing the inner workings of their hives and the intelligence behind their behavior. Over several years, the documentary captures how these tiny pollinators build, communicate, and survive through changing seasons, while playing a critical role in sustaining a third of the food we depend on. Along the way, it exposes the growing threats they face and why their survival is essential for the balance of life on Earth.
Both episodes of this series are combined into a single video, so you can experience the full story in one continuous viewing. With never-before-seen footage and expert insight, it offers a clear and fascinating look at one of nature’s most important—and most overlooked—species.

An explosive investigation brings together 34 senior figures from the U.S. government, military, and intelligence community who claim the world has been kept in the dark for decades. Through firsthand testimony and insider access, the documentary examines allegations of an 80-year cover-up surrounding the existence of non-human intelligent life, and the hidden efforts to conceal encounters, evidence, and recovered technology. What emerges is a portrait of secrecy at the highest levels of power, challenging everything we think we know about our place in the universe.
As the story unfolds, the focus shifts to a clandestine global race, where major nations are locked in a secret struggle to reverse-engineer technology of non-human origin. Beyond the shock of the revelations, the film explores the profound consequences disclosure could have for humanity’s future, while offering rare behind-the-scenes access to those leading a bipartisan push to bring the truth into the open. It is a gripping look at secrecy, power, and a reality that may be far bigger than we ever imagined.

Hollywood actor Jason Scott Lee has been a student of Bruce Lee's martial art Jeet Kune Do for 20 years and in Secrets Of Shaolin. He fulfils his lifelong dream of joining the institution that invented kung fu - Shaolin Temple. In an intense two-week kung fu bootcamp, Jason will not only discover Shaolin's centuries old secrets of turning the human body into the ultimate weapon, but also experience the spiritual effects of it's Zen Buddhist practices. Secrets of Shaolin promises to be a stunning, action-packed insight into the world's most famous martial art and a spectacular celebration of the place, people and culture that has inspired generations of fans.

Fly across iridescent tropical reefs, brush through a cloud of a million jellyfish, visit an alien world where the closer you look, the more you see, where the tiniest creatures support the greatest predators... We think of reefs as exotic, distant places with little or no connection to our everyday world. Yet every reef is a living city beneath the sea with a parallel existence to ours, distant yet undeniably connected. Reefs are hotspots of biodiversity as vital to life on earth as the rain-forests. They have been shaping our shorelines, literally forming islands and mountains, for millions of years. The fossil record shows that given time they have recovered from all of earth's major extinction events. Even reefs pulverised by atomic blasts at Bikini Atoll have regenerated. Yet within our lifetime reefs have come to face their greatest threat...

The film offers Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London's O2 Arena. Chronicling the months from March through June, 2009, the film is produced with the full support of the Estate of Michael Jackson and drawn from more than one hundred hours of behind-the-scenes footage, featuring Jackson rehearsing a number of his songs for the show.
Audiences will be given a privileged and private look at Jackson as he has never been seen before. "Michael Jackson's This Is It", in raw and candid detail, captures the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, creative genius, and great artist at work as he creates and perfects his final show.