Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of New York real estate was internationally famous. On summer Sundays, three great pleasure domes--Steeplechase, Luna Park and Dreamland--competed for the patronage of a half-million people. By day it was the world's most amazing amusement park, by night, an electric "Eden".

An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a se...

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From the Boogie Down Bronx and beyond, the history of the b-boy.

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In this visually compelling and thought-provoking documentary, author, scholar and modern-day Indian...

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Michiel van Erp shows us what the Dutch do in their spare time and takes a look at the industry behi...

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