Drawing upon a vast and richly visual archive and featuring a host of performers, historians and aficionados, this four-hour mini-series follows the rise and fall of the gigantic, traveling tented railroad circus and brings to life an era when Circus Day would shut down a town and its stars were among the most famous people in the country.

For more than a century the great colonial powers put human beings, taken by force from their native...

This expository documentary is shedding some light on the southeast Asian elephant industry. What i...

Aunt Neirud was always present at family gatherings. Neirud was big, strong, and worked in the circu...

Elephants On The Move goes behind the scenes at Twycross Zoo as the herd of elephants which has been...

In Africa, poachers brutally maim and kill elephants for their ivory, much of which is exported to C...

Amaluna invites the audience to a mysterious island governed by Goddesses and guided by the cycles o...

Animal tamers from various continents shine in the spotlight and struggle for their existence behind...

Using 4-D technology, the early stages of a Golden Retriever puppy, a dolphin, and an elephant are e...

The incredible, true-life story of a baby elephant born into a rescue camp in the wilderness of Bots...

In this three part documentary we look at all topics South Africa has to offer. THE BIG FIVE focuse...
Experimental documentary short starring Batato Barea and Peter Pank, filmed in July 1991

Beyond the lights and magic of the ring, this documentary follows the lives of the main stars of com...

Celebrates 30 years of televised specials by The National Geographic Society.

Once a year, people from different marginalized communities meet together in the woods to delve into...

This colorful archival record of Québec City's Winter Carnival shows that many popular events of tod...
A Brazilian performance artist Vanesa Cardoso living in Newfoundland, Canada explores the figures of...

Unknown comedians Alex Dolezal and Aidan Fealy attempt to launch the national tour of their absurdis...

An intimate portrait of Mariano "Cronopio" Gedwillo, an Argentinian clown in Riga, as he transforms ...

This film tells the story of itinerant circus performers, cabaret acts and fairground attractions, s...