Heroes & Icons
Up close and personal with innovative cooks, an animal conservationist/environmental activist and other inspirational life changing individuals.
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El Bulli — Cooking in ProgressGermany Ferran Adrià is known as the best, most innovative and craziest cook in the world. This is a film on the works of Adrià and his famous restaurant "El Bulli".
I. M. Pei — Bulding China ModernChina/USA World-renowned architect Pei returns to his ancestral home in China to introduce modernist ideas while preserving local heritage.
Jane’s JourneyGermany Jane’s Journey chronicles Dr. Goodall’s personal evolution from young woman sent to Africa 50 years ago to animal conservationist to environmental activist…
Leave Them LaughingCanada/USA Leave Them Laughing is a musical comedy about dying, featuring singer/songwriter/comedienne Carla Zilbersmith.
Out of the DarknessGermany A medical team travels to the remotest corners of the Himalayas, carrying a make-shift hospital on their backs, in a mission to restore the eyesight of the blind.
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