Kanopy (Firm)
41) My Hero
Publisher
BBC Studios
Language
English
Description
George Sunday lives in London with the love of his life, Nurse Janet Dawkins. Their busy lives are overshadowed by one unique yet significant element - George is Thermoman, a superhero. The humour and strains of their relationship (she doesn't understand that Thermoman's tights must not go in the washing machine; he doesn't realise that you don't French-kiss your girlfriend's mother - a light peck will do) make for captivating viewing.
42) Obsessed
Publisher
A&E®
Language
English
Description
Obsessed examines the anxiety of individuals suffering from extreme obsessive-compulsive disorders, capturing their radically affected home lives, the incredible emotion of therapy, and their courageous attempts to defeat their debilitating conditions.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This sumptuous English-language '50s period piece recounts the mid-life years of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop (played by Miranda Otto, Lord of the Rings) when she left America to live and write in Rio de Janiero - where she would also fall in love with well-off architect Lota de Macedo Soares (butched up to the hilt by beautifully handsome Brazilian TV star Gloria Pires). Initial hostilities between the pair make way for a complicated...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Is it possible to generalise about the beliefs, values and customs of a nation? Is there a national character - an Australian identity? Does the "typical Aussie" exist or is he (rarely she!) some mythical creation in the minds of our writers and advertisers? How is the changing nature of Australian culture affecting our beliefs, values and customs? This program explores possible answers to these questions. There are six themes in the program. Beliefs...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
The curvature of spacetime depends upon matter"”and tidal effects. In this episode, see how ordinary tidal effects reveal a simplified form of Einstein's greatest discovery: the equation governing the curvature of spacetime by matter.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Filmed at an international conference of prominent architects and engineers at Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture in September 2007. After its role in the last century's call to a radical new architecture and urban life, glass architecture is today more ubiquitous than ever. A highly engineered product, glass has emerged in a new light as an apparently culturally accepted material in design and construction. Its new incarnation,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Tactics of Innovation explores a problem that plagues organizations everywhere: why do smart people reject good ideas? "It is natural and logical for people to resist change," says Joel Barker. New ideas upset the balance and change makes things difficult. Only by developing the ability to present your idea from the user's point of view will you be able to achieve success! In this landmark video, Joel Barker goes on location to share stories on why...
49) Divergence
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
Three men with seemingly nothing in common--a loser cop whose fiancee is missing, a wayward assassin who always crosses the line and a lawyer who manipulates the truth--are drawn together by a murder. Each of these men is on a collision course to a violent, deadly and unexpected confrontation.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
The early 19th century saw the rise of numerous independence movements in Central and South America. Learn about three key leaders who were prominent in these struggles; their bold plan to liberate Peru; and the showdown on the plain of Ayacucho that ended Spanish rule in Latin America.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
How does a major port like Long Beach and Los Angeles use rail to move the literal mountains of freight? We will show you. Also, think it's impossible for the exhaust of a locomotive to actually be cleaner than the air it takes in? It is!
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An interview with a clinician and two senior children at the time of their mother's transition to a care facility demonstrates the microskills to assist families of the elderly with a potentially difficult life transition. Tips for how to quickly engage with family members, obtain a brief relevant history and discuss caregiver impact and burden are provided. Interviewing skills for how to collaborate with senior children and respond to suggestions...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Explore the legacy of Franz Liszt as piano virtuoso, composer, and innovator in piano writing. Encounter the passionate, demonic figure of Liszt, the ultimate virtuoso-hero, packing concert halls and raising audiences to heights of ecstasy and adulation. Through his Years of Pilgrimage, learn how Liszt redefined what was possible in piano playing and pushed the limits of the instrument.
54) Kidnapped
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Italiano
Description
A gang of thieves hijack a man's car after botching their getaway from a robbery. They take a woman prisoner and command the man to drive them to safety. The man must try to cope with the bad situation he is in as well as trying to get help for a sick child that he is caring for.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Meet three iconic goddesses whose personalities and stories reflect how the ancient Greeks viewed women. They are: Athena, who emerged fully-formed from Zeus's head and is linked to legal courts; Aphrodite, best known for her wild love affair with Adonis; and Hera, Zeus's wife-sister, who presides over marriage and childbirth.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Waterfalls are among nature's most beautiful spectacles, and the most impressive falls form under unusual geological conditions. Along the border of Brazil and Argentina, tour thundering Iguazu Falls, a display of 275 separate falls over a 1.5-mile span with individual falls up to 270 feet high. Learn their close connection to a hotspot on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
In 1805, after subduing much of Europe, Napoleon Bonaparte turned his sights on England. Study the events leading to the largest naval battle of the age, as Napoleon's combined French and Spanish fleet met the British navy under Admiral Horatio Nelson. Witness the monumental engagement, marking the beginning of Napoleon's decline.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Sauternes; Tokaji; Ice Wine; Vin Santo: wines go great either with or as dessert. Survey the range of dessert wines, paying particular attention to three ways these wines can be produced: the process of noble rot, the harvesting of frozen grapes, and the drying of grapes.
59) Bayes' Theorem
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
This program covers the important topic Bayes' Theorem in Probability and Statistics. We begin by discussing what Bayes' Theorem is and why it is important. Next, we solve several problems that involve the essential ideas of Bayes' Theorem to give students practice with the material. The entire lesson is taught by working example problems beginning with the easier ones and gradually progressing to the harder problems. Emphasis is placed on giving...
60) Nobody's perfect
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Tracing one man's attempt to organize a nude photo shoot of 12 prenatal victims of the toxic drug Thalidomide (including himself), NoBodys's perfect is alternately hilarious, insightful and sad, and entirely allergic to sentimentality or easy platitudes.
