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• How Corporations are Stealing Our Water: "Blue Gold: World Water Wars" (2009 DVD Release) 90 Minutes. Superb and Chilling Look at the Future When the Waters Replace the Oil Wars, And It is Already Well Underway. Narrated by Malcolm McDowell
• R.J. Crumb -- Biographical Documentary (DVD) -- 2 Hours (Special Re-Issued DVD Edition) Directed by Terry Zwigoff
• Special Sale Price, The Universe: Collector's Edition Megaset: Whoa! 14 DVDs, 2021 Minutes! -- And It Takes You to the Vast Cosmos, Providing a Scintillating Perspective On What a Vast, Exciting Universe We Live In. A & E Home Video
• The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns (His First Masterpiece Documentary Series). 5 DVDs, 680 Minutes. A Defining Documentary Series, Described Simply as "Superb." At a BuzzFlash Sale Price for a Limited Time, Including Shipping and Handling. Directed and Produced by Ken Burns
• American Outrage DVD -- A Stunning Expose of How the American Government is Still Stealing Land from Native Americans for Corporate Interests Even Today Directed by Beth Gage and George Gage
• Ken Burns 10 DVD, 1140 Minute Magnum Opus on American Jazz --- A Glorious Box Set in the Ken Burns Tradition, At a Reduced BuzzFlash Price (Including Shipping and Handling). Directed by Ken Burns
• 2012 DVD: Science or Superstition (This is Not the Hollywood Blockbuster Coming Out in Theaters Soon; This is a More Serious DVD Exploration of the Mayan Calendar Apocalypse) Directed by Nimrod Erez
• Ken Burns: America's "National Parks - America's Best Idea": Simply Stunning and a Reaffirmation of the American Nation: 6 DVDs, 720 minutes. Box Set. Directed by Ken Burns for PBS
• Buzzflash Gift Certificate for a Progressive America BuzzFlash
• Food, Inc DVD: (Includes Shipping and Handling). The Justly Praised Documentary About the Harm Caused by Big Food Companies on Multiple Levels. Directed by Robert Kenner
• "Processed People": The Documentary. "The Antidote to America's Toxic Lifestyle." Nice Documentary About How We are Being Fed Corporatized News and Food That is Unhealthy to Living Things. A Sort of Warm Up for the Longer "Food Inc." That Will be Out on DVD in November. Special Below Retail Price Includes Shipping and Handling. Support Progressive News by Supporting Progressive Commerce. Directed by Jeff Nelson
• Walter Cronkite Remembers, Collector's Item: 3 DVDs, 450 Minutes, Embossed Tin Box Set! Recollections by Walter Cronkite
• A River of Waste: The Hazardous Truth About Factory Farms -- DVD Released on July 14, 2009 Directed by Don McCorkell
• Exposé Documentary on a Toxic Corporation: "The World According to Monsanto" Limited Availability of a DVD that Does a Superb Job in Blowing the Lid on the Company That Has Patented and Marketed a Nightmare of Toxic Products. Also An Excellent Introduction Into the Potential Dangers of GMOs and How Monsanto is Using Them To Economically Exploit Farmers and Third World Nations. Also Includes Extras on BGH Growth Hormone and More! Directed and Written by Marie-Monique Robin
• BBC: David Attenborough's Nature's Most Amazing Events (2009 DVD) -- 2 DVDS, 300 Minutes Most Recent Installment of the David Attenborough BBC Series That Has Included "The Blue Planet" and "Planet Earth"
• John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band: Live in Toronto '69 (1969) DVD -- Original Footage Released on June 23, 2009 Director D.A. Pennebaker
• The Grateful Dead / Jefferson Airplane / Santana DVD: Vintage SF (A Night at the Family Dog SF Music Club): Restored/Remastered Take a Trip in a Time Capsule DVD
• The Universe: The Complete Season Three: 4 DVDS, 700 Minutes, Just Released on May 26, 2009 Director: Douglas J. Cohen
• Clapton and Winwood Live from Madison Square Garden (2 DVDs) (2009) -- For the First Time Since 1969 Clapton and Winwood Came Together for a Boffo Concert in New York. 2 DVDS, Over Three Hours, Plenty of Extras.
• Relive Woodstock! 3 Days of Peace & Music Director's Cut (4 DVDS!) -- 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition with Exclusive Bonus Disc, Released June 9, 2009
• Last Days of the Fillmore West DVD (June 2, 2009) -- A 160-Minute Treasure Chest Just Released from the Golden San Francisco Days of Rock. The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Santana and So Many More of the Great "Summer of Love" Rockers
• Documentary that Started the "Grey Gardens" Fascination: Criterion Collection (DVD). This is the 2 Disc Set with Plenty of "Extras." Directors: Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde
• Playing for Change (CD + DVD) -- That's Right, This Bill Moyers Acclaimed and Long Awaited International Music Project is Finally Released! Created and Produced by Mark Johnson
• New "Greg Palast Investigates" DVD! "Gripping, Provocative, Inspiring!" John Perkins, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. From Greg Palast's Ass-Kicking BBC Television Exposes as Seen on Democracy Now
• BBC: Planet Earth & The Blue Planet Seas of Life (Special Collector's Edition) -- 10 DVDs, 950 minutes Box Set, Less Than Retail Price from BF Includes Shipping and Handling BBC, Narrated by Sir David Attenborough
• The Corporation (DVD) -- Behind Every Corporation is a Little Pathology: A Long-Time BuzzFlash Progressive Bestseller (2 DVDs, 145 Minutes, Extras) Directed by Jennifer Abbott and Mark Achbar
• Planet in Peril (DVD): 174 Minutes from CNN -- Solid Overview of Earth in Crisis. Another BuzzFlash Earth Day Awareness Premium at a Special Price. Anderson Cooper, Jeff Corwin, Dr. Sanjay Gupta
• PBS The World of Nature Box Set -- 6 DVDs, 600 Minutes PBS
• PBS/NOVA: Becoming Green - Growing Environmental Awareness -- 4 DVDs, 227 Minutes. At a Special Less Than Retail BuzzFlash Price. PBS: NOVA
• Capitalism Hits the Fan DVD: How Did the American Dream Turn Into the Nightmare on Wall Street? By Richard Wolff
• Ira Glass's This American Life: Second Season DVD (Released 2009) By Ira Glass for Showtime
• "Man on Wire": Winner of 2009 Oscar for Best Documentary (DVD) Starring the Irrespressible, Obsessed, High-Wire Artist, Philippe Petit
• Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus DVD -- 25th Anniversary Documentary Released on 1/27 2009 Directed by Robert Mugge
• Baraka: 2-Disc Special Edition Directed by Ron Fricke (Who Was the Cinematographer for the Legendary Koyaanisqatsi)
• JFK - A Presidency Revealed (History Channel) -- 2 Discs, 300 Minutes The History Channel
• FDR - A Presidency Revealed (History Channel) 2 DVDs -- 200 Minutes: President's Day Special By the History Channel
• The Inauguration of Barack Obama: A Moment in History (ABC News DVD) -- Advance Order, Will Ship First Week in March. 150 Minutes. Compiled by ABC
• The God Who Wasn't There (DVD) Documentary Narrated by Brian Flemming
• Religulous (2008 DVD) -- : A Huge Seller on BuzzFlash A Bill Maher Documentary
• FLOW (For Love of Water) DVD Documentary. Directed by Irena Salina
• The Times of Harvey Milk 1984 (DVD Documentary) -- Academy Award Winner
• Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Anti-Iraq War Documentary (DVD Released in Sep. 2008) Directed by Neil Young
• War Dance (DVD) -- Documentary. "Powerful and Poignant" Directed by Andrea Nix and Sean Fine
• Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (Documentary DVD) Directed by Alex Gibney, With Readings by Johnny Depp
• BBC: Life in Cold Blood (2008), The "Last" in the Acclaimed David Attenborough Series. (2 DVDs -- 250 Minutes) By David Attenborough
• Encounters at the End of the World -- Werner Herzog's Journey to Antarctica (2 DVDs -- This title will be released on November 18, 2008.) Directed by Werner Herzog
• Naomi Wolf's "The End of America" (DVD) Director's Cut Directed by Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern
• "BoogieMan": The Lee Atwater Story Directed and Edited by Stefan Forbes
• Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary -- Taxi to the Dark Side (DVD) Directed by Alex Gibney
• James Carroll's "Constantine's Sword" Documentary DVD (2008) Narrated and Based on the Book by James Carroll
• American Drug War: The Last White Hope (DVD - 118 minutes)
• Biography - Barack Obama (DVD - Part of "The Biography Series") Updated 1/20/09
• The World at War (30th Anniversary Edition) -- 11 Discs, 1357 Minutes! Narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier
• "Blood and Oil" DVD -- The Thom Hartmann Independent Thinker Review Media Education Foundation
• BBC Wild China (2008) -- 2 Discs (300 Minutes) BBC Documentary
• Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (DVD) -- An Homage to America's Great Folk Emissary Directed by Jim Brown
• Martin Scorsese's New Celebrated Rolling Stones Documentary: Shine a Light (2008) -- 121 Minutes (DVD) Directed by Martin Scorsese
• Manufactured Landscapes: A Portrait of Our March Toward Ecological Disaster (DVD) A Film by Jennifer Baichwal
• David Attenborough's Last Nature Documentary? "Life in Cold Blood" 2 DVDs-292 Minutes By David Attenborough
• BBC, David Attenborough Present "Life in the Undergrowth" (2 DVDs -- 250 Minutes) Sir David Attenborough
• Darfur Now: Six Stories, One Hope (DVD) with Don Cheadle and George Clooney Reviewed by Thom Hartmann
• King Corn (Documentary DVD)
• National Geographic: Six Degrees Could Change the World (DVD) National Geographic, Narrated by Alec Baldwin
• Manda Bala (Documentary DVD) Directed by Jason Kohn
• ExxonMobil's Impact on Climate Change: Out of Balance (DVD)
• Money Talks - Profits Before Patient Safety (DVD)
• What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann, Photographer (DVD) Zeitgeist Films
• The 11th Hour (DVD -- 92 Minutes) Produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Narrated by Him
• BBC "The Life of Mammals, Vol. 1-4" (4 DVDs - 500 Minutes) David Attenborough
• Deepak Chopra: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (DVD) Deepak Chopra
• National Geographic Wildlife Collection (4 DVDs - 230 Minutes) National Geographic
• For The Bible Tells Me So (DVD)
• The Man from Plains (DVD) Directed by Jonathan Demme
• Sir! No Sir! - The Suppressed Story of the GI Movement to End the War in Vietnam (DVD) Directed by David Zeiger
• A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (DVD)
• "Terror's Advocate" (DVD), Advance Sale to be Sent Out on or About Feb. 19 Barbet Schroeder
• Ultimate Dinosaur Collection (Walking with Monsters / Walking with Dinosaurs / Allosaurs / Chased by Dinosaurs) 3 DVDs -- 471 Minutes BBC
• Senator Obama Goes to Africa (DVD)
• Coral Reef Adventure (1 DVD) Narrated by Liam Neeson
• Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections (DVD), A David Earnhardt Film
• Living with Wolves & Wolves at Our Door (2 DVDs - 150 Minutes) By Jamie Dutcher, Jim Dutcher
• BBC: Life in the Freezer (DVD - 180 Minutes) Narrated by David Attenborough
• The Universe - The Complete Season One (History Channel) (2007) (4 DVDS -- 705 Minutes) From the History Channel
• Winged Migration (DVD) Directed by Jacques Perrin
• Planet Earth - The Complete BBC Series (5 DVDs) : 550 Minutes Narrated by David Attenborough
• BBC: The Life of Birds (3 DVD Set -- 580 Minutes) BBC
• The Blue Planet - Special Edition -- 5 DVDs, 400 minutes Narration by David Attenborough
• Outfoxed: FOX Attacks! Special Edition DVD Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films
• "Our Brand is Crisis" DVD Directed by Rachel Boynton
• "Yo Soy Cuba" -- I Am Cuba 3-DVD Collector's Edition Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov, Co-written by Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Cuban Writer Enrique Pineda Barnet
• 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (DVD) The Dalai Lama, Filmed by Rick Ray
• Sicko (Special Edition) By Michael Moore
• "The Devil Came on Horseback" Darfur (DVD) -- Advance Order, To be Released on October 31 Based on the book by Brian Steidle, Directed by Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern
• No End in Sight (2007), Acclaimed Documentary on the Bushevik Fiasco in Iraq Directed by Charles Ferguson
• White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007 DVD) Produced by HBO, Directed by Steven Okazaki
• The Lives of Others (DVD) Now Shipping Winner of the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
• Scared Sacred (DVD) Zeitgeist Video
• After Innocence: Proof That Innocent Men and Women are Sent to Jail and Even Executed (DVD) Directed by Jessica Sanders
• War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death (DVD) Norman Solomon, Loretta Alper, and Jeremy Earp. Narrated by Sean Penn.
• Ghosts of Abu Ghraib Documentary (DVD) -- Now Shipping Directed by Rory Kennedy
• Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes (DVD)
• Buena Vista Social Club (DVD) An Amazing All Star Cast of Golden Age Cuban Singers
• HBO Documentary: "Too Hot Not to Handle" (DVD) Laurie David, Executive Producer
• "In Debt We Trust": America Before the Bubble Bursts (DVD) Danny Schechter
• "Shut Up & Sing" Dixie Chicks DVD Dixie Chicks
• The U.S. vs. John Lennon (DVD) (Now Shipping) Documentary
• Jesus Camp (DVD) Acclaimed Documentary Includes Appearance by Ted Haggard
• Big Easy to Big Empty: The Untold Story of the Drowning of New Orleans (DVD) Greg Palast, Produced by Matt Pascarella
• Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man (DVD) Directed by Lian Lunson
• Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (DVD) Director Charlotte Zwerin
• When the Levees Broke (2006 3 DVD Disc Documentary) Directed by Spike Lee
• Red State (DVD) Directed by Michael Shea
• The Band: The Last Waltz (DVD) 25th Anniversary Edition of the Last Concert by "The Band." Directed by Martin Scorsese.
• Who Killed the Electric Car? (DVD) Directed by Chris Paine. Narrated by Martin Sheen.
• The Road to Guantanamo (DVD) Directed by Michael Winterbottom
• An Inconvenient Truth (DVD) -- Winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary President Al Gore, Elected in 2000
• 9/11: Press For Truth (DVD)
• Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media (DVD) Directed by Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick
• The Fall of Fujimori (DVD)
• Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers(DVD) A Robert Greenwald/Brave New Films Production
• From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: Madison Square Garden Katrina Benefit Concert (2 DVD Set)
• Hiroshima: A BBC Documentary A Riveting Documentary Covering the Horrific First Step Into Nuclear Warfare
• How Democrats and Progressives Can Win: Solutions from George Lakoff (DVD) George Lakoff
• Aristide and the Endless Revolution A Film by Nicolas Rossier
• Left of the Dial (DVD)
• Neil Young - Heart of Gold (DVD) directed by Jonathan Demme
• The Big Buy: Tom DeLay's Stolen Congress (DVD) A Robert Greenwald "Brave New Films" Production
• Why We Fight (DVD) Directed by Eugene Jarecki
• The Boys of Baraka (DVD)
• Winter Soldier (DVD) Originally Released in 1972, Released on DVD in May of 2006.
• The Corporation (DVD)
• Orwell Rolls in His Grave (DVD); Updated Re-Release by Robert Kane Pappas
• Calle 54 (DVD)
• Standing In The Shadows of Motown (DVD)
• Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear And The Selling Of American Empire (DVD) -- Updated Edition
• Hidden In Plain Sight (DVD)
• This Divided State (DVD)
• Bob Dylan - No Direction Home (DVD) directed by Martin Scorcese
• With God on Our Side - George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America (DVD)
• WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price (DVD) by Robert Greenwald, Producer/Director
• Short Cut to Nirvana (DVD)
• Born Into Brothels (DVD)
• Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (DVD)
• The Future of Food (DVD)
• The War Room (DVD) Starring: James Carville, George Stephanopoulos
• Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (DVD, 2002) Director: Lee Hirsch
• Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (DVD) Director: Tom Piozet
• See How They Run (DVD, 2002) Director: Emily Morse
• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (DVD)
• Occupation Dreamland (DVD)
• Blue Vinyl: The World's First Toxic Comedy (DVD) Director: Daniel B. Gold, Judith Helfand
• Legend - The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers (DVD)
• The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (DVD) Directed by Judy Irving
• Andy Goldsworthy's Rivers & Tides (DVD)
• The Take (DVD) A Film by Avi Lewis & Naomi Klein
• Paper Clips (DVD) 2 disc Special Edition
• Point of Order! (DVD) Starring: Joseph McCarthy, Roy M. Cohn; Director: Emile de Antonio
• A Perfect Candidate (DVD)
• Horns and Halos (DVD)
• McLibel: The Story of Two People Who Wouldn't Say McSorry (DVD)
• Caught in the Crossfire: The Untold Story of Falluja (DVD)