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- Jack Kerouac was a Beat Generation writer who took the nation by storm upon the publication of his novel On the Road. Kerouac's legacy and influence are explained via interviews with Kerouac's friends and contemporaries such as William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, and Edie Parker. Narrator Peter Coyote reads sections of Kerouac's (mostly autobiographical) books as an actor recreates scenes from Kerouac's life.
- Avant garde artist and bohemian Emile Norman is profiled and his life as an out and proud gay man in Big Sur, California is examined.
- Lost in time, the Himalayan Kingdom of Mustang is one of the last sanctuaries of authentic Tibetan Buddhist culture. But, long isolated by geography and politics, the people struggle to survive and the center of their culture, the fifteenth century monasteries and the art within are dangerously close to collapse. Mustang - Journey of Transformation, tells the compelling story of the efforts to rescue this ancient place from the brink of extinction and help spark a cultural renaissance. Storytellers include His Holiness the Dalai Lama; the King of Mustang; and Luigi Fieni, the chief art restorer.
- Two African heroes, Thuli Makama and Hammer Simwinga, strive to protect their native communities from powerful forces who are trying to prevent wildlife poaching by any means possible. In Zambia, Hammer Simwinga has created a peaceful collaboration between the two potentially warring sides. In Swaziland, Thuli Makama is faced with the grim reality that her friends and neighbors are being tortured and killed for the mere suspicion of poaching.
- Considered the greatest jazz album of all-time and the "portal to jazz music" -- Kind of Blue is a work of endearing brilliance. This short teaser trailer featured recently deceased drummer Jimmy Cobb.