DisneyNature's documentary Oceans doesn't gloss over killing and eating its presentation of its subjects.Â
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The fourth installment in Redemption Week takes advice from Akira Kurosawa on what to do when overwhelmed by the suffering and destruction in the world.
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In Alberta, the hobbits are creating Mordor instead of destroying it.
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Chef Anthony Bourdain and poet Jim Harrison lead us back to the land and to the beautiful bounty that sustains us.
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On the healing effects of sprawling on the lawn.
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