Kanopy offers on-demand streaming video for over 16,000 films including content from the BBC, PBS, and Critereon Collection. Public performance rights for educational use are included.
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Delve into the search for extraterrestrial life, or SETI, as the method used to gauge the likelihood of intelligent communicating civilizations is known. Look closely at the Drake Equation - the mathematical rubric commonly used in the field of SETI - and consider the challenge of communicating across our enormous galaxy.
After 50 years of SETI, we have zero hard evidence of alien civilizations, "cosmic wanderlust" resulting in Earth visitations, or UFOs being extraterrestrial in nature, despite - or perhaps because of - the expansiveness of the galaxy. Speculate on reasons for, and solutions to, this so-called Fermi Paradox.
UFO FILES delves into the phenomena of unidentified flying and submerged objects, close encounters with alleged extraterrestrial life, and alleged military and government cover-up conspiracies.
Are there intelligent extraterrestrials elsewhere in our Galaxy? One way to search is to scan the radio spectrum for evidence of their electronic signals. The Drake equation suggests ways to estimate their prevalence.
Christopher Walken delivers a captivating performance as Whitley Strieber, a man haunted by unsettling encounters with extraterrestrial beings in this psychological thriller. Based on Strieber's real-life claims of alien abduction, the film explores his growing fear and confusion as his reality spirals out of control. Walken's intense portrayal and the eerie atmosphere create a gripping narrative that blurs the line between imagination and terrifying truth, inviting viewers to question the mysteries of the unknown.
The Visit documents humanity’s first encounter with intelligent life from another world. Filmmaker Michael Madsen interviews experts who work for little-known departments and agencies inside NASA, the United Nations, SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute, England’s Ministry of Defense and others who are responsible for preparing for mankind’s response to actual alien contact. Based on his interviews with these scenario planners Madsen constructs a chillingly believable scenario of first contact on Earth.