Recommended for Educators
We’ve curated a list of recommended films and short-form series that align with elementary and middle school curriculum subjects. To access educator guides, lesson plans and other educational resources go to https://macgillivrayfreeman.com/mff_eduresources/
Inspire your students with trailblazing role models and new ideas brought to life with the power of film.
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Amazon
For centuries, the mighty Amazon has been the obsession of explorers, scientists and anthropologists the world over. It is the mightiest river in the world, the lifeblood for whole civilizations and home to more than 5,000 different species of fish and the more than 60,000 different species of pl...
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America's Musical Journey
America’s Musical Journey celebrates the unique diversity of cultures and the creative risk-taking that characterize America, as told through the story of its music. The film follows Grammy-Award® nominated singer and songwriter Aloe Blacc as he traces Louis Armstrong’s footsteps through the colo...
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Coral Reef Adventure
Coral Reef Adventure brings the beauty and mystery of the coral reef environment to the big screen with a film that both celebrates this vital ecosystem and warns of its imminent decline. The film follows the personal journey of two under-water filmmakers, Howard and Michele Hall, on a 10-month e...
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Dream Big: Engineering Our World
Narrated by Academy Award® winner Jeff Bridges, Dream Big: Engineering Our World is a first of its kind film for IMAX® and giant screen theatres that will transform how we think about engineering. From the Great Wall of China and the world’s tallest buildings, to underwater robots, solar cars and...
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Dolphins
From the dazzling coral reefs of the Bahamas to the wind-swept seas of Patagonia, go under the water’s surface for a romp with inquisitive Atlantic spotted dolphins, acrobatic dusky dolphins and the familiar bottlenose dolphin. Follow marine biologists, Dr. Kathleen Dudzinski, Dr. Bernd Würsig an...
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Grand Canyon Adventure
Narrated by Oscar winner Robert Redford with music by Dave Matthews Band, Grand Canyon Adventure follows an exhilarating river-rafting expedition down America’s most iconic river, the Colorado, as it explores the history of the canyon and the river that shaped it.
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Great Bear Rainforest
Hidden from the outside world, the Great Bear Rainforest is one of the wildest places left on earth. Found on Canada’s remote Pacific coast, it is the last intact temperate rainforest in the world—a place protected by the region’s indigenous people for millennia. Now, for the first time ever, exp...
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Great Barrier Reef
Grab your mask and snorkel and come on an unforgettable adventure! Great Barrier Reef captures the beauty and exquisite strangeness of the world’s largest living wonder and introduces us to the visionaries and citizen scientists helping us better understand this awesome and vibrant living world.
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Greece: Secrets of the Past
Greece: Secrets of the Past transports audiences back in time to the dawn of democracy and the birthplace of Western Civilization on a quest to uncover the buried secrets of one of the world’s most enlightened societies—ancient Greece. Narrated by Nia Vardalos (star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding) a...
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Humpback Whales
Join a team of researchers as they unlock the secrets of the humpback and find out why humpbacks are the most acrobatic of all whales, why they sing their haunting songs, and why these intelligent, 55-foot, 50-ton animals migrate up to 10,000 miles round-trip every year.
FOR EDUCATORS: to acces...
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Hidden Universe
Hidden Universe takes audiences on an extraordinary journey deep into space in the cinematic medium that transports audiences like no other. With the full power of IMAX cinematography, the deepest reaches of our universe are brought to life with unprecedented clarity through real images captured ...
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Hurricane On The Bayou
Hurricane on the Bayou carries audiences behind news headlines on a journey deep into the soul-stirring heart of Louisiana. Shot before and after the unprecedented devastation of Hurricane Katrina and featuring state-of-the-art CGI special effects depicting the height of the storm’s fury, the fil...
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Into America's Wild
From the Academy Award®-nominated producers of the acclaimed hit film National Parks Adventure comes Into America’s Wild, an unforgettable cross-country adventure into the hidden wonders of the natural world. A non-stop ride via kayak, bike, train, hot air balloon, zipline, kiteboard, hiking boot...
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Journey Into Amazing Caves
Narrated by Liam Neeson, Journey into Amazing Caves is a visceral expedition with a new breed of scientists who explore places once thought off-limits to human presence. Squeeze into Earth’s alien, hidden realms guided by cavers on the quest of a lifetime: daring to enter caves so remote and so t...
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Mystery of the Nile
Mystery of the Nile documents one of the greatest expeditions in modern times—the first complete descent of the world’s greatest and deadliest river from source to sea. For 114 days, a team of explorers led by Pasquale Scaturro and Gordon Brown face nearly insurmountable challenges as they make t...
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National Parks Adventure
Narrated by Academy Award® winner Robert Redford, National Parks Adventure takes audiences on the ultimate off-trail adventure into the nation’s awe-inspiring great outdoors and untamed wilderness. Immersive IMAX® 3D cinematography takes viewers soaring over red rock canyons, hurtling up craggy m...
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The Living Sea
The Living Sea celebrates the beauty and power of the ocean as it explores our relationship with this complex and fragile environment. Using beautiful images of unspoiled healthy waters, The Living Sea offers hope for recovery engendered by productive scientific efforts. Oceanographers studying h...
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The Search for Life in Space
Journey from the depths of the Pacific Ocean into the far reaches of space on a quest to find something that changes everything…signs of life, somewhere else in the universe. With cutting-edge imagery from the world’s most powerful telescopes, The Search for Life in Space takes audiences from the...
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Humpback Whales Science Lesson 1: Seeing Songs of the Sea
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Humpback Whales Science Lesson 2: Migration Match
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Humpback Whales Science Lesson 3: Anatomy & Adaptation
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Humpback Whales Science Lesson 4: Bioaccumulation - It All Adds Up
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Humpback Whales Science Lesson 5: “Whale Safe” Engineering Challenge
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Humpback Whales Science Lesson 6: Whaling to Whale Watching