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During World War II, a hand picked group of American GIs undertook a bizarre mission create a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe, with the German Army as their audience The 23rd Headquarters Special Tro

This epic actioner features the relentless brave warriors from Ghengis Khans Aravt crew, as they are sent into the woods on a dangerous mission that will put the band of Mongol warriors on the edge of life and death

Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk ways were maintained well into the 20th Century and was one of the last bastions of these mores in America Set in 1

Clip Rise from the Dead

The rise and fall of confederate general Thomas Stonewall Jackson, as he meets with military success against the Union from 1861 to 1863, when he is accidentally killed by his own soldiers

In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat Sen visits Hong Kong to discuss plans with Tongmenghui members to overthrow the Qing dynasty But when they find out that assassins have been sent to kill him, they assemble a group of protectors to pre

This Hong Kong martial arts extravaganza tells of evil emperors and true love The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions One of his Governors is sent on a mission to

From childhood to adulthood, Tibets fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems

Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers

The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England

Resistance at Tule Lake tells the long suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to resist the U S governments program of mass incarceration during World War II Branded as disloyals and re imprisoned at Tule Lake S

A comprehensive survey of the American Civil War

A personal documentary about a public subject, My Fathers Vietnam personifies the connections made and unmade by the Vietnam War Featuring never before seen photographs and 8mm footage of the era, My Fathers Vietnam is the story o

We are in the midst of a global crisis of perspective We have forgotten the undeniable truth that everything is connected PLANETARY is a provocative and breathtaking wakeup call, a cross continental, cinematic journey, that explore

Narrated by the architect himself, Frank Gehry The Formative Years explores his long standing career and unique eye The film looks at a number of Gehrys projects from private homes to

Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy Has the military become too important in American life Jareckis shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questi

Who was General Tso, and why are we eating his chicken This feature documentary explores the origins and ubiquity of Chinese American food through the story of an iconic sweet and spicy chicken dish

Bring Us Your Women is an international anthology dedicated to women and the pursuit of divinity and freedom The project seeks to tell existing and re imagined stories of historic and mythical individuals, each presenting a message

Filmmaker Joe Berlinger meets with historians and scholars to discuss the Armenian Genocide and the continuing denial by the Turkish government of it ever happening

A wild and rollicking martial arts fantasy extravaganza that features prized swords and swordsmen, a crazy monk attached to a rolling boulder yup, serious clan and cult rivalries, and lots of magic and flying

A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agencys battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies

Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great

When an aging, but gentlemanly stagecoach robber is released from prison, he decides to go to Canada to become a train robber

In 1945, the dictator of fascist Italy and Hitlers close ally Benito Mussolini faces defeat In a desperate attempt to avoid capture, he tries to flee the country with his lover Claretta Petacci, but Italian partisans are on their t

1809, France Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf to cheer her up But it all goes south when Neuville reappears

For the first installment of his ambitious yet restrained two part study, director and co screenwriter Jacques Rivette surveys the revelatory period where Joan met with royalty, joined the army, and led the French into battle against the English As J

Its 1967, and Meharry Medical School has just admitted its first white student Now Eli Rosenberg and Michael DuBois, a black student struggling to live up to his fathers mighty legacy,must work together to survive the turbulent 19

On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable R M S Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean

Using smuggled footage, this documentary tells the story of the 2007 protests in Burma by thousands of monks

He miraculously escaped death to return to the house where lives the love of his life But the hope of happiness turns into a terrible discovery His beloved is the daughter of his enemy

Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis

In 19th century Central America, a few entrepreneurial cowboys built an empire that enslaved populations and corrupted governments for over 100 years The United Fruit Company thrived on

A softcore, adult oriented version of the tales from the Bible

Kandahar Journals is the story of a photojournalist who reflects on the events behind his psychological transformation after covering front line combat in Kandahar, Afghanistan from 2006 to 2010 April 2006 Photojournalist Louie Pal

Based on the best selling religious studies book by Joseph Atwill, this documentary shows that Jesus is not a historical figure, the events of Jesus life were based on a Roman military campaign, his supposed second coming refers to

Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way