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The Silent Movie Theater has been screening the films of the silent era for over 65 years It was almost lost to us completely when its previous owner, Lawrence Austin, was murdered in the

A dramatization of the horrific and notorious Manson Family Murders, in the form of super 8 home movies

The movie is set during the Japanese invasion of China The story is told from the perspective of Gao a soldier seeking revenge from the Japanese He is trying to assassinate the visiting Japanese commander In the process of plott

During WW2, a French woman living in England volunteers to work for British Intelligence in Nazi occupied France

With the accolade of flying 24 men to the Moon, the Saturn V will always be considered one of Mankinds greatest technological achievements This inspirational film reveals the colossal challenges NASA faced to make it fly

Investigation into alternative didactic methods and the relationship between independently expressive surfaces and texts The film is composed of five sequences, each preceded by a quotation

A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war time Japan

In 1648, during the English Civil War, Captain Sylvester switches sides between the Parliamentary and Royalist camps as his interests dictate, while King Charles I is on the run from Oliver Cromwells troops

Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between the UK, France, Poland, Nazi Germany, and the U S S R from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britains declaration of war on Germany, caused by Hitlers invasion of Poland

Sold into slavery, delivered from a terrible storm at sea, a troubled young man finds amazing grace in the darkest moments and becomes driving force behind the move to abolish the slave trade

Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly leads an unexpected fight against the Equal Rights Amendment movement during the 1970s

An 11th century noblewoman opens her Saxon husbands eyes by riding bareback through town

Three teenagers risk their lives when they commit treason to spread the truth in Nazi Germany Based on the true story of the Helmuth Hubener group, the youngest German resistance fighters in World War II

During the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native lan

During WW2, a Dutch family caught hiding Jews is sent to a concentration camp where their Christian faith helps them endure the hardships

Set during British India 1857, Captain Clayboune Rock Hudson is faced with restoring his reputation after being harshly disciplined for disobeying orders

In the sixteenth century, a noblewoman has a love affair with the French King

In Persia in the 11th Century, a surgeons apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians

In Wittelbacherpalais, Munichs prison and Gestapo center, middle aged Else Gebel awaits trial for carrying anti Nazi material She serves as a clerk in the Gestapo office On Thursday, 18 February 1943, two youths arrive at the pris

The Sultana was a river boat that exploded in 1865 killing many passengers, mostly Union Soldiers

Focuses on the people, their stories and architecture spanning from the mid 1800s, when Shanghai was opened as a trading port, to the present day

The dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of three of director Wim Wenderss favorite blues artists

Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park After sustaining a blow to the head, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England

The plot follows the birth, preaching, teaching and miracles of Jesus He preached and lived a radical message of Gods Love and was able to heal people of lifelong disabilities and illnesses and was able to command natural phenomena

Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan

Theatrical feature documentary on the story of Operation Ajax, the CIAMI6 staged coup in 1953 in Iran that overthrew Prime Minister Mossadegh

William Hoy was one of the first Deaf Major League Baseball players in the 1800s Being deaf, he introduced hand signals for strike and ball to the game and overcame many obstacles to become one of the greatest players of his time

World war two drama about the 1942 North Africa battle at El Alamein between the Allies and the Axis forces

This is the story of the days directly after 911, and the presidents whereabouts

In 1983 Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen was arrested after the discovery of human remains which had blocked a drain near his London home

As the slave trade is dwindling in East Africa in the late 19th century, two competing slave traders start a brutal violent conflict between each other for the monopoly on the remaining profits

Paris, June 1940 The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne, his wife, finds herself with her three children on the road of the exodus

Political humorist Mo Rocca takes an irreverent road trip to see how voting works and doesnt work in America

In the wake of Fidel Castros rise to power, over 14,000 unaccompanied children fled to the United States in hopes of a better life Inspired by their stories, Esta Es Tu Cuba follows Anton, a young boy who is thrust into adulthood a

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

Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay