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Today, all anybody needs to run is the determination and a pair of the right shoes But just fifty years ago, running was viewed almost exclusively as the domain of elite male athletes who competed on tracks With insight and propuls

The Iron Orchard is the story of Jim McNeely, a young man thrust into the vibrant and brutal West Texas oilfields in 1939, who works his way through the ranks to ultimately become a formidable wildcatter

A movie about the corruption in all levels of society A baby is born from a supposed to be virgin woman, so a chain of hysteria about divine intervention in the birth takes place

This lively documentary explores the rise and fall of physical media and its effect on Independent and cult films Ranging from the origin of home movies through the video store era, its sure to entertain With icons like Joe Bob Br

Jeremiah tells the story of the prophet who abandons his family and the woman he loves in order to relay Gods message in Jerusalem, starring Patrick Dempsey and Oliver Reed

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

Inspired by letters he reads when he buys a 150 year old farmhouse, writerdirector Rory Feek pens a story about the wife of a civil war soldier who enlists in the army and fights her way across the country to find her missing husban

Red Granite Pictures was the next big thing following their release of The Wolf of Wall Street and then the walls closed in as their source of funding became the lead story

Alex Gibney exposes the haunting details of the USAs torture and interrogation practices during the War in Afghanistan

The Story of Michael Heizers Monolithic Sculpture

Masterpiece Frank Millers The Dark Knight Returns Documentary 78 minutes This is the master crafted work of the legendary writer and artist Frank Miller The film encapsulates, and celebrates the stunning achievement of Batman t

This fascinating programme follows a select cast of individuals determined to bring Egypt back from the brink, to discover more of Egypts history, to keep its heritage safe and to get tourists to visit the country again

Sourcing original 35mm nitrate footage, filmmaker Bill Morrison pieces together a unique visual exploration of WWI from footage that has never been viewed by modern audiences, and will never be seen again outside of this film Serbia

A documentary about fashion icon Iris Apfel, the 93 year old style maven who has had an out sized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades, from legendary late 88 year old documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles

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There is one vibratory field that connects all things It has been called Akasha, Logos, the primordial OM, the music of the spheres, the Higgs field, dark energy, and a thousand other names throughout history

Set in Joseon, the story depicts a battle to gain the propitious site for a grave

Two men taking a tribe of outsiders on a ride through the 80s underground, accidentally changing music forever

Sophia Grace and Rosie are sent to Switzelvania by The Ellen DeGeneres Show as special correspondents tasked with covering the coronation of a new queen

The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincolns assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux K

A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London An American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case

In 1941, Hong Kong was the Casablanca of the East, a city full of war refugees, profiteers and spies With the sudden attack by Japanese troops, a Canadian soldiers Christmas promise is broken during the Battle of Hong Kong

During World War II, a British actor impersonates Field Marshal Montgomery in order to confuse German intelligence

Governor George Wallace will not let two black students into an Alabama school, against the wishes of President Kennedy Loud shouts come from both sides of the issue as JFK stands by his decisions

The history of the comic book superhero, Superman in his various media incarnations

Jean Valjean Richard Jordan, convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for several decades by the relentless and cruel Policeman Javert Anthony Perkins

Award winning documentary about the last remains of the mentally ill

The story of the nobleman turned outlaw hero who was crowned king of Scots in the 14th century

Docudrama retelling the Canadian assault of Juno Beach on D Day, as told via reenactment and through interviews with those who were there

A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it

The story of courtesan and dance hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars

A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement

The history of the Academy Awards

In order to provide information for the first air raid over Tokyo, a U S submarine sneaks into Tokyo Bay and places a spy team ashore

Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Europe

A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s