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A look alike commoner is secretly hired to take the place of a poisoned king to save his country from falling into chaos

Jewish brothers in Nazi occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters, and endeavor to build a village, in order to protect themselves and about one thousand Jewish non comba

In thirteenth century England, a Knights Templar and a few of the Barons men fight to defend Rochester Castle against the tyrannical King John

Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII

Chronicles the 1989 summer afternoon when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady, Michelle Obama, on a first date across Chicagos South Side

Based on Bill OReilly and Martin Dugards best seller comes this shocking thriller starring Rob Lowe and Ginnifer Goodwin As John F Kennedy Lowe rises to become U S president, a

The story behind Nass groundbreaking debut album Illmatic, and the early life of one of the most talented rappers of all time Featuring Pharrell Williams, Alicia Keys, Q Tip, and Busta Rhymes

In 1944 Estonia, a fratricide war ensues when Estonians of the retreating German forces fight against Estonians conscripted into the advancing Soviet Red Army

True story of the undersized Depression era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation

Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day

A fallen warrior rises against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master

In 1956, Ernesto Che Guevara and a band of Castro led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista

The life and work of photographer Sebastiao Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I

A miniseries chronicling the life of Jesus of Nazareth

The Pacific War in Color immerses viewers in a graphic and dramatic look through an unfiltered lens

An examination of the Battle of Gettysberg on both the personal and strategic level

In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects

The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one mans life

A native Javanese boy and a mixed Dutch girl fall in love during the early 20th century colonial turbulence in Dutch East Indies now Indonesia

The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozarts talent and claimed to have murdered him

In 17th century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun

On a college campus in modern America, ideas that have long been neglected as issues of the past emerge as racial tensions and frictions grow between different student groups

Children who were held hostage in their elementary school tell stories of miraculous things, but many adults are skeptical that the Cokeville Miracle ever truly happened

Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s

In 1947, following the U N decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Palestinian states, a former U S Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah

A look at the life, work and political activism of one of the most successful television producers of all time, Norman Lear

The story of the struggle to create the television series, Star Trek The Next Generation 1987

A gifted high school football player must learn to embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial tensions on and off the field

A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen footage

A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern womens movement from 1966 to 1971

Get Thrashed The Story of Thrash Metal is the story of how bands like Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Exodus and others pioneered a new form of heavy metal in the early 1980s

A retrospective look at the life and work of influential electronic music DJ, Adam Goldstein, known as DJ AM

The untold true story behind the meeting between Elvis Presley, the King of Rock n Roll, and President Richard Nixon, resulting in this revealing, yet humorous moment immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Arc

On December 8th, 1980, John Lennon was shot outside of the Dakota apartment building in New York This film follows the untold, actual story of those who were part of his attempted rescue and witnesses to the human cost of tragedy

Three companies of paratroopers travel in a deadly mission to France to prepare the drop zone for the airborne attack on the D Day They have to install an Eureka transmitter and searchlight to guide the planes in the Normandy invasi