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The story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music in the 20th century

A movie company comes to Oklahoma to convince legendary lawman Bill Tilghman to star in a bank robbery silent film featuring real outlaws Tilghman reluctantly agrees, not realizing everyones lives will never be the same

The dramatic inside story of the monumental collision of interests at Ground Zero in the decade after 911

In August 1969, 500,000 people gathered at a farm in upstate New York What happened there was far more than just a concert Woodstock tells the story of a legendary event that defined a

The execution of 200 Greek resistance fighters and Communists by the German occupiers on May 1st, 1944 in Kaisariani, as reprisal for the Greek Resistance ambush against Nazis

A story of relentless grit, motivational strength and humbling triumph, PALAU is a film many will relate to As a young man, a passion and vision to proclaim the Good News of Jesus to all the nations was planted deep in Luis Palaus

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

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

A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors

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

The history of the Academy Awards

From award winning journalist John Pilger, reveals what the news doesnt that the worlds greatest military power, the United States, and the worlds second economic power, China, both nuclear armed, may well be on the road to war

With the help of a team of experts and the latest in 3 D scanning technology, Alexander Armstrong, along with Dr Michael Scott, explores the hidden underground treasures that made Rome the powerhouse of the ancient world

British historian Lucy Worsley travels to Russia to investigate the 300 year reign of the Romanov dynasty

The second in a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth Sissi of Austria, the film chronicles the married life of the young empress as she tries to adjust to formal and strict life in the palace and an overbearing mother in law

Without water, there is no life Join a young woman on a journey of a lifetime to reconnect to the source of water for her, and millions of others

A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer Rutger Hauer, Adolf Hitlers Sir Derek Jacobis young architect and one time confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy This movie is based on Speers autobiography of the same name

Two men of faith, one a traveling Christian preacher, the other the ruler of a Muslim Empire, bucked a century of war, distrust, and insidious propaganda in a search for mutual respect and common ground It is the story of Francis of

On a snowy night in February 1972, celebrated jazz musician Lee Morgan was shot dead by his common law wife Helen during a gig at a club in New York City The murder sent shockwaves through the jazz community, and the memory of the event still haunts

A prince plots to kill the mad monk Rasputin for the good of the czar, the czarina and Russia

A journey through Mongolia, Japan, China and South Korea, narrated by the journals of Finnish linguist, diplomat and journeyman G J Ramstedt 1873 1950

The history of the American governments war on marijuana in the 20th century

A chronicle of the political career of US President Woodrow Wilson

In March 1914, a mining engineer named Richard Hannay tries to prevent Prussian Agents from executing a political assassination designed to trigger World War I

Historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would be emperor of the Austro Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo, June 28, 1914 A World War would start there, that some claim has not yet en

Sara is a a 13 year old Polish Jew who finds refuge and is taken in by a farmer and his wife She soon discovers the dark secrets of her employers marriage, compounding the greatest secret she must strive to protect, her true identi

Edith Walks is a 60 minute 66 second feature film inspired by a walk from Waltham Abbey in Essex via Battle Abbey to St Leonards on Sea in East Sussex The film documents a pilgrimage in memory of Edith Swan Neck Bits of King Harold

High Relief began as a documentary about Amendment 2 in Florida While filming, the director had his first seizure and was diagnosed with epilepsy The film shows the pros and cons of

The story of the romance between the King of Siam and widowed British schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens, during the 1860s

Shikara is the story of resilience in the face of insurmountable odds Its also the story of a love that remains unextinguished through 30 years of exile A timeless love story in the worst of times

Historically known as the female Paul Revere, Sybil is a shining example of courage and faith, standing courageously and boldly with her father

A road trip through medicalized America, examining the pervasiveness of pharmaceutical drugs through the lives of eight very unique characters

Paco Ignacio Taibo II brings his book trilogy to life, highlighting Mexicos history in 1854 1867, a period he considers foundational to the country