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A chronicle of the Bronte sisters battle to overcome obstacles and publish their novels, which would become some of the greatest in the English language

Story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi SS commander, by Czech partisans and the reprisals inflicted by the Nazis on the Czechs

The film depicts the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi movement from a small radical political adventurer and cell to the dictatorial regime of Germany in the genre of a gangster film The historical facts are portrayed accurately

The Blinding of Isaac Woodard How a horrific incident of racial violence became a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in W

Historian Lucy Worsley and a team of experts re stage Victoria and Alberts wedding It was regarded as the wedding of the century at the time

American Pain traces the rise and fall of twin bodybuilders from Florida who become the kingpins of the largest oxycodone trafficking network in US history

Sky Original documentary revealing how the pioneers of womens boxing battled the odds to find their place in the ring

Documentary compiling the testimonies of the last remaining Holocaust survivors living in Britain, all of whom were children at the time, and following them over the course of a year as they embark upon personal and profound journ

Follows Martin Luther Kings life and decades long civil rights activism

This thrilling yet, at its core, empathetic and humanist film looks at the infamous trial of Adolf Eichmann, the architect of the mass extermination of Jews during the Second World War Depicting the events preceding Eichmanns ex

Ian Hislops sharp, provocative take on 200 years of fake news and its consequences from Victorians on the moon to 21st century deepfake, and Hislop as never seen before

The love story of the son of Imam Shamil Jamalutdin and Lisa Olenina against the backdrop of the dramatic events of the military history of Russia in the first half of the 19th century

Insipired in the legendary Princess Zaphira, wife of the last King of Algiers Salim Toumi, and his fight to defend her community from pirate Barbarossa

Jagna is a young woman determined to forge her own path in a late 19th century Polish village a hotbed of gossip and on going feuds, held together, rich and poor, by adherence to colorful traditions and deep rooted patriarchy

Drawing on the BBCs rich archive, this documentary reveals the working practices, lives and opinions of some of the greatest photographers of the last 60 years bringing into focus the key genres of photography

Discover how the North Korean people suffered famine, labor camps and public executions, while the Kim regime spent three generations relentlessly pursuing nuclear ambitions

She Said Boom The Story Of Fifth Column is the story of a group of young female artists from Toronto in the early eighties They united to use music, film, and self publication to defy conventions of art practice, gender ideas, a

Author Pierre Berton tells the history of his hometown of Dawson City at its heyday during the Klondike Gold Rush

Margaret Mountford investigates how and why the people of Pompeii became frozen at the moment of their deaths, and views the reconstruction process of life like wax recreations of two of its people

Anne and Freja seek revenge on the men who murdered their family They end up in Stockholm, where they are drawn into a political power struggle between Sweden and Denmark which culminates in a mass execution

Fill in the map of Britain's beloved canal network by taking a fact-filled cruise along the first superhighways of the Industrial Revolution. It's a story where hard graft, soft cheese and fine China collide.

A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing who the comrades help the proletarian people against the capitalists It also features propagandistic speeches of leading members of the party

One of 12 Westerns made in 12 months during 2020, The Wilderness Road tells the story of the most notorious land pirates who stalked the Southeast during the turn of the 19th century Samuel Mason Creek Wilson, a Revolutionary W

Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Astor, Ford and Morgan Their names are part of history and synonymous with the American dream These men transformed every industry they touched oil, rail, steel, shipping, automobiles, and fin

A spot light on an often forgotten episode in British history Nazi Germanys occupation of the British Channel Islands

Two 12 year old Chilean children from different social classes become friends in 1973 They both discover each others world as political tensions in their country increase

Cute lover boy Heo Saek becomes Joseons first male gisaeng and a flower like woman named Hae Won who thinks ahead of her time, search for true love together

The stories of Gideon and Samson from chapters 6 8 and 13 16 of The Book of Judges

We go behind the scenes and into the minds of artists as they capture, commemorate, and, at times, condemn our presidents From Elaine de Koonings abstract portraits of John F Kennedy to

Discover how the advent of the automobile brought new mobility and freedom for African Americans but also exposed them to discrimination and deadly violence, and how that history resonates today

A documentary on political punk band Anti Flag The film explores the trials and tribulations of playing politically charged music and devoting your life to activism

Eye Filmmuseum and the British Film Institute present a compilation film of newly restored rare images from the first years of filmmaking Immerse yourself in enchanting images of Venice, Berlin, Amsterdam and London from 120 year

King Henry II meets with Eleanor of Aquitaine at Christmastide 1183 to choose one of his sons as his successor

The hippie movement that captivated hundreds of thousands of young people in the West had a profound impact on the other side of the Iron Curtain