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Soorma is the story of the triumph of the human spirit, about a player, who made headlines for his miraculous comeback after facing a near death experience through sheer determination, hard work and unrelenting passion for the sport

The iconic Merce Cunningham and the last generation of his dance company is stunningly profiled in Alla Kovgans 3D documentary, through recreations of his landmark works and archival footage of Cunningham, John Cage, and Robert Raus

Over 50 years have passed since Charles Manson and his cultishly devoted followers committed their horrific crimes, and yet, the public remains truly in the dark about The Manson Family and their journey into the abyss How can one s

The Film adaptation of Erik Jensens award winning biography of Adam Cullen is the story of the biographer and his subject, as it descends into a dependent and abusive relationship

Roberto is a dandyAn unmoved, inscrutable and thus enigmatic man He enjoys the aristocratic amusement of astonishment Women, whom he knows full well in all sorts of styles and races, can no longer surprise him The truth is that Rob

The Price of Desire tells the controversial story of how Le Corbusier effaced and defaced Eileen Grays moral right to be recognized as the author of her work and as one of the most forceful and influential inspirations of a century

Using previously unreleased archival material in addition to contemporary interviews, this academy award winning documentary tells the story of the Frank family and presents the first fully rounded portrait of their brash and free sp

The U S Navys SEALAB, a pressurized underwater habitat complete with science labs and living quarters for divers, helps advance deep sea diving and rescue

While Heinrich Bullinger and Leo Jud wait for news from Huldrych Zwingli from the bloody battle of Kappel am Albis, the young Bullinger learns from Jud how things could get this far When Zwingli begins to preach as a priest in Zurich, the plague atta

In 1959, at just nineteen years of age, Harry Jerome was Canadas most promising track and field star, and was on his way to the Olympics in Rome By 1962, after suffering a gruesome leg injury, there was every reason to think that h

The exploits of the notorious drug lord, Pablo Escobar

They are a rogues gallery of the most notorious despots in recent history From Hitler to Saddam Hussein, from Stalin to Kim Jong il of North Korea, from Chairman Mao to Colonel Gaddafi these are the psychopaths, the heartless ideolo

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

Misty Mundae was the most sought after actress in erotica at one time Her youthful, girl next door beauty and innocent demeanor seduced both men and women, with her sexual energy This is a collection of her best scenes

The injustice surrounding the shooting death of 15 year old Latasha Harlins at a South Central Los Angeles store became a flashpoint for the city s 1992 civil uprising

The first film in forty years to be co produced by Cuba and Japan, it recounts the story of Freddy Maymura Hurtado who was a Bolivian man of Japanese descent He joined the freedom fighters lead by Che Guevara in 1966 and was martyre

In 1897 Swedish engineer S A Andree with 2 colleagues prepares to fly over the North Pole in his balloon Eagle

Mutah Beale, better known as Napoleon of Tupac Shakurs infamous rap group The Outlawz goes through an emotional roller coaster since birth

Seduced by Jung, killed by hate, redeemed by history In 1905 a 19 year old Russian girl suffering from severe hysteria is admitted into a psychiatric hospital in Zurich A young doctor, Carl Gustav Jung, takes her under his care and

Based on autobiographical novel The Homeless Junior High School Student by Hiroshi Tamura He was homeless during his high school days after the breakup of his parents

Details the life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time

The life and ideas of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche A love triangle unfolds as Nietzsche and his best friend decides to live with a Jewish woman According to Nietzsches philosophy, that is beyond all morality Depicti

Fictionalized account based on the actions of serial killer Dennis Nilsen

Oct 4 and Dec 26 the Strieber family drives from NYC to their cabin in the woods Both nights there are some powerful lights outside and maybe aliens The dad is mentally affected by the bad dream, goes to the shrink and is hypnoti

Zen Buddhist teacher Dogen Zenji is a very important religious person during the Kamakura period, 750 years ago After his mother died, he decides to move to China and settle as a Buddhist teacher One bright morning, enlightened,

Ill look at you, but not at the camera It could be a trap, whispers Jane Birkin shyly into Agnes Vardas ear at the start of JANE B PAR AGNES V The director of CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 and VAGABOND once again paints a portrait of a wom

The life story of legendary downtown NYC skateboarder Harry Jumonji

Janet Gregory, a single mother with a haunting past, is a paralegal struggling to overcome doubts about Calvin Willis, an African American husband and father wrongfully accused of raping a

A documentary that examines the inspirational life of Dayton O Hyde as a modern day renaissance man and one of the last old style cowboys

The girl next door makes a teen born with immune deficiencies want to leave his germ free bubble

The common career of W S Gilbert,a barrister turned comic writer, and Arthur Sullivan, a classic composer turned converted against his will to light music, who wrote fourteen operettas between 1871 and 1896, to great public acclaim

The discovery of the mutilated body of a mentally challenged young mother begins a journey into madness that is so unbelievable the mastermind behind the crime ultimately got away with murder

After a bout with polio, future president Franklin D Roosevelt fights to save his political career

Its 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, and Billie Holiday is giving one of her last performances interlaced with salty, often humorous, reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music 4 months before her death

The imaginary story of the director David Lynch as a student in art school

Actress Kate Lyn Sheil prepares to portray the role of Christine Chubbuck, a real life news reporter who took her own life on local Florida television in 1974