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A true story of survival, as a young couples chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history

In 19th century Canada, a psychiatrist weighs whether a murderess should be pardoned due to insanity

This documentary was made three years after Jimi Hendrixs untimely death At the time it was an example of how a visual biography should be done, but some of the information in it needs revising in the light of new information uncov

In ancient Egypt, a poor orphan becomes a genial physician and is eventually appointed at the Pharaohs court where he witnesses palace intrigues and learns dangerous royal secrets

American Experience Walt Disney

Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein

The biography of Sir Edmund Hillary, who, as a boy, was raised in a strict family, but eventually has to rebel against his stern fathers backward ideals, to follow his own convictions He wants to climb mountains

The story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her untimely death

The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth century Russian iconographer St Andrei Rublev

From childhood to adulthood, Tibets fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems

A portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars

Yip Mans resistance against invading foreigners, along with his romantic relations while under the tutelage of three Wing Chun masters

A dramatisation of the early years of Doctor Who 1963, with the story revolving around BBC executive Sydney Newman, novice producer Verity Lambert and actor William Hartnell

A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk rock scene in Britain in the 1970s

Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa

A chronicle of the tragic love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares

A look inside the mind of serial killer Ted Bundy, featuring interviews with him on death row

A dramatization of the life of LGBTQ+ trailblazer, voracious learner, and cryptic diarist Anne Lister, who returns to Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1832, determined to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home Shibden Hall

All Abby Johnson ever wanted to do was help women As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, she believed in a womans right to choose Until the day she saw something that changed everything

Docuseries looking back on the Jonestown Massacre on the 40th anniversary

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero

Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher intends on catching a killer of a missing woman, even if that may cost him his career and reputation

The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas A Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world

A portrait of Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg Trial prosecutor, who continues to wage his lifelong crusade in the fight for law and peace

With an unquenchable thirst for blood, Countess Elizabeth Bathory was one of the most prolific serial killers in history

The life of Bettie Page, a 1950s pin up model and one of the first sex icons in America, who became the target of a Senate investigation because of her risque bondage photos

The Secret is the story of a real life double murder James Nesbitt plays Colin Howell, a respectable dentist and pillar of the community, who became a killer in partnership with a Sunday school teacher, Hazel Buchanan, played by Gen

Never before seen footage, archival videos and celebrity interviews provide insight into the life, career and legacy of makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin

Wealthy Sunny von Bulow lies brain dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder but he says hes innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal

When director Sharon Shattucks father came out as transgender, Sharon was in the awkward throes of middle school Her fathers transition to female was difficult for her straight identified mother to accept, but her parents remained

A group of women take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network

In his own words, Frank Serpico tells the story of his one man crusade for police reform in the NYPD during the early 1970s

A writer takes a backwards look at the life of his unlikely friend Stuart, a homeless alcoholic who experienced a traumatic event in his childhood

Director Michael Apted interviews the same group of British born adults after a 7 year wait as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years

Loie Fuller was the toast of the Folies Bergeres at the turn of the 20th century and an inspiration for Toulouse Lautrec and the Lumiere Brothers The film revolves around her complicated relationship with protege and rival Isadora D

The life and times of the woman who reformed the Russian empire