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Mindbender is the story of Uri Geller, probably the worlds most famous psychic The film shows his rise to fame from small shows in the middle east where he amazed audiences with his

The extraordinary story of MMAUFC super star Ronda Rousey

In 2006 2007 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is

Jimmie Blacksmith, the son of an Aboriginal mother and a white father, falls victim to much racist abuse after marrying a white woman, and goes on a killing spree and finds himself on the run in the aftermath

The true story of a 16 year old Robin Lee Graham, played by Joseph Bottoms who sailed alone around the world in a 23 foot sloop named The Dove On his journey he meets and falls in love with a young woman Patti Ratteree, played

The exiled royal physician to King Charles II devotes himself to helping Londoners suffering from the plague, and in the process falls in love with an equally poor woman

The feature adaptation of Roger Lewis book about the actor best remembered as Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies

A dying man in his forties remembers his past His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation

Based on a true story, this film by JCFilms follows the path of the Jonah Family in remembrance of the loss of their son, Jack, to a heroin overdose The film brings awareness to the drugopioid crisis in Massachusetts and the world

More fictional than factual biography of Stephen Foster Songwriter from Pittsburgh falls in love with the South, marries a Southern gal Leeds, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out

The film tells the dramatic tale of two generations locked in a see saw battle one extolling values, the other groping in the dark

A documentary on speculative fiction writer and essayist Harlan Ellison

A 1950s set comedy in which the glamorous Anne Deveraux Zellweger embarks on a drive down the Eastern Seaboard in a quixotic search for a wealthy man to fund a new life for her and her sons

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

The story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazis for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto

Playwright Oscar Wildes homosexuality is exposed when he brings a libel action against his lovers father, leading to his own prosecution

A film about real life musician Augustin Barrios Mangore, an influential and important composer and classical guitarist from Paraguay

Art of Darkness is a feature documentary intimately profiling controversial painter and performance artist Bryan Lewis Saunders Bryan is renowned for his commitment to producing a self portrait every day, which, to date, number well

Unraveling Athena is a feature documentary that chronicles the journey that Women Tennis Champions pass through from small child with a large racket, to ranked player, and ultimately to WTA number one in the world, and beyond

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

The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials

Director Nanni Moretti takes a mordant look at Italian life through three antological vignettes presented as the chapters of an open diary

The parallel paths of the lives, careers and passionate friendship of post impressionist painter Paul Cezanne and novelist Emile Zola Both left their hometown to conquer the art scene in Paris

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

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 story of feminist icon Gloria Steinems itinerant childhood and its influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for womens rights worldwide

An intentionally noncommittal version of the Cuban revolution told through flashbacks, the film recounts Ches switch from doctor to politico in Castros campaign

After being assaulted in her own home by a pervert, a woman finds herself further angered and traumatized when the police cant catch him Meanwhile, her husband wants to do everything to protect her

One man has seen more of the natural world than any other This unique feature documentary is his witness statement

This investigative docuseries explores the greed, fraud and corruption that built up and ultimately brought down Indias most infamous tycoons

The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J D Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, The Catcher in the Rye

A story of globalization filtered through the fever dream of a Mexican shaman, THE MODERN JUNGLE is also an intimate portrait of Zoque culture, commodity fetish, and the predicament of documentary

Wild Bill Hickok attempts to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun runners

Since the 1950s, the legendary skiing filmmaker drove the worldwide ski industry His last interview was months before he passed at age 93 He details his personal and professional challenges of the perfect ski run throughout his car

The story of former president of Costa Rica and 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Oscar Sanchez Arias

Hal Ashbys obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar winning classics, including Harold and Maude 1971, Shampoo and Being There But as contemporaries Francis Ford Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to blockbuste