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Set against a backdrop of the Israeli Palestinian conflict, Palestinian rapper Kareem and his singer girlfriend Manar struggle, love and make music in their crime ridden ghetto and Tel Avivs hip hop club scene

A stormy relationship, complicated by the strictures of 1950s social class and gender roles, ends in death Based on the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain

South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country, after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the black activist Steve Biko

Jane Alexander, an attractive, athletic San Francisco woman, is enjoying a comfortable life in Pacific Heights with the man she loves, handsome, charismatic Tom ODonnell Janes idyllic

As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized

The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber

A woman filming a documentary on childhood rape victims starts to question the nature of her childhood relationship with her riding instructor and running coach

Follows the court case of three members of the Russian feminist punk protest group Pussy Riot after their performance in a Russian Orthodox cathedral

Agathe von Trapp, the eldest daughter of a well known musical family, overcomes many obstacles to pursue her musical career and move to the United States

Ten years after his retirement, death match wrestler Nick Mondo is distressed to find a new generation mimicking his former self destructive antics Based on a true story

The story of poker legend Stuey Ungar A gambler by the age of 10, Ungar won millions playing card games

The story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years rebuilding a 1920 Indian motorcycle, which helped him set the land speed world record at Utahs Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967

A group of journalists of the Knight Ridder news service covering President George W Bushs planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the Presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction

A screen adaption of the blistering best seller which examines the story of platinum blonde bombshell Jean Harlow Carroll Baker who rose to fame in the reckless Hollywood of the 1930s

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

A drama centered on the romance between Ernest Hemingway and World War II correspondent Martha Gellhorn, Hemingways inspiration for For Whom the Bell Tolls, and the only woman who ever asked for a divorce from the writer

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

Anne Clark, an icon of music history and a terrific pioneer of spoken word art, has been on stage for more than 30 years It transforms language into unique music Since the early 1980s, New Wave classics such as OUR DARKNESS and SLE

On the rocky path to sobriety after a life changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life

A fallen professional wrestling superstar battles his past demons in a struggle to reclaim his life and the family that has given up on him

The story of martial arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee

In an unbelievable story of perseverance, free climber Tommy Caldwell and climbing partner Kevin Jorgeson attempt to scale the impossible 3000ft Dawn Wall of El Capitan

A look at the development of Elvis spellbinding artistry, from his early blues and country roots and influences through his seismic contributions to popular culture to his 1976 recording sessions at the Jungle Room in Graceland

Composer and pianist Franz Liszt Roger Daltrey attempts to overcome his hedonistic life style while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in his life and fellow composer Richard Wagner Paul Nicholas

The life and times of Albert Pierrepoint Britains most prolific hangman

Meet John G Morris, 95, a legend of photojournalism, whose unerring eye for the best shot has moved and changed the world Morris, former Picture Editor of Life Magazine amp New York Times was instrumental in the early years of Magnum

A dramatization that traces former UK prime minister Tony Blairs relationships with Bill Clinton and George W Bush

A WWII pilot, bombardier, and radioman find themselves adrift on a lifeboat without food or water after being forced to ditch their plane during a scouting mission

Retired Soviet Lt Col Stanislav Petrov, who saved the world from WW3, talks about his life as retiree and shares his opinions on the Cold War with actor Kevin Costner in this melancholic mixture of documentary and reenacted footage

A grieving widow discovers that her seemingly ideal husband lived many secret lives

A joyride that delves deep into the mind of rock and rolls greatest living photographer Mick Rock

This movie follows the life of Soekarno, the first president of the Republic of Indonesia, from his childhood until he managed to proclaimed Indonesian freedom with M Hatta in 1945

An eccentric drifter claiming to be Elvis Presley hitches a ride with a young man and they find themselves on an adventurous road trip to Memphis

A biopic about Srimulat the first comedy group in Indonesia

The story of the influential American death metal band Death from Orlando, Florida, founded in 1983 by the late guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner

Marguerite must navigate through the hardships of the Liberation after losing her husband and starting a relationship with the enemy during the War