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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

Hamel portrays director Dickoff who suspends her career in order to help a friend whos been in prison for quite some time in connection with a murder

A road movie of the soul

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

Docudrama about the life of St Francis of Assisi

A documentary on speculative fiction writer and essayist Harlan Ellison

Boy Interrupted looks at the life of Evan Perry a 15 year old boy from New York who committed suicide in 2005 The film made by his parents Dana and Hart examines how Evans bipolar disorder and depression affected his life and the l

The tragic story of world renowned classic cellist Jacqueline du Pre, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pre Finzi

How Frans Afman, a banker from the Netherlands, developed a new system for film financing, revolutionized independent filmmaking in Hollywood, but could not prevent it all from crashing down, when ambition of others turned into greed

The story of 1970s musician and activist Helen Reddy

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

The fairy tale story of the actress who became a princess is told in this biography that traces her rise from Philadelphia socialite to Hollywood movie star

Move is a compelling behind the scenes look at renowned choreographers Kevin Iega Jeff and Gary Abbott

The term Choice Point indicates a place of branching, a point of possibility The point of transformation This remarkable, new documentary points the way to mankinds Choice Point, the

As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar

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

A documentary on artist Genesis Breyer P Orridge and his wife and collaborator, Lady Jaye, centered around the transformations the pair underwent for their Pandrogyne project

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

An extraordinary look into the political career of Imelda Marcos, this documentary tells a cautionary tale of a powerful leader whose questionable sense of reality divided the Philippines

A Yankee sea captain has adventures in paradise trying to become an entrepreneur in Micronesia

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

The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge

Carne Ross was a government highflyer A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save us all But working inside the system he came to see its failures, deceits and ulterior motives He felt at first hand the corruption

In 1945, the dictator of fascist Italy and Hitlers close ally Benito Mussolini faces defeat In a desperate attempt to avoid capture, he tries to flee the country with his lover Claretta Petacci, but Italian partisans are on their t

Revolves around the true story of a fateful night in August 1985 when five members of the same family are murdered at an Essex farmhouse, and the ensuing police investigation and court case that follows

An exploration of the history of the Bee Gees, featuring revealing interviews with oldest brother Barry Gibb, and archival interviews with the late twin brothers Robin and Maurice

George Washington is central to understanding Americas founding He was the crucial figure in winning the American Revolution, in creating the Constitution, and in establishing the precedents for effective self government as our fir

The life story of legendary downtown NYC skateboarder Harry Jumonji

The story of Camille Lepage, a French photojournalist who was killed at age 26 in the Central African Republic

A documentary about the controversial Canadian university professor Jordan B Peterson

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

The Danish tightrope dancer Elvira Madigan meets Lieutenant Sixten Sparre, a Swedish officer who is married and has two children They both decide to run away

The beautiful Beatrice Cenci, daughter of the noble Francesco, falls in love with the intendant Olimpio But she has to face the jealousy of her violent and morbid father, and the hostility of her stepmother Lucrezia