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A chronicle of Nelson Mandelas life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa

A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant

The true story of an Australian racehorse that became a champion, with the help of a local stableboy

A tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War

A coming of age drama following the life of Matt Hamill, the first deaf wrestler to win a National Collegiate Wrestling Championship

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family

A comedy writer struggles to overcome his addiction to heroin

Harold and Lillian eloped to Hollywood in 1947, where they became the film industrys secret weapons Nobody talked about them, but everybody wanted them Theirs is the greatest story never told until now

A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer

Since childhood, orphan Bobby Evel Knievel never could resist risks or keep out of trouble Hes determined to leave the mining town of Butte, willing to try any job or scam Linda Bork

Orange Sunshine is the never before told story of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love a spiritual group of surfers and hippies in California, which became the largest suppliers of LSD during the 60s and 70s This feature length doc f

The film tells the bizarre story of Elliot White Lightning Scott, who plans on becoming Canadas first kung fu action hero with his low budget karate epic, Blood Fight

Her family group, the Staple Singers, inspired millions and helped propel the civil rights movement with their music After 60 years of performing, legendary singer Mavis Staples message of love and equality is needed now more than

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The story of serial killer Ted Bundy

When Queen Victorias husband Prince Albert dies, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr John Brown, but their relationship also brings scandal and turmoil

Mario Van Peebles half documentaryhalf homage to his father Melvin Van Peebles movie Sweet Sweetbacks Baadasssss Song 1971

A biographical story of former U S President Richard Nixon, from his days as a young boy, to his eventual Presidency, which ended in shame

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

SlingShot focuses on noted Segway inventor Dean Kamen and his work to solve the worlds water crisis An eccentric genius with a provocative world view, Kamen is an inspiration for future scientists His inventions help people in nee

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell

The story of serial killer Ted Bundy

The story of the 1980 tennis rivalry between the placid Bjorn Borg and the volatile John McEnroe

Tells the story of the last 3 years of her brief career

Based on a true story of a drug addict who became a triathlon champion and a winner of Ironman competition

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

Biopic loosely based on the last 18 years of Jesse James life and focused on the relationship between brothers Jesse and Frank James

The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama

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

In 1967, during the making of La Chinoise, film director Jean Luc Godard falls in love with 19 year old actress Anne Wiazemsky and marries her

Unprecedented access to Muhammad Alis personal archive of audio journals as well as interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends are used to tell the legends life story

The documentary Drachenmadchen Dragon Girls tells the story of three Chinese girls, training to become Kung Fu fighters, far away from their families at the Shaolin Tagou Kung Fu School, located right next to the Shaolin Monaster

The next amazing chapter of Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperinis powerful true story of forgiveness, redemption, and amazing grace

A psychological thriller based on the infamous 1892 murders of Lizzie Andrew Bordens family

The true story of a recently widowered lawman who befriends a boy dying of tuberculosis and a madam of the local brothel while their town is being politically and violently overtaken by a gang of reckless cattlemen from Texas

The life story of Howard Marks, an elite British drug smuggler