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Actress Patty Duke portrays herself in this autobiographical film that details her long time struggle with mental illness

A documentary on Jacques Verges, the controversial lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla who has defending unpopular figures such as Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy

Meet Ousmane Sembene, the African freedom fighter who used stories as his weapon

The film lAmatore the Amateur is a journey within the intimate folds of a well known architect, Piero Portaluppi, who worked during the twenty years of Fascism, through the discovery of his work in the present and through his f

A documentary about internationally renowned film editor Jill Bilcock, that charts how an outspoken arts student in 1960s Melbourne became one of the worlds most acclaimed film artists

Follows the journey of enigmatic Australian musician Jeremy Oxley, lead singer of Sunnyboys as he emerges from a 30 year battle with schizophrenia An inspiring story of hope, survival amp the healing power of unconditional love

Musical biography chronicling the songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Based on a true story, a migrant teen from Puerto Rico is forced to survive the dark streets of 1962 Brooklyn Enslaved by the power of gangs and the addiction of heroin, he must find faith and freedom before he destroys his famil

In 1973, 591 American POWs returned home from the Vietnam War, bringing with them harrowing tales of survival But there was an even more remarkable and secret story to tell a feat of incredible spycraft that remained class

The truth about Patryk Vega, the most controversial Polish movie director

Inside Out is a film about the french artist JR giving away his method and the inspiring stories that follow that JR wins the TED Prize 2011 He gives his prize the wish to turn the world Inside Out and his art back to the pe

The story of Nicola Mitchell, a victim of unspeakable sexual violence who grew up to be a best selling author and inspirational speaker, founding an organization dedicated to saving at risk girls from abuse and exploitation

A Dutch TV journalist finds himself challenging the police, courts and media as he attempts to uncover the truth about the controversial Deventer murder case

Hall of Famer, Nat Sweetwater Clifton, makes history as the first African American to sign an NBA contract, forever changing how the game of basketball is played

Bergen, a valuable turkish arabesque singer, fights to stay afloat despite all the difficulties in her life

Into Her Own is the story of a womans struggle to overcome the hardship of her upbringing and to follow her calling to become an artist

Shortlisted for the 1999 Academy Award, this non fiction musical follows John Wallowitch, a star of New York cabaret and partner Bertram Ross, Martha Grahams lead dancer for 20 years Together they formed the unforgettable cabare

At the end of his rope, Johnny Cash stumbled into a cave and laid down in the dark But death didnt come calling God did JOHNNY CASH THE REDEMPTION OF AN AMERICAN ICON is the untold story of how The Man in Black saw the light

True story from the 19th century about an English actress who marries a US plantation owner Appalled by slavery, she dedicates her life to oppose it and her husband and help her husbands slaves in any way possible, including esc

A look at the life and work of Rita Moreno from her humble beginnings in Puerto Rico to her success on Broadway and in Hollywood

Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouacs meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S Burroughs in 1997 Three actors provide dramatic interpretations of the work of these three wr

Badminton player turned celebrity decides to immortalize himself and share his achievements in winning silver twice in the Olympics badminton event

The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the worlds first smartphone

Dash Snow rejected a life of privilege to make his own way as an artist on the streets of downtown New York City in the late 1990s Developing from a notorious graffiti tagger into an international art star, he documented his drug

Based on the true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint Georges, the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, who rises to heights in French society as a composer before an ill fated love

100 years of dreaming 100 years of creating 100 years of Stan Lee

Jeff looks back on simpler times as he talks aging, texting and sex education, then shares one wild story from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour

The truth of how Mortimer Granville devised the invention of the first vibrator in the name of medical science

Based on a true story An older woman hides her younger lover in the attic of her house for years without her husband suspecting

Follows the life of Sean McLoughlin, from his lonely childhood in rural Ireland to his rise as Jacksepticeye, one of the most followed gaming personalities of YouTube

Addresses the aggressive movement to transform America, strip away its freedoms and Judeo Christian values

The insights and history of the man that is Cristiano Ronaldo The teenage kid who came from humble and simple beginnings to the world famous footballing athlete and icon

Farrah Fawcett plays real life Beate Klarsfeld, a German Protestant housewife who, with the help of her Jewish law student husband, Serge, began an unrelenting campaign after World War II to bring Nazi war criminals to justice, mo

This film is an unbiased look into the rise and fall of late 80s and early 90s rap superstar MC Hammer It begins showing Hammer as a ball boy for his hometown Oakland Athletics, and ends with his departure from Death Row Record

The rise and fall of a Camorra clan in Naples, told through the eyes of a crime boss and his family Thirty years of a mans life, thirty years in the history of one of the most beautiful and controversial cities on Earth Naples

The film explores the image of the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu using unknown official footage from the Romanian National Television and National Film Archives