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This documentary looks at architecture and design team Diller Scofidio + Renfro through the lens of two important urban projects the High Line and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

A chronicle of the political career of US President Woodrow Wilson

German American Dieter Dengler discusses his service as a U S naval pilot in the Vietnam War Dengler also revisits the sites of his capture and eventual escape from the hands of the Viet Cong, recreating many events for the camera

Sara is a a 13 year old Polish Jew who finds refuge and is taken in by a farmer and his wife She soon discovers the dark secrets of her employers marriage, compounding the greatest secret she must strive to protect, her true identi

Singer boy makes good woos initially reluctant lass who then in behind every successful man theres a tough woman way, pushes and stands by his struggle to success and standard to Finn singing star success, through alcoholism prob

From Executive Producer Hisao Kurosawa, Dreams, Ran, comes the untold story of one of the worlds greatest women artists and why her name was nearly lost to history Many Beautiful Things plunges viewers into the complex age of Vic

Miles Davis Horn player, bandleader, innovator This documentary feature explores archival photos and home movies shot by Miles and his colleagues, his manuscripts and Miles original paintings, to explore the man behind the music

From his beginnings as a wildman carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice jammed river, the great Harry Houdini emerged as the worlds most captivating magician and escape artist

When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France, and Germany, and the country is on the brink of civil war, only one man can lead the countrys strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet Michiel de Ruyter Frank Lam

A documentary on legendary movie poster artist Drew Struzan

Based on a true story, details the daring 1964 theft of the J P Morgan jewel collection from New Yorks American Museum of Natural History Called The Greatest Jewel Heist of the 20th Century, the robbers took twenty two precious

In the foreign land of Canaan lives Isaac, son of Abraham, with his clever, strong willed wife Rebekah and his twin sons Esau and Jacob The first born, Esau, is a strong and fearless

The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin

Zenith Virago is an activist and educator who for over 20 years has been returning the coastal region of Byron Bay, Australia to a more communal, celebratory, and creative engagement with death and dying

A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs of modern times From his accession to the throne at the age of 18 to his passionate support of Richard Wagner and his music From h

In April 2009, Bryce Lemon and his sister Alyssa departed on what they hoped would be a spiritual journey around the world But what they found was more human and real

Jerry Lewis The Man Behind the Clown chronicles the remarkable life and genius work of one of the most iconic and incomparable comic performers and filmmakers of our time

Miguel Pineros creative and turbulent life was cut short at the age of forty A Tony Award nominee who did time at Sing Sing, a volatile urban poet whose work is recognized as a precursor to rap and hip hop, and a writer of hit TV s

In the mid 1960s, President Lyndon B Johnson Sir Michael Gambon and his foreign policy team debate the decision to withdraw from or escalate the war in Vietnam

A documentary depicting the life and films of Spains King of Horror Paul Naschy, aka Jacinto Molina, actor, writer, producer, and director

Based on the true story of the enduring but troubled love between Lois Wilson, co founder of Al Anon, and her alcoholic husband Bill Wilson, co founder of Alcoholics Anonymous

A killer bandit decides to become a politician in order to avenge deaths in his family

The story of songwriter Howard Ashman who penned the lyrics for Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast before he died of AIDS at the height of the AIDS crisis in 1991

Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan

A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J P Morgans daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light

Long before faith based films became a regular feature of mainstream movie theaters, there was The Cross and The Switchblade The story of Pastor David Wilkerson and gang member, Nicki Cruz

After being cast in the hit teen sitcom Saved by the Bell 1989, six unknown young actors must deal with the Hollywood spotlight and the challenges of growing up under public scrutiny

The story of 1970s musician and activist Helen Reddy

A child who lived alone with wolves for 12 years

Forty year old documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee has a penchant for filming everything around him Following the announcement of his impending marriage to his film making partner Marilyn Levine marriage something that he and his f

When an aging, but gentlemanly stagecoach robber is released from prison, he decides to go to Canada to become a train robber

An in depth look into the life and work of musician Frank Zappa

During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people

The director Iciar Bollain presents the story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, a legend on the dance world and the first black dancer to perform some of the most famous ballet roles A dancer who did not want to dance

A fictionalized account of the last year of Beethovens life

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