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The triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality

After years of political agitation, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Leo Jogiches form a revolutionary German party, the Spartacists

Landfill is a documentary that emerged from the perception of a paradox in relation to litter While most people want to get rid of it, I met some ladies, pioneers of recycling, that they

In rural Alabama, architecture students cross the threshold of poverty to build communities, not just structures, and leave snakebit to make a better world

A unique examination of the life long existential journey taken by a self made musician, his unforgiving ambition and self destructive determination to express himself

The life of Irish tenor Chauncey Olcott is chronicled from his childhood to his days as the toast of New York In between, his rise to the top is complicated by romances with two women his true love Rose Donovan and stage star Lillian Russell, who wan

Gary faces up to the damage done by a life of crime and drugs He wants to ensure his three children have something he never had a loving, supportive family

African elephant Shani and her spirited son Jomo set out on an epic journey with their herd, traveling hundreds of miles across the vast Kalahari Desert from the Okavango delta to the Zambezi River

Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate Alarmed by the autocrats popularity, the educated elite conspire to bring him down After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of Rome

Ayudia Mawar De Jongh is not satisfied enough in enjoying the moment as a wife, but she suddenly becomes pregnant Her personality changes completely and becomes lazy and super sensitive

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

Documentary feature following one womans quest to uncover why her biological clock hasnt started ticking, before she runs out of time Armed with insight from those that write and think about the current state of affairs for mother

This is a story about an 84 year old woman trying to take down the third largest industry in the world Jean Hill, a self proclaimed warrior, leads historic Concord, Massachusetts on Americas first environmental crusade to ban the s

When Warren Jeffs rose to Prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, he took control of a religion with a history of polygamous and underage marriage In a short time, Warren managed to expand these practices and the

DENNIS AND LOIS is a documentary about a couple of quirky super music fans whove devoted the last 40 years pursuing the thrill of live music and supporting the bands they love Now, more

The life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930s to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943

An account of the two women convicted of assassinating Kim Jong uns half brother, Kim Jong nam The film follows the womens trials in an attempt to understand whether they are trained killers or simply pawns

Fox Rich fights for the release of her husband, Rob, who is serving a 60 year sentence in prison

A documentary on one of Seattles most celebrated voices His unique rhythms are filled with humor and pain and his angry, fresh, lyrical writings are about sensitive drifters people alienated by a society that refuses to understand

Krishna Das is on a journey to India to discover legendary spiritual teacher Neem Karoli Baba, through drug addiction and depression, to his eventual emergence as a world famous Kirtan singer

The shocking, heart wrenching story of British Canadian engineer William Sampson who lived a privileged life in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia until he was kidnapped, locked up and tortured by Saudi thugs for almost three years

Belgian pop star Angele reflects on her life and hopes as she finds balance amid the tears, joys and loneliness of fame Told through her own words

The life and work of the enigmatic folk rock singer songwriter

In this gritty action tale, a young wrestler competes in the world of underground fighting to raise money for his ailing mother But will he survive his next match

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

Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades, featuring a diverse range of interviews with directors, co stars, and contemporaries

When Moises Serrano was just a baby, his parents risked everything to flee Mexico and make the perilous journey across the desert in search of the American dream After 23 years growing up

Legendary American asocial backwoods inventor Joseph Newman haps onto a brilliant discovery that ends the need for oil gas and nuclear dependency as we know it, but spends most of his life fighting conspiracy and Washington DC for a

Two men taking a tribe of outsiders on a ride through the 80s underground, accidentally changing music forever

One Nation Under Trump is the first comprehensive feature documentary to delve into the zeitgeist of the unstoppable Donald Trump revolution, from the ground floor all the way to the pinnacle of the 2016 American political landscape

A documentary that explores Bob Weirs life, through the Grateful Dead, Ratdog, and his childhood

A look at the life of filmmaker John Milius

In the spring of 1981 Irish Republican Bobby Sands 66 day hunger strike brought the attention of the world to his cause Drawing on an Irish Republican tradition of martyrdom, Sands emotive, non violent protest to be classified as

Classicist Mary Beard asks what do we really know about Julius Caesar She looks at how he became the autocratic ruler of Rome, the tactics of his military campaigns, his use of PR and at the reasons behind his assassination

This intimate documentary gives viewers a singular glimpse into Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele virtuoso, but also Jake, the young boy who grew up in a modest apartment to a single mother and unsuspectingly rose to international stardom

The Silent Movie Theater has been screening the films of the silent era for over 65 years It was almost lost to us completely when its previous owner, Lawrence Austin, was murdered in the