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Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII

A young man transforms into a brutal warrior as he travels the unforgiving landscape in search of his long lost brother, Hakan the Ferocious, whose people are relying on him to restore order to their kingdom

Danny Says is a documentary on the life and times of Danny Fields Since 1966, Danny Fields has played a pivotal role in music and culture of the late 20th century working for the Doors, Cream, Lou Reed, Nico, Judy Collins and man

In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally

The sequel follows cocaine dealer Charles Crosby beginning in 1991 on the inner city streets of Oakland, California The story of Griselda Blanco is presented in greater depth

In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition era Chicago Cocaine Cowboys is the true story of how Miami became the drug, murder and cash capital of t

NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy

During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi occupied Netherlands

Behind the walls of a forbidden city, the only thing more dangerous than its secrets is the truth

160 elite U S soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis

Nelson Mandela, in his first term as President of South Africa, initiates a unique venture to unite the Apartheid torn land enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup

As the American Civil War continues to rage, Americas president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves

New York, 2010 Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenorio Junior, a young Brazilian samba jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976

The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U S entered World War I, and became the countrys first fighter pilots

Jumping continents and crossing cultures, Planet B Boy looks at the history of breakdancing and its vibrant resurgence in urban cultures around the world

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news

U S Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz join Team Foxcatcher, led by eccentric multi millionaire John du Pont, as they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but Johns self dest

True story of the undersized Depression era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation

A band of Vikings cross enemy lines and a panicked race begins The losers will pay with their lives

An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons

Al Capones Valentines Day surprise for the rival Bugs Moran gang in 1929 Chicago

A fallen warrior rises against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master

Two F B I Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists

Sonja Wigert is a diva and star in Stockholm when WW2 breaks out, rapidly getting attention from the Nazi officer Josef Terboven Shes then recruited by Swedish intelligence as a spy, but Terboven makes her spy on the Swedes

A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white racist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader

Oscar winning musical chronicle that brilliantly captures the three day rock concert and celebration of peace and love that became a capstone for the Sixties

1183 A D King Henry IIs three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he wont commit to a choice They and his wife variously plot to force him

In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart

A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospitals emergency room

This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th centurys most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the worlds attention for nearly 50 years

In the summer of 1683, 300,000 warriors of the Ottoman Empire began the siege of Vienna The fall of the city would have opened the way to conquer Europe On September 11 was the main battle between the Polish cavalry and the Turks

In 1956, Ernesto Che Guevara and a band of Castro led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista

Jesus Christ faces religious and political oppression during his ministry and in the days before his death and resurrection

Admiral Yi Sun sin faces a tough challenge when he is forced to defend his nation with just 13 battleships against 300 Japanese enemy ships in the Battle of Myeongryang

In White Like Me, anti racist educator Tim Wise explores race and racism in the US through the lens of whiteness and white privilege

An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J M W Turners life