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Late 1800s Foshan, Guangdong Wong Fei HungJet Li trains men in martial arts to help defend against foreign powers already holding Hong Kong and Macau He looks after cute 13th Aunt, whos just returned from England Lots of fight s

A woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim in the ninth century disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks

In the last moments of World War II, a young German soldier fighting for survival finds a Nazi captains uniform Impersonating an officer, the man quickly takes on the monstrous identity of the perpetrators hes escaping from

The story of John Wilmot, a k a the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his lifes work

A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion

A mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony

After a devastating fire in 1897 Paris, three women find their lives upended by betrayal, deception, and romantic turmoil Inspired by real events

A documentary about the American Civil Rights Movement from 1952 to 1965

In the 19th century, a black woman from Africa is on display throughout Europe as an exotic curiosity

The Mongol Empire had grown to the largest the world had ever known Its armies now laid siege to much of Eastern Europe A small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpathian Mountains

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career

U S fighter pilots are recruited to test experimental aircraft and rockets to become first Mercury astronauts TV adaptation of Tom Wolfes book, The Right Stuff

Dramatization of the 193233 Test cricket series between England and Australia Played in Australia, the series gained notoriety in Australian and worldwide cricketing history for the fact that the English team headed by captain Dou

Using cutting edge forensic analyses, some of the worlds leading investigative experts uncover the stunning truth behind compelling mysteries from ancient times to the recent past

During World War II, the British must attack a German ship, but its safe in neutral Goa As a result, they send civilians former soldiers who are about sixty years old

Set during the late Joseon period, when a strict alcohol prohibition has been enacted

The war for the throne of England, as seen through the eyes of the deformed anti hero Richard III

The government is asking Eiffel to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair, but Eiffel simply wants to design the subway Suddenly, everything changes when Eiffel crosses paths with a mysterious woman from Aruns p

An immersive, action packed and discovery led series following International teams of archaeologists during the excavation season in Egypts Valley of the Kings

A documentary outlining the various reasons that Hitler and the Nazis could not emerge victorious in WW2

In the Ural Mountains, nine students go on a ski hike, but never return Local investigators must piece together what happened to them when their bodies are found a month later

A Catholic Priest and an English teacher get stranded in a school in Kigali during the 1994 Rwandan genocide

Ishun is a wealthy, but unsympathetic, master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out

In 1759, in Pennsylvanias Allegheny Valley, local settlers and Indian fighters try to persuade the British authorities to ban the trading of alcohol and arms with the marauding Indians

Set in 1973, Hong Kong The Hong Kong governor sets up Independent Commission Against Corruption to investigate and arrest the corrupted chief Chinese inspector Tsui Lok, and gang boss Crippled Ho

A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she cant get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help

Connects the centrality of slavery in history with an unflinching account of brutal racism that endures in so many aspects of American life today

The film opens with the howling voices of the last 50,000 years, and believe it or not, their voices are actually screams of fear and desperation Every cave painting of a cow or horse is actually an encrypted prehistoric message,

This film explores the ins and outs of the Dominici Affair that made the headlines back in 1952 As a result of the case, a family man named Gaston Dominici was sentenced to death for the slaying of a family of English tourists al

Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered

Follows the trajectory of George Washington as a boy and a young man as he develops his relationships and ideals

A young Tutsi woman and a young Hutu man fall in love amidst chaos a soldier struggles to foster a greater good while absent from her family and a priest grapples with his faith in the face of unspeakable horror

After living 250 years in this world, Augusto Pinochet, who is not dead but an aged vampire, decides to die once and for all

The story of the Disney Renaissance, an incredibly prolific, successful and prestigious decade lasting from 1984 to 1994 that saw the fallen Walt Disney Animation Studios unexpected progressive triumphant return to excellence

Historian Lucy Worsley and a team of experts re stage Victoria and Alberts wedding It was regarded as the wedding of the century at the time