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The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine

After unearthing a tomb that had been untouched for 4,400 years, Egyptian archaeologists attempt to decipher the history of the astonishing find

Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback

A movie adaptation of Homers second epic, that depicts Ulysses efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war

A four part documentary series that explores the many surprisingly unexamined aspects of the Reagan White House, and how Nancy Reagans paper doll image was at odds with the power she ultimately wielded throughout her husbands presi

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

In ancient Rome a love story blossoms between Fabiola, daughter of a senator, and Rhual, a gallic gladiator When Fabiolas father is killed, the Romans blame the Christians and the persecution begins Rhual confesses to be a christi

Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay

An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938

For the first installment of his ambitious yet restrained two part study, director and co screenwriter Jacques Rivette surveys the revelatory period where Joan met with royalty, joined the army, and led the French into battle against the English As J

Story about Ji Gong, a Chan Buddhist monk that has a supernatural powers, which he used to help the poor and stand up to injustice This movie tell one of his adventures

When his clan, including his wife and baby girl Nea, are massacred, Ao, a desperate Neanderthal, decides to leave the North country where he has been living for the South where he was born His aim is to join his twin brother, from w

The lives and battles of soldiers leading up to the 1904 siege of Port Arthur during the Russo Japanese War

The story of Juan Pablo Duarte, founding father of the Dominican Republic, from his struggles for Dominican independence to his exile at Venezuela in the final years of his life

Camille Claude impresses already famous sculptor Auguste Rodin He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and she also becomes his mistress But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow

December 1897, Paris Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already two children and a lot of anxieties He has not written anything for two years In desperation, he offers the great Constant Coquelin a new play, a heroic comedy, in

Trying to keep lead in the Space Race, the Soviet Union is preparing two cosmonauts for the first spacewalk

A bitter story of the time of World War II, which depicts that for the victims of Stalins repression peaceful life was sometimes even worse than burdens of battlefields against Nazi

For the first time on the big screen, the film tells the fascinating story of one on the worlds most famous wines and how it exploded as a world phenomenon

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officer

In 1937, 800 Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army

Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William ONeal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton

In pre unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the kings cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering

When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist

A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the turmoil of the French Revolution

Three different swordsmen a swordsman who is going blind, the best swordsman in Joseon Dynasty, and the best swordsman in Qing Dynasty who aspires to be the best even in the Joseon Dynasty meet each other for their own reasons

The Civil War on Drugs is a historical drama that the WKUK made to document the journey to legalize marijuana during the War Between the States

Lee Chung is a Prince of Joseon, but he has been taken hostage to the Qing Dynasty

In the third of the Angelique series, the heroine is sent on a mission by King Louis XIV, and later finds herself the subject of rumors

This documentary uses news footage and amateur video to paint a vivid picture of Romanias 1989 revolution and the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu

A documentary about militant student political activity in the University of California Berkely in the 1960s

Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker

Daryl Davis is an accomplished musician who was played all over the world He also has an unusual hobby, particularly for a middle aged black man When not displaying his musical chops, Daryl likes to meet and befriend members of the

An action packed and heartwarming story of the friendship formed between a tank destroyer dog of the Red Army during WWII and a group of soldiers

A history of the Northern Irish conflict from 1922 until the 1970s

A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition