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Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy Has the military become too important in American life Jareckis shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questi

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

East Germany, 1979 After initially failing to flee from the East to the West in a self built hot air balloon, two families struggle to make a second attempt, while the East German State Police are chasing them

A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth

A group of twelfth grade pupils in East Germany decide to show their solidarity with the victims of the 1956 Hungarian uprising by staging two minutes of silence during lessons

Based on the international bestseller by Robert Seethaler A tender, heart breaking story about one young man and his friendship with Sigmund Freud during the Nazi occupation of Vienna

From Toms Shoes to international adoptions, from solar panels to U S agricultural subsidies, drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore

A TUBA TO CUBA follows New Orleans famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band as they retrace their musical roots from the storied city of jazz to the shores of Cuba and in turn discover a connection that runs much deeper than could have bee

A look at the events leading up to the 1973 tennis match between retired mens champ Bobby Riggs and the current womens Wimbledon winner Billie Jean King

When Harvard Ph D student Jennifer Brea is struck down by a fever that leaves her bedridden, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story as she fights a disease that medicine forgot

British historian Lucy Worsley travels to Russia to investigate the 300 year reign of the Romanov dynasty

Documentary telling the remarkable story of Donald Trumps family history, an extraordinary immigration success story What can we learn about the next President of the United States from his background

Hollywood makes a deal with Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to film his war and recreate his life

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England As each murder is accomplis

Historian of the medieval period, Helen Castor, presents an in depth and insightful series covering Englands early Queens, from the High Middle Ages with Eleanor and get daughter in law Eleanor of Aquitane, through the Late Middle A

The War ended on August 15th, 1945 What took place in Japan on the previous night The unknown destiny of the day is unveiled

Chronicles a complete season of the International Gay Rodeo Association IGRA as the courageous cowboys and cowgirls brave challenges in and out of the arena on their quest to the World Finals

Loie Fuller was the toast of the Folies Bergeres at the turn of the 20th century and an inspiration for Toulouse Lautrec and the Lumiere Brothers The film revolves around her complicated relationship with protege and rival Isadora D

Vidocq escapes captivity 1805 Years later, hes a fabric merchant in Paris with an alias He makes a deal of amnesty for catching criminals He builds an efficient team of ex cons to catch or kill them

The life of pioneering singer Chavela Vargas, from her birth in Costa Rica in 1919 to her death in Mexico in 2012

This is the story of Father Divine and the Peace Mission Movement

We will soon be facing the greatest threat ever known as we are feeding and nurturing the monster of our own destruction Welcome to your future

The site of the famous Oracle, Delphi spanned two great c

Using footage from three separate interviews, Werner Herzog converses with Mikhail Gorbachev, former General Secretary of the U S S R, about three of his key achievements negotiations with the U S to reduce nuclear weapons cessation of Soviet control

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

In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth Sissi of Austria, the young vibrant princess catches the eye of her sisters fiance, Emperor Franz Josef

The final film in a highly romanticized trilogy about Elisabeth Sissi of Austria finds the young empress traveling throughout Europe

The second in a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth Sissi of Austria, the film chronicles the married life of the young empress as she tries to adjust to formal and strict life in the palace and an overbearing mother in law

The story of Joseons tyrant king Yeonsan who exploits the populace for his own carnal pleasures, his seemingly loyal retainer who controls him and all court dealings, and a woman who seeks vengeance

True story of a daring Israeli commando assault on the Entebbe Airport in Uganda to free hostages of a terrorist hijacking

A faraway war A clash of ideologies And some of the biggest battles fought on African soil since World War Two

One of WWIIs bloodiest battles as the Allies smash through the German lines which have enclosed the Anzio beachhead Four months and 30,000 casualties before the Allies finally march to Rome

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

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

It is the year 1861 and President Lincoln has called for 75,000 men to join the Union Army As the Civil War begins, another battle has been raging for decades It is the fight for freedom waged by the Underground Railroad

A brief yet comprehensive documentary overview of the downfall of the Romanov dynasty and the evolution of Lenins Ulyanov family, from the terrible acts and subsequent hanging of his brother to his own hunger for a revolution