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Trials and tribulations beset the one hundred odd settlers that journey to Virginia in 1620 including unexpectedly arriving in Plymouth, Massachusetts

On the H M S Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second in command Lieutenant Scott Padget, whose heavy handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny

A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango The slaves capture the captains mistress, forcing a showdown

A documentary showcasing the worlds many different animal species, both past and present

Jerry Lewis The Man Behind the Clown chronicles the remarkable life and genius work of one of the most iconic and incomparable comic performers and filmmakers of our time

Fanny lives in an English farmhouse in 1657 when militant Puritans rule Two fugitives with radical new ideas arrive When the sheriff arrives, things deteriorate badly prompting Fanny to make drastic decisions about her life

Snowbound and desperate, some of the Donner Party died of starvation Some of them did not They all sang

In Persia in the 11th Century, a surgeons apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians

In Wittelbacherpalais, Munichs prison and Gestapo center, middle aged Else Gebel awaits trial for carrying anti Nazi material She serves as a clerk in the Gestapo office On Thursday, 18 February 1943, two youths arrive at the pris

It is based on five women who did survive the Holocaust but shared her same fate of deportation, suffering and being denied their childhood and adolescence, according to promotional materials

In late nineteenth century America, Rising Free portrays the story of a young woman living in the aftermath of racial prejudice Surrounded by danger of being sold and further stripped of freedom, she discovers hope through a graciou

Focuses on the people, their stories and architecture spanning from the mid 1800s, when Shanghai was opened as a trading port, to the present day

In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War

The dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of three of director Wim Wenderss favorite blues artists

During the power struggle between Caesar and Crassus, a Roman centurion, who is the lost son of Spartacus, is dispatched to Crassus camp to observe his movements and keep Caesar informed

Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park After sustaining a blow to the head, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England

In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread fruit from Tahiti but the savage on board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian

His home is war Her home is Portugal Yet the young, newly married wife of Lord von Ketten is determined to make her husbands family abode, an inhospitable castle on a cliff in northern Italy, into her home

UFOs Declassified uncovers the worlds most amazing UFO stories and reveals the top secret documents that back them up

In 1905, Polish horse thieves living near the Russian border find their livelihoods threatened by the new Russo Japanese conflict because the Russian army requisitions all horses and forcibly conscripts all men for the war

Traces the history of classic video games, featuring insights from the innovators who brought these worlds and characters to life

Playwright Oscar Wildes homosexuality is exposed when he brings a libel action against his lovers father, leading to his own prosecution

Theatrical feature documentary on the story of Operation Ajax, the CIAMI6 staged coup in 1953 in Iran that overthrew Prime Minister Mossadegh

The untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their journeys from the late 1930s to the present day

A film about real life musician Augustin Barrios Mangore, an influential and important composer and classical guitarist from Paraguay

World war two drama about the 1942 North Africa battle at El Alamein between the Allies and the Axis forces

In pre Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her familys fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace

A biography of American poet Hart Crane who committed suicide at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba

To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles

The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Joseph Stalins funeral

This is the story of the days directly after 911, and the presidents whereabouts

In 1983 Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen was arrested after the discovery of human remains which had blocked a drain near his London home

The story of events leading up to the 1980 Gwangju massacre in South Korea when thousands of students and protesters were killed by armed troops during an anti government demonstration

The story of feminist icon Gloria Steinems itinerant childhood and its influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for womens rights worldwide

During the Japanese occupation, two men travel across the country compiling the first Korean language dictionary

The chronicles of a day in the life of a nameless woman as she wanders around Singapore Part documentary part video essay, Nightfall is a fictionalized account of Suwichakornpongs time spent during a residency researching Thai po