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Its Gonna Blow San Diegos Music Underground 1986 1996 chronicles a period when San Diego was touted as the next Seattle A motley community of musicians with a do it yourself ethos and an aversion to mainstream culture dev

For most, the idea of Jewish resistance or defiance during the Holocaust is limited to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and a few isolated acts throughout WWII Unlikely Heroes, narrated by Sir Ben Kingsley, highlights 7 previously unkno

A chronicle of the political career of US President Woodrow Wilson

The 30th of March, 1981, the delusional John Hinckley Jr tries to kill president Ronald Reagan His life hangs on a thin thread at the hospital, while the Soviet Union is ready to invade a

Defiant young activists take the womens suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote

In 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turk, eighteen cardinals met in Rome to elect a new pope A 27 year old Spanish cardinal, Rodrigo Borgia, learns to play a very dangerous game how to survive his first conc

A team of spies is sent into Incheon to gain intelligence on North Korean positions ahead of the invasion by UN forces

The Silent Movie Theater has been screening the films of the silent era for over 65 years It was almost lost to us completely when its previous owner, Lawrence Austin, was murdered in the

A wild and rollicking martial arts fantasy extravaganza that features prized swords and swordsmen, a crazy monk attached to a rolling boulder yup, serious clan and cult rivalries, and lots of magic and flying

A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London

Neer do well Captain Harry Flashman Malcolm McDowell is coerced by Otto Von Bismarck Oliver Reed into impersonating a Prince

The different aspects of life in Pompeii, a coastal luxury resort near Naples catering for the very rich of imperial Rome, mainly before but culminating in the eruption of the Vesuvian volcano, which wipes it from the face of the Ear

The documentary series examines Ulysses S Grants life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history the Civil War and Reconstruction

Set during British India 1857, Captain Clayboune Rock Hudson is faced with restoring his reputation after being harshly disciplined for disobeying orders

Hounded by the police on charges of inflammatory writing, the once handsome Marquis De Sade seeks refuge in an abandoned family mansion This colorful movie depicts DeSades life from childhood to manhood A life infamous for erotic

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

The exiled royal physician to King Charles II devotes himself to helping Londoners suffering from the plague, and in the process falls in love with an equally poor woman

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

Unidentified Inside Americas Ufo Investigation

When Iraq invades Kuwait in August 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen

At the time of Caesars conquest of Gaul, a Roman tribune falls in love with the daughter of a Gallic chieftain during a dangerous mission

The film is based on the third battle of Panipat which took place on the 14 of January in 1761 between the Marathas and the King of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Abdali

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides

A Scottish knight in France to facilitate a marriage between a rich and beautiful countess and his aging uncle becomes involved in court intrigue

Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and self disgust

It is the story of the all black Twenty Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917

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

Cologne Ehrenfeld, November 1944 Theyre young, wild and rebellious, like young people anywhere and in any time But working class boys Karl and his younger brother Peter are Edelweiss Pirates They oppose the Nazis, and are pursued

The film retraces the events of a trail in the Pyrenees, which fleeing fascism that was infecting the heart of Europe Catalans and internationalist militants fleeing the Franco regime

Paris, June 1940 The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne, his wife, finds herself with her three children on the road of the exodus

The Burning of Atlanta is the story of the destruction of a major city near the end of the war, and the desperation and terror this causes in the lives of those who watch their entire society collapse around them

The history and development of motion picture machinery is lovingly and authoritatively presented and narrated by ASC cinematographer and film preservationist, Karl Malkames, using actual early motion picture cameras from The Malkam

Narrated by Jeremy Irons, this definitive account tells of the heart rending human rights tragedy in 1992 when hundreds of Azerbaijanis were massacred after Armenians stormed the city of Khojaly

In 1948, at the U S embassy in Zadestan, a young diplomat is ordered to find the missing daughter of an influential U S Senator

After the murder of her lover Caesar, Egypts queen Cleopatra needs a new ally She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor Octavius

Carne Ross was a government highflyer A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save us all But working inside the system he came to see its failures, deceits and ulterior motives He felt at first hand the corruption