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During the 17th Century bands of hatamoto, samurai vassals of the Tokugawa shogunate, were causing havoc in the new capital city of Edo Opposing them was Banzui in Chobei,whose sole aim was to save Edo from the hatamoto as their

Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings

Story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s

On a college campus in modern America, ideas that have long been neglected as issues of the past emerge as racial tensions and frictions grow between different student groups

The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors

What does it mean to lead men in war What does it mean to come home Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Af

The great chateaux of Bordeaux struggle to accommodate the voracious appetite for their rare, expensive wines, which have become a powerful status symbol in booming China

Bitcoin is the most disruptive invention since the Internet, and now an ideological battle is underway between fringe utopists and mainstream capitalism The film shows the players who are defining how this technology will shape our

Following the assassination of President John F Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husbands historic legacy

The story of Nicholas Sand and Tim Scully, the unlikely duo at the heart of 1960s American drug counter culture

First hand witness to the infamous World War II fire bombing and destruction of his hometown, Dresden, Germany, 15 year old Diether Warneck lost his girlfriend and bicycled to the

A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches

A terrorist cell takes three Americans hostage and threatens to expose a secret that will shatter Americas soul

Once a vibrant part of American culture, drive ins reached their peak in the late 50s with almost 5,000 dotting the nation Although drive ins are experiencing a resurgence, today less than 400 remain In a nation that loves cars and

In 11th century Normandy, a Norman duke sends one of his knights to build a defensive fortress in order to guard the borders against Frisian raiders

A profile of the noted and extraordinarily cheerful veteran New York City fashion photographer

UNDER AFRICAN SKIES is a really great film in which Joe Berlinger travels back to South Africa with Paul his first trip back in 25 years, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the historic Graceland album Paul reunites with the band to give a re

A dramatization based on eye witness accounts of Hitlers final days in an underground bunker, his military henchmen, and his stormy relationship with Eva Braun

Based on The New York Times best selling novel, Killing Lincoln is the suspenseful, eye opening story of the events surrounding the assassination of U S President Abraham Lincoln

The Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago

A drama about terrorism in Apartheid era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime

The first feature documentary about the remarkable writer, poet, actress, activist Maya Angelou

A bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue when he masquerades as a dashing nobleman engaged to the princess of Spain

During the Tang Dynastys during the era of Zhen Guan era name during rule of Emperor Taizong, the young Xuan Zang monk, in his quest for the knowledge in Buddhism, embarked on a journey to India, that is fraught with perils and

A documentary detailing an indiscriminate terrorist attack that left 71 dead in Kenya

Beijings Forbidden City is a huge, walled palatial city within the new more northern and eastern capital chosen over Nanking by the great Ming emperor Chengzu Yongle, who seized the throne in 1402 from his elder brothers son

During World War II, a hand picked group of American GIs undertook a bizarre mission create a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe, with the German Army as their audience The 23rd Headquarters Special Tro

What does it mean to lead men in war What does it mean to come home Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Af

In the heart of a young woman, lies a secret that divides a nation

This epic actioner features the relentless brave warriors from Ghengis Khans Aravt crew, as they are sent into the woods on a dangerous mission that will put the band of Mongol warriors on the edge of life and death

With The Walking Dead franchise at the peak of its popularity, Documentarians Cris Macht and Ian Vacek explore and examine why humanity is obsessed with the zombie apocalypse Cris and Ian interview fans that have been there since

On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini Guy Pearce enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con him

The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar a k a El Cid overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors

A chronicle of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965

A group of journalists of the Knight Ridder news service covering President George W Bushs planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the Presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction

An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandts romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch