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Governor George Wallace will not let two black students into an Alabama school, against the wishes of President Kennedy Loud shouts come from both sides of the issue as JFK stands by his decisions

A Jewish girl Esther is forced to conceal her identity as a boy on a Nazi Norwegian farm Plotting her escape to Sweden, her daily challenge to keep her true identity a secret, leads to a series of choices and consequences

Cult leader Jim Jones leads his followers to a mass suicide

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines

The life of a heroine The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who collaborated with Europes leading writers such as B

The story of Dr Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned after innocently treating President Lincolns assassin in 1865

In the 1840s, most Californians want their state to break away from Mexico and possibly join the USA but Russia, Britain and France aim to grab California for themselves

Guided by seasoned New Yorkers, political figures, and cultural connoisseurs, Empire City examines Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs in order to paint a portrait of the ever evolving metropolis Appearing to be both adaptable

Narrated by Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman, JFK A President Betrayed uncovers new evidence that reveals how JFK embarked on secret back channel peace efforts with Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro and was determined to get o

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

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

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 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

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

Kutshers Country Club is the last surviving Jewish resort in the Catskills One of the legendary Borscht Belt hotels during its heyday, Kutshers has been family owned and operated for over 100 years Exploring the full Dirty Dancin

A former counterrevolutionary pirate befriends a mentally ill young woman and this in turn leads to tragedy when she falls in love with a French naval officer

During the 1956 Hungarian uprising, an American mercenary is hired to smuggle a Hungarian resistance leader out of Soviet occupied Budapest

An unemployed American worker, a Tea Party activist, and a Chinese solar entrepreneur race to lead the clean energy future But who wins and who loses the battle for power in the 21st century

A documentary on how Los Angeles has been used and depicted in the movies

A Documentary of the everyday life of a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles, CA

Daniel was a recluse who shut out the world yet longed to touch the moon Sandy was a light whose warmth melted his heart and propelled him to the stars

In an oil scarce world, we know there are sacrifices to be made in the pursuit of energy What no one expected was that a tiny Native community living down the river from Canadas tar sands

A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first century Rome

While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the ninth century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood But observing the rape of his land, he puts away his religious vows, to take up arms against the invaders, leading

Life in Hiroshima, following different Japanese, a German priest and church, and some American POWs, before and after the atomic bomb was dropped August 6, 1945

In the 19th century, a black woman from Africa is on display throughout Europe as an exotic curiosity

A three part story of Norways worst terrorist attack in which over seventy people were killed 22 July looks at the disaster itself, the survivors, Norways political system and the lawyers who worked on this horrific case

The vaquita, the worlds smallest whale, is near extinction as its habitat is destroyed by Mexican cartels and Chinese mafia, who harvest the swim bladder of the totoaba fish, the cocaine of the sea Environmental activists, Mexica

For a seventy year period, when America cared little about the education of African Americans, and discrimination was law and custom, The Bordentown School was an educational utopia An incubator for black pride and intellect, it tau

Diversity in video games is extraordinarily important especially to the people who play them Explore the story of the queer gaming community, gaymer culture and events, and the rise of LGBTQ themes in video games

In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas