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A burnt out photojournalist becomes involved in a Central American revolution

In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiance in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiances grave to lay flowers

Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the right attitude toward the events in war torn Europe, and his search for a new home

Blood on the Mountain focuses on the environmental and economic injustice and corporate control in West Virginia and its rippling effect on all American workers This film will tell the story of a hard working people who have histo

Ninety six hours before the World War II invasion of Normandy, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill struggles with his severe reservations with Operation Overlord and his increasingly marginalized role in the war effort

A comedy about a small New Jersey town on the night of Orson Welles legendary 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast, which led millions of listeners to believe the U S was being invaded by Martians

A young boy struggles on his own in a run down hotel after his parents and younger brother are separated from him in 1930s Depression era Midwest

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

The story of one of the most famous men in history You might think you know him the heroic and successful discoverer of America Now think again

A computer programmer becomes fascinated with the digital currency Bitcoin, and through his involvement in the Bitcoin community, we learn about the impending global impact of this amazing new technology

A look at Vietnam from the perspectives of a U S Marine adviser, and a Vietnamese Marine who was left behind

The story of Mark Felt, who under the name Deep Throat helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1972

The zombified leaders of the free world rise from the dead to hunt down a group of ill fated teens and give them a lethal lesson in American history Their only hope for survival is to summon the demonic spirit of John Wilkes Booth

In the early 1810s, Poles, part of Russias client state of Lithuania, think independence will come if they join forces with Napoleon when he invades Russia This unity of purpose, in one district, is undermined by two families, feud

A story based on the covert discussions that brought down the Apartheid regime in South Africa

Twenty five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, filmmakers examine that tumultuous period through rarely seen archival footage

Robespierrre, a powerful figure in the French revolution, is desperately looking for his black book, a death list of those marked for the guillotine

On April 9, 1940 Germany invaded Denmark Based on real events in Southern Jutland a military unit on bicycles was sent south to help hold back the Germans until reinforcement

The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire

How the brilliant Canadian munitions engineer, Dr Gerald Bull, agreed to build a super gun for Saddam Hussein in 1988, when the U S cut his funding for the experiment, and how it attracted the attention of several intelligence agencies

The true story of Herb Brooks, the player turned coach who led the 1980 U S Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Soviet squad

This film describes the events surrounding a 1975 shootout at the Pine Ridge reservation in S Dakota where two FBI agents were killed

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

Delving into our collective nightmares, this horror documentary investigates the origins of our most terrifying urban legends and the true stories that may have inspired them

A splinter group of Roman soldiers fight for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is devastated in a guerrilla attack

A chronicle of the life of Lena Baker, the first woman to be sent to the electric chair in Georgia for the murder of her employer, who forced her into sexual slavery

The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burmas democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris

After the death of her father, a woman is forced to take over as empress and fight to save her kingdom

Max is gay and as such is sent to Dachau concentration camp under the Nazi regime He tries to deny he is gay and gets a yellow label the one for Jews instead of pink the one for gays In camp he falls in love with his fellow prisoner Horst, who wears

A man seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague

Marvel celebrates the history of Captain America, both in the comics and on TV and film, and examines the character as a reflection of American culture throughout the years

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

April 1940 Norway has been invaded by Germany and the royal family and government have fled into the interior The German envoy to Norway tries to negotiate a peace Ultimately, the decision on Norways future will rest with the Kin

The history of one of the key commanders of WW2, the head of RAF Bomber Command, Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur Bomber Harris

Russia, 1917, WWI This is the story of the 1st Russian Womens Battalion of Death, formed as part of an ill conceived propaganda ploy by the Russian Provisional Government in late May of 1917