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A soldiers trapped inside a church as last refugee A fight that no one couldnt win A war that no one wanted to lose

Hendrik Goltzius, a late sixteenth century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books

Like it or not, porn is here and it is harmful In this controversial film, award winning filmmaker Justin Hunt dissects the impact of pornography on societies around the globe, from how it

Young real estate agent Clara Morales encouraged risky loans to her clients during the housing boom She must now rescue her fathers home from foreclosure a consequence of the loan she advised him to take

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

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

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

The final Viceroy of India, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Hugh Bonneville, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as diff

Ultra independent a one person production start to finish this movie looks at the passion and dedication of American athletes and coaches in the Olympic sport of weightlifting The sport is extremely popular internationally, but

Fed up with their Captains harsh discipline, a sailing ships crew decides to take action

A chronicle of Nelson Mandelas life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa

Do you shape the world or does it shape you Drawing on leading thinkers from around the world, and with a torrent of mind expanding ideas and information, THE LOTTERY OF BIRTH will make you think again about what it means to be free

Defying the Nazis The Sharps War Waitstill Sharp, a Unitarian minister, and Martha Sharp, a trained social worker, in February 1939, boldly commit to a life threatening mission in Europe to assist refugees

On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean

As an architect begins renovations to convert an old castle to a hotelhe uncovers more than he was expecting He and his team of contractors experience hauntings and find what could be a portal to the afterlife

A two tiered romantic drama focusing on the affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcAe Wallis Simpson and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard

This educational show explores many scientific questions and topics about the universe Big Bang, the Sun, the planets, black holes, other galaxies, astrobiology etc through latest CGI, data and interviews with scientists

A look at the platonic relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her female readers during the first days of the French Revolution

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 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

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

Based on real events, Francesc Boix is a Spaniard inmate in the Nazi concentration camp of Mauthausen in Austria who tries to save the evidences of the horrors committed inside its walls

During the English Civil War, two opposing soldiers find themselves trapped in a forest controlled by a Witch

The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew Pasolini shows Christ as a Marxist avant la lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew

In 1944, an Allied spy must find and execute a Berlin scientist who discovered the way to build an atomic bomb Things get complicated when memories of love and quantum mechanics get intertwined in the chase

A true story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937 38

A dramatized recreation of the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD

Bringing to life the everyday details of the ancients Egyptians bizarre, hilarious or shocking this wonderfully entertaining and factually revealing film is packed full of surprises

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

Drama about the development of Albert Einsteins theory of general relativity, and Einsteins relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to experimentally prove his ideas

A year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in Afghanistan

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 true story of an American town in the wake of the murder of Matthew Shepard

An examination of the social costs of corporate interests pursuing profits at the expense of the public good