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A man becomes obsessed with vengeance when his soul mate marries another man

Camel racing is a popular sport in the Middle East In past years, thousands of young boys have been trafficked from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Mauritania and other countries to work as jockeys in the UAE under excruciating conditions Ov

The History of American Punk Rock 1980 1986

In 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization with the strong support of a Democratic President and Republican Congress Before the ink was dry on this free trade agreement, China began flooding U S markets with illegally subsi

An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommend soldiers for the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Mexican Border Incursion of 1916

War correspondent Roger East and the young Jose Ramos Horta travel to East Timor to investigate the murders of the Balibo Five in 1975

In 35 A D , a Roman tribune is sent to Palestine to investigate the death and possible resurrection of a certain Jesus from Nasareth

A Story of Children and Film is the worlds first movie about kids in global cinema Its passionate, poetic, portrait of the adventure of childhood its surrealism, loneliness, fun, destructiveness and stroppiness as seen through 5

This extraordinary documentary poses questions that still resonate today will the machines we build to save humanity end up replacing us or even destroying us Historian Simon Schaffer tells the stories behind some of the most sens

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

Classicist Mary Beard asks what do we really know about Julius Caesar She looks at how he became the autocratic ruler of Rome, the tactics of his military campaigns, his use of PR and at the reasons behind his assassination

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

From Toms Shoes to international adoptions, from solar panels to U S agricultural subsidies, drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore

A TUBA TO CUBA follows New Orleans famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band as they retrace their musical roots from the storied city of jazz to the shores of Cuba and in turn discover a connection that runs much deeper than could have bee

Vidocq escapes captivity 1805 Years later, hes a fabric merchant in Paris with an alias He makes a deal of amnesty for catching criminals He builds an efficient team of ex cons to catch or kill them

We will soon be facing the greatest threat ever known as we are feeding and nurturing the monster of our own destruction Welcome to your future

After years of political agitation, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Leo Jogiches form a revolutionary German party, the Spartacists

The second in a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth Sissi of Austria, the film chronicles the married life of the young empress as she tries to adjust to formal and strict life in the palace and an overbearing mother in law

One of WWIIs bloodiest battles as the Allies smash through the German lines which have enclosed the Anzio beachhead Four months and 30,000 casualties before the Allies finally march to Rome

In 1714 Peru, a friar is tried by the Inquisition for questioning Gods intentions when five die in the collapse of an Andean rope bridge

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland

A portrait of the artist L S Lowry and the relationship with his mother, who tries to dissuade him from pursuing his passion

150 Years ago The British Queen took something thats doesnt belong to them Its priceless, its pride, its dignity Today, He wants it back at all cost

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

Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale Anna Neagle, the young 19th century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing Travel

During 1962s Cuban missile crisis, a troubled math genius finds himself drafted to play in a U S Soviet chess match and a deadly game of espionage

Hammerfest Norway is the northernmost city in the world A tough place at the Arctic Circle, where in winter the sun doesnt rise and during the summer it doesnt set for months A place

A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first century Rome

Without water, there is no life Join a young woman on a journey of a lifetime to reconnect to the source of water for her, and millions of others

The true story of the formation of the Lonesome Dove Church in Texas

Who Will Write Our History tells the story of Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oyneg Shabes Archive, the secret archive he created and led in the Warsaw Ghetto With 30,000 pages of writing, photographs, posters, and more, the Oyneg Shabes

Story of forbidden love in 1800s India set against the revolution for Indias freedom from England

Two men of faith, one a traveling Christian preacher, the other the ruler of a Muslim Empire, bucked a century of war, distrust, and insidious propaganda in a search for mutual respect and common ground It is the story of Francis of

On a snowy night in February 1972, celebrated jazz musician Lee Morgan was shot dead by his common law wife Helen during a gig at a club in New York City The murder sent shockwaves through the jazz community, and the memory of the event still haunts

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