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The story of feminist icon Gloria Steinems itinerant childhood and its influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for womens rights worldwide

An intentionally noncommittal version of the Cuban revolution told through flashbacks, the film recounts Ches switch from doctor to politico in Castros campaign

During the Japanese occupation, two men travel across the country compiling the first Korean language dictionary

Political humorist Mo Rocca takes an irreverent road trip to see how voting works and doesnt work in America

Wild Bill Hickok attempts to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun runners

The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois

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After the coup dEtat of the Democratic government of Allende, the embassy of Italy in Santiago played a major role in helping the opposers of the regime, and extradited many of them Italy These brave men are represented in this out

The history and development of motion picture machinery is lovingly and authoritatively presented and narrated by ASC cinematographer and film preservationist, Karl Malkames, using actual early motion picture cameras from The Malkam

The crew of Ukrainian NAVY minesweeper U311 Cherkasy is resisting seizure of the vessel by Russian army in Crimea in 2014

Narrated by Jeremy Irons, this definitive account tells of the heart rending human rights tragedy in 1992 when hundreds of Azerbaijanis were massacred after Armenians stormed the city of Khojaly

An extraordinary look into the political career of Imelda Marcos, this documentary tells a cautionary tale of a powerful leader whose questionable sense of reality divided the Philippines

In ancient Rome a love story blossoms between Fabiola, daughter of a senator, and Rhual, a gallic gladiator When Fabiolas father is killed, the Romans blame the Christians and the persecution begins Rhual confesses to be a christi

In 1945, the dictator of fascist Italy and Hitlers close ally Benito Mussolini faces defeat In a desperate attempt to avoid capture, he tries to flee the country with his lover Claretta Petacci, but Italian partisans are on their t

While on holiday in Rhodes, an Athenian war hero becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king one from Rhodian patriots, and the other from sinister Phoenician agents

When a museum celebrating the Ku Klux Klan opens in a South Carolina town, the idealistic Reverend Kennedy strives to keep the peace even as he urges the groups Grand Dragon to disavow his racist past

Story about Ji Gong, a Chan Buddhist monk that has a supernatural powers, which he used to help the poor and stand up to injustice This movie tell one of his adventures

Film about the later life of Joan Of Arc including her trial and execution

Haiti during papa Docs reign not a fun place

December 1897, Paris Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already two children and a lot of anxieties He has not written anything for two years In desperation, he offers the great Constant Coquelin a new play, a heroic comedy, in

Trying to keep lead in the Space Race, the Soviet Union is preparing two cosmonauts for the first spacewalk

In the first of the Angelique series, the beautiful feisty teenage heroine becomes entangled in a political assassination plot and is betrothed to a stranger who is twelve years her senior and a reputed sorcerer

A look at the horrors of the Eastern Front of World War II from the points of view of repressed soldier of penal battalion and his young daughter, who stayed behind enemy lines

In ancient China, a young boy dreams of becoming the greatest general of the Qin Kingdom

A war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Soviet troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days

For the first time on the big screen, the film tells the fascinating story of one on the worlds most famous wines and how it exploded as a world phenomenon

Young Soviet Army recruits are stuck in the bloody war in Afghanistan, that was started by politicians

The filmmakers grandfather worked at the Red Cross after the Hiroshima bombing Her quest to learn why he never talked about his experiences takes a new turn after Fukushimas catastrophe

In 1937, 800 Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army

Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska, Alaska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhelming force of Americans, the Japanese Navy attempted one of the most darin

Legendary tea master Sen no Rikyu is faced with his warmongering lords unrealistic pretensions

The story of Abraham Lincolns childhood in the harsh wilderness of Indiana and the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him for ever and the two women who guided him to immortality

The Civil War on Drugs is a historical drama that the WKUK made to document the journey to legalize marijuana during the War Between the States

The beautiful Beatrice Cenci, daughter of the noble Francesco, falls in love with the intendant Olimpio But she has to face the jealousy of her violent and morbid father, and the hostility of her stepmother Lucrezia

Caterina finds out that her husband Peter Tzar of Russia, is plotting to kill her She sets Count Orlov free from prison, Peters sworn enemy, becomes empress of Russia and leads the Cossacks army against him