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Fresh Dressed chronicles the history of Hip Hop ltgt Urban fashion and its rise from southern cotton plantations to the gangs of 1970s in the South Bronx, to corporate America, and everywhere in between Supported by rich archival mate

An African American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s

Allied prisoners British, Dutch, French and Polish pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from the escape proof German P O W camp housed in a Medieval castle known as Colditz

A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary

Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War

Sci fi writers once dreamed of computers and machines that would advance mankind, but now these dreams are our reality Artifical Intelligence is taking over and now the experts say that the end of our world as we know it is near

In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France

In 1941, a 16 year old aspiring artist and her family are deported to Siberia amidst Stalins brutal dismantling of the Baltic region One girls passion for art and her never ending hope will break the silence of history

High and Hallowed Everest 1963 is the deeper story of the greatest Himalayan climb in American mountaineering history Profiling the bold and visionary efforts of the 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition, the film examines the she

A young girl is sold into a red light district brothel and tries to adapt to life as an oiran courtesan

A groundbreaking 26 part documentary series narrated by the actor Laurence Olivier about the deadliest conflict in history, World War II

A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U S Presidential election, and the subsequent recounts in Florida

The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England

Mary Stuarts Saoirse Ronans attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I Margot Robbie, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution

In 1987, U S Senator Gary Harts presidential campaign is derailed when hes caught in a scandalous love affair

Told exclusively through the voices of present day Native Americans, The Native Peoples of Glacier National Park tells the poignant story of the Kootenai, Salish and Blackfeet peoples and

An opportunistic businessman tries to pass off a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and she is so convincing that even the biggest skeptics believe her

Caviar Dreams is a fish farm to table journey through the history, culture, and significance of one of the worlds most iconic delicacies

Americas Blues takes a new angle on the Blues, focusing on, not only the musical impact it has had on all forms of Popular American Music, but also the influence it has had on art, fashion, language, film and racial equality

After Japans attack on Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941, USA bombs Tokyo to boost morale A pilot survives thanks to a Chinese womans help

After the Second World War, budding film composer Jerry Herst moves to Hollywood to study with infamous master teacher Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco

Fanatic is a government trooper who is heading an expedition to find an Aboriginal man accused of murdering a white woman Others in the expedition are the Follower, a greenhorn trooper, the Veteran, and the Tracker

Norwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce an atomic bomb component during World War II

The biographical story of Michelangelos troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II

A remorseful bomber pilot turned minister rejoins for the Korean War

In the 16th century Ukraine, the Polish overlords and Ukrainian cossacks fight for control of the land but frequent Turkish invasions force them to unite against the common Turkish foe

A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld

Ex President Andrew Jackson sends Texan Devereaux Burke back home on a mission to facilitate Sam Houstons drive for U S statehood

Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City, Nevada, where he finds out that the former commander of his prison, Vance Irby, is planning to send 5 million in gold to save the Confederacy

A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion

For generations the name Albert Schweitzer has been synonymous with hands on compassion and the power of Christ like sacrifice Now director Gavin Miller presents a landmark drama about the legendary Christian medical missionary Co

George Armstrong Custers love of the heroic traditions of the Calvary and his distaste with the coming of industrialization leads him to his destiny at the Little Big Horn

At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine

Set in Ireland during the War of Independence, two sisters lives are changed forever as they care for a wounded soldier What transpires is a tragic love story of a household and its inhabitants, caught in the crucible of dark deep s

A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States

In 1877 Wyoming, during the peace negotiations between the Cheyenne and the USA, an Indian girl falls in love with a land surveyor, causing the ire of her Cheyenne fiance