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Across America, the morning of September 11, 2001 began routinely, with news and radio broadcasts sharing local human interest stories and traffic reports But by 9 a m , the days narrative had taken a tragic turn Most of us are

A few years after the events of Man of Marble 1977, a journalist investigates Mateusz Birkuts son Maciek Tomczyk, now an activist leading a shipyard strike

Michael Timar, captain of the St Barbara, marries the daughter of a Turkish aristocrat on the run While skilfully managing his wife fortune, Timar is torn between the demands of bourgeois civilization and the ideal of freedom

Can a family separated by the transatlantic slave trade sing and dance its way back together In Perico, Cuba is an Afro Cuban group that has kept alive songs and dances brought aboard a slave ship by their ancestor, known only as

Love, humiliation and politics play out in a distant village of China during the cultural revolution

The Mighty Eighth Air Force tilted the balance for the Allies during World War II This is the story of how they did it, using rare archival footage and dramatic eye witness accounts of the airmen and the commanders themselves

The once clean and healthy city of Toronto becomes the pariah of the western world when a deadly chain of infection lands in the city Panic spreads as the number of SARS cases increases as there are no effective treatments In HD

In 19th century Wallachia war bands of Ottoman Turks from across the Danube river raid Wallachia with impunity while Wallachias Phanariote rulers dont oppose them

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What is the validity of history found in the Bible Is it fact or fiction What does the hard evidence really have to say about the foundational story of the Old Testament the Exodus out of Egypt An in depth investigation by docume

Follows King Arthur and his people race home to prevent Mordred from taking over Camelot

This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th centurys most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the worlds attention for nearly 50 years

A look at the life, work and political activism of one of the most successful television producers of all time, Norman Lear

The story of the struggle to create the television series, Star Trek The Next Generation 1987

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

This movie focuses on a dozen of the five hundred characters depicted in Bruegels painting The theme of Christs suffering is set against religious persecution in Flanders in 1564

A child possessed An exorcist locked in combat with an ancient evil In the battle for saving a soul, just who really is the Hostage to the Devil

It is 500 years since the Reformation, when England broke away from the authority of the Catholic Church This is the story of three books at the heart of the schism Presented by Dr Janina Ramirez

Deep Time portrays the landowners, state officials, and oil workers at the center of the most prolific oil boom on the planet for the past six years

How a group of NSA code breakers had a chance of preventing 911

During World War II, a hand picked group of American GIs undertook a bizarre mission create a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe, with the German Army as their audience The 23rd Headquarters Special Tro

Set in the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history, the story focuses on Cao Cao in his old age, exploring the areas of military tactics, love, and the relationship between father and son

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

Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present day dominance

In 1929, an expedition of university botanists enter an uncharted forest where they discover, and must escape an ancient organism

A documentary that questions the cost and value of higher education in the United States

In this animation feature, the ancient legends of King Solomon are humorously adapted for children, with a contemporary and fresh overtone Adventure, magic, battles and love The hopeful ending celebrates the crossing of borders bet

In LOVE BETWEEN THE COVERS Emmy Award Winning director Laurie Kahn turns her insightful eye towards another American pop culture phenomenon the romance industry

Egon Schiele is one of the most provocative artists in Vienna at the beginning of the 20th Century His life and work are driven by beautiful women and an era that is coming to an end Two women will have a lasting impact on him hi

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

How small, idealistic, Finnish company, Nokia, became the global leader in cell phone technology only to become drunk with success, lose its visionary style of leadership and completely fail to predict the rise of its death knell, iP

Peasant Myles Falworth is trained for knighthood and is groomed by various nobles to defeat the evil Earl of Alban whos plotting to usurp King Henry IVs throne

A remote Australian community, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing

In June 1944, twelve Japanese seaman are stranded on an abandoned and forgotten island called Ana ta han for seven years

A documentary about the life and work of Leni Riefenstahl, a German film director most notorious for making the most effective propaganda films for the Nazis

A way of life is dying on an Outer Hebridean island fishing port, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland