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A brief yet comprehensive documentary overview of the downfall of the Romanov dynasty and the evolution of Lenins Ulyanov family, from the terrible acts and subsequent hanging of his brother to his own hunger for a revolution

A former counterrevolutionary pirate befriends a mentally ill young woman and this in turn leads to tragedy when she falls in love with a French naval officer

During the 1956 Hungarian uprising, an American mercenary is hired to smuggle a Hungarian resistance leader out of Soviet occupied Budapest

An unemployed American worker, a Tea Party activist, and a Chinese solar entrepreneur race to lead the clean energy future But who wins and who loses the battle for power in the 21st century

A documentary about a 10 year old transgender girl who finds acceptance and empowerment in the company of a queer roller derby collective

After her banishment from Rome, Jewish Princess Salome returns to her Roman ruled native land of Galilee, where prophet John the Baptist preaches against Salomes parents, King Herod and Queen Herodias

A documentary about the American Civil Rights Movement from 1952 to 1965

Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment Who is responsible

A documentary on how Los Angeles has been used and depicted in the movies

A Documentary of the everyday life of a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles, CA

Harald Edelstam uses his position as Swedens ambassador to Chile to save political dissidents from persecution by the military junta after Augusto Pinochets 1973 coup detat

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

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

An examination of the causes of the economic crisis of 2008

A young man, separated from his family in World War II, disguises himself as a Nazi S S Officer and uncovers more than just his family whereabouts

The story of General Romeo Dallaires frustrated efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors

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

During the fourteenth century when the Hundred Years War between France and England ends with the English occupation of French Aquitainia, rebel French Knights vow to oust Edward, Prince of Wales, ruler of Aquitaine

Amid the Civil War in 17th century England, a group of deserters flee from battle through an overgrown field Captured by an alchemist, the men are forced to help him search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the

In the 19th century, a black woman from Africa is on display throughout Europe as an exotic curiosity

The story of Ted Slauson, a contestant who gamed the rules of The New Price Is Right 1972 through extensive analysis and became a sensation on the game show

A three part story of Norways worst terrorist attack in which over seventy people were killed 22 July looks at the disaster itself, the survivors, Norways political system and the lawyers who worked on this horrific case

The vaquita, the worlds smallest whale, is near extinction as its habitat is destroyed by Mexican cartels and Chinese mafia, who harvest the swim bladder of the totoaba fish, the cocaine of the sea Environmental activists, Mexica

For a seventy year period, when America cared little about the education of African Americans, and discrimination was law and custom, The Bordentown School was an educational utopia An incubator for black pride and intellect, it tau

They were criminals, some of them even torturers and mass murderers High ranking National Socialists and fascists were allegedly since 1945 on the run from the justice of the Allies But

Documentary of 1980s near launch of a nuclear missile from Arkansas, based on Eric Shlossers award winning book of the same name

The intertwining fates of the historical figures, the men and the women of the 1789 French revolution, as they meet at the newly established Assemblee Nationale

Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre revolutionary era

In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas

Judas meets Jesus and at first doesnt know what to make of him or whether or not to trust him A cynical city boy, Judas makes fun of the country bumpkin disciples who follow Jesus but

MATTHEWS tells the incredible true story of the life and career of a man considered by many to be the greatest soccer player of all time, Sir Stanley Matthews

On July 31, 2010in Brooklyn, New York, the first ever American Beatbox Championship took place Contestants of all races, from the north, south, east and west coast of the United States

As WWII comes to an end, a group of Buchenwalds emaciated prisoners risk their lives for the safety of the camps youngest inmate a four year old Auschwitz born Jewish prisoner Is there a future for the Buchenwald boy

A mysterious young woman speaking a strange language shows up in an English village, where she is taken in by aristocrats who assume she is a foreign princess

A journey through Mongolia, Japan, China and South Korea, narrated by the journals of Finnish linguist, diplomat and journeyman G J Ramstedt 1873 1950