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A famous prison escape sparks the idea for a cult like race that has seen only 10 finishers in its first 25 years This award winning, oddly inspiring, and wildly funny documentary reveals the sports worlds most guarded secret

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

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

Two physicists discover psychic abilities are real only to have their experiments at Stanford co opted by the CIA and their research silenced by the demands of secrecy Yet, as both these remote viewers and our audience learn, the

An Egyptian police officer named General Yousef al Masri lives in Karamouz neighborhood in Alexandria The film dates back to the reign of King Farouk before the 1952 revolution in the English occupation of Egypt

In August 1969, 500,000 people gathered at a farm in upstate New York What happened there was far more than just a concert Woodstock tells the story of a legendary event that defined a

When some men are attacked by Indians, a survivor obtains an Indian medicine arrow An Indian tells Blade he has found gold but will not tell him where until he has that arrow So Blade starts killing the survivors of the attack but

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history

A documentary of the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign and the organization who ran it

Inspired by letters he reads when he buys a 150 year old farmhouse, writerdirector Rory Feek pens a story about the wife of a civil war soldier who enlists in the army and fights her way across the country to find her missing husban

A documentary about fashion icon Iris Apfel, the 93 year old style maven who has had an out sized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades, from legendary late 88 year old documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles

We are in the midst of a global crisis of perspective We have forgotten the undeniable truth that everything is connected PLANETARY is a provocative and breathtaking wakeup call, a cross continental, cinematic journey, that explore

The theory of evolution and a re write of American history are caught in the crosshairs when an unabashed Creationist seeks re election as chairman of Americas most influential Board of Education

Award winning documentary about the last remains of the mentally ill

The story of the nobleman turned outlaw hero who was crowned king of Scots in the 14th century

The story of Dr Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned after innocently treating President Lincolns assassin in 1865

After becoming a mother, a filmmaker uncovers the untold history of Chinas one child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by this social experiment

It is one of humankinds greatest achievements More than 12 billion miles away a tiny spaceship is leaving our Solar System and entering the void of deep space the first human made object ever to do so

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

Based on the international bestseller by Robert Seethaler A tender, heart breaking story about one young man and his friendship with Sigmund Freud during the Nazi occupation of Vienna

The site of the famous Oracle, Delphi spanned two great c

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

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

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

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

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

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

Actor Don Cheadle narrates the story of Americas first shock jock, Washington D C radio personality Ralph Petey Greene

The history of the American governments war on marijuana in the 20th century

A former astronaut recently went on record to allege that there is abundant evidence that we are being contacted by Alien races and that these civilizations have been visiting us for a very

This documentary looks at architecture and design team Diller Scofidio + Renfro through the lens of two important urban projects the High Line and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

In 1960s, a British playwright attempts to reconstruct the life of real life 17th century English composer Henry Purcell even though little is known about him Purcells life is reenacted and his music performed

Historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would be emperor of the Austro Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo, June 28, 1914 A World War would start there, that some claim has not yet en

Sara is a a 13 year old Polish Jew who finds refuge and is taken in by a farmer and his wife She soon discovers the dark secrets of her employers marriage, compounding the greatest secret she must strive to protect, her true identi

In 1796, Captain George Bryan Beau Brummell of the 10th Royal Hussars Regiment offends the Prince of Wales with his straightforward outspokenness and gets fired from the Army but is chosen as the Princes personal advisor