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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

Drama led documentary follows the life of Signe, an orphaned Chiefs daughter, who driven by revenge becomes an explorer and trader in the lands of the Rus Vikings

A quick look at the slums of Nairobi, Guatemala City, and Manila

Follows the story of underground workers who risked their lives to send intelligence and defend the motherland, set after Japans attack on Pearl Harbor when the Wang Jingwei regime declared war on Britain and the U S

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A glittery nightclub in 1920s Berlin becomes a haven for the queer community in this documentary exploring the freedoms lost amid Hitlers rise to power

Anachronistic strict Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale Sir Richard Attenborough, on a remote colonial African army caught in a local coup detat, must use his experience to defend those in his care

Between 1998 and 2005, a wave of murders targeting elderly women hit Mexico City, triggering the hunt for and capture of a most unlikely suspect

At the goading of the ominous and omnipresent Leading Player, Pippin, the eldest son of King Charlemagne, samples lifes pleasures to discover his place in the world and the meaning of his life

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

The mesmeric story of a nine year old aboriginal Australian orphan boy who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun

A unique experience in combining religion, and science to realize that God is within each individual, regardless of faith

Thanks to the movie The Imitation Game many people know that Alan Turing was one of the men behind breaking the german coding machine Enigma during World War II But an equally important person was Gordon Welchman, who invented

Discover how the advent of the automobile brought new mobility and freedom for African Americans but also exposed them to discrimination and deadly violence, and how that history resonates today

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Space Tourists succeeds in surprising its audience with images and situations that have very little to do with the futuristic fantasy of space tourism The filmmaker sets up encounters with the least likely people imaginable place

The Pacific War in Color immerses viewers in a graphic and dramatic look through an unfiltered lens

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

On December 8th, 1980, John Lennon was shot outside of the Dakota apartment building in New York This film follows the untold, actual story of those who were part of his attempted rescue and witnesses to the human cost of tragedy

Against his countrys orders, a Japanese diplomat issues visas to refugees, saving over 6,000 Jewish lives at the outbreak of World War II

The zombified leaders of the free world rise from the dead to hunt down a group of ill fated teens and give them a lethal lesson in American history Their only hope for survival is to summon the demonic spirit of John Wilkes Booth

This epic actioner features the relentless brave warriors from Ghengis Khans Aravt crew, as they are sent into the woods on a dangerous mission that will put the band of Mongol warriors on the edge of life and death

In this drama inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, an anarchist targets one of the worlds biggest banks with an ingenious counterfeiting operation

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

Constantine joins the Roman army to find his missing childhood friend Once alerted to his friends whereabouts, he prepares for an all out war between the East and the West

The story of Gregorio Goyo del Pilar, one of the youngest Generals during the Philippine American War who fought in the historic Battle of Tirad Pass

After King David sees the beautiful Bathsheba bathing from the palace roof, he enters into an adulterous affair which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel

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

The official record of Mallory and Irvines 1924 expedition

For eight years during the Vietnam War, the Razorback gunship platoon had only one mission combat

When a man accidentally causes the death of the son of his best friend, the man is wracked by grief and runs off into the woods

A revelatory, thrilling and emotional journey behind the scenes of Blue Note Records, the pioneering label that gave voice to some of the finest jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries

A woman disguises herself as her dead brother, Henry, in order to survive in the Confederate ranks during the Civil War He marries a widow to rescue her from an arranged marriage They keep each others secrets and find true love

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 Iron Orchard is the story of Jim McNeely, a young man thrust into the vibrant and brutal West Texas oilfields in 1939, who works his way through the ranks to ultimately become a formidable wildcatter

Jeremiah tells the story of the prophet who abandons his family and the woman he loves in order to relay Gods message in Jerusalem, starring Patrick Dempsey and Oliver Reed