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A documentary that reveals how the unlikely partnership between aspiring filmmakers Christopher Stamp and Kit Lambert produced one of the greatest rock bands in history The Who

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

Sourcing original 35mm nitrate footage, filmmaker Bill Morrison pieces together a unique visual exploration of WWI from footage that has never been viewed by modern audiences, and will never be seen again outside of this film Serbia

Documentary detailing the origins and history of surf culture

Set in Joseon, the story depicts a battle to gain the propitious site for a grave

Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves

When Willard and Rebecca Bean are called on a mission to a town thats hostile towards them, they must choose whether to fight for their right to live there or love their hostile neighbors

An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommend soldiers for the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Mexican Border Incursion of 1916

From award winning journalist John Pilger, reveals what the news doesnt that the worlds greatest military power, the United States, and the worlds second economic power, China, both nuclear armed, may well be on the road to war

Vidocq escapes captivity 1805 Years later, hes a fabric merchant in Paris with an alias He makes a deal of amnesty for catching criminals He builds an efficient team of ex cons to catch or kill them

After years of political agitation, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Leo Jogiches form a revolutionary German party, the Spartacists

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

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

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

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

The true story of the formation of the Lonesome Dove Church in Texas

Story of forbidden love in 1800s India set against the revolution for Indias freedom from England

Two men of faith, one a traveling Christian preacher, the other the ruler of a Muslim Empire, bucked a century of war, distrust, and insidious propaganda in a search for mutual respect and common ground It is the story of Francis of

The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter

Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government

In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions

Edith Walks is a 60 minute 66 second feature film inspired by a walk from Waltham Abbey in Essex via Battle Abbey to St Leonards on Sea in East Sussex The film documents a pilgrimage in memory of Edith Swan Neck Bits of King Harold

A team of spies is sent into Incheon to gain intelligence on North Korean positions ahead of the invasion by UN forces

Young nobleman Richard Shelton returns from the War of the Roses to find his father murdered, a fugitive family friend blamed, and his uncle occupying his estates

Journalist C J Hunts global quest for a solution to the obesity epidemic and diet related disease It explores modern dietary science, previous historical findings, ancestral native diets and the emerging field of human dietary evol

Investigation into alternative didactic methods and the relationship between independently expressive surfaces and texts The film is composed of five sequences, each preceded by a quotation

1936 A country taken by the fascism A husband marked for the killing A wife determined to all for saving him An endless incarceration in his own home

Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 Years Later is told entirely from the first person perspective of leaders, physicists, soldiers and survivors

The Sultana was a river boat that exploded in 1865 killing many passengers, mostly Union Soldiers

Film about the lead up to the Polish uprising against German occupation at the end of the Second World War

An account of the gangster Mahindra Dolas and his gang, which terrorized Mumbai City, and a massive war between Mumbai Police and gangs during 16 November 1991

Focuses on the people, their stories and architecture spanning from the mid 1800s, when Shanghai was opened as a trading port, to the present day

During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950

Robert Downey, Jr gives reports and interviews with other stars in this documentary about the Democratic National Convention in 1992