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Hitler The Rise of Evil 2003 This movie describes the life of Adolf Hitler from childhood to manhood, and how he became so powerful It describes his poor childhood in Austria, it describes World War I from his point of view, and how he became the strongest man in Germany This movie shows us how Hitl

Bomber Harris (1989) The history of one of the key commanders of WW2, the head of RAF Bomber Command, Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris.

Many Beautiful Things (2015) From Executive Producer Hisao Kurosawa, (Dreams, Ran), comes the untold story of one of the world's greatest women artists and why her name was nearly lost to history. Many Beautiful Things plunges viewers into the complex age of Victorian England to meet Lilias Trotter,

Gierek 2022 A film about a man with a breakthrough history of Poland in the background Edward Gierek is one of the most important figures of the 20th century in the collective memory of Polish people Even though he stands in line with notables like John Paul II, Jozef Pilsudski or Lech Walesa, film

Frank Serpico (2017) In his own words, Frank Serpico tells the story of his one-man crusade for police reform in the NYPD during the early 1970s.

The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) This movie tells the story of King Henry VIII and the last five of his six wives. Set almost entirely within the royal castle, it begins just before the death of his second wife (Anne Boleyn) and ends just after his sixth wedding (to Catherine or Katherine Parr)

Janes Journey (2010) More than 20 years ago, Dr. Jane Goodall, now 75, decided to give up her career as a primatologist, as well as her private life, in order to devote all her energy to saving our endangered planet. Since then she's been spending 300 days a year scouring the globe on her mission to

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) A few short hours after President Lincoln has been assassinated, Dr. Samuel Mudd gives medical treatment to a wounded man who shows up at his door. Mudd has no idea that the president is dead and that he is treating his murderer, John Wilkes Booth. But that doesn'

Flannery (2019) "Anything that comes out of the South is going to be called grotesque by the northern reader, unless it is grotesque, in which case it is going to be called realistic..." Flannery O'Connor,...

Lets Get Lost (1988) Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from Baker's earlier life and some modern-day performances.

Virus Tropical (2017) Paola is born in a traditional Colombian family, or at least that is what they try to be. Her father is a priest, her mother is a "psychic" and her sisters are not what their parents ...

The dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of three of director Wim Wenderss favorite blues artists

Shadowlands (1985) Renowned author, Christian apologist, and Oxford medieval scholar C.S. Lewis agrees to marry the divorced American poet Joy Davidman Gresham, to allow her and her two sons to stay in England. But what began as an act of charity by the confirmed bachelor becomes a deep and abiding

The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II (1978) Several years after the deaths of Dick Buek and her father, Jill Kinmont and her mother leave Los Angeles to spend their summer in their hometown of Bishop, California. They rent a summer house from a handsome truck driver named John Boothe. Jill is ins

Roseanne for President! (2015) Comedian Roseanne Barr embarks on the most off-the-rails presidential campaign in U.S. history. 25 years after bringing working-class struggles to the pinnacle of show business, Roseanne is uniquely qualified to fix everything. What begins as a political journey become

Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story (2014) An intimate but explosive portrait of the man behind the greatest fraud in sporting history. Lance Armstrong enriched himself by cheating his fans, his sport, and the truth. But the former friends whose lives and careers he destroyed would prove to b

Born Without Limbs (2015) Australian born Nick Vujicic was born without arms or legs, but that has not stopped him from leading a full life. Now, 32 and founder of the Los Angeles-based nonprofit Life Without Limbs and a motivational speaker, he gives hope to those born with disabilities. Married wi

Whats the T? (2012) What's the T is a documentary that explores the challenges, successes and lives of five trans gender women. These five women represent normality and abnormality, seamlessly in their daily efforts to achieve a balance of feminine and masculine as the day may require. These women a

Freud (1962) This pseudobiographical movie depicts five years from 1885 on in the life of the Viennese psychologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). At this time, most of his colleagues refuse to cure hysteric patients, because they believe they're just simulating to gain attention. But Freud learns to us

Everything Is Copy (2015) A look at the life and work of writer/filmmaker Nora Ephron.

My Beautiful Broken Brain (2014) MY BEAUTIFUL BROKEN BRAIN is 34 year old Lotje Sodderland's personal voyage into the complexity, fragility and wonder of her own brain following a life changing hemorrhagic stroke. Regaining consciousness to an alien world - Lotje was thrown into a new existence of d

The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story (2016) The inspiring true story of NBA great Kevin Durant's mother Wanda and her dedication to raise one of the greatest basketball players in the world.

The Man Who Saved Christmas (2002) Although their own father, bank Charles, refuses them a loan to start a novelty American toys company to rival the established German import, the brothers A.C. and Frank succeed, especially with constructive and educational products. When the US gets dragged into W

My Father and the Man in Black (2012) After the suicide of Johnny Cash's former manager, Saul Holiff, his estranged son, Jonathon, returns home. There, Jonathon learns from his mother that his father's personal records exist in storage. As Jonathon searches through them, he discovers much about his

The Life of Emile Zola 1937 Fictionalized account of the life of famed French author Emile Zola As portrayed in the film, he was a penniless writer sharing an apartment in Paris with painter Paul Cezanne when he finally wrote a best seller, Nana He has always had difficulty holding onto a job as he

Lambert & Stamp (2014) Aspiring filmmakers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert set out to find a subject for their underground movie, one that will reflect the way it feels to be young and dissatisfied in postwar London. This unlikely partnership of two men from vastly different backgrounds was inspired

Queen Elizabeth II The Diamond Celebration (2013) Produced in High Definition, with rare archive footage. Queen Elizabeth II has reigned for 60 years as the Queen of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. The Queen, who has witnessed incredible social, political and cultural changes in her reign, has

Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos (2021) Along with Google, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook, Amazon is one of the Big Five companies in the US tech industry. It has become one of the most influential companies in the world. In 2018, it surpassed 100 million subscribers worldwide. It took someone like Jeff

Rasputin 1996 In 1910s Russia, Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra find their son Alexei, sole heir to the Romanov dynasty, suffering from hemophilia and conventional medicine failing to help him Alexandra looks into finding holistic treatment and finds Father Grigory Rasputin , a destitute monk

Camp 14: Total Control Zone (2012) Shin Dong-Huyk was born on November 19, 1983 as a political prisoner in a North Korean re-education camp. He was a child of two prisoners who had been married by order of the wardens. He spent his entire childhood and youth in Camp 14, in fact a death camp. He was

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014) A look at the music career of musician James Brown beginning with his first hit song, "Please, Please, Please," in 1956.

Piñero (2001) "Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero's prison experi

McKellen: Playing the Part (2017) Feature documentary on the life and work of Sir Ian McKellen

A German Life (2016) Brunhilde Pomsel describes herself as an "apolitical girl" and a "figure on the margins," but she got closer to one of the worst criminals in world history than anyone else left alive. Today aged 104, Pomsel served as Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels'

When Nuvolari Runs The Flying Mantuan 2018 Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari 16 November 1892 11 August 1953 was an Italian racing driver First he raced motorcycles and then he concentrated on sports cars and single seaters Resident in Mantua, he was known as Il Mantovano Volante The Flying Mantuan and nicknam

Moon Manor 2021 Today is Jimmys last day alive His Alzheimers is worsening, so hes decided to die like he has lived with intention, humor, and zest In his last day on Earth, Jimmy will show an obituary writer, his death doula, his estranged brother, his caretaker, a surreal being, and the guests at

Starfish (2016) "Starfish" tells the story of a couple whose love is tested to its limit after their perfect life falls apart in a single moment.

Hanna Ranch (2014) Hanna Ranch is the story of three generations on a family ranch in rural Colorado, that centers on visionary eco-rancher, Kirk Hanna, whose fight carried on by his amazingly determined wife and two daughters.

10 Things You Dont Know About 2012 2014 Henry Rollins discusses different subjects throughout history

The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) At the height of his fame (his plays being much celebrated in London in the 1890's), Oscar Wilde angers the Marquis of Queensberry by having what is whispered and gossiped as a romantic relationship with Queensberry's son, twenty years Wilde's junior. When Queensberr

Dirty Little Billy (1972) A more realistic, based-on-reality, unsensationalistic portrayal of the gritty early years of one of the most famous Wild West outlaws in history, Billy The Kid.

Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story (2005) Based on a true story, former parole officer Marilyn Gambrell and a colleague set up a pioneer trial-based program in one of America's toughest high schools to help the children of incarcerated parents regain control of their own lives and not exp

Sacco & Vanzetti (1971) In 1920, the anarchist Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco (Riccardo Cucciolla) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (Gian Maria Volonté) are sentenced to death, falsely accused of a robbery and murder. Indeed they are condemned due to their political beliefs, in one of the most shameful

Todays concert is All My Loving

The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) He was a riverboat pilot, newspaper reporter, penniless prospector, would-be entrepreneur, loving family man, world traveler, pomposity burster and raconteur. Then he passed away on April 21, 1910 at age 75 shorty after Halley's Comet returned as he predicted. Thi

Lane 1974 (2017) Based on a true story, Lane is a 13-year-old girl coming of age on a Northern California commune in the 1970s. While Lane enjoys the freedom of living off-the-grid with her mother and younger siblings, she craves a stable "normal" life - a life she's only seen in pictures

Crash and Burn (2016) The story of Irishman Tommy Byrne, the greatest racing driver you never saw.

Chapter 27 (2007) A film about Mark David Chapman in the days leading up to the infamous murder of Beatle John Lennon.