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Madu 2024 Follows Anthony Madu, the Nigerian boy who became a viral sensation after a video showed him dancing ballet barefoot on a rainy street outside Lagos

Eric Clapton Nothing But the Blues 1995 Documentary film about Eric Claptons musical journey and his love for Blues music, featuring live performances of blues standards covered by Eric Clapton as well as historical video footage of blues musicians of various generations

Young Cassidy 1965 In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy Rod Taylor, an impoverished idealist, whose ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family, journeys through the social injustices of Dublin life, involving himself with the rowdy tramway men strike, dawdling with prostitute

The Rocket 2005 In the late 1930s, a young machinist named Maurice Richard distinguished himself as an ice hockey player of preternatural talent Although that was enough to get him into the Montreal Canadiens, his frequent injuries cost him the confidence of his team and the fans In the face of thes

Hannas War 1988 At the beginning of World War Two a Hungarian Jew living in British Palestine volunteers to parachute behind enemy lines in German occupied Yugoslavia to save fellow Jews from deportation to Nazi Death Camps After she enlisted in the British Army she trained in Egypt as a paratrooper

Amanat 2022 The love story of the son of Imam Shamil Jamalutdin and Lisa Olenina against the backdrop of the dramatic events of the military history of Russia in the first half of the 19th century

Life According to Sam 2013 Life According to Sam is about one familys courageous fight to save their only son from a rare and fatal disease, progeria The average age of death from progeria is 13, there is no treatment, and no cure Dr Leslie Gordon and Dr Scott Berns are set on changing this When the

Tom Horn 1980 A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he knows are of no help in dealing with the ambitions of ranchers and corrupt officials

The Gabby Douglas Story 2014 The story follows the childhood and teen years of Gabby Douglas, the first black gymnast in Olympic history to become the Individual All Around Champion and the first American gymnast to win gold in both the individual all around and team competitions at the same Olympic

Iceman 2023 Follow George Gervin, aka The Iceman, who was just named to the NBAs 75th anniversary team Will showcase Gervins influence on the game that can still be seen at all levels throughout the world

Michael the Brave 1971 An epic fresco depicting the reign 1593 1601 of Mihai Patrascu better known as Mihai Viteazul Michael the Brave, the famous prince who united the three provinces Transalpine Vallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia, into the country of Romania, at the end of the 16th century 1599

Plague at the Golden Gate 2022 The bubonic plague outbreak in San Franciscos Chinatown in 1900 and the hunt to identify its source leads to a spate of violent anti Asian sentiment

Jack L Warner The Last Mogul 1993 An insiders account of a founding father of the American film industry Produced by Jack Warners grandson, filmmaker Gregory Orr, this feature length documentary provides the rags to riches story of the man whose studio Warner Bros created many of Hollywoods most cla

La symphonie fantastique 1942 Biographical romance about the great composer Hector Berlioz, someone whom the French, during their WWII occupation by the Nazis, could look back proudly on

Jay Myself 2018 Photographer Stephen Wilkes creates an intimate portrait of his mentor, Jay Maisel, as he leaves the 30,000 square foot building in the Bowery that hes inhabited and filled with his eccentric collection of beautiful random objects for the last 40 years known as The Bank

Spinning Gold 2023 A biopic of 1970s record producer Neil Bogart, co founder of Casablanca Records

Definitely Dusty 1999 Friends and colleagues talk about the life and career of the enigmatic and iconic British singer Dusty Springfield

Leonard Cohen Im Your Man 2005 Legendary poet, singersongwriter and alleged ladies man Leonard Cohen is interviewed in his L A home about his extraordinary life and times, interspersed with old footage from his private photo collection and lavish praise plus elaborately performed Cohen cover songs f

DJ Khaled Another Win 2022 An overnight success story it was not DJ Khaled began his career by spinning records in the New Orleans garage of his Palestinian immigrant parents then as a clerk in local record stores Connections followed as a Miami radio host and DJ for the hip hop group Terror Squad N

Hideo Kojima Connecting Worlds 2023 A journey into the creative mind of the most iconic video game designer in the world, this visually captivating documentary gives a rare insight into Hideo Kojimas creative process as he launches his own independent studio

The Young Karl Marx 2017 26 year old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile In 1844 Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialists son, who investigated the sordid birth of the British working class Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl

The Blinding of Isaac Woodard 2021 The Blinding of Isaac Woodard How a horrific incident of racial violence became a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in W

An Englishman in New York 2009 Following the success of his television biography The Naked Civil Servant 1975, Quentin Crisp Sir John Hurt is invited to America to lecture on How To Be Happy, and falls in love with New York Citys more permissive ambiance Agent Connie Clausen Swoosie Kurtz enables hi

Steal This Movie 2000 Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of the FBIs covert spying, harassment and inciting of violence they then blame on the Left The skeptical reporter interviews Anita

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The Lady in Number 6 Music Saved My Life 2013 The Lady In Number 6 is one of the most inspirational and uplifting stories of the year 109 year old, Aliza Sommer Herz, the worlds oldest pianist and Holocaust survivor shares her story on how to achieve a long and happy life She discussed the importanc

Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja 2009 Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja is a 2009 Malayalam historical drama film based on the life of Pazhassi Raja, a Hindu king who fought against the British in the 18th century

Doddie Weir One More Try 2019 Scottish rugby legend Doddie Weir was diagnosed with MND in 2016 Doctors said he would be in a wheelchair within a year But instead, he is battling the disease and on a mission to find a cure

Dario Argentos World of Horror 1985 Documentary on horrormystery film maker Dario Argento Features an in depth interview with Argento and covers his work from 1969 to 1985

Miss Austen Regrets 2007 In the later years of her life, as shes approaching the age of forty, the novelist Jane Austen helps her niece find a husband

Shootout at Wadala 2013 Manohar Arjun Surve, better known as Manya Surve, is a bright college student in love with Vidya He lives with his mother and stepbrother Bhargav Surve, a local goon Manya is arrested by Inspector Ambolkar for being on the spot when his brother killed a goon hes humiliated, t

All Hail the Popcorn King 2019 Hallowed be thy name, oh Lord, and shotgun do your stuff, wrote Joe R Lansdale in one of his more than 50 novels, 500 short stories, and countless comic books and screenplays While a prolific storyteller, Lansdale is no ordinary writer The Texas native has inspired a g

The Diplomat 2015 THE DIPLOMAT tells the remarkable story of the life and legacy of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, whose singular career spans fifty years of American foreign policy from Vietnam to Afghanistan Told through the perspective of his eldest son David, the documentary takes you behind the

Secret Honor 1984 In this speculative one man drama, we see former President Richard Milhous Nixon alone in his study, dictating his thoughts into a tape recorder His only company are a four screen closed circuit TV setup, the portraits on the walls, a bottle of Chivas Regal and a loaded pistol At t

3 The Dale Earnhardt Story 2004 Biographical story of Dale Earnhardt, Sr starts with his young life and growing up with his father, Ralph, who raced for a living, but initially wanted more for his son When Dale quits high school to start driving full time, his father aids him and shows a reluctant p

Toscanini in His Own Words 2009 This film is a docufiction on the great Toscanini directed by well known filmmaker Larry Weinstein who pushes the boundaries of conventional documentary storytelling by borrowing tools from fiction films including dramatic reconstructions and historical cinematic styl

Any Body Can Dance 2 2015 The story traces the journey of an Indian dance troupe, a motley assortment of boys and girls who come from the backstreets of a Mumbai suburb their rise to fame, sudden downfall and then their heroic attempt to seek vindication by regaining their lost glory and pride Will

Manto 2018 The film is a biographical account of writer Saadat Hasan Mantos life and is set in 1940s India

White Bird 2023 In R J Palacios bestselling collection of stories Auggie and Me, which expands on characters in Wonder, readers were introduced to Julians grandmother, Grandmere Here, Palacio makes her graphic novel debut with Grandmeres heartrending story how she, a young Jewish girl, was hidden by

Billy Graham 2021 Billy Graham explores the life and career of one of the best known and most influential religious leaders of the 20th century From modest beginnings on a North Carolina farm, Graham rose to prominence with a fiery preaching style

Seths Dominion 2014 The life and work of the Canadian cartoonist, Gregory Gallant aka Seth

King A Filmed Record Montgomery to Memphis 1969 Follows Martin Luther Kings life and decades long civil rights activism

Exhibition on Screen Lucian Freud A Self Portrait 2020 2020 For the first time in history the Royal Academy of Arts in London, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, is bringing together Lucian Freuds self portraits

An Accidental Life 2022 An honest story of an amazing women and athlete Following her through the highs and lows of climbing, love and life Nothings impossible

Dario Argento Panico 2023 A film crew documents horror director Dario Argento as he works on his latest script in a hotel room, revisiting the isolation where he dreamed up his most iconic films, removed from distractions to explore his dark imagination

Accused 2014 A psychological thriller, based on one of the most controversial court cases in the Netherlands Lucia, a nurse, is sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly having killed at least seven babies and elderly people

Karate baka ichidai 1977 This movie is based on the true life story of a Korean fighter named Choi Bae dal who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama, the founder of Kyokushin Karate in Japan

Narcotic 1933 As the opening scroll tells us, Narcotic was presented in the hope that the public may become aware of the terrific struggle to rid the world of drug addiction The movie itself is a salacious plunge into a world of sordid pleasures It tells us the story of Dr William G Davies, an infam