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How to Re Establish a Vodka Empire 2012 Feature documentary charting the journey of film director Dan Edelstyn as he tracks down his long lost Jewish Ukrainian heritage and then attempts to relaunch his great grandfathers once glorious vodka empire The film constitutes a whirlwind journey through Eu

La Marseillaise (1938) A news-reel like movie about early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of individual people, citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course the king Louis XVI, showing their own small problems.

The Soviet Garden (2019) A filmmaker from Moldova tries to discover the truth about Soviet experiments in atomic gardening.

Beyond Zero: 19141918 (2014) 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. Serbian composer Aleksandra Vrebalov created

Alive and Kicking (2016) Alive and Kicking gives the audience an intimate, insider's view into the culture of the current swing dance world while shedding light on issues facing modern society.

Figli del Destino (2019) The story of four Italian children facing the racial laws and the wave of hate brought by fascism against the Jews.

Jamestown: Pioneers of America (2017) This documentary examines the conditions and circumstances that ultimately led to the birth of the Unites States, and the extremely important, yet little known, role Polish immigrants ...

Riding Giants (2004) A semiserious, often rollicking, multigenerational insider's look at the origins of surfing, the colorful and subversive birth of surf culture, and the mythology and lure of the big wave. This passionate and fluid film is without question the first authentic history of surfing f

The Molly Maguires (1970) Life is rough in the coal mines of 1876 Pennsylvania. A secret group of Irish immigrant miners, known as the Molly Maguires, fights against the cruelty of the mining company with sabotage and murder. A detective, also an Irish emigrant, is hired to infiltrate the group and

The Last Command (1928) A decorated, aristocratic Czarist General is reduced to penury after the collapse of Imperial Russia. An old adversary, now a successful director hires the general to re-enact the revolution which deposed him.

Double Crossbones (1951) Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty, young Davey Crandall and friend Tom Botts buy passage on the ship of local buccaneer Bloodthirsty Ben. They avoid being killed by faking a case of the pox, which causes the panicked c

Edge of the Knife (2018) In a 19th-century summer, two large families gather for their annual fishing retreat on the far-removed island of Haida Gwaii. Adiits'ii, a charming nobleman, accidentally causes the death ...

The World Moves On (1934) Richard Girard is part of a New Orleans family working closely with the English Warburtons. When Richard meets Mary Warburton she is engaged to Erik von Gerardt. He does wed Mary but their time in America is financially difficult.

Unfrosted The Pop Tart Story 2024 Michigan 1963, business rivals Kelloggs and Post compete to create a cake that could change breakfast forever

California Winter (2012) Clara Morales begins a rising career in real estate in 2005, encouraging risky loans to her clients so that they can afford houses above their means-- loans that she didn't fully understand. She even recommends such a loan to her father. With the onset of the 2008 housing ma

Women at War 2022 France, 1914 The destinies of four women intersect Marguerite, a mysterious Parisian prostitute Caroline, propelled to the head of the family factory Agnes, Mother Superior of a requisitioned convent and Suzanne, a feminist n

Romance of a Horsethief (1971) Since time immemorial, the simple-minded boisterous people of Malava, a small Polish town near the border of imperial Russia, have lived on horse-stealing, horse-trading and horse-smuggling. Life changes abruptly when a Russian garrison, commanded by Captain Stoloff, o

Concerning Violence (2014) The most daring moments in the struggle for liberation from colonial rule.

The Rise of the Black Pharaohs (2014) From PBS - Around 800 BC, Kush, a little-known subject state of Egypt, rose up and conquered the Egyptians, enthroned its own Pharaohs, and ruled over the empire of King Tut for nearly 100 years. This unlikely chapter of history has been buried by the Egyptians

1965 2015 A dramatic look back at the Geylang Riots and the days of Konfrontasi when Singapore split from Malaya in 1965

Beyond America 2008 Under an Eastern European totalitarian regime, a prominent dissident writer survives repression by resuming a submissive sexual relationship with her former lover After their split up years ago, he had joined the Secret Police in order just to take her back and provide the protec

Vanishing of the Bees 2009 This documentary takes a piercing investigative look at the economic, political and ecological implications of the worldwide disappearance of the honeybee The film examines our current agricultural landscape and celebrates the ancient and sacred connection between man and

Beyond Utopia 2023 The story of several families as they attempt to escape oppression in North Korea, revealing a world most of us have never seen

Stalins Tochter (2015) Stalin's daughter.

The Tenth Inning: Top of the Tenth (2010) This latest entry covers the period from the early 1990's onward. Labor relations deteriorated badly in the early part of that decade leading to the players strike in August 1994. The ...

Tims Vermeer (2013) Inventor Tim Jenison seeks to understand the painting techniques used by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer.

The Iron Curtain (1948) Soviet soldier turned bureaucrat Igor Gouzenko is assigned to his first overseas posting in 1943 to Ottawa, Canada, as a cipher clerk for the military attaché, their offices in a secret wing of the Soviet embassy. Igor is not to tell anyone what he does for a living, he give

Free to Run (2016) Today, all anybody needs to run is the determination and a pair of the right shoes. But just fifty years ago, running was viewed almost exclusively as the domain of elite male athletes who competed on tracks. With insight and propulsive energy, director Pierre Morath traces runnin

The UFO Incident 1975 Through memory flashbacks accessed by hypnotic regression, depicts the alleged UFO abduction of Betty and Barney Hill on September 19, 1961 in the White Mountains of New Hampshire Upon returning from a trip into Canada, Betty a social services worker in Portsmouth, New Hampshir

Battleship Potemkin (1925) Based on the historical events the movie tells the story of a riot at the battleship Potemkin. What started as a protest strike when the crew was given rotten meat for dinner ended in a riot. The sailors raised the red flag and tried to ignite the revolution in their home

Becoming Santa 2011 The story of one man entering the culture and character of Santa Claus for a single season We follow Jack as he bleaches his hair and goes to Santa School He tries to do everything that Santa is asked to do He works as a sidewalk Santa, does home visits, a Polar Express Train and

The Black Arrow (1948) Sir Richard Shelton, a young British nobleman, returns from the War of the Roses to find his father dead and his accused murderer, Sir John Sedley, living in the forest with a fugitive band of die-hard rebels like Robin Hood. Shelton's uncle, his father's sinister and cruel ha

Danny Says (2015) Danny Says is a documentary on the life and times of Danny Fields. Since 1966, Danny Fields has played a pivotal role in music and "culture" of the late 20th century: working for the Doors, Cream, Lou Reed, Nico, Judy Collins and managing groundbreaking artists like the S

This Sceptred Isle 2022 Follows the events surrounding Johnson and his government in the face of the first wave of the global pandemic

Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl (2006) Actor Robert Wuhl examines facts and myths in American history.

Chaos on the Bridge (2014) Canadian acting legend William Shatner takes viewers inside the creation of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the bold attempt in 1986 to recreate the success of the original television series, in which Shatner played Captain James T. Kirk. The documentary, directed, written

Intolerance: Loves Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) Intolerance and its terrible effects are examined in four historical eras. In ancient Babylon, a mountain girl is caught up in the religious rivalry that leads to the city's downfall. In Judea, the hypocritical Pharisees condemn Jesus Christ. In

Darwin (2011) Darwin is a documentary feature about an isolated community at the end of a weathered road in Death Valley, California. Propelled from society by tragic turns, the people of Darwin (population 35) must now find ways to coexist in a place without a government, a church, jobs, or childre

I Wish I Knew (2010) 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.

A War Over Reality (2018) For millennia mankind lived upon this planet without the need for electronic devices. No smart phones, tablets or gadgets running our homes. We knew about the cycles of nature and the ...

The Stuarts 2014 This three part series argues that the Stuarts, more than any other, were Britains defining royal family We tend to take todays modern United Kingdom for granted, but there was nothing inevitable about its creation During the 17th century, the Stuarts grappled with the chaos of thre

Egypts Treasure Guardians (2016) This fascinating programme follows a select cast of individuals determined to bring Egypt back from the brink, to discover more of Egypt's history, to keep its heritage safe and to get tourists to visit the country again.

Sybil Ludington (2010) 'The courage to make a difference, the courage to stand, the courage to bring about change.' The movie, Sybil Ludington, is a period film that inspires and encourages all to boldly go after what has been set before them to do with courage and faith. It inspires families and yo

Joan the Maid 2: The Prisons (1994) Film about the later life of Joan Of Arc including her trial and execution.

The Legend of Lizzie Borden 1975 Elizabeth Montgomery stars as Lizzie Borden, a 19th century Massachusetts woman, who is put on trial for the brutal slaughter of her father and step mother in the family mansion She is accused of hacking up her parents with an ax after carefully removing her clothes

The Spy in the Hanoi Hilton 2015 In 1973, 591 American POWs returned home from the Vietnam War, bringing with them harrowing tales of survival But there was an even more remarkable and secret story to tell a feat of incredible spycraft that remained classified for decades until now This is the unbel

Chernobyl The Lost Tapes 2022 The story of Chernobyl told through a newly discovered hoard of dramatic footage filmed at the nuclear plant during the disaster and newly recorded, deeply personal interviews of those who were there, directed by Emmy Award winner and Russian speaker James Jones This gr

In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overc