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Tomahawk (1951) In 1866, a new gold discovery and an inconclusive conference force the U.S. Army to build a road and fort in territory ceded by previous treaty to the Sioux...to the disgust of frontier scout Jim Bridger, whose Cheyenne wife led him to see the conflict from both sides. The powder-keg

Image of Victory 2021 1948 an Egyptian filmmaker is creating newsreel stories about a volunteer force tasked to liberate Palestinian farmers The journey propels him towards a chance encounter with a tenacious young leader of a nearby commune that will set in motion events that will change their live

The Gatekeepers (2012) A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets.

The White Dawn (1974) In 1896, three whalers are stranded in the Arctic North Canada and seek refuge with an Eskimo tribe. Gradually they gain control with the Eskimo village and introduce gambling, booze, theft and their special variation of sex. In the beginning, the Eskimos accept it but slowly t

That Hamilton Woman (1941) Sir William Hamilton, a widower of mature years, is British ambassador to the Court of Naples. Emma who comes for a visit with her mother wouldn't cut the grade with London society but she gets along well with the Queen of Naples. Emma likes being Lady Hamilton and life go

Santiago, Italia (2018) After the coup d'État of the Democratic government of Allende, the embassy of Italy in Santiago played a major role in helping the opposers of the regime, and extradited many of them Italy....

Salem Witch Trials 2002 A masterful work accurately details the current consensus of what exactly occurred to prompt the colonial witch trials

Anzio (1968) Allied forces land at Anzio unopposed but instead of moving straight inland their commanding officer decides to dig in. A battle-hardened war correspondent borrows a jeep and drives to Rome and back without meeting any German forces, but his report on this absence of the enemy is discou

City 40 (2016) Deep in Russia, there is an invisible city that houses thousands of men, women and children who live and work behind double barbed-wire fences monitored by armed guards. They are told that they are the creators of the nuclear shield and saviors of the world. They are told that everyon

Radium Girls (2018) In the 1920s a group of factory workers advocate for safer work conditions after some of their colleagues become ill from radium exposure.

The Oklahoma Kid 1939 McCords gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw The Oklahoma Kid Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord McCord stakes a sooner claim on land which is to be used for a new town in exchange for giving it up he gets control of ga

Big Charity: The Death of Americas Oldest Hospital (2014) The death of America's oldest continuously operating hospital, New Orleans' Big Charity.

Queen Christina (1933) Queen Christina of Sweden is a dominant European ruler in the 17th century, and has never thought of romance. However, she accidentally and secretly falls in love with an emissary from Spain, even though a marriage between the two seems out of the question.

The Guide 2014 Peter is a 10 year old boy living in the midst of turbulent early 1930s Soviet Ukraine His father, an American engineer, is killed for obtaining secret documents about the repressions, which now are hidden in Peters book The boy flees from the police with a blind kobzar Ukrainian folk

To Kill a Priest (1988) A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.

Citizen Jane: Battle for the City (2016) Writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fights to save historic New York City during the ruthless redevelopment era of urban planner Robert Moses in the 1960s.

Berenshtein 2021 In an old house in the modest neighborhood of Kiryat Ata, neighbors did not imagine that the old man who lives next door is the last living commander of a partisan battalion in World War II He is the man who located the secret facility where the Germans developed their last hope for

Famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram, in 1961 conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans willingness to obey authority.

Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) Using the torture and death in 2002 of an innocent Afghan taxi driver as the touchstone, this film examines changes after 9/11 in U.S. policy toward suspects in the war on terror. Soldiers, their attorneys, one released detainee, U.S. Attorney John Yoo, news footage and

The Age of Stupid (2009) This ambitious documentary/drama/animation hybrid stars Pete Postlethwaite as an archivist in the devastated world of the future, asking the question: "Why didn't we stop climate change when we still had the chance?" He looks back on footage of real people around the world i

The Hydra (2019) "The Hydra" is a fast-paced suspense thriller and feature documentary about the sudden rise of ecstasy in Europe to epidemic levels after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

The Sunshine Makers (2015) The story of Nicholas Sand and Tim Scully, the unlikely duo at the heart of 1960s American drug counter-culture.

Killing Kennedy (2013) Based on Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's best seller comes this shocking thriller starring Rob Lowe and Ginnifer Goodwin. As John F. Kennedy (Lowe) rises to become U.S. president, a former Marine grows disillusioned with America. When their paths ultimately cross, the course

Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019) Danish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran Björkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld. As their investigation closes in, they discover a...

1898. Los �ltimos de Filipinas (2016) In 1898, Spain sends a military squad to the town of Laber, Fillippines, to protect one of the last colonies of the Spanish Empire to avoid that rebel natives recover its ancient territories. Lead by Captain Enrique de las Morenas and Lieutenant Cerezo, a p

The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) A Greek military hero named Darios visits his uncle in Rhodes in the year 280 BC. Rhodes has just finished constructing an enormous colossus of Apollo to guard its harbor and is planning an alliance with Phoenicia which would be hostile to Greece. Darios flirts with the

The Colditz Story (1955) Colditz castle was used by the Nazis to hold the "bad boys", (those who regularly tried to escape from other camps). At all times the guards outnumbered the prisoners and, because some political prisoners were also held there they were *very* strictly monitored. Bu

Alleged (2010) Alleged is a romantic drama based on events occurring behind the scenes and outside the courtroom of the famous Scopes "Monkey Trial" of 1925. Charles Anderson, a talented young reporter, feels trapped working for his deceased father's weekly newspaper and living in a tiny town (Dayto

The Dish (2000) In the days before the July 19, 1969 space mission that marked humankind's first steps on the moon, NASA was working with a group of Australian technicians who had agreed to rig up a satellite interface. That the Aussies placed the satellite dish smack dab in the middle of an Austral

Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945) This film is the official documentary report compiled from over 80,000 feet of film shot by Allied military photographers in the German concentration camps immediately after liberation. The footage is a camp-by-camp record taken in order to provide lasting

4 Little Girls (1997) This film recounts the people and events leading up to the one of the most despicable hate-crimes during the height of the civil-rights movement, the bombing of the 16th Street Church in Birmingham, Alabama. In that attack, four little African-American girls lost their lives an

The Conqueror (1956) In ancient times, the Mongolian warlord Temujin must do battle against the rival tribe that killed his father. The battles pale in comparison with Temujin's home life, as he attempts to woo the heart of the red-haired Tartar prisoner Bortai whom he has captured in a raid. He mus

The Unknown Known (2013) Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary (2014) Dying to Know is an intimate portrait celebrating two very complex controversial characters in an epic friendship that shaped a generation. In the early 1960s Harvard psychology professors Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert began probing the edges of cons

The Battle of Port Arthur (1980) Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War 1904 - 1905. In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same ti

What Is Life Worth (2020) Following the horrific 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Congress appoints attorney and renowned mediator Kenneth Feinberg (Michael Keaton) to lead the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Assigned with allocating financial resources to the victims of

Lost Cities with Albert Lin 2019 Utilizing ground penetrating radar, LiDar and 3D scanning, Lin will work with boots on the ground archaeologists to discover and re create unexcavated worlds still hidden beneath the earth

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980) Well-intentioned history lesson; the decision to drop the atom bomb, the secrecy surrounding the mission, and the men who flew it.

Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) The sheriff of Nottingham plots to confiscate the estate of the Lord of Bortrey, who has died on Crusade. The Archbishop of Canterbury speaks against this plot, and the sheriff plans to eliminate him. Robin Hood pretends to undertake the assassination of the Archbisho

The Scarlet Blade (1963) This historical adventure is set during the English Civil War. When King Charles I is captured by Roundhead forces led by the tyrant Colonel Judd and his right-hand man Captain Sylvester, it is up to a band of locals loyal to the King to try and rescue him. They are helped

Warriors of the Rainbow Seediq Bale II 2011 After the initial uprising at Wushe, Mona Rudao faces an unwinnable guerrilla war against the militarily superior Japanese plus fierce rival Seediq clans He and his followers must fight not just for their lives but for their dignity and honor so that they

Jeremiah (1998) The young Jeremiah grows up in a priest's family in the village of Anathoth, near Jerusalem. God appears to Jeremiah in different human guises on several occasions, and makes it clear to him that he has been selected to announce God's message to the people of Jerusalem: a mighty rule

In the 1930s, Winston Churchill was out of government, sitting as a backbench MP. His was a lonely voice warning about German rearmament and the coming of a second major war on the Continent. He lost a great deal of money in the Wall Street crash and now writes a biography of his ancestor the Duke

Odette (1950) This is the story of a brave woman who volunteered to join SOE (Special Operations Executive) during WWII. She was flown into occupied France where she fought with the French resistance. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo, she refused to identify her accomplices.

Slave of Rome (1961) During Julius Caesar's invasion of Gallia: The Gauls have broken their treaty with the Romans. Marcus Valerius and his friend are sent to punish them. Antea's father wants to have peace with Rome, having once been there and acknowledging their superior culture, but Lysircus forc

The Price of Freedom 2021 A look into the inner workings of the NRA and its influence, featuring interviews with government leaders, NRA representatives and people whose lives have been personally touched by gun violence

Il etait une fois les explorateurs 1996 1997 Once upon a time the discovery of our world

Titanics Tragic Twin: The Britannic Disaster (2016) The Titanic's twin sister, the Britannic, was bigger and better built, but she sank to the bottom three times faster. Why she sunk has remained a mystery until now.