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150 Years ago The British (Queen) took something that's doesn't belong to them. It's priceless, it's pride, it's dignity. Today, He wants it back at all cost.

Sugihara Chiune is a movie starring Toshiaki Karasawa, Koyuki, and Borys Szyc. Against his country's orders, a Japanese diplomat issues visas to refugees, saving over 6,000 Jewish lives at the outbreak of World War II.

To Be Frank, Sinatra at 100 is a movie starring Alice Cooper, Tony DeSare, and Paul Gambaccini. The life of Frank Sinatra, as an actor and singer and the steps along the way that led him to become such an icon.

Bajirao Mastani is a movie starring Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, and Priyanka Chopra. An account of the romance between the Maratha general, Baji Rao I and Mastani, princess of Bundelkhand.

After years of flying fighter planes and 5 years as test pilot, Guy is now, Dec. 4, 1959, on a secret British space capsule orbiting Earth trying to reenter but things start going wrong. Can he, despite cold war, get back to Earth sa

A look at the life, work and political activism of one of the most successful television producers of all time, Norman Lear.

When Iraq invades Kuwait in August 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.

A look at how the community of Newtown, Connecticut came together in the aftermath of the largest mass shooting of schoolchildren in American history.

The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith is a movie starring David Amram, Carla Bley, and John Cohen. Art, obsession and anxiety permeate a dilapidated Manhattan loft building in Mid-century: The first movie to use photographer W....

The film tells the story of Pedro Poveda (Raúl Escudero), a tenacious and innovative priest who opens paths in the field of education and in the defense of the rights of women in early twentieth century Spain. UNESCO recognized him i

SIDEMEN - Long Road To Glory is an intimate look at the incredible lives and legacies of piano player Pinetop Perkins, drummer Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith and guitarist Hubert Sumlin, all Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf sidemen. The film c

Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America is a movie starring Daryl D. Davis, Kenneth Nwadike, and Michael Wood Jr.. Daryl Davis is an accomplished musician who was played all over the world. He also has an unusual hobby,...

I Am the Blues is a movie starring Jimmy Duck Holmes, L.C. Ulmer, and Bobby Rush. A tour of the juke joints and other venues of the legendary Chitlin Circuit in the Mississippi Delta, including performances by aging blues musicians...

The mysterious appearance of massive golden bracelets in int'l antiquarian circles uncovers an inside story of the looting of a 2000 yr-old Transylvanian golden-hoard. Police investigations of $50 million in golden loot unfold as an

Becoming Bond is a movie starring George Lazenby, Josh Lawson, and Kassandra Clementi. A look at the troubled acting career of George Lazenby and his short-lived association with James Bond.

Against the Law is a TV movie starring Daniel Mays, Richard Gadd, and Charlie Creed-Miles. Peter Wildeblood's affair with a handsome serviceman he met in Piccadilly during the time homosexuality was a crime and the devastating...

Vremya pervykh is a movie starring Evgeniy Mironov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, and Vladimir Ilin. Trying to keep lead in the Space Race, the Soviet Union is preparing two cosmonauts for the first spacewalk.

Don't Blink - Robert Frank is a movie starring Robert Frank, Sid Kaplan, and June Leaf. Robert Frank revolutionized photography and independent film. He documented the Beats, Welsh coal miners, Peruvian Indians, The Stones, London...

Imgeumnimui sagunsoocheob is a movie starring Sun-kyun Lee, Jae-hong Ahn, and Hee-won Kim. A clever King and his brilliant chronicle keeper hunt for the truth behind a crime that threatens the throne and the stability of the country.

Newton's Grace is a movie starring Lunden De'Leon, Rob Springer, and Quinten Johnson. Sold into slavery, delivered from a terrible storm at sea, a troubled young man finds amazing grace in the darkest moments and becomes driving...

A documentary spanning over 30 years of the California Bay Area's punk music history with a central focus on the emergence of Berkeley's inspiring 924 Gilman Street music collective.

The life of pioneering singer Chavela Vargas, from her birth in Costa Rica in 1919 to her death in Mexico in 2012.

Accidental Anarchist is a movie starring Carne Ross, Hussein Azam, and Pelai Pagès i Blanch. Carne Ross was a government highflyer. A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save us all. But working inside the system he...

Jian jun da ye is a movie starring Ye Liu, Yawen Zhu, and Zhi-zhong Huang. The foundation of CCP army in 1927, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province.

Xiu chun dao II: xiu luo zhan chang is a movie starring Chen Chang, Mi Yang, and Yi Zhang. In the Ming dynasty of China, Shen Lian (starring Chang Chen), a secret police of corrupt government, is trapped by the conspiracy on a...

The history of Mattel's definitive action figure toy line.

Two men taking a tribe of outsiders on a ride through the 80s underground, accidentally changing music forever.

Salyut-7 is a movie starring Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Pavel Derevyanko, and Aleksandr Samoylenko. USSR, June 1985. Based on actual events. After contact with the Salyut 7 space station is lost, cosmonauts Vladimir Dzhanibekov and...

Recovering from a very public divorce, independent filmmaker and Italian Prince Tao Ruspoli takes to the road to talk to his relatives, advice columnists, psychologists, historians, anthropologists, artists, philosophers, sex workers

The history of The Beatles and their influence on everything from music, art, and culture to fashion and politics.

A tragic love story set against the lynching of 18 Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, in 1871. Filmed in Utah.

Ayla: The Daughter of War is a movie starring Çetin Tekindor, Ismail Hacioglu, and Kyung-jin Lee. In 1950, amid-st the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help...

MATTHEWS tells the incredible true story of the life and career of a man considered by many to be the greatest soccer player of all time, Sir Stanley Matthews.

Milada is a movie starring Ayelet Zurer, Robert Gant, and Daniel Rchichev. The story of Milada Horáková, democratic pre-WW2 Czech politician first arrested and tried by the Nazis during the War and then the post-war Communist...

The Lost Wife of Robert Durst is a TV movie starring John Glover, Katharine McPhee, and Daniel Gillies. Young and wide-eyed, Kathie falls in love with charming yet quirky real estate scion Robert Durst, only to find their marriage...

Love, ambition, treason and death clash in a neverending search for a city built with gold.

Intent to Destroy is a movie starring Shohreh Aghdashloo, Taner Akçam, and Hagop Asadourian. Filmmaker Joe Berlinger meets with historians and scholars to discuss the Armenian Genocide and the continuing denial by the Turkish...

What has Nasa been hiding from us beyond the visual spectrum?

In 1721, the Regent of France, wanting to seal the peace with Spain, offers to the Spanish King, a marriage between their respective heirs: Louis XV, age 11, and Maria Anna Victoria, the 4-year-old Spanish Infanta (princess). The Reg

On his deathbed, the reigning king bestows power to an unexpected heir who must find strength within himself to unite his people against the violent crusades which threaten their freedom.

The film retraces the events of a trail in the Pyrenees, which fleeing fascism that was infecting the heart of Europe. Catalans and internationalist militants fleeing the Franco regime before; Jews, communists and dissidents by the N

1809, France. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf to cheer her up. But it all goes south when Neuville reappears.

Story about Ji Gong, a Chan Buddhist monk that has a supernatural powers, which he used to help the poor and stand up to injustice. This movie tell one of his adventures.

A biographical drama film about Kurt Josef Waldheim, former UN Secretary General and the controversy of his participation and role in the Nazi regime during WW II .

Rubezh is a movie starring Stanislav Duzhnikov, Sergey Chirkov, and Viktor Dobronravov. Michael's perfect life changes dramatically when he discovers a portal which allows him to travel in time. He travels back to the World War II...

In 1978, when the push to decriminalise homosexuality has stalled, a group of activists decide they must make one final attempt to celebrate who they are. Led by former union boss, Lance Gowland, they get a police permit and spread t

Princess Songhwa refuses her fate of marrying someone who matches her marital harmony. There are 4 men on her future husband list with different fate signs. Refusing her fate, she decides to leave the palace and find her husband by h

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