The Inner Circle (1991)
The Inner Circle 1991 The true story of Ivan Sanchin, the KGB officer who was Stalins private film projectionist from 1939 until the dictators death Told from Sanchins view, the sympathetic but tragically flawed hero maintains unwavering faith in his Master despite the arrest of his neighbors and hi
A Harlots Progress (2006)
A Harlots Progress (2006) In 1731 the humane artist William Hogarth is struck by the plight of prostitutes who have descended into Mother Neddwell's brothels and determines to paint a series of cautionary tableaux,using young prostitute Mary Collins. Hogarth's wife and father-in-law are dismayed but
The Gathering Storm (2002)
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
Kandahar Journals (2017)
Kandahar Journals (2017) Kandahar Journals is the story of a photojournalist who reflects on the events behind his psychological transformation after covering front line combat in Kandahar, Afghanistan from 2006 to...
Pharaoh (1966)
Pharaoh 1966 Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypts clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers
The Assassins (2012)
The Assassins (2012) Set in the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history, the story focuses on Cao Cao in his old age, exploring the areas of military tactics, love, and the relationship between father and son.
Art of America (2011-)
Art of America 2011 Andrew Graham Dixon, a leading UK art critic, crosses the Atlantic to explore the story of American art
Chushingura (1962)
Chushingura (1962) A young lord attempts to combat the corruption endemic to the Shogunate bureaucracy, only to be placed in an impossible conflict of duties. He refuses to pay the "customary" bribe expected by a Chancellor sent from the Shogunate to teach him the etiquette for receiving e
A Viking Saga: Son of Thor (2008)
A Viking Saga: Son of Thor (2008) Drama set in the viking age, Helgi witnesses the destruction of his village and narrowly escapes to his uncle Rurik who raises him like his son. Many years later he meets the people responsible for his parents death and someone he never expected to see again.
Slavers (1978)
Slavers (1978) As the slave trade is dwindling in East Africa in the late 19th century, two competing slave traders start a brutal violent conflict between each other for the monopoly on the remaining profits.
Adolf Eichmann (2007)
Adolf Eichmann (2007) Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel as he accounts to Captain Avner Less, a young Israeli Police Officer, of his past as the architect of Hitler's plan for the final solution. Captured by intelligence operatives in Argentina, 1
Tempest (1958)
Tempest (1958) A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station at a remote outpost. During a blinding snowstorm he comes upon a stranger who was caught in the storm and is near death from freezing. He rescues the man and eventually brings him back to
Billie (2019)
Billie (2019) Documentary on the famed jazz singer Billie Holiday.
Killing Jesus 2015
A miniseries chronicling the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
Burke and Hare (2010)
Burke and Hare (2010) Based on the true story about the famous murderers, 'Burke And Hare' follows the hapless exploits of these two men as they fall into the highly profitable business of providing cadavers for the medical fraternity in Nineteenth Century Edinburgh, then the centre of medical learn
Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo (2017)
Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo (2017) At the heart of the Apollo program was the special band of brothers in Mission Control. The feature documentary film Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo tells their stories, describing the rural homesteads and smokestack towns they came fr
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) Mary Stuart, named Queen of Scotland when she was six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. Her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of England and her arch adversary, has her imprisoned at age 23. Nineteen years later, Mary is executed, removing the last threa
Air Force (1943)
Air Force (1943) On December 6, 1941 nine B-17 bomber set off on a flight from San Francisco to Hawaii. One of the bombers, the Mary Ann, is commanded by 'Irish' Quincannon. The bombardier, Tommy McMartin, has a sister living in Hawaii and the co-pilot, Bill Williams, is sweet on her. The men are al
Isabel (2011–2014)
Isabel (2011–2014) Life of Isabella I of Castile, also known as Isabella the Catholic.
David and Bathsheba (1951)
David and Bathsheba (1951) Though David has all the wealth, power, wives & children inherent for the King of Israel he does not have what he craves most: the true love of a woman who loves him as a man instead of as King. He is attracted to Bathsheba, the wife of one of his soldiers who is more
Joan the Maid 1: The Battles (1994)
Joan the Maid 1: The Battles (1994) A part of Joan of Arc's life. At the beginning, Jeanne (Joan) has already left Domremy, she is trying to convince a captain to escort her to the Dauphin. It ends during Jeanne's first battle, at Orleans. Meanwhile, Jeanne is depicted more as a warrior than a saint
Infiltration (2022)
Infiltration 2022 Ivan sets off on a dangerous mission into Syria to save his ex commander Grey after his capture by ISIS With the help of U S military patrols, he succeeds in freeing Grey and attempts to escape the country while being hunted by terrorists
Taras Bulba (1962)
Taras Bulba (1962) A "Romeo and Juliet" story that takes place in the late 16c. Ukraine. Taras has settled into comfortable farm life after years of adventures and swashbuckling with his cossack companions. Though not wealthy, he is able to send his son Andrei away to a Polish school. At t
The Far Pavilions (1984)
The Far Pavilions (1984) HBO's first mini-series, set in 19th century British colonial India, involves war battles, love, treachery and intrigue as well as love and honor involving a romance between a British cavalry officer and an Indian princess who has been promised in an arranged marriage to a d
Videogramme einer Revolution (1992)
Videogramme einer Revolution (1992) This documentary uses news footage and amateur video to paint a vivid picture of Romania's 1989 revolution and the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
Why We Ride (2013)
Why We Ride (2013) The passion of the riders and the soul of their machines.
The Tracker (2002)
The Tracker (2002) It's 1922; somewhere in Australia. When a Native Australian man is accused of murdering a white woman, three white men (The Fanatic, The Follower and The Veteran) are given the mission of capturing him with the help of an experienced Native Australian (The Tracker). So they start
Hitler Youth (2017)
Hitler Youth 2017 Doctrinal press gang and seduction tool, political instrument of the Nazi Party, paramilitary vector in the preparations for war, the Hitler Youth becomes an instrument to deliberately sacrifice an entire youth
The Eichmann Show (2015)
Dramatisation of the team hoping to televise the trial of Adolf Eichmann, an infamous nazi responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews. It focuses on Leo Hurwitz, a documentary film-maker and Milton Fruchtman, a producer.
The Battle of Port Arthur (1980)
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
A Deeper Shade of Blue (2011)
A Deeper Shade of Blue (2011) This is not a surf movie, it is a film about surfing's deepest roots: in the subconscious; in ancient lore; in the craft of surfboard building; in man's perpetual quest for a joyful relationship with the natural world.
Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda (2014)
Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda (2014) In the middle of a broadcast about Typhoon Yolanda's initial impact, reporter Jiggy Manicad was faced with the reality that he no longer had communication with his station. They were, for ...
The Entertainers (2012)
The Entertainers 2012 A heartwarming comedy about six piano players striving to win the World Championship of Old Time Piano mostly ragtime With brilliant showmanship and skill these competitors vie for the glow of victory, for escape from the trials of their everyday lives, and for the revival of t
White Like Me (2013)
In White Like Me, anti-racist educator Tim Wise explores race and racism in the US through the lens of whiteness and white privilege.
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa (Antonio Banderas) finds himself without adequate funding to finance his war against the military-run government. He also finds himself at odds with the Americans because of the Hearst media empire's press campaign agains
Walt Disney Part 1 (2015)
Walt Disney Part 1 (2015) A look at Walt Disney's career from early films to Disneyland to ideas for a new community (EPCOT) that was not realized before his death. A great insight into his motivations and values.
Warriors of the Rainbow Seediq Bale II (2011)
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
Exodus (1960) CD2
The theme is the founding of the state of Israel. The action begins on a ship filled with Jewish immigrants bound for Israel who are being off loaded on Cyprus. An Intelligence officer succeeds in getting them back on board their ship only to have the harbor blocked by the British with whom they mus
Safe Conduct (2002)
Safe Conduct 2002 In occupied France, German run Continental Films calls the shots in the movie business Assistant director and Resistance activist Jean Devaivre works for Continental, where he can get in between the wolfs teeth and avoid being chewed up Fast living screenwriter Jean Aurenche uses e
The Sunshine Makers (2015)
The Sunshine Makers (2015) The story of Nicholas Sand and Tim Scully, the unlikely duo at the heart of 1960s American drug counter-culture.
A City of Sadness (1989)
A City of Sadness (1989) A beautiful, historical film based upon the complex lives of four brothers.
Dont Take Me Home (2017)
Dont Take Me Home (2017) Wales haven't qualified for a major football tournament since 1958. When the young national manager, Gary Speed, tragically took his own life in 2011 a youthful side and nation was left devastated. Qualification felt further away than ever and less important. Fast forward to
We Believed (2010)
We Believed 2010 The stories of three young men who, in the wake of the ferocious repression by the Bourbon reign in 1828, decide to join Giuseppe Mazzinis Young Italy movement
White Feather (1955)
White Feather (1955) The story of the peace mission from the US cavalry to the Cheyenne Indians in Wyoming during the 1870s. The mission is threatened when a civilian surveyor befriends the chief's son and falls for the chief's daughter.
A Field in England (2013)
A Field in England (2013) Fleeing for their lives, a small party abandon their Civil War confederates and escape through an overgrown field. Thinking only of what lay behind, they are ambushed by two dangerous men and made to search the field. Psychedelia, madness and chaotic forces slowly overtake
The National Parks Americas Best Idea (2009)
The National Parks Americas Best Idea 2009 The history of the U S National Parks system, including the initial ideas which led to the worlds first national parks and the expansion of the system over 150 years
The Forbidden Reel (2019)
The Forbidden Reel 2019 Afghan filmmakers gave birth to an extraordinary national cinema and protected it from extremists Afghan Canadian director Ariel Nasr crafts a thrilling and utterly original story of modern Afghanistan
Princess Caraboo (1994)
Princess Caraboo (1994) Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims that he can translate her dialect, it is understood that the woman is a princess from a far away land. She is then welcomed by