Soul of the Game (1996)
Soul of the Game 1996 Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson are the greatest players in the Colored leagues, and everyone expects that one of them will make the leap to the Major Leagues, now that there is talk of integration But, unexpectedly, its the rookie with the army record, Jackie Robinson, that gets
Henry VII Winter King (2013)
Henry VII Winter King 2013 Author Thomas Penn takes an extraordinary journey into the dark and chilling world of the first Tudor King, Henry VII From his victory over Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, to his secret death and the succession of his son
Electoral Dysfunction (2012)
Electoral Dysfunction (2012) 'Electoral Dysfunction' uses irreverent humor to illuminate how voting works - and doesn't work - in America. Hosted by Mo Rocca (a Correspondent for CBS News, a panelist on NPR's 'Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!' and a former Correspondent for 'The Daily Show'), the film
Anatomy of an Illness (1984)
Anatomy of an Illness 1984 Biopic of Saturday Review editor and political journalist Norman Cousins who developed and promoted a self made health therapy consisting of intake of large quantities of vitamin C and making oneself laugh as much as possible
I rollerna tre (1996)
I rollerna tre 1996 The trio of actresses have ostensibly gathered to pay tribute to Mai Zetterling, but also reminisce about their own careers and the illustrious figures, including Ingmar Bergman, they have worked with
Perm36. Reflexion (2016)
Perm36. Reflexion (2016) 3 former prisoners speak of their time in Perm-36 gulag, now a museum. "Pilorama" reflects Russian society haunted by post-Soviet phantom pains. Red-brown activists denounce the existence of Perm-36, attracting support. Dark clouds gather.
The Great Famine (2011)
The Great Famine 2011 The American Experience looks at Hebert Hoovers American Relief Administration and its efforts to distribute food during the Great Russian Famine of 1921
The Son of Cleopatra (1964)
The Son of Cleopatra 1964 In Roman dominated Egypt, the corrupt administration of a governor named Petronius has sparked a revolt headed by El Kabir, a young man who learns that hes actually the son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar When Petronius daughter, Livia, newly arrived from Rome, falls into hi
Time of Darkness (1991)
Time of Darkness 1991 In Middle Age Russia, a Christian preacher arrives, proposing a new order He threatens those who take part in a pagan festival with the flames of hell But when strange crimes start to happen, local leaders decide to investigate
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice (2016)
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice 2016 In 1936 when 18 African American athletes participated in the Berlin Olympic Games, history forgot all except one This is the story of the other 17
Monsieur Mayonnaise (2016)
Monsieur Mayonnaise 2016 Monsieur Mayonnaise is an artists epic adventure into his familys secret past Australian artist and film maker, Philippe Mora, investigates his fathers clandestine role in the French Resistance in WW2 and his mothers miraculous escape enroute to Auschwitz Philippe, a Hollywo
Executive Action (1973)
Executive Action 1973 A dramatization about how the high level covert conspirators in the JFK assassination might have planned and plotted the assassination based on the data and facts of the case It posits that a covert group of rogue intelligence agents, ultra conservative politicians, unscrupulou
Hanussen (1988)
Hanussen 1988 A mans story parallels Hitlers rise Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr Emil Bettleheim Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of empathy and of clairvoyance, such that could aid suicidal patients After the war, with one friend as
The Motion Picture Camera (1979)
The Motion Picture Camera (1979) The history and development of motion picture machinery is lovingly and authoritatively presented and narrated by ASC cinematographer and film preservationist, Karl Malkames, using actual early motion picture cameras from 'The Malkames Collection'.
Secrets of the Celtic Grave (2021)
Secrets of the Celtic Grave 2021 A bizarre iron age grave has been uncovered in the United Kingdom, archaeologists expect that this site will help unlock the hidden story of the violent birth of Roman Britain
Lord of the Ants (2022)
Lord of the Ants 2022 Italian poet, playwright and director Aldo Braibanti is jailed in 1968 under a law criminalizing grooming The informant is his partners father
Royal Shakespeare Company Henry IV Part II (2014)
Royal Shakespeare Company Henry IV Part II 2014 King Henrys health is failing but he is uncertain Hal is a worthy heir Meanwhile, Falstaff is sent to the countryside to recruit fresh troops, where he gleefully indulges in the business of lining his own pockets As the Kings health continues to worsen
Nazi Hunter The Beate Klarsfeld Story (1986)
Nazi Hunter The Beate Klarsfeld Story 1986 Farrah Fawcett plays real life Beate Klarsfeld, a German Protestant housewife who, with the help of her Jewish law student husband, Serge, began an unrelenting campaign after World War II to bring Nazi war criminals to justice, most of which is centered on
Himiko (1974)
Himiko 1974 A freestyle, imagined telling of the life of shaman queen Himiko, who falls in love with her half brother, making her powers weaken thus putting her position to risk
Polycarp (2015)
Polycarp 2015 A young slave girl, Anna, is rescued and adopted by Christians in 2nd Century Smyrna and befriended by their aged bishop, Polycarp As Anna is taught by Polycarp and her new family, she struggles to reconcile her beliefs with those of the Christians When the Roman proconsul demands that
Hitlers Hollywood (2017)
Hitlers Hollywood 2017 In Nazi Germany, film was considered a major medium for the Nazi Party propaganda machine While pure propaganda material was not all that was produced by the domestic film industry, there still was a party line to be followed, especially with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbel
The Last Goldfish (2017)
The Last Goldfish 2017 Manfred Goldfish tried to put a lid on the trauma that made him a refugee in 1939 When his daughter unearths Manfreds extraordinary story, she finds where she belongs, and we touch on the truth for millions of others
Our Platinum Queen 70 Years on the Throne (2022)
Our Platinum Queen 70 Years on the Throne 2022 70 years of service and duty to her people Our record breaking platinum Queen Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has devoted herself to her people since 1952, following the early death of her father, King George VI As her platinum
Tail Gunner Joe (1977)
Tail Gunner Joe 1977 A dramatization of the life of Joe McCarthy, the alcoholic senator from Wisconsin whose tactics of accusing prominent people of Communist sympathies were initially designed to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President
Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley (2021)
Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley 2021 Documentary looking predominantly at the plight of the poor in the East End of London during World War II air raids of 1940 How much of what is now seen as an example of British Bulldog bravado was actually acts of desperation an
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
Bonnie Prince Charlie 1948 In 1743, James Francis Edward, Prince of Wales, son of deposed King James II of England and Ireland and VII of Scotland decides he is too old to return to England to reclaim the English, Scottish and Irish crowns Living in exile in continental Europe, he summons his son Pr
Man of Iron (1981)
Man of Iron 1981 A worker becomes a man of iron forged by experience, a son comes to terms with his father, a couple fall in love, a reporter searches for courage, and a nation undergoes historic change In Warsaw in 1980, the Party sends Winkel, a weak, alcoholic TV hack, to Gdansk to dig up dirt on
The Wobblies (1979)
The Wobblies 1979 Investigates a nation torn by naked corporate greed and the red hot rift between the industrial masters and the rabble rousing workers in the field and factory
Jagun Jagun (2023)
Jagun Jagun 2023 A young man determined to become a mighty warrior joins an elite army, encountering the wrath of a maniacal warlord and the love of a woman
Abdul the Damned (1935)
Abdul the Damned 1935 In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt by the Young Turk party He allows Hilmi Pasha, the leader of the Young Turks, to return from exile and form the countrys first constitutional government With tensions still growing,
Petain (1993)
Petain 1993 During second world war,Philippe Petain gets absolute powers The war ends with the arrival of allied forces by Petainism has not been put on trial
Friedkin Uncut (2018)
Friedkin Uncut 2018 Oscar winning, Chicago born director William Friedkin achieved fame with his 1973 horror blockbuster The Exorcist But this illuminating documentary shows the directors unwavering commitment to rawness and realism across his career, from The French Connection 1972 to Killer Joe 20
Remember Baghdad (2016)
Remember Baghdad 2016 Remember Baghdad is the untold story of Iraq, an unmissable insight into how the country developed through the eyes of the Jews, Iraqs first wave of refugees From picnics on the Tigris and royal balls, to hangings, imprisonment
Dr Crippen (1963)
Dr Crippen 1963 A dramatization of Britains notorious Crippen murder case American born Hawley Harvey Crippen nicknamed Peter, a mild mannered, middle aged doctor who made his living in London selling quack remedies, was convicted and hanged in 1910 for poisoning his wife, Belle, dismembering her bo
The Martha Mitchell Effect (2022)
The Martha Mitchell Effect 2022 The Cabinet wife who spoke out during Watergate and the Nixon administrations campaign to gaslight her into silence
The Hero (2016)
The Hero 2016 Sara Silverstein suddenly finds herself involved in various violent attacks She realizes she needs to unravel her fathers past to stop this threat
Death of a Tea Master (1989)
Death of a Tea Master 1989 Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the masters death Years before Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth century feudal Japan His daughter, the beautiful La
Ezer Kenegdo (2015)
Ezer Kenegdo (2015) Frictions develop when Yisroel "Izzy" Jonigkeyt, a Chassidic Jew from Crown Heights, travels to San Francisco to visit Polish-born Catholic friend Marek Wisniewski with the intent of discovering why a Bay Area art-world iconoclast named Harry Kierk seeks to destroy a li
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (2010)
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu 2010 During the summary trial that he and his wife were submitted to, Nicolae Ceausescu is reviewing his long reign in power 1965 1989 From a formal point of view, The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu proves that it is possible to only use existing images to
Terrors Advocate (2007)
Terrors Advocate 2007 An examination of the career of Jacques Verges, attorney for members of Algerias FLN, Palestines FPLP, the Khmer Rouge, Carlos and associates, Klaus Barbie, and other revolutionaries and outcasts Archival footage, news articles, and photographs mix with contemporary interviews
Confucius (2010)
Confucius 2010 The life story of the highly influential Chinese philosopher, Confucius
How to Know God (2006)
How to Know God 2006 A unique experience in combining religion, and science to realize that God is within each individual, regardless of faith
They Shot the Piano Player (2023)
They Shot the Piano Player 2023 New York, 2010 Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenorio Junior, a young Brazilian samba jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976
Richelieu La pourpre et le sang (2014)
Richelieu La pourpre et le sang 2014 In the Kingdom of France from 1640 is the old with his body ailing Cardinal Richelieu, powerful man under Louis XIII, faced with the machinations of his tipped designated successor, the Marquis de Cinq Mars
American Hot Wax (1978)
American Hot Wax 1978 This is the story loosely based on Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed, who introduced rock n roll to teenage American radio audiences in the 1950s Freed was a source of great controversy criticized by conservatives for corrupting youth with the devils music hated by racists for p
Shot Heard Round the World (2001)
Shot Heard Round the World 2001 Playoff game between New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers
Gabo The Creation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2015)
Gabo The Creation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2015 Gabo, The Magic of Reality is a story about the incredible power of human imagination, which follows the interwoven threads of Gabriel Garcia Marquezs life and work Gabo to all of Latin America with the narrative tension of an investigation