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Toussaint Louverture
6.7

Toussaint Louverture

Feb. 14, 2012

Toussaint Louverture

Toussaint opposes the Spanish army and joins the French troops. On Saint-Domingue he succeeds to push the English back. He proclames himself as ...
Up From Slavery
7.2

Up From Slavery

Sep. 13, 2011

Up From Slavery

In 1860, as the American Experiment threatened to explode into a bloody civil war, there were as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners in ...
Nova Zembla
5.8

Nova Zembla

Nov. 23, 2011

Nova Zembla

Gerrit de Veer, a novice writer on a 16th-century Dutch merchant vessel, chronicles the daring mission to discover a trade route across the North ...
The Boys in the Boat
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The Boys in the Boat

Dec. 25, 2023

The Boys in the Boat

The triumphant underdog story of the University of Washington men’s rowing team, who stunned the world by competing at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Goltzius & the Pelican Company
6.5

Goltzius & the Pelican Company

Goltzius and the Pelican Company tells the story of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. A ...
Dam Busters Declassified
6.9

Dam Busters Declassified

Martin Shaw takes a fresh look at one of the most famous war stories of them all. The actor, himself a pilot, takes to the skies to retrace the ...
Finding Amelia
5.7

Finding Amelia

Dec. 11, 2010

Finding Amelia

Finding Amelia follows Ric Gillespie and his team as they travel to Nikumaroro, a remote Pacific island 350 miles from Amelia’s last known ...
A Night in 67
7.7

A Night in 67

Jul. 30, 2010

A Night in 67

If you thought TV shows in which audiences and juries judge musical acts were a relatively new phenomenon, you’d better think again. In the ...
The Butcher of Prague
6.8

The Butcher of Prague

Jun. 02, 2011

The Butcher of Prague

Czechoslovakia, 1941. As the war continues, Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich arrives in Nazi-occupied Prague and establishes a regime of terror ...
Reagan
6.5

Reagan

Aug. 29, 2024

Reagan

Told through the voice of former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich, whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan’s when Reagan first ...
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
6.1

Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

Based on a real WWII vet and family man turned bank robber. Disillusioned by his post war circumstances, Eddie Boyd is torn between the need to ...
Montevideo, God Bless You!
8.1

Montevideo, God Bless You!

A story about one team that decides to follow a dream that takes them on a journey to the First World Football Championship in Montevideo, ...
Sisters of War
6.7

Sisters of War

Nov. 11, 2010

Sisters of War

An army nurse and a Catholic nun find their friendship and beliefs tested when Japanese forces arrive in Papua New Guinea.
Little Rose
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Little Rose

Mar. 12, 2010

Little Rose

Pressured by his superiors to disgrace public intellectual Warczewski, a professor and respected writer whom they believe to be a ...
The Other Dream Team
8.3

The Other Dream Team

Sep. 28, 2012

The Other Dream Team

The incredible story of the 1992 Lithuanian basketball team, whose athletes struggled under Soviet rule, became symbols of Lithuania’s ...
Katherine of Alexandria
3.3

Katherine of Alexandria

The life of Katherine of Alexandria. Constantine joins the Roman army to find his missing childhood friend. Once alerted to his friend’s ...
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
6.3

7 Husbands for Hurmuz

Nov. 20, 2009

7 Husbands for Hurmuz

Remake of a well-known Turkish musical comedy loved by generations, the film is about the adventures of flirtatious Hurmuz in late 1800’s ...
Pope Pius XII
6.5

Pope Pius XII

Oct. 31, 2010

Pope Pius XII

Rome, 1943. The city is occupied by the Nazis. The lives of thousands of Jews are in danger, and in Vatican City, a neutral state within the ...
Carol I
6.6

Carol I

Jan. 01, 2009

Carol I

The last days of the first Romanian king, Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and the tough decisions he had to make in the summer of 1914 in ...
Habermann
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Habermann

Oct. 07, 2010

Habermann

A story set in a small village in Sudetenland between 1937 and 1945. “Habermann” is based on true events.
Zeitgeist: Addendum
8.2

Zeitgeist: Addendum

Oct. 02, 2008

Zeitgeist: Addendum

Zeitgeist: Addendum premiered at the 5th Annual Artivist Film Festival. Director Peter Joseph stated: “The failure of our world to resolve ...
The Soviet Story
8.1

The Soviet Story

May. 05, 2008

The Soviet Story

“The Soviet Story” is a story of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial ...
Berlin ’36
6.3

Berlin ’36

Sep. 09, 2009

Berlin ’36

Berlin 36 is a 2009 German film telling the fate of Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was replaced by the Nazi ...
Army of Crime
6.7

Army of Crime

Sep. 16, 2009

Army of Crime

This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant ...
Moonshot
6.4

Moonshot

Jun. 20, 2009

Moonshot

Man’s landing on the moon was our greatest technological achievement. The Apollo 11 mission was truly the stuff of dreams. For the first ...