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Common Threads Stories from the Quilt 1989 This film recounts the lives and deaths of various victims of AIDS who are commemorated in the AIDS quilt It is a massive cloth collecting each piece as a memorial for each victim of the disease to both show the death toll and to show the humanity of the vi

First They Killed My Father 2017 In the 70s, a Cambodian middle class girl sees the lives of her family and her turning upside down when the Khmer Rouge invades the Cambodia They leave their comfortable apartment and lifestyle to live in a primitive working camp Her father, a former officer, is kill

Vaterlandsverrater 2011 Once with the Stasi, always with the Stasi Once you were in the agent controllers grasp you could never escape thats what they say, anyway Writer Paul Gratzik was an unofficial informer for the GDR State Security Service for twenty years, broke with them in the 80s and expose

Gainsbourg A Heroic Life 2010 Lucien Ginsburg, a rebellious French Jewish boy with a grotesque imagination, hates playing the piano like his father, a bar professional, and manages to be admitted to Montmartre Academy as a painter, where he befriends an SS officer who helps him survive the occupatio

Lioness The Nicola Adams Story 2021 A feature length biographical documentary of Nicola Adams OBE, the double Olympic and WBO female boxing champion, and the first woman to ever represent England in boxing

Mantovani, the King of Strings (2014) Annunzio Mantovani was the most successful orchestra leader ever, selling 70 million records from the 1950's to the 1970's. Known for his unmistakable cascading strings and recordings such as Charmaine, which influenced the stereo revolution, Mantovani enthralle

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008) The Murrow, Polk, and IDA Award-winning documentary Boogie Man is about Lee Atwater, a blues-playing rogue whose rise from the South to Chairman of the GOP made him a political rock star. He mentored George W. Bush and Karl Rove while leading the Republican p

Silencing the Song: An Afghan Fallen Star (2011) [HBO] HD. This follow-up to 'Afghan Star' returns to see what has become of infamous Afghan talent show contestant Setara.

Bill Russell Legend 2023 Features interviews and personal archives from the life and career of NBA legend Bill Russell

I ragazzi di via Panisperna 1988 The lives of a group of highly gifted young physicists known as the Via Panisperna Boys, led by Enrico Fermi One of them, Ettore Majorana, mysteriously disappeared in 1938

Double Take: The Art of Elizabeth King (2018) The sculptor Elizabeth King mines the spaces in between classical sculpture and automata; life and the life- like. Double Take: The Art of Elizabeth King explores the motives and creations ...

Prima che la notte (2018) The life and death of Giuseppe "Pippo" Fava, a sicilian journalist and intellectual who tried to fight the mafia through his newspaper "I Siciliani" during the 70's and the early 80's

Knuckle 2011 An epic 12 year journey into the brutal and secretive world of Irish Traveler bare knuckle fighting This film follows a history of violent feuding between rival clans

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I Am a Girl 2013 In I AM A GIRL, we meet 14 year old Kimsey from Cambodia, forced to sell her virginity at 12 Aziza from Afghanistan, who will be shot if she goes to school Breani, a teen living in a ghetto of NYC and dreaming of stardom Katie from Australia, who is recovering from a suicide attempt

Jimmy Murakami: Non Alien (2010) Jimmy T. Murakami is a world-renowned Oscar nominated animator whose credits include When the Wind Blows and The Snowman but there is one dark chapter in his life that he has not revealed until recently. During WW2, Japanese-American citizens like Jimmy and his famil

In Search of Walt Whitman, Part Two The Civil War and Beyond 1861 1892 2020 The poet moves to Washington to care for injured Civil War soldiers but is disillusioned by the Gilded Age after the war He recovers from a debilitating stroke to live out his days in Camden NJ, where he continues to write p

Show Me the Picture The Story of Jim Marshall 2019 Photographer Jim Marshall captures the heights of the Rock and Roll music era, from the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, to the civil rights movements and some of the most iconic moments of the 60s

The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe The Unheard Tapes 2022 Explores the mystery surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe through previously unheard interviews with her inner circle

Life on the V: The Story of V66 (2014) In 1985, during the height of the music video craze, a free music video UHF-TV channel appeared in the Boston market, only to disappear from the airwaves after 18 months. Nearly 30 years later, the fans remain and memories of this channel have formed an importa

My Life as a Rolling Stone 2022 Follows Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts Take a look on some unseen footage and exclusive stories from the members of the band Rolling Stones

Anonyma Eine Frau in Berlin 2008 A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945 She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials her husband, Gerd, a writer, is an officer at the Russian front She speaks Russian and, for a day or two

Membra Disjecta (2017) Membra Disjecta: Gonzalo Fonseca and the Heart of Stone is a documentary portrait of an artist who embodied the entire history of world art - and an artist who history has all but forgotten.

Felix Austria 2013 Compelled by the inheritance of a mysterious box of letters, American aesthete Felix Pfeifle begins the journey of a lifetime to reach the source of the correspondence the last heir of the Holy Roman Emperors, aging Archduke Otto von Habsburg The quest takes Felix across America ,

Reach for the Sky 1956 The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II

Menudo Forever Young 2022 A riveting four part docuseries chronicling the untold story behind the rise and fall of Menudo, the most iconic Latin American boy band in history

Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence (2003) Claudio Abbado - Hearing the Silence conveys an intensely moving view on one of the leading musicians of our time. In several interviews, Abbado talks about artistic, musical and biographical aspects of his life. The film shows excerpts from rehearsals and

Sidney 2022 Follow the real life story of Sidney Poitier, the Oscar winner of 1964

When the Sky Falls 2000 Irish crime investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton invades the Irish underworld and attempts to expose the illegitimate activities that she has found Hampered by the system, a police consort is ineffectual at aiding her despite trying to step outside of the normal bounds Her

Homeless to Harvard The Liz Murray Story 2003 Based on a true story Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug addicted parents Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school

Confessions of an Innocent Man (2007) In the early 2000s, British-Canadian William Sampson, who was living and working in Saudi Arabia at the time, spent thirty-two months in Saudi captivity charged and convicted for a series of crimes, initially only a car bombing but later more serious crimes such

Paracelsus (1943) Made by famed director, G.W. Pabst, at UFA, under the Third Reich, Paracelsus is the story of the Renaissance era Swiss physician/alchemist/astrologer,, Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim. Though Pabst had tried,, he was unable to escape the Nazis, and was forc

Divide in Concord (2014) This is a story about an 84 year-old-woman trying to take down the third largest industry in the world. Jean Hill, a self-proclaimed warrior, leads historic Concord, Massachusetts on America's first environmental crusade to ban the sale of bottled water.

Gorky 1 The Childhood of Maxim Gorky 1938 This haunting, unforgettable film, based upon Maxim Gorkys 1913 autobiography, shows a twelve year olds journey in life against the tumultuous backdrop of 19th century Russia With tableaux beautifully vivid and forceful, it recounts the touching relationship

The Jolson Story 1946 This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson, a little Jewish boy who goes against the will of his father in order to be in showbiz He becomes a star, falls in love with a non Jewish dancer, and marries her In the end he chooses success on the stage

Pacific Adventure 1946 An Australian biopic about the life of pioneering aviator Charles Smithy Kingsford Smith

Black Sunshine Baby 2023 Family memories and personal art movingly portray author and motivational speaker Aisha Chaudharys journey with an immune disorder and terminal illness

Gold Du kannst mehr als du denkst (2013) The emotional story of three outstanding top athletes. Henry Wanyoike, a blind marathon runner from Kenya, Kirsten Bruhn, paralyzed swimmer from Germany and Kurt Fearnley, Australian wheelchair racer on their way to the Paralympics 2012. For over a year the

Tonya Nancy The Inside Story 1994 Based on the true story of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, rivals for the USA Olympic Ice Skating team When Kerrigan is savagely attacked, people begin to wonder if the intense rivalry between the two was motivation for someone

The Second Act of Elliott Murphy 2015 Elliott Murphy, born in New York in 1949 and living in Paris since 1989, has published over thirty albums and plays almost one hundred shows a year The films follows him during one of his Spanish tours, in the company of French guitarist Olivier Durand and it sh

Daliland 2022 In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps the aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York

Norma Jean Marilyn 1996 In this film, Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino portray two sides of the woman America loved, but who struggled to love herself Marilyn Monroe To the world, Marilyn was a vivacious superstar, the epitome of sexuality, sensuality and frolicsome amusement Every man wanted her every

Rodin 2017 Auguste Rodin 1840 1917, man of the people, autodidact and revolutionary sculptor the most brilliant of his era At 42, Rodin meets Camille Claudel, a young woman desperate to become his assistant He quickly acknowledges her as his most able pupil, and treats her as an equal in matters of

Chasing Great 2016 All Black captain Richie McCaw has lived his dream with characteristic precision and calculated determination Hes 34 and perhaps the best rugby player ever But the dream is almost over He is old by professional sport standards and everyone is asking when hes going to retire Before

New Money 2015 From penniless to fabulous, meet the new faces of the one percent

The Other Fellow 2022 An energetic exploration of male identity via the lives, personalities, and adventures of a diverse band of men, real men across the globe all sharing the same name James Bond

My Name Is Jonah 2014 What is the secret origin of this self proclaimed real life warrior, adventurer and musician How has he gained his tremendous cult following Steel yourselves for a quest to explore how this enigmatic personality came to be and the powerful effect he has on all those he meets Pr

Asoka 2001 The epic tale of King Asokas life is recounted