Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)
In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat Sen visits Hong Kong to discuss plans with Tongmenghui members to overthrow the Qing dynasty But when they find out that assassins have been sent to kill him, they assemble a group of protectors to pre
Hero (2002)
A defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors
Red Sorghum (1988)
When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army
Thirteen Days (2000)
In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis
Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World (2011)
In our post 911 world, a greater understanding across cultures is more important than ever before, yet the purpose of this program is not simply to provide political or historical context Rather it is to explore and celebrate the g
Notes from Dunblane: Lesson from a School Shooting (2018)
In the wake of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that took the lives of 20 first graders and their teachers, local clergymen Father Bob Weiss receives a letter from a fellow priest in Dunblane, Scotland, whose community
Operation Finale (2018)
A team of secret agents set out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust
Ivory Tower (2014)
A documentary that questions the cost and value of higher education in the United States
Flora (2017)
In 1929, an expedition of university botanists enter an uncharted forest where they discover, and must escape an ancient organism
We Are Young. We Are Strong. (2014)
On 24th August 1992 in the eastern German city of Rostock a rampaging mob, to the applause and cheering of more than 3,000 bystanders, besieged and set fire to a residential building containing, among others, more than 120 Vietnamese
Game Change (2012)
Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska becomes Senator John McCains running mate in the 2008 Presidential election
For No Good Reason (2012)
Johnny Depp pays a visit to Ralph Steadman, the renown artist and the last of the original Gonzo visionaries who worked alongside Hunter S Thompson
Spitfire (2017)
The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II
How to Survive a Plague (2012)
The story of two coalitions ACT UP and TAG Treatment Action Group whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition
Summer of 67 (2018)
Two sisters live in the shadow of their mothers suicide, struggling to live their lives and protect their loved ones in the face of the Vietnam war
Miral (2010)
A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of Arab Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict
Lines of Wellington (2012)
On September 27, 1810, the French troops commanded by Marshal Massena, were defeated in the Serra do Bucaco by the Anglo Portuguese army of general Wellington Despite the victory, Portuguese and British are forced to retreat from th
Finding Fela! (2014)
A look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti
Cant Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police (2012)
Based on the acclaimed memoir One Train Later by rock guitarist Andy Summers, Cant Stand Losing You Surviving the Police follows Summers journey from his early days in the psychedelic 60s music scene, when he played with The Anim
Mary Shelley (2017)
Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein
The Pagan King (2018)
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 Killing Fields (1984)
A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pots bloody Year Zero cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million undesirable civilians
The Tenth Inning: Bottom of the Tenth (2010)
As the new millenium dawns, Baseball is more popular and profitable than ever, but suspicions and revelations about performance enhancing drugs keep surfacing, calling the integrity of the game itself into question
The Tenth Inning: Top of the Tenth (2010)
This latest entry covers the period from the early 1990s onward Labor relations deteriorated badly in the early part of that decade leading to the players strike in August 1994 The Montreal Expos were the best team in baseball at
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of HeMan and the
The history of Mattels definitive action figure toy line
Gods and Generals (2003)
The rise and fall of confederate general Thomas Stonewall Jackson, as he meets with military success against the Union from 1861 to 1863, when he is accidentally killed by his own soldiers
Deadwood (2004 2006)
A show set in the late 1800s, revolving around the characters of Deadwood, South Dakota a town of deep corruption and crime
Treasure Island (2012)
In 1765, young English boy Jim Hawkins gets involved with buccaneers during his quest to find pirate Captain Flints treasure buried on a secret island
The Egyptian (1954)
In ancient Egypt, a poor orphan becomes a genial physician and is eventually appointed at the Pharaohs court where he witnesses palace intrigues and learns dangerous royal secrets
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
In 1856, the first U S Consul General to Japan encounters the hostility of the local authorities and the love of a young geisha
Texas Killing Fields (2011)
In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders
Nightwatching (2007)
An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandts romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch
Riot (2018)
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
The Lost Wife of Robert Durst (2017)
Young and wide eyed, Kathie falls in love with charming yet quirky real estate scion Robert Durst, only to find their marriage turning stranger, darker and more disturbing as time passes
The Beginning or the End (1947)
The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama
Dream Tower (1994)
Dream Tower depicts the delirious construction and deconstruction of a building that harboured some of the freest spirits in Canada
Quest for Fire (1981)
This story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source
Marie Antoinette (1938)
The tragic life of Marie Antoinette, who became queen of France in her late teens
The Rape of Recy Taylor (2017)
Mrs Recy Taylor was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama Unbroken, she spoke up and fought for justice with help from Rosa Parks and legions of women
The Best of Men (2012)
In 1943, a refugee doctor from Nazi Germany uses new methods to rehabilitate those with spinal injuries in Great Britain Based on actual events
Honeydripper (2007)
1950 Rural Alabama Cotton harvest Its a make or break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner, piano player Tyrone Pine Top Purvis Deep in debt to the liquor man, the chicken man, and the landlord, Tyrone is desperat
Shock and Awe (2017)
A group of journalists of the Knight Ridder news service covering President George W Bushs planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the Presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction
Passchendaele (2008)
The lives of a troubled veteran, his nurse girlfriend and a naive boy intersect first in Alberta and then in Belgium during the bloody World War I battle of Passchendaele
Boardwalk Empire (2010 2014)
An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era
The White Countess (2005)
Set in 1930s Shanghai, where a blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd and sometimes illicit jobs to support members of her dead husbands aristocratic family
Kings of the Sun (1963)
On the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the Native American tribe of chief Black Eagle clashes with the Mayan tribe of king Balam