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Country: United States
Genre: Documentary, Drama, History
Year: 2011
A racially-charged criminal trial and a heart-rending love story converge in this documentary about Richard and Mildred Loving set during the turbulent Civil Rights era. Long Way Home:...
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2011
77 min
The Loving Story
Country: Poland, Soviet Union
Genre: Adventure, History, War
Year: 1969
In 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski who recently retired to a monastery is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Polands eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman...
1969
160 min
Colonel Wolodyjowski
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History
Year: 2014
Dying to Know is an intimate portrait celebrating two very complex controversial characters in an epic friendship that shaped a generation. In the early 1960s Harvard psychology professors...
2014
95 min
Dying To Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary
Country: Japan, United States
Genre: History, Horror
Year: 2017
Three American tourists follow a mysterious map deep into the jungles of Japan searching for an ancient temple. When spirits entrap them their adventure quickly becomes a horrific...
2017
78 min
Temple
Genre: Documentary, History
Year: 2009
New York City was once the crime capital of America accounting for nearly 10% of murders in the US. The Bronx burned the streets were awash in drugs and the subways were so dangerous...
2009
74 min
Streets Of New York
Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
The early life of Queen Victoria from her ascension to the throne at the tender age of 18 to her courtship and marriage to Prince...
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Victoria: Season 2
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Genre: Documentary, Drama, History, Sci-Fi
will take an in-depth look at Venus Mars the newly discovered Planet 9 Exoplanets and...
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The Planets: Season 1
Two formidable Native American women both chief judges in their tribes courts strive to reduce incarceration rates and heal their people by restoring rather than punishing offenders modeling restorative justice in...
87 min
Tribal Justice
Country: United States, France, Italy
Genre: Documentary, History, Horror
Year: 2013
As Brian and his team tackle the intimidating task of renovating the historic Croke Patterson Mansion in Denver CO into a Bed and Breakfast hotel the workers begin to report supernatural...
2013
86 min
The Castle Project
Country: United Kingdom, New Zealand
Genre: Action, Drama, History
In April 1980 armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place all the while a group of...
94 min
6 Days
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Tragicomic family film about the world of children heroes - particularly the son of a local communist officer and his friend a little hostage of the regime whose parents emigrated to the...
97 min
Hostage
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest RACE riots in United States history. The story is centred around the Algiers Motel incident which occurred in Detroit Michigan on July 25 1967 during the racially charged 12th Street Riot. It involves the death of three black men and the brutal beatings of nine other people: seven black men and two white...
143 min
Detroit
The Cars That Made America present epic stories of the iconic names behind the iconic cars that shaped America. The automobile steered America at every turn throughout modern history but the world has not heard all the stories of those behind the wheel – men like Henry Ford Walter Chrysler the Dodge Brothers William Durant Lee Iacocca and John DeLorean. In three two-hour installments...
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The Cars That Made America: Season 1
Country: Germany, United States
Year: 2016
Documentary feature film focusing on the life and times of Eva Hesse a ground-breaking artist who was active in New York and Germany in the...
2016
105 min
Eva Hesse
A film about the black-and-white era actress Lída Baarová and her doomed love...
106 min
The Devil's Mistress
Country: France, Germany, Spain
Year: 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...
2002
170 min
Safe Conduct
Year: 1978–
Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology. In this collection of 10 1-hour episodes starting with The Trigger...
1978–
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Connections: Season 3
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Connections: Season 2
Country: China
In the Ming dynasty of China Shen Lian starring Chang Chen a secret police of corrupt government is trapped by the conspiracy on a mission. To prove the innocence he seeks the truth with a girl called Bei Zhai starring Yang...
120 min
Brotherhood Of Blades Ii: The Infernal Battlefield
Genre: Documentary, History, War
Year: 2007
Major battles of the 20th Century are comprehensively examined both in the big picture and in the...
2007
Twentieth Century Battlefields: Season 1
Country: Yugoslavia, United Kingdom
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Year: 1988
Abelard a respected philosopher and teacher in 12th-century Paris is hired to tutor the intelligent and beautiful Heloise. They soon fall in love but must hide their affection because...
1988
108 min
Stealing Heaven
Peter Wildebloods affair with a handsome serviceman he met in Piccadilly during the time homosexuality was a crime and the devastating consequences of their...
84 min
Against The Law (2017)
Country: United Kingdom, India
The final Viceroy of India Lord Mountbatten is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental...
Viceroy's House
Country: Australia
Year: 2000
A remote Australian antenna populated by quirky characters plays a key role in the first Apollo moon...
2000
101 min
The Dish
Genre: Crime, Documentary, Drama, History
Through the eyes of the original jurors this series re-examines some of the most controversial cases of The People v. Michael Jackson The People v. OJ Simpson The People v. George Zimmerman and The People v. Robert...
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The Jury Speaks: Season 1
Country: United States, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands
Evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium the British Empire and France who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk France between May 26- June 04 1940 during Battle of France in World War...
107 min
Dunkirk (2017)
Genre: Documentary, Food, History
Four modern confectioners step back in time to discover what life was like for their Tudor predecessors. Theyll explore how our national sweet tooth developed and how the tables of the aristocracy boasted fantastic displays of sugar craft which showed off their owners wealth and...
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The Sweet Makers: Season 1
Genre: Documentary | History
The city in the sky – Machu Picchu – is one of the most beautiful World Heritage Sites and the main symbol of the Inca Empire. The continuing excavations at Machu Picchu have brought to light many of the secrets of Incan prosperity. The city itself is built on a steep Andean mountain ridge and scholars have often wondered how and why the Incans built it in this harsh environment. This...
Machu Picchu Road To The Sky
Year: 2004
A dramatised documentary about the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in May...
2004
180 min
Dunkirk (2004)
Country: France
Genre: Action, History, Thriller
Year: 2010
Based on a true story a SWAT team is tasked with storming a high-jacked Air France plane to save its...
2010
91 min
The Assault (2010)
Genre: Documentary, Crime, History
Youngstown Ohio is a city with a negative reputation. It has been called Steel Town Crime Town USA & Murder Town Ohio but these days residents just call it Ytown. This documentary...
89 min
Youngstown: Still Standing
Genre: Adventure, Documentary, History, Travel
Joanna Lumley returns to India the country in which she was born for epic new ITV documentary series. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Independence of India and 2017 is also the UK-India Year of Culture marking the close ties between the two nations. Keen to embrace the celebrations Joanna will take us back to the country of her birth to enjoy the vibrant nation that it is...
Joanna Lumley's India: Season 1
Country: United States, Israel
Year: 2012
A perpetual state of welfare exists in the U.S. creating a form of modern slavery for a large percentage of African-Americans. Rev. C.L. Bryant presents an insightful and compelling look at how freedom can be...
2012
Runaway Slave
The wartime contributions of five prominent Hollywood film directors during World War II are...
Five Came Back: Season 1
Genre: Action, History, War
A band of soldiers must battle their way through Nazi territory to rescue a scientist that could help turn the tide of...
Operation Dunkirk
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Crime,Music,History
The Defiant Ones examines the partnership between Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre - one the son of a Brooklyn longshoreman the other straight out of Compton - and their leading roles in a chain of transformative events in contemporary...
The Defiant Ones: Season 1
Genre: Drama, History
Year: 1936
A dramatization of Lady Jane Greys short life from her forced marriage which she resisted to her brief reign as monarch of England and finally to her beheading. The film portrays her...
1936
80 min
Nine Days A Queen
Well known faces within the British media each embark on individual journeys to answer some questions in regards to their own family history. An interesting and intelligent programme for...
Who Do You Think You Are? (uk): Season 14
David Dimbleby starts his journey in Ely in the spectacular cathedral that dominates the Fens. He explores the world of medieval knights at Hedingham Castle travels to Norwich to discover the workings of a great medieval city and visits Lavenham which grew fat on the cloth...
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How We Built Britain: Season 1
Genre: Documentary | Drama | History
This drama documentary tells the story of the Conservative Partys 2016 leadership campaign from the day David Cameron resigned to the day Theresa May became Prime Minister. Based on exhaustive research and first-person testimonies this dramatised narrative goes beyond the headlines to lay bare the politicking and positioning betrayals and blunders of this extraordinary political time. The...
Theresa Vs. Boris: How May Became Pm
Genre: Documentary, History, News
Blood on the Mountain focuses on the environmental and economic injustice and corporate control in West Virginia and its rippling effect on all American workers. This film will tell the...
76 min
Blood On The Mountain
Country: United States, Honduras
A story about greed politics and the land grab of the century ZIPPER chronicles the battle over an American cultural icon. Small-time ride operator Eddie Miranda proudly operates a...
Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride
Genre: Drama, History, War
Year: 1950
The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of...
1950
102 min
Operation Disaster
Genre: Adventure, History, Western
Year: 1939
In 1759 in Pennsylvanias Allegheny Valley local settlers and Indian fighters try to persuade the British authorities to ban the trading of alcohol and arms with the marauding...
1939
81 min
Allegheny Uprising
Genre: Documentary, History, Japanese, Travel
Series looking at traditional Japanese crafts and...
Handmade In Japan: Season 1
Country: India
A love triangle forms against the backdrop of the Second World...
Rangoon
Country: Italy, France
Year: 1954
Attila the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans The Scourge of God sweeps onto the Italian peninsula defeating all of the armies of Rome until he and his men reach the gates of the city...
1954
Attila 1954
Country: Italy
Genre: History
Year: 2003–
Take a virtual reality tour of histories most intriguing ancient civilizations. Uncover the secrets of the pyramids as the pharaohs reach for immortality walk the streets of the Eternal...
2003–
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Secrets Of Archaeology: Season 1
The shocking story of the Ashley Madison hacking...
46 min
Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Cyber Attacks
Genre: Documentary, History, Sci-Fi
An in-depth making of documentary about the original Star Wars trilogy covering the productions of the three films and their impact on popular...
151 min
Empire Of Dreams: The Story Of The 'star Wars' Trilogy
Americas War on Drugs has cost the nation $1 trillion thousands of lives and has not curbed the runaway profits of the international drug business. For the last 50 years both the vilification and the celebration of recreational drugs has had incredible impact on our collective culture. This 8 hour mini-series will explore the strange revelations of the profit machine of the drug business and...
America's War On Drugs: Season 1
Young real estate agent Clara Morales encouraged risky loans to her clients during the housing boom. She must now rescue her fathers home from foreclosure-- a consequence of the loan she advised him to...
82 min
California Winter
Country: Czech Republic, United Kingdom, United States
The Zookeepers Wife tells the account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo Antonina and Jan Zabinski who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the German...
127 min
The Zookeeper's Wife
Genre: Crime, Documentary, History
Royal Murder Mysteries is a series that sheds light on the numerous theories surrounding royal...
Royal Murder Mysteries: Season 1
THE LOTTERY OF BIRTH is the first in a three-part documentary series entitled Creating Freedom exploring the relationship between freedom power and control in Western democracies. The series draws together interviews with some of the worlds leading intellectuals journalists and activists to offer an alternative perspective on todays society and the future were creating. We do not choose to...
Creating Freedom: The Lottery Of Birth
Year: 2003
Edith Han was an outspoken young woman studying law in Vienna when the Gestapo forced Edith and her mother into a Jewish ghetto. Edith was taken away to a labor camp and when she returned...
2003
90 min
The Nazi Officer's Wife
The history of legendary rock band Chicago is chronicled from their inception in 1967 all the way to the...
113 min
Now More Than Ever: The History Of Chicago
Genre: Documentary, Animation, History
Year: 1943
An animated documentary promoting of the soundness of strategic aerial bombing in World War...
1943
70 min
Victory Through Air Power
Ross Poldark returns home after American Revolutionary War and rebuilds his life with a new business venture making new enemies and finding a new love where he least expects...
Poldark: Season 3
