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Country: Brazil
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Year: 2011
In 1945 Japan surrendered to the USA and the Second World War was over. Right? Wrong. For eighty percent of the Japanese community in Brazil Japan had won the war and defeat was nothing more than American propaganda. The few immigrants that accepted the truth were persecuted. Some were hunted down and assassinated - by their own countrymen - causing the start of a new private war. Dirty Hearts...
HD
2011
90 min
Corações Sujos
Country: South Korea
Genre: Adventure, History
Year: 2014
A band of pirates and a group of bandits fight to catch a gray whale that has swallowed a royal...
2014
130 min
Hae-jeok: Ba-da-ro Gan San-jeok
Country: China
Genre: Action, History
Year: 2012
The story of two warring generals Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fighting for control of China at the end of the Qin...
2012
120 min
Wang De Shengyan
Country: Dutch
Genre: Drama, Family, History, War
Summer 1943. Tuur and Lambert are best friends. The surrounding of their idyllic village has no secrets for the teenagers. From the farm of Lamberts dad to the marl caves in the woods - its their world. But the war is closing in and is about to change their lives forever. Tuurs dad joined the resistance and even his big brother seems so be part of it. Lamberts family on the other hand choose to...
95 min
Oorlogsgeheimen
Country: Belgium, Austria, United States, France, Switzerland, Indonesia, United Kingdom
Genre: Documentary, History
THE BRUSSELS BUSINESS is a docu-thriller that dives into the grey zone underneath European democracy. An expedition into the world of the 15000 lobbyists in the EU-capital of the PR-conglomerates think tanks and their all embracing networks of power and their close ties to the political...
85 min
The Brussels Business
Country: United State
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Family, History
What if one day you looked in the mirror and saw the most powerful man in the...
92 min
Bronx Obama
Year: 2013
There is a centuries-old seawall in the ancient port of Akka located on Israels northern coast. Today Akka is a modern city inhabited by Muslims Christians Jews and Bahai but its history goes all the way back to rule of the Egyptian Pharaohs. Young people dare to stand atop the 40 one-meter thick block structure and risk their fate by jumping into the roiling sea. This perilous tradition...
2013
75 min
It's Better To Jump
Country: Netherlands
Genre: Drama, History, War
In 1940 a struggling poor young man falls for a girl who must pay a terrible price to save her mentally disabled brother by marring a powerful shrewed businessman. Then Rotterdam Blitz a devastating German bombardment...
105 min
Der Blitzangriff: Rotterdam 1940
Country: Taiwan, China
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
The height of gaiety on Piao Dao. Merchants and pirates may have their treasures but the biggest prizes are the sensational twin singing...
122 min
Hua Yang
On September 4 1984 democracy movement leader Kim Jong Tae Park Won Sang is arrested and taken to an infamous interrogation facility in Namyeong-dong. For the next 22 days he would be cruelly and continuously tortured in all manners by interrogators intent on forcing him to confess to communist...
110 min
Namyeong-dong 1985
Genre: Documentary, History, News
The theory of evolution and a re-write of American history are caught in the crosshairs when an unabashed Creationist seeks re-election as chairman of Americas most influential Board of...
The Revisionaries
Genre: Comedy, History
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Na-neun Wang-i-ro-so-i-da
Country: Poland, Russia
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Siberian Exile is an epic tale of Poles Ukrainians Jews who are deported to Russia. The displaceds fate is show from the perspective of a young boy Staszek who goes to Siberia with his family and neighbors from a small village in the eastern Polish borderlands. Together with his companions he starts hard struggle for survival where the most fearsome opponent turns out to be terrible...
125 min
Syberiada Polska
Country: United Kingdom, France
Genre: Comedy, History, Romance
Year: 1995
Monsieur Cinema a hundred years old lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about all the movies ever made. Also a line of movie stars comes to visit him giving him back the pleasure of life - but amongst them there are also some young students only striving after his money for the realization of their film projects. The two stories...
1995
101 min
101 Nacht - Die Träume Des M. Cinema 1995
Country: United Kingdom, Ireland, France
Genre: Drama, History
1932. Jimmy Gralton is back home in the Irish countryside after ten years of forced exile in the USA. His widowed mother Alice is happy Jimmys friends are happy all the young people who enjoy dancing and singing are happy. Which is not the case of Father Sheridan the local priest nor of the village squire nor of Dennis OKeefe the chief of the fascists. The reason is simple: Jimmy is a...
109 min
Jimmy's Hall
Country: Poland, Lithuania
September 1st 1939. German battleship Schleswig-Holstein marks the start of World War II by firing on the garrison stationed at the Westerplatte peninsula in...
118 min
Tajemnica Westerplatte
Country: United States, Japan
A story of love and understanding set amidst the tensions and uncertainties of the days immediately following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II. On the staff of General Douglas MacArthur Jones the de facto ruler of Japan as Supreme Commander of the occupying forces a leading Japanese expert General Bonner Fellers Fox is charged with reaching a decision of historical...
Emperor
Country: Denmark, Norway, United Kingdom
A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical...
115 min
The Act Of Killing
Country: Thailand
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Bangkok in the 1950s. Jod and his friend Daeng are fearless aspiring gangsters. Their ability in street fight have them hired by a local gang and admired by all. But as years go by this violent lifestyle is more and more difficult for Jod. He tries to avoid violence when he can but is soon put aside by more violent youngsters. When some of his friends die in internal wars he decides to take his...
114 min
Antapal
Country: Spain, Latvia, Russia
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Sci-Fi
What if you got back home... and there was nobody there? In 1975 the first Russian cosmonaut on the Moon is unable to make his way back and is declared missing in Space. However through ghostly radio messages he claims to have come back to Earth and found it empty not a living soul. His unrealistic presence and his voice will little by little destroy the world of his beloved...
93 min
The Cosmonaut
Country: United States
Genre: History
When Caligula comes to power as Romes 3rd Emperor everyone has high hopes for him. The son of Germanicus a descendant of Augustus himself he seems eminently suited to rule. But once in power Caligula goes on a rampage of depravity and cruelty which would lead to all sorts of sordid tales about him. The question is - are those stories true? New scholarship suggests that Caligula may not have...
88 min
Caligula: 1400 Days Of Terror
Country: United States, United Kingdom
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History, Sport
It was a match made in heaven: she was the darling of American tennis an outspoken activist against sexism in sport and society; he was the charismatic fast talking hustling chauvinist showman. Yet their unlikely courtship in the midst of a social revolution captured the imaginations of people around the world empowered a generation and changed sport...
83 min
The Battle Of The Sexes
From PBS - In 1959 Fidel Castro rose to power in Cuba. He has been one of the most controversial figures in the world ever since. This is the story of the Cuban dictators turbulent career told in part through media reports rare images and...
The Fidel Castro Tapes
Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
It is the mid-1930s and the storm clouds of WWII were forming in Germany. This films charts the work of Robert Watson Watt - the pioneer of Radar - and his hand-picked team of eccentric yet brilliant meteorologists as they struggle to turn the concept of Radar into a workable reality. Hamstrung by a tiny budget seemingly insurmountable technical problems and even a spy in the camp Watson Watt...
Castles In The Sky
Country: France
Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915 Jean Renoir -- son of the Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste -- returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andrée a young woman who rejuvenates enchants and inspires both father and...
111 min
Renoir
Genre: Family, History
Set in the Summer of 1963 Flint Michigan is home to the Watsons a close knit All American Family made up of Daniel and Wilona Watson Harris and Rose and their three kids 15 year-old juvenile delinquent Byron Knight nerdy 11 year-old Kenny Jenkins and eight year-old adorable sister Joetta Jackson. When Byrons antics go over the top his parents realize enough is enough and they...
The Watsons Go To Birmingham
This feature-length documentary exposes the public health dangers of genetically modified foods and features leading scientists physicians professors attorneys and activists. Youll see the deep corruption surrounding GMOs and the nefarious deception being perpetrated against the...
Seeds Of Death: Unveiling The Lies Of Gmos
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
By listening to and following his heart Ephraim Hanks finds his way in life and eventually provides relief and rescue to the suffering Martin Handcart Company. Based on a true...
Ephraim's Rescue
Country: Mexico
On May 5th 1862 a few thousand Mexican soldiers put their lives on the line against the worlds largest and most powerful army in one legendary battle for freedom and for...
Cinco De Mayo: La Batalla
Country: Germany, Netherlands, Belarus, Russia, Latvia
Western frontiers of the USSR 1942. The region is under German occupation. A man is wrongly accused of collaboration. Desperate to save his dignity he faces impossible moral...
127 min
Im Nebel
Country: Japan
Set within the Kaga Domain in the Edo Period. Oharu is an excellent cook and recognized for her skills. Due to her cooking talents she marries Yasunobu who is an heir in the Funaki family. The Funaki family serves as the cook for the Kaga Domain. Nevertheless Yasunobu himself is a terrible cook. With the help of Oharus mother-in-law Mitsuru she begins to teach Yasunobu how to...
Bushi No Kondate
Country: United State, China
Genre: Documentary, Drama, History, News
In 2001 China joined the World Trade Organization with the strong support of a Democratic President and Republican Congress. Before the ink was dry on this free trade agreement China began flooding U.S. markets with illegally subsidized exports while the big multinational companies that had lobbied heavily for the agreement rapidly accelerated the off shoring of American jobs to China. Today...
78 min
Death By China
Country: New Zealand
Captain Frank Worsley signs on as Captain of the Endurance to navigate Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew to Antarctica. When the expedition ship is crushed; Worsleys seamanship and navigational skills saves them...
52 min
Shackleton's Captain
Country: South Africa, Canada
A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husbands...
107 min
Winnie
Genre: Biography, History
Katherine of Alexandria brought up as a nomad and living in the desert was aged just 11 when Emperor Maxentius saw her whilst out on patrol. Consumed by her beauty impudence and uncanny talent for languages he abducted the child killing her family. The slaughter was witnessed by her young friend Constantine who would later become Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. He never lost hope of...
108 min
Katherine Of Alexandria
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, History, Musical, Romance
A live telecast of the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein...
180 min
The Sound Of Music Live!
Country: United States, Canada
Nearly 100 years after its creation the power of the U.S. Federal Reserve has never been greater. Markets and governments around the world hold their breath in anticipation of the Fed Chairmans every word. Yet the average person knows very little about the most powerful - and least understood - financial institution on earth. Narrated by Liev Schreiber Money For Nothing is the first film to...
104 min
Money For Nothing: Inside The Federal Reserve
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History
It was a strange and curious misfit. Though born a Buick the Grand National was clearly something else. It was too quick and too brutish to carry that stodgy name. There was something inside the car trying to get out. BLACK AIR is a feature-length documentary about Buicks premier but paradoxical 1980s performance...
70 min
Black Air: The Buick Grand National Documentary
Country: Canada
Biopic of Louis Cyr strongest man in the world at the end of the 19th...
Louis Cyr
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This is a David and Goliath story of one veterinarians battle to protect her patients tigers lions and even house cats from big corporations with their big corporate money that will shamelessly do anything to animals to increase their bottom line. She starts a grassroots movement that is fueled by passion but appears to be losing the battle. Then unexpectedly she realizes that the...
58 min
The Paw Project
Genre: Documentary, Family, History, Sport
The passion of the riders and the soul of their...
89 min
Why We Ride
Country: United Kingdom, South Africa
Nelson Mandela is a South African lawyer who joins the African National Congress in the 1940s when the law under the Apartheid systems brutal tyranny proves useless for his people. Forced to abandon peaceful protest for armed resistance after the Sharpeville Massacre Mandela pays the price when he and his comrades are sentenced to life imprisonment for treason while his wife Winnie is abused...
141 min
Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
Country: United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Italy
Based on the best-selling religious studies book by Joseph Atwill this documentary shows that Jesus is not a historical figure the events of Jesus life were based on a Roman military campaign his supposed second coming refers to an event that already occurred and the Gospels were written by a family of Caesars who left us documents to prove it. Besides Atwill six other controversial Bible...
84 min
Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy To Invent Jesus
Country: United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Croatia
128 min
Goltzius And The Pelican Company
The Price Of Sugar tells the alternately gripping romantic and heart-wrenching story of Sarith and Mini-Mini as they grow up on the sugar plantations of Suriname in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Where Sarith is the most beautiful woman in the colony the mulatto Mini-Mini is forever in her shadow slave to her own...
Hoe Duur Was De Suiker
Country: Netherlands Antilles, Netherlands
Tula The Revolt is an international English spoken feature length movie about the leader of the big slave uprising on the island of Curacao a Dutch colony in 1795. Tula The Revolt tells the true story of a man who dared to stand up against his oppressors leading his people in a peaceful march for freedom equality and brotherhood. An action movie but at the same time a character movie...
100 min
Tula: The Revolt
Country: Egypt, United States, United Kingdom
The Square is an intimate observational documentary that tells the real story of the ongoing struggle of the Egyptian Revolution through the eyes of six very different protesters. Starting in the tents of Tahrir in the days leading up to the fall of Mubarak we follow our characters on a life-changing journey through the euphoria of victory into the uncertainties and dangers of the current...
Al Midan
Robert Raes second feature film conveys a world burning with raw-edged political relevance. Its 1926. Britain is taken to the brink of revolution only seven years after the slaughter of the trenches. Savage austerity cuts imposed by the government turn law abiding citizens into law breakers in a heroic battle against the state. From the makers of the multi-award winning feature Trouble...
The Happy Lands
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Arnost Lustig was one of the worlds most renowned literary authors of our times. Lustigs novel A girl from Antwerp upon which our film Colette is based draws on the authors personal Nazi Concentration Camp experience and his own recollection of several escape attempts from the hell of Auschwitz. The story of The Pulitzer Prize nominee Lustig is about the power of love under an extreme life...
126 min
Colette
Country: Australia
In 1815 a young convict leads a wretched guerrilla army of outlaws deserters and bushmen in open rebellion against the morally corrupt government on the notorious prison settlement of Van Diemens Land. As their numbers grow by the day Michael Howes gang threaten to overrun the colony. An epic story of love and betrayal The Outlaw Michael Howe will chronicle the astonishing true story of the...
The Outlaw Michael Howe
Country: India, Fiji
In 1948 a cross-fire erupts at an isolated stretch of Indo-Pak border leaving only two soldiers alive. One is an Indian soldier of Pakistani origin while the other happens to be a Pakistani soldier of Indian origin. An ironic story of pride and survival begins when - in an attempt to evade danger they bump into each other. And amidst continuous exchange of bullets altercations and murkier...
98 min
Kya Dilli Kya Lahore
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
In the summer of 1969 Bernard a Gaspesian fishermans son arrive in Perce to fin work. He meets Paul Jacques and Francis Quebec Independence activists who have come to open the Fishermans House. They aim to organize public conferences and offer lodgings to young travelers. A motley crowd of Quebecers from all over the province soon flocks to Perce: artists hippies rockers hitchhikers...
97 min
La Maison Du Pêcheur
Set during the seizure of the throne by Sejo of Joseon in the year 1455 the movie follows the life of Nae-Kyung. Nae-Kyung the son of a ruined noble family goes all around Joseon and studies physiognomy. He is able to assess the personality mental state and habits of a person by looking at someones face. Because of his abilities he gets involved in a power struggle between Prince Sooyang...
142 min
Gwansang
Country: Netherlands, Hungary, Belgium
Genre: Action, Adventure, History
While she fights a heroic battle against the Spanish besieger with her female army Kenau driven by hate and sorrow of the execution of her youngest daughter is threatened to also lose her eldest daughter because her fear and pain are covered by her stubborn...
Kenau
Country: Russia
GAGARIN: FIRST IN SPACE is a feature film featuring amazing SFX that celebrates the bravery and achievements of Yuri Gagarin - the first man in space. On April 12 1961 Soviet cosmonaut Gagarin blasted off in a Vostok rocket and he orbited Earth for 108 minutes. He was the cosmonaut who was selected from over three thousand fighter pilots throughout the Soviet Union. Once chosen Gagarin is...
Gagarin: First In Space
Country: France, Israel, Bulgaria
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Victor Young Perez tells the astonishing harrowing and incredible moving story of a Tunisian Jewish boxer who became the World Flyweight Champion in 1931 and 1932. Perez started training as a boxer at age 14 along with his older brother Benjamin Kid Perez Perez rose to great fame via the help and guidance of Leon Bellier and had a brief relationship with French-Italian actress Mireille...
103 min
Victor Young Perez
Genre: Documentary, Drama, History, Thriller
On May 13 1985 Philadelphia police dropped two pounds of military explosives onto a city row house occupied by the radical group MOVE. The resulting fire was not fought for over an hour although firefighters were on the scene with water cannons in place. Five children and six adults were killed and sixty-one homes were destroyed by the six-alarm blaze one of the largest in the citys history....
Let The Fire Burn
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History, Music
In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey is a documentary film about the legendary American guitarist composer and provocateur John Fahey 1939-2001. Fahey is often considered the godfather of American primitive guitar. This cinematic exploration features Pete Townshend Chris Funk of The Decemberists and Joey Burns of Calexico. These stellar musicians along with Fahey associates...
In Search Of Blind Joe Death: The Saga Of John Fahey
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, History, Musical
Sophia Grace and Rosie are sent to Switzelvania by The Ellen DeGeneres Show as special correspondents tasked with covering the coronation of a new queen. Once there they encounter three very different princesses competing for the throne. Together the girls hatch a royal plot to help the best candidate...
Sophia Grace & Rosie's Royal Adventure
