Maurice Audin, The Disappearance
2010-06-28In Algiers, in June 1957, Maurice Audin, a 25-year-old mathematician, was arrested by French paratroopers. His wife, Josette, and their three children...
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The Other Side of Victory
1979-06-12This film dramatizes the problems facing ordinary American soldiers during the Revolutionary War, explaining why most ultimately chose to stay and fig...
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John Adams: Nixon in China
2012-04-102012 telecast production of John Adams's opera Nixon in China, recorded at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France.
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Capitulation, the Final Hours that Ended World War II
2005-05-07A film made of archives mostly unknown, on the last day of the Second World War in Europe and on the events which preceded it. This film also shows th...
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Toppling a Saint
2024-12-31An exploration of America’s cultural divide ignited by the 2020 controversy surrounding the forcible toppling of Father Junipero Serra’s statues. Best...
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La leyenda del tambor
1981-09-17In June 1808, Napoleon's troops invade Spain. A boy named Isidro will beat his drum in the mountains of El Bruc, making the French army believe that t...
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Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
1961-03-29French docu-drama which chronicles the chain of events that lead to the hanging of German-journalist Richard Sorge, who was executed in 1944 after he ...
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Running on Empty
1991-04-08Based on a true story, and recreated from the personal account of one of the robbers, the film follows an immigrant from mainland China in 1975 as he ...
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Umar Marvi
1956-03-12King of Umarkot, is looking for a bride but finds none to his liking. Phog mentions the unmatchable beauty of Marvi. Umar decides to check out Marvi f...
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May the Second
1927-12-05Film based on the historic facts of what happened in Madrid in 2 May 1808.
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Proserpina - Erotic Violence in Art
2026-02-07For centuries, art has stylised violence against women - and called it beauty. Proserpina (or Persephone) frees herself from Pluto's grip and leads us...
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An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953-11-23A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself ...
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Ponnar Shankar
2011-04-09Ponnar Shankar is based on historical novel written by Kalangir M. Karunanidhi. Story is about the two warriors, both are brothers named Ponner and Sa...
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Riddles of the Sphinx
2010-01-19For over 4000 years, the Sphinx has puzzled all who have laid eyes on it. What is this crouching lion, human-headed creature? Who built it and why? To...
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Saving the Country Maiden
2022-11-19In the midst of a studio fire in 1921, Joaquin attempts to save the film reel of the first movie he's ever seen.
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