Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
1901-11-16This early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States.
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Daniel Ali, a rebellious schoolteacher in colonial Algeria
2012-01-01In 1954, Daniel Vérin, a young schoolteacher of Algerian descent, made a radical decision: he turned his back on colonial France and joined the Algeri...
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The Suitcase of Dreams
1953-10-29A former silent film actor who has saved old movies of his time from destruction uses them to set up recreational performances at schools. After an ac...
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The Long Winter
1999-03-13In 1838, François-Xavier Bouchard fights beside his Québec countrymen and the English minority.
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Ten Years before Independence
2007-09-01October 20th, 1947 was a historical day in the Malayan people's constitutional struggle for independence from British colonialism. This documentary ch...
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The Dreamers
1987-01-01Set in the Middle East in 1919, a group of European Jews planning on settling in the Sinai Desert are attacked by Bedouin tribesmen. As they fight for...
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The Messengers Hurry
1980-11-01The film is about the heroic struggle of the Kazakh people against the hordes of bloodthirsty Dzungars and the victory over the Dzungars (XVIII centur...
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Twelve Years of Wind and Rain
2001-01-01The lives of Sun Yat-sen and his wife, Soong Ching-ling between 1913 and 1925.
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Generation Sputnik
2016-12-01From 1957 —the year in which the Soviets put the Sputnik 1 satellite into orbit— to 1969 —when American astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the surface...
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The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937-01-15Lyrical biography of the classical composer, depicted as a romantic hero, an accursed artist.
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King George VI: The Man Behind the King's Speech
2011-07-01This documentary tells the story of the man who overcame his own failings for the sake of his nation. When his older brother, Edward VIII, abdicated t...
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Panama Canal
2011-01-24On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signaling America's emergence as a global superpower.
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Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop
2004-06-11Inspired by the moving book “Só as Mães São Felizes”, by Lucinha Araújo, Cazuza's mother, the film covers a little more than 10 years of the singer’s ...
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The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
2009-01-29Eight men escape from the most isolated prison on earth. Only one man survives and the story he recounts shocks the British establishment to the core....
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