The Lady
7.1
2011
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The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burmas democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.
White Vengeance
6.2
2011
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White Vengeance tells the story of two brothers contending for supremacy during the fall of the Qin Dynasty, which ruled Imperial China from 221 to 206 BC. As rebels rose, the nation fell into chaos. Liu Bang (Leon Lai) and Xiang Yu (Feng Shaofeng), became leaders of the rebellious army, and also became sworn brothers in battle. Xiang Yu and Liu Bang are close friends who both serve King Huai of Chu. King Huai uses a plot, saying that whoever can subvert the Qin kingdom in Guanzhong would be the Lord Qin, in order to benefit from the competition between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. Xiang Yu is over-confident. He fights against the main force of Qin army, and entrusts Liu Bang with Yu Ji (Liu Yifei), the woman he loves. Liu Bang expresses his love to Yu Ji and takes the chance to invade Guanzhong first when most of Qin army is outside fighting against Xiang Yus army. Xiang Yu is furious u0026 betrayed when he found it. Xiang planned to kill Liu at a banquet held in Hong Men, during which Zhang Liang (Zhang Hanyu), the mastermind of Liu Bang, and Fan Zeng (Anthony Wong), the mastermind of Xiang Yu, have a direct confrontation. But who will emerge as the winner from this epic battle and survive to claim their path to the crown?
My Grandfather's People
8
2011
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Grandpapa and his family were torn from their land, forced to migrate from Crete during the population exchange when he was just seven years old. Grands greatest desire is to see the land of his birth before he dies. It is this longing that makes him frequently drop bottles containing letters into the Aegean.
Nova Zembla
5.8
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A Dutch exploration team sets sail to find the North East passage to the Indies. The weather had other ideas for them.
Hitler's Children
7.4
2011
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A look into the lives of the descendants of the top Nazi officials who worked under Hitlers command.
The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD
6.5
2011
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By coincidence rather than by design, the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann makes a sensational discovery in the spring of 1943. He realizes that he is dealing with a powerful molecule that will have an impact that reaches far beyond the scientific world. THE SUBSTANCE is an investigation into our troubled relationship with LSD, told from its beginnings to today.
Rebellion
6.9
2011
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Dissidents in a French overseas territory attack a police station and take hostages.
Murundak: Songs of Freedom
6.6
2011
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A documentary following the Black Arm Band, a gathering of Australias finest Aboriginal musicians, as they take to the road with their songs of struggle, resistance and freedom.
The Parade
7.3
2011
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A homophobic Serbian gangster is forced to make a deal with wedding planner gay activist, to assemble a team which will protect the upcoming Pride Parade in Belgrade, and in exchange his fiancée can get her dream wedding.
The Heineken Kidnapping
6.5
2011
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A bold, amateur kidnapping goes wildly awry in this fictionalized account of beer magnate Alfred Heinekens 1983 abduction, which would go on to become one of The Netherlands most infamous crimes.
Anonymous
6.9
2011
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The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeares plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.
Texas Killing Fields
5.7
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In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders.
Vito
7.3
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The Girls in the Band
7.4
2011
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In the world of jazz, women have long been marginalized as singers or piano players. Little has ever been documented about the enormously talented female trumpet players, saxophonist and drummers who struggled for recognition but were cut off from any meaningful employment by men who didnt want women on their bandstands. This film traces the history of the all-girl bands and the struggles of the handful who broke through the male bastions, and brings us into the present day, where brilliantly gifted young women are going toe-to-toe with the finest jazz musicians of their day. Written by Anonymous
The Civil War on Drugs
7.8
2011
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The Civil War on Drugs is a historical drama that the WKUK made to document the journey to legalize marijuana during the War Between the States.
The Idiot
6.3
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A story of a man, whose sincerity becomes a great weapon in a cynical world.
The History of the World in 2 Hours
7
2011
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A rapid-fire history of our world, from the beginning of time as we know it to present day. This two-hour CGI-driven special delves into the key turning points: the formation of earth, emergence of life, spread of man and the growth of civilization--and reveals their surprising connections to our world today.
Hell and Back Again
6.5
2011
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What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Afghanistan has been able to achieve. It is a masterpiece in the cinema of war.
Mister Bob
4
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This film is based on the true character of Robert (Bob) Denard in the 1960s when he fights in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As a mercenary, he defends President Mobutu, who won his position after a putsch. Despite pressures from the French government who supports Mobutus opponent Moïse Tshombé, Denard stays loyal to Mobutu until the very end, when he understand that Mobutu wants him dead. Denards only solution becomes to get rid of Mobutu, but the French government ends up changing side to support Mobutu. Luckily for him, Denard manages to be rescued after a head injury during combat against Mobutus troops.
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
7.4
2011
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The Gang of Oss
6.7
2011
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Netherlands, 1938. In a small town in the province of North Brabant called Oss, Johanna wants to change her life and quit the criminal gangs of the town. The harder she tries, the more she is involved.
Free Men
6.6
2011
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In Paris during WWII, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man.
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
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A documentary on the subject of the collections of books, instruments and medical anomalies at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Mutter Museum housed there. This short film represents the first to be made by the internationally recognized Quay Brothers in the United States. While not a stop-motion animation film, a form for which the Quays are best known, the entire film is vibrantly constructed and animated. Musical score by composer Tim Nelson and voice-over provided by Derek Jacobi.
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
6.7
2011
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A sons riveting look at a father whose life seemed straight out of a spy thriller. The secret world of a legendary CIA spymaster. Told by William Colbys son Carl, the story is at once a probing history of the CIA, a personal memoir of a family living in clandestine shadows, and an inquiry into the hard costs of a nations most cloaked actions.