Helter Skelter
6.4
2004
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A new take on the Manson Family murders, with a keen focus on Charles Manson himself.
I Dream of Wires
6.7
2014
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The history and resurgence of the electronic modular music synthesizer.
The Wobblies
7.4
1979
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Investigates a nation torn by naked corporate greed and the red-hot rift between the industrial masters and the rabble-rousing workers in the field and factory.
Shot Heard 'Round the World
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2001
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Playoff game between New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
The Kids From the Port
5.6
2022
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Miguel makes the journey that his grandfather, locked up by his own family, cannot: his mission is to go to a funeral and leave an army jacket on the grave of his grandfathers friend. Accompanied by Lola and Guillermo, Miguel leaves that cement island that is his Nazaret neighborhood. He wanders the outskirts of Valencia, looking for a cemetery and faces a deserted city.
Jeronimo
8.8
2019
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Born to Korean immigrant parents freed from indentured servitude in early twentieth century Mexico, Jerónimo Lim Kim joins the Cuban Revolution with his law school classmate Fidel Castro and becomes an accomplished government official in the Castro regime, until he rediscovers his ethnic roots and dedicates his later life to reconstructing his Korean Cuban identity. After Jerónimos death, younger Korean Cubans recognize his legacy, but it is not until they are presented with the opportunity to visit South Korea that questions about their mixed identity resurface.
The Female Closet
6.3
1998
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Lesbian photographer Alice Austen is profiled in this documentary.
Iancu Jianu, Outlaw
7.6
1981
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Together with Mereanu, Jianu plots to overthrow the Phanariot regime.
UNLADYLIKE: The Change Makers
6.9
2020
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Timed with the 2020 womens suffrage centennial, American Masters - Unladylike2020: The Changemakers takes a look at women whose courage and tenacity 100 years ago shaped the political life and future of this nation. Their accomplishments were instrumental in accomplishing voting rights for women -- but also in improving the quality of life for all citizens. This hour-long PBS American Masters animated documentary film will present profiles of five little-known women trailblazers who were active in government, civil rights, and citizenship rights, behaving in ways that placed them outside the mainstream of expected behaviors for ladies at the turn of the 20th century. They include: Martha Hughes Cannon, the countrys first female state senator; Jovita Idar, a journalist, and president of one of the first Mexican American womens civil rights organizations; Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress; Mary Church Terrell, a leader in the anti-lynching movement and a founder of the NAACP; and Zitkála-Sá, aka Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, who lobbied for U.S. citizenship, voting rights and sovereignty for American Indians a century ago.
The Plot to Kill Hitler
4.8
2023
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The 20th July 1944. Operation Valkyrie is underway. Conspirators race to change the course of history forever. Will the plot succeed or will Adolf Hitler escape unharmed...once again?
The Challenger
7.3
2013
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Factual drama exploring the truth behind the space shuttle Challengers 1986 disintegration.
Hannah: Buddhism's Untold Journey
7.4
2014
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Hannah tells the story of Buddhist pioneer Hannah Nydahl and her life bringing Tibetan Buddhism to the West. From her idealistic roots in 1960s Copenhagen to the hippie trail in Nepal, Hannah and her husband Ole became two of the first Western students of His Holiness the 16th Karmapa - the first consciously reincarnated lama of Tibet in 1110. Hannah went on to become an assistant and translator for some of the most powerful Tibetan lamas and a bridge between Buddhism in the East and the West.
Manasse
6.8
1925
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Drama on the theme of religious intolerance in the Orthodox Jewish environment in a Moldovan provincial city and the change of mentality that the new generations bring.
Linotype: The Film
7.5
2012
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Called the \Eighth Wonder of the World\ by Thomas Edison, the Linotype revolutionized printing and society. The film tells the surprisingly emotional story of the people connected to the Linotype and how it impacted the world.
The Fighting Lady
5.9
1944
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An indepth look at aircraft carrier combat operations during Wolrd War II. Real combat footage. Very strong and compelling.
Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden
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2009
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Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden explores the artists brilliant career through his 2007 retrospective exhibition at Londons Royal Academy of Arts. Accompanied by curator Norman Rosenthal, who first exhibited paintings by Baselitz in the early 1970s, the artist discusses painting, sculpture and the trajectory of his work. The exhibit emphasizes Baselitz ability to create imagery that deals unflinchingly with his position as a post-war artist. In responding to contemporary experience and exploring his own painterly instincts, Baselitz creates symbols which reflect deep-rooted human dilemmas and concerns.
Start a New World
6.4
2014
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A short narrative film set in 1908 Pennsylvania, telling a story from a forgotten generation of Romanian US immigrants.
Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel García Márquez
7.2
2022
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Gabo, The Magic of Reality is a story about the incredible power of human imagination, which follows the interwoven threads of Gabriel García Márquezs life and work - Gabo to all of Latin America - with the narrative tension of an investigation.
Mute Fire
6.8
2019
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While a director makes a film about this the origins of Cinema in Colombia, suddenly, his mother, apparently suffers a strange mental disease: without explanation she stops talking. This situation forces him to stop his film and starts recording his mothers everyday activity, trying to understand what possibly is happening to her. The director decides to revisit his familys past and finds a video footage of a childrens theater play, shot by his mother, in which he himself acts as a false guerrilla fighter. This discovery brings him back to his original film and leads him to find the relationship that exists between the origins of Colombian cinema and what the media called \falsos positivos\ a painful recent even in which it was found out that the army killed innocent youngsters and dressed then up as guerrilla fighters to give the impression they were winning the armed conflict.
The Great Famine
7.3
2011
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The American Experience looks at Hebert Hoovers American Relief Administration and its efforts to distribute food during the Great Russian Famine of 1921.
Pintea
7.6
1976
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Grigore Pintea, a former officer in the Habsburg army, returns to his native village in Maramures.
LA 92
4.3
2017
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Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, filmmakers examine that tumultuous period through rarely seen archival footage.
Nanking
7.8
2007
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Through readings of historical account by actors and the testimony of survivors, the events of the Nanjing Massacre are recounted.
Japan's Longest Day
7.1
1967
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Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperors civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.