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Shadows from My Past
Shadows from My Past
SHADOWS FROM MY PAST interweaves the tragic fate of one Austrian Jewish Family from Vienna. Letters written from 1939 - 1941 as they were trying to save their children and each other reverberate to today. SHADOWS features many face-to-face, unrehearsed interviews with contemporary Austrians and near past contemporary interviews including Simon Wiesenthal, Kurt Waldheim, President Heinz Fischer, Theodore Bikel, Jorg Haider, survivors and many others. SHADOWS interweaves the memories of Gita Kaufman's family with Austria's present perceptions with Austria's present perceptions of its role in the persecution and deportation of Jews during World War II. SHADOWS underlines the need for Holocaust memory preservation, tolerance education, and serves as a warning for today.
Shadows from My Past 2014
The Moon
The Moon
1972 was the year a great affair ended, as the human race fell out of love with the moon. Just three years after the world was gripped by Neil Armstrong's giant leap for mankind, the last man left the moon and we have never been back. This film tells the epic story of our love affair with the moon - what inspired it, how it faded away and how we are now falling in love all over again.
The Moon 2006
La Rafle du Vel d'Hiv, la honte et les larmes
La Rafle du Vel d'Hiv, la honte et les larmes
In 1942, more than 8,000 Jews were arrested on 16 and 17 July and sent to the Vélodrome d'Hiver sports center in the 15th district, a stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower, before being deported. The expression "Vel d'Hiv round-up" has become part of our collective memory, to the point of becoming the main memorial reference point for France during the dark years. Based on research carried out in unpublished or rarely explored archives, this film retraces the history of this roundup as experienced by hunted Jews and police trackers, from its planning in the Vichy offices to its hour-by-hour unfolding in the streets of Paris.
La Rafle du Vel d'Hiv, la honte et les larmes 2022
1812
1812
The Chronicle of 1812
1812 1984
Extreme Caving
Extreme Caving
Join Buddy Davis in this 3rd episode of the “Amazing Adventures” DVD series as he explores an amazing world found beneath the earth. In this new show, Extreme Caving you will enjoy the hidden treasures of nature as Buddy climbs, crawls and squeezes through several miles of subterranean passages, revealing clear evidence of Noah's flood. You'll also find out more about bats, blind cave fish, cavemen and how caves formed when Buddy talks with several leading scientists. Sure to be a thrilling adventure as you too experience the feeling of being several hundred feet underground.
Extreme Caving 2013
Foreign Devils
Foreign Devils
Capt. Robert Kelly holds off the foreign mob single-handed and makes good his escape during the Boxer rebellion.
Foreign Devils 1927
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
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The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
A documentary profile of Pasadena society girl turned adventurer and aviator, Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes. In the 1920's and 30's, Barnes was Hollywood's top woman stunt pilot. In the 1940's and 50's, she owned and operated the (in)famous "Happy Bottom Riding Club" - a fly-in resort located near Edwards Air Force Base.
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club 2009
The Mountain
The Mountain
Michael Lawrence’s evocative and illuminating documentaty about Hobart’s iconic mountain. A fascinating insight into the history and people of Mt. Wellington and its flora and fauna.
The Mountain 1
Shinjuku Station
Shinjuku Station
The Shinjuku district was the epicentre of Tokyo's art scene and the political fever pitch where protests took place on a regular basis during the 1960s. Jonouchi's compilation footage of the area defies documentary imagery and transforms itself into something altogether more poetically subjective, attempting to capture the chaos of the location through his camerawork and editing. In 1974, Jonouchi projected images of the past onto himself whilst reciting Dada-influenced and virtually inaudible poetry generating a cacophony of images and sounds, drawing from and participating in the maelstrom of political and artistic expression during the era.
Shinjuku Station 1974
Geschichten aus dem Hofbräuhaus
Geschichten aus dem Hofbräuhaus
"Stories from the Hofbräuhaus," an official documentary on the world-famous Hofbräuhaus. The DVD comes in a wooden carrying out of the Bavarian Forest. The film is written in seven languages: German, English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Japanese.
Geschichten aus dem Hofbräuhaus 1
Pictures
Pictures
Walter Burton's realistic photographs depicting poor treatment of Maori prisoners are rejected by late 19th century government officials. Walter is condemned to making a living from everyday studio work, the frustration of which is apparently quite sufficient to make him a drunk. His brother Alfred is happy to take the photos that the officials want and therefore gets the commissions. Alfred's photos are well received, but when Walter shows his own photos, toughs are sent around to smash up his plates.
Pictures 1981
Arena
Arena
A story of forbidden love. An LGBTQ drama set in Ancient Rome. Arena tells the incredible true story of adopted son of one of Rome's cruelest emperors who must choose between his life as the future ruler of the Ancient world or a love and friendship once forcefully forgotten.
Arena 2021
Namak
Namak
Imprisoned after coming together to protest against the British India salt tax, the inmates are left to fight their internal struggles of class and caste.
Namak 2021
Coexist
Coexist
Coexist tells the emotional stories of women who survived the Rwandan genocide in 1994. They continue to cope with the loss of their families as the killers who created this trauma return from jail back to the villages where they once lived. Faced with these perpetrators on a daily basis, the victims must decide whether they can forgive them or not. Their decisions are unfathomable to many, and speak to a humanity that has survived the worst violence imaginable.
Coexist 1
Gandugali Kumararama
Gandugali Kumararama
Gandugali Kumararama is the King Kampila
Gandugali Kumararama 2006
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
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Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
This true, astonishing story describes how King Leopold II of Belgium turned Congo into its private colony between 1885 and 1908. Under his control, Congo became a gulag labor camp of shocking brutality. Leopold posed as the protector of Africans fleeing Arab slave-traders but, in reality, he carved out an empire based on terror to harvest rubber.
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death 2004
Our Anguilla
Our Anguilla
Our Anguilla is a short film about the history of Anguilla (British West Indies). The film was shot on location in Anguilla in the summer of 2008.
Our Anguilla 2008
The Mother Eagle
The Mother Eagle
After learning of her convent's closure, a nun prays to Marie of the Incarnation and receives an answer in person.
The Mother Eagle 2021
Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh
As his one and only friend, Enkidu, dies in his arms, King Gilgamesh is faced with the ultimate truth that is his own mortality.
Gilgamesh 2012
2001 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review
2001 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review
What a season! Records tumbled, new boys rocked the establishment and a 22-year old British rookie wrote his name into the history books by almost becoming the first ever driver to win the Formula 1 Drivers’ World Championship in his debut season! How about watch it all over again and keep that terrific F1 season treasured at home?
2001 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review 2001
When the Mountains Tremble
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When the Mountains Tremble
A documentary on the war between the Guatemalan military and the Mayan population, with first hand accounts by Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú.
When the Mountains Tremble 1983
Wright Brothers' Flying Machine
Wright Brothers' Flying Machine
Nova looks at how the Wright brothers made their first powered flight through the efforts of enthusiasts to replicate the Wright's early gliders and airplanes.
Wright Brothers' Flying Machine 2003
Gaggee
Gaggee
A period drama set in the city of Varanasi. The raja of Varansi is unable to satisfy his younger wife’s sexual needs so she has an affair with one of the king’s generals.
Gaggee 2012
Hamilton: Australia
Hamilton: Australia
A filmed version of the live Australian production show of the American Broadway Musical masterpiece, "Hamilton". This unforgettable cinematic stage performance combines the best elements of live theater and film to bring the cultural phenomenon to all Australian cinemas globally so you can experience it on the big screen for this once-in-a-lifetime experience shot at the "Sydney Lyric Theatre" as they tell the story of the real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton through over a decade.
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Last Paradise
Last Paradise
A global quest for adventure, 45 years in the making all in stunning, original footage
Last Paradise 2015
Naval Sham Battle at Newport
Naval Sham Battle at Newport
Showing the attacking forces drawn up in line of battle. They immediately commence firing on the shore batteries. The batteries return the fire with telling effect, but are at last silenced by the overwhelming forces of the enemy. In the distance can be seen the ruins of a bridge destroyed by the invading forces. The smoke thickens as the firing becomes general, and the effect is superb.
Naval Sham Battle at Newport 1900
Upside Down
Upside Down
A Musical Based on the Acts of the Apostles
Upside Down 1987
How to Fly the P-47: Ground Handling, Take Off, Normal Flight
How to Fly the P-47: Ground Handling, Take Off, Normal Flight
War Department Training Film No. 107-B. This is the second in a series of pictures introducing pilots to the P-47. A third picture will cover high altitude flight and aerobatics. In this film you will see GROUND HANDLING ... TAKE-OFF ... NORMAL FLIGHT ... LANDING Presented by the Army Air Forces in cooperation with Republic Aviation (1943)
How to Fly the P-47: Ground Handling, Take Off, Normal Flight 1943
Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land
Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land
A documentary on how British double-dealing during the First World War ignited the conflict between Arab and Jew in the Middle East. The bitter struggle between Arab and Jew for control of the Holy Land has caused untold suffering in the Middle East for generations. It is often claimed that the crisis originated with Jewish emigration to Palestine and the foundation of the state of Israel. Yet the roots of the conflict are to be found much earlier – in British double-dealing during the First World War. This is a story of intrigue among rival empires; of misguided strategies; and of how conflicting promises to Arab and Jew created a legacy of bloodshed which determined the fate of the Middle East.
Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land 2002
The Reckoning: Remembering the Dutch Resistance
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The Reckoning: Remembering the Dutch Resistance
Documentary - The Reckoning: Remembering the Dutch Resistance is the international award-winning documentary that captures the compelling story and eyewitness account of six survivors in war-torn Netherlands during World War II. - Diet Eman
The Reckoning: Remembering the Dutch Resistance 2007
The Red Pledge
The Red Pledge
Film about the 5 Heroes of Vig, who died in a bloody battle during the National Liberation War.
The Red Pledge 1982
Secret Service
Secret Service
In 1864 a Secret Service agent for the Union army goes undercover in Richmond and pretends to be a Confederate captain.
Secret Service 1931
Concerto
Concerto
Concerto is about how, in the last part of World War II, a special piano concert is held in the forest outside Davao City, in Mindanao. In these boondocks, a displaced Filipino family, lead by Military Commander Ricardo and his wife Julia, become acquainted with a group of Japanese officers, similarly camped nearby. Their son Joselito, a Japanese speaker, becomes the conduit with the neighboring Japanese. Their daughters Niña, an aspiring concert pianist and the musically gifted, Maria, who is able to play by ear, are alternately repulsed and intrigued by the officers. Family values are questioned as the family treads the thin line between enmity and friendship with the occupying Japanese. Based on true stories from the director's own family history, Concerto celebrates a family whose reverence for life, expressed through their love of music and friendship, can survive even war, and shows how beauty and compassion does grow in even the harshest of conditions. - Written by anonymous
Concerto 2008
Scent Of An Angel
Scent Of An Angel
“MALAKI - Scent of an Angel” revolves around the families of abducted persons during and in the aftermath of the Lebanese civil war. It sheds the light on the trauma of six different families constantly teetering on the brink of incertitude. Put this way, each family does not know the fate of their abducted family member; whether he is alive or dead. The very premise of the film is humane for it depicts the broken emotional ties within the family away from any political implication. The film combines real interviews within a surreal set on the one hand, and surreal fiction on the other hand. The interviews reveal the family’s reaction towards the abduction of a member. The fiction part is an incarnation of their fantasies; that is, an awaited day of reunion, a recurring dream and a fantasy. The film plays on the notion of blurred reality and fantasies since the families’ reality is unbearable; ultimately, they escape to their dream.
Scent Of An Angel 2011
Winners Of The Wilderness
Winners Of The Wilderness
During the French and Indian War the Indians under Pontiac kidnap Rene. Colonel O'Hara hopes to rescue and wed her.
Winners Of The Wilderness 1927
Angelito
Angelito
A short film about Antonio Luna’s aides-de-camp Jose and Manuel Bernal during the aftermath of Luna’s assassination.
Angelito 2017
Tropical Abyss
Tropical Abyss
A film that portrays the anguish of an artist on the day of the presidential elections in Brazil in 2018.
Tropical Abyss 2019
A Few Love Stories
A Few Love Stories
A Few Love Stories based on classic novels by Giovanni Boccaccio, Anton Francesco Grazzini and Agnolo Firenzuola.
A Few Love Stories 1994
Salacia
Salacia
Tourmaline is an experimental portraitist whose subject is Black trans women. This impressionistic piece concerns Mary Jones, who worked at a New York brothel in the early nineteenth century and was described as a “man-monster” in a tabloid-style lithograph that was published after her arrest, in 1836, for robbery.
Salacia 2019
The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment
The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment
An obscure passage in the Book of Isaiah describing the fall of ancient Israel has, since September 11, 2001, been eerily re-enacted in the United States exactly as it originally occurred in the time of the great prophet of Israel leading to the nation’s demise.
The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment 2012