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THE QUEST: Nepal
Prime Video
THE QUEST: Nepal
'THE QUEST: Nepal' is an epic journey to deeper understand and climb the most iconic mountain on earth, Everest, and to unveil the fascinating culture, history and nature of Nepal. From experiencing Mt. Everest like never before to witnessing remarkable rarely seen stories from one of the most unique countries in the world, 'THE QUEST: Nepal' is truly a one-of-a-kind cinematic journey like no other, and one which embodies the incredible human spirit of adventure that lives inside us all!
THE QUEST: Nepal 2022
Florián Rey: de luz y de sombra
Florián Rey: de luz y de sombra
The life and professional career of the Spanish filmmaker Florián Rey (1894-1962), a brilliant artist who began his career in silent films and had great commercial success during the Second Republic (1931-1936): a journey to the early days of Spanish cinema.
Florián Rey: de luz y de sombra 2022
Where the Devil Can't Go, He Sends a Woman
Where the Devil Can't Go, He Sends a Woman
Poland in the 80’s was a country ruled by crisis and a sense of hopelessness. Only few knew how to turn crisis into a business. It was a golden time for them. How did they know what would bring them money? How did they operate in a country where almost everything was forbidden?
Where the Devil Can't Go, He Sends a Woman 2022
Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance
Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance
In 1847, British writer Emily Brontë (1818-48), perhaps the most enigmatic of the three Brontë sisters, published her novel Wuthering Heights, a dark romance set in the desolation of the moors, a unique work of early Victorian literature that stunned contemporary critics.
Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance 2022
The Hero Named Koxinga
The Hero Named Koxinga
Zheng Chenggong, Prince of Yanping (or Koxinga) was a Ming loyalist who resisted the Qing conquest of China. In 1661, Koxinga defeated the Dutch outposts on Taiwan and established a dynasty, the House of Koxinga, which ruled part of the island as the Kingdom of Tungning from 1661 to 1683.
The Hero Named Koxinga 2022
Prague au service de Moscou : Dans les secrets de la guerre froide
Prague au service de Moscou : Dans les secrets de la guerre froide
Prague au service de Moscou : Dans les secrets de la guerre froide 2022
Prehistoric Women
Prehistoric Women
Prehistoric Women 2022
Steps of Freedom: The Story of Irish Dance
Steps of Freedom: The Story of Irish Dance
This wonderfully entertaining dance documentary tells the extraordinary story of how Irish dance developed over centuries from a traditional peasant dance to a form that has taken the world by storm and is enjoyed by tens of millions. The film shows how Irish dance has both been influenced by and influenced the dance of many cultures and how it developed as an expression of resistance.
Steps of Freedom: The Story of Irish Dance 2022
La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)
La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)
The amazing story of Cifesa, a mythical film production company founded in Valencia by the Casanova family that managed to dominate the box office during the turbulent times of the Second Spanish Republic, the carnage of the Civil War and the hardships of the long post-war period and Franco's dictatorship — and survive until the sixties, when Spain was timidly beginning to change.
La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961) 2022
American Royalty
Freevee
American Royalty
The American Royalty docuseries showcases an in-depth perspective of the Miss America Pageant. Experience the hundred year history, influence, controversy, and evolution of this iconic institution.
American Royalty 2022
Babi Yar. Context
Babi Yar. Context
Nazi troops massacre 30,000 Jews over a three-day period in September 1941. Babyn Yar ravine in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Babi Yar. Context 2022
The Viking Sisters
The Viking Sisters
In 10th century Norway, a young shaman is forced to hunt down her outlaw sister.
The Viking Sisters 2022
Our Falklands War: A Frontline Story
Our Falklands War: A Frontline Story
A story told by ten men who fought together in the Falklands War, with unflinching honesty, discussion of life-changing moments of combat and how they have come to terms with them since.
Our Falklands War: A Frontline Story 2022
The Death of Lazarus
The Death of Lazarus
Marta and Maria mourn the death of their brother Lázaro. A group of Jews try to comfort Maria while Marta leaves to meet Jesus. The disciples try to warn their master about the dangers of returning to Judea. Nearby, a miracle is about to happen.
The Death of Lazarus 2022
Black Far West
Black Far West
Did you know that the first cowboys were black? Using magnificent archives and testimonies from historians, Cécile Denjean restores justice to African-Americans in the story of the conquest of the West.
Black Far West 2022
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
The story of Fantômas, the first villain of modernity, from his birth in 1911 as a novel character to his contemporary vicissitudes, passing through Louis Feuillade, André Hunebelle, surrealism and Moscow.
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain 2022
The Legend of the Gold Train
The Legend of the Gold Train
In the endgame of WWII a few hundred bank employees and their family members rescued Hungary's entire gold reserves on a train from the Soviet army and were hiding it in a small Austrian village until the end of the war.
The Legend of the Gold Train 2022
Killing a Traitor
Killing a Traitor
In coincidence with the Nationalization of Iranian Oil Industry, when the Iranian government faces budget deficits due to the fact that the entire world stops acquiring oil from the country, Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh asks the people for support. So a group of university students decide to rob the National Bank of Iran for good, but simultaneously some robbers enter the bank and steal the money. It seems that the destiny would be marked in the confrontation of the student activists and the opportunist thieves…
Killing a Traitor 2022
Illyricvm
Illyricvm
The year is 37 BC. A young Liburnian Volsus is taken by a Roman unit to help in what at first seems a simple task of collecting taxes, but the encounters with local Illyrian tribes soon lead to unexpected turns of events, as they show more resilience to subjugation than meets the eye. We see their archaic, emotional world of quaint and brutal laws and traditions through the eyes of this youngster, regarded by the Romans as a primitive barbarian, and gradually come to understand that their world is not all that different from our own.
Illyricvm 2022
Lady at Number 16
Lady at Number 16
Based on the tale by Dale Jarvis, "Lady at Number 16" tells the story of two sailors in the 1800s that help a young lady back into her mansion. They return a few hours later to realize that their night was not all that it had seemed, and it may have had a more sinister twist than expected.
Lady at Number 16 2022
The Rise and Fall of the Etruscans
The Rise and Fall of the Etruscans
For eight centuries, between the 9th and 1st century BC, the Etruscans, inhabitants of the Italian peninsula, were one of the most powerful peoples of the Mediterranean basin, and when they disappeared they left behind impressive necropolises, vestiges of sanctuaries and even entire cities. How did they attain such power? How far did they extend their dominion and influence? What were the causes of their decline?
The Rise and Fall of the Etruscans 2022
Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry
Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry is a remarkable and unique work of art that has survived for almost 1,000 years. Made in the 11th century, it tells the story of William of Normandy’s claim to the English throne, culminating in the Norman invasion of England and the Battle of Hastings. At nearly 70 metres in length, the Bayeux Tapestry includes 623 characters, hundreds of animals and a wide diversity of scenes depicting everyday life and epic events. It is a treasure trove of information, offering an extraordinary insight into a pivotal moment in history.
Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry 2022
Children of Chaos
Children of Chaos
In 1945, twelve million homeless children wandered through the rubble of a Europe that had just emerged from the deadliest conflict it had ever known. An unprecedented number of children were separated from their parents or orphaned. Under the guise of the best interests of these children and of the nation, France, the United States, Great Britain and the countries of Central Europe embarked on a veritable race for children. By demographic opportunism, by fear of seeing them indoctrinated by a new totalitarianism, these countries move and adopt these orphans, erasing their history and their identity.
Children of Chaos 2022
Chernobyl: The Last Habitant
Chernobyl: The Last Habitant
Chernobyl: The Last Habitant 2022
Silver Spitfire - The Longest Flight
Silver Spitfire - The Longest Flight
A British expeditionary team attempt a dangerous, world-first circumnavigation of the Earth in an 80-year-old vintage World War II fighter to inspire a new generation through the freedom of flight.
Silver Spitfire - The Longest Flight 2022
Her War, Her Story: World War II
Her War, Her Story: World War II
Explore the stories of women caught up in World War II, from the American Home Front to Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland. Included in this hour-long film are also the personal stories of the incredible women who served in a war that proved women were equal to men when it came to patriotism, service, or in some cases, self-preservation during watershed moments which called for steadfastness.
Her War, Her Story: World War II 2022
Har Har Mahadev
Har Har Mahadev
The young Shivaji Shahaji Bhosale is building the foundation of Hindavi Swarajya. This is the beginning of a memorable journey for the man who will go on to be known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. But to turn this dream of Swarajya into reality, he must unite the Watandars.
Har Har Mahadev 2022
One Drift and We All Go Home
One Drift and We All Go Home
Kenai, Alaska. July 1998. Commercial fishing has been closed for nine days. Dozens of workers have lost nearly an entire year's income waiting for regulations to lift... all while a nearby tourist spot teems with joyfully unregulated sportfishermen.
One Drift and We All Go Home 2022
Eger, 1552
Eger, 1552
Two sixth-graders lose their way on a school trip and find themselves in the middle of the siege of Eger in 1552, on the exact day that the Turks unleash their final attack.
Eger, 1552 2022
Los Negros
Los Negros
Seville, Spain, 14th century. A group of black slaves brought from Africa form the Hermandad de los Negros, a Holy Week brotherhood that has survived over the centuries, despite the opposition of the powerful; still active, it is one of the oldest institutions in Europe.
Los Negros 2022
Dark Classics
Dark Classics
The Dark Classics team of Dr. Renah Wolzinger, Craig Railsback, Keith Wolzinger and Sean Glumace filmed Dawna Lee Heising performing a monologue by Lady Macbeth from Shakespeare's classic play "Macbeth".
Dark Classics 2022
The Jews of Corfu
The Jews of Corfu
The Jews of Corfu 2022
Kavisamrat
Kavisamrat
Biography of Viswandha Satyanarayna. A Telugu Poet who ruled telugu literary world for five decades from 1920 to 1970
Kavisamrat 2022
The Harrisville Haunting: The Real Conjuring House
Prime Video
The Harrisville Haunting: The Real Conjuring House
Four paranormal researchers and YouTubers document the paranormal claims of the Harrisville Farmhouse. The inspiration for the well known movie "The Conjuring". Is it truly haunted?
The Harrisville Haunting: The Real Conjuring House 2022
Le Siècle des couturières
Le Siècle des couturières
Le Siècle des couturières 2022
Grutte Pier
Grutte Pier
The magical epos of Friesland's biggest hero.
Grutte Pier 2022
Besieged
Besieged
Serbia, autumn 1942, The SS has dispatched 200 men to the mountains to flush-out Commander Nikola Kalabic after receiving intelligence from a local informer of his whereabouts. The commander is accompanied by an elite unit of his Royal Mountain Corp troops.
Besieged 2022
N.Y. State of Mind Tour
N.Y. State of Mind Tour
From the slums of Shaolin Wu Tang Clan strikes again, paired with the great Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones. In this back-to-back event the Hip-Hop legends take us on a cinematic musical journey through Hip-Hop itself, their discography, whilst channeling an Abel Ferrara "King of New York" aesthetic. All preformed in the name of love and unity.
N.Y. State of Mind Tour 2022
After Rock
After Rock
Frank Morris and John Anglin are two escaped Alcatraz convicts, lying low in small-town Orcutt, California, 1965. They plan to pull off a daring heist and live out the rest of their days in recluse. How will they make it out when troubled teenager Michael Andrew Clark goes on a killing spree?
After Rock 2022
Lisbon and WWII Spies, Gold and Diplomacy
Lisbon and WWII Spies, Gold and Diplomacy
Portugal managed to get through all of World War II without firing a single shot. Caught in a vise between the Axis and the Allies, Antonio Salazar, the country’s strongman, used every trick in the book to get his country through unscathed. In this war of nerves in which anything went, the Portuguese dictator took brilliant advantage of the only weapon available to maintain his country’s independence: neutrality.
Lisbon and WWII Spies, Gold and Diplomacy 2022