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Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories
Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories
Legendary writer Ambrose Bierce was known to be brilliant, cantankerous and romantic in all his life's passions, and was revered as one of the top storytellers of the late 19th Century. In 1890, he presented his recently published collection of Civil War Stories to novelist Gertrude Atherton and fledgling young publisher William Randolph Hearst during an infamous meeting in Sonol, California. This meeting sets the forum for the presentation of three of Bierce's most popular stories including "One Kind Of Officer", "Story Of A Conscience" and "An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge." This acclaimed collection features epic battle sequences, deeply conflicted drama and the signature "surprise endings" that characterized most of the short stories by Ambrose Bierce.
Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories 2006
The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein
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The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein
In 1818, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a powerful and timelessness novel which eternal theme is nothing other than man's quest for the secret of life. Since then, the Creature became a pop culture icon, overshadowing the novel and Doctor Frankenstein himself.
The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein 2018
Buya Hamka: Vol. III
Buya Hamka: Vol. III
Depicts Hamka's childhood in Maninjau, West Sumatra, where he showed a great interest in tradition and literature, despite neglecting his education at the pesantren and often clashing with his father. After his mother divorced his father, Hamka went to Mecca to learn about organization, the hajj manasik system, and to pursue his life's greatest mission, building Islam in Indonesia. However, Hamka still struggled with his father and met Siti Raham, an extraordinary woman who became his greatest inspiration in life.
Buya Hamka: Vol. III 1
Mother Teresa & Me
Mother Teresa & Me
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, one of the few canonized saints of our day, is discovered through the eyes of Kavita, a young Englishwoman abandoned by her boyfriend after she’s found to be pregnant. Kavita journeys to Calcutta to escape her pain and soon discovers that even holy people like Mother Teresa have to face life’s challenges and, in fact, struggle through years of spiritual crisis known as the “dark night of the soul”. Inspired by Teresa’s example of perseverance and compassionate love, Kavita rediscovers hope and purpose.
Mother Teresa & Me 2023
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
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Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
From the onset of the AIDS epidemic, author Larry Kramer emerged as a fiery activist, an Old Testament-style prophet full of righteous fury who denounced both the willful inaction of the government and the refusal of the gay community to curb potentially risky behaviors. Co-founder of both organization Gay Men's Health Crisis and the direct action protest group ACT UP, Kramer was vilified by some who saw his criticism to be an expression of self-hatred, while lionized by others who credit him with waking up the gay community — and, eventually, the government and medical establishment — to the devastation of the disease.
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger 2015
Le Tour de France, une passion française
Le Tour de France, une passion française
Le Tour de France, une passion française 2023
18-14
18-14
Detective story set up in the time and place of young Pushkin, at Tsarskosel'sky Liceum.
18-14 2007
Clémenceau, la force d'aimer
Clémenceau, la force d'aimer
Clémenceau, la force d'aimer 2023
Ministre ou rien
Ministre ou rien
This is the unlikely story of 21 ministers and prime ministers who have crossed or are crossing the french Fifth Republic today. Twenty-one politicians who, from one day to the next, find themselves at the head of a ministry by the grace of a President of the Republic and his Prime Minister. The formation of the government, conflicts of attribution, reshuffles, rumours of appointments, evictions, casting errors: it is all the capricious backstage of the games of power examined here under the angle of confidence and which sheds light on the prestigious but unknown function of minister. An original and instructive political saga on the reality of those who hold or have held this prestigious position.
Ministre ou rien 2014
Disappearance
Disappearance
Mengele’s fugitive years in South America told from his point of view. The notorious Nazi doctor found refuge in South America at the end of WWII and was never captured. Mengele died in Brazil in 1979 without having been judged for his crimes.
Disappearance 1
The Good Maharaja
The Good Maharaja
In 1942, Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja, Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, established the Polish Children's Camp in Jamnagar-Balachadi for refugee Polish children brought out of the USSR during WWII.
The Good Maharaja 1
Lost Empire of Persia
Lost Empire of Persia
The sprawling capital of Persepolis and the site of the epic battle of Sparta at Thermopylae hold new discoveries waiting to be revealed; experts using cutting-edge forensic archaeology to reveal secrets behind these lost cities of ancient Persia.
Lost Empire of Persia 2022
Sindromul Timișoara
Sindromul Timișoara
A perspective on the Romanian revolution which started in Timișoara.
Sindromul Timișoara 2004
Josè Anjeta, Brasilian
Josè Anjeta, Brasilian
Life and death of the jesuit who fought for the peaceful relationship between colonists and the indigenous peoples of Brazil.
Josè Anjeta, Brasilian 1977
Shonk Sardari Da
Shonk Sardari Da
Based on the real life of Kamal Grewal and his father, family and work, and based on real life incidents of disputed properties.
Shonk Sardari Da 2023
If I Were King
If I Were King
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
If I Were King 1938
Житие Александра Невского
Житие Александра Невского
Житие Александра Невского 1992
Oozhi
Oozhi
In the aftermath of the Sri-Lankan Civil War, including the impact of drugs on a local community as characters struggle tobcome to terms with their losses and build new lives.
Oozhi 2024
the lego movie 45
the lego movie 45
A soldier returns home after World War II
the lego movie 45 2023
The Great Military March Forward: Liberate the Northwest
The Great Military March Forward: Liberate the Northwest
The Great Military March Forward: Liberate the Northwest 1996
McCarthy
McCarthy
A personal look at the influential former politician who rose to fame as a driving force behind anti-communist and anti-homosexual U.S. political sentiment during the Cold War.
McCarthy 1
Tjoet Nja' Dhien
Tjoet Nja' Dhien
Set in 1896, "Tjoet Nja' Dhien" celebrates one of Indonesia's great heroes who fought for independence from the Dutch. The pious Muslim people of Aceh, a city that had flourished since ancient times as a trade port, enter into a fierce war with the Dutch. Tjoet Nja' Dhien, the widow of a rebel leader operating in Aceh in Sumatra, assumes the leadership when her husband Teuku Uma is killed in an ambush. Dhien's charismatic presence and power of survival motivate the locals to join and later continue their opposition to the Dutch. Despite personal obstacles, she remained in the thick of the struggle for ten years.
Tjoet Nja' Dhien 1988
Fragments of the Last Will
Fragments of the Last Will
Based on a true story - a true love story of a man and his wife who are at the mercy of fate, but wish to be reunited for 11 years. With thoughts of his wife and his fellows, Yamamoto Hatao never gave up hoping that he'd return home despite hopeless circumstances.
Fragments of the Last Will 2022
this is my world
this is my world
After a few years of my life I have decided to release a collection of my edits as a feature film. a 3 part journey, and a collective of my inner world and outer perceptions, a multimedia extravaganza with musings and didactic, montage. stretching the internets' digital potential thin.
this is my world 2022
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations 1969
Subterranean Heat
Subterranean Heat
Subterranean Heat 1938
Seara Vermelha - A Ceifeira de Baleizão
Seara Vermelha - A Ceifeira de Baleizão
Seara Vermelha - A Ceifeira de Baleizão 2024
Free Men
Freevee
Free Men
In Paris during WWII, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man. Based on not very known facts about the Muslim community in Paris during WWII, when the Paris Mosque and its dynamic leader played a pivotal role in supporting the resistance and rescuing Jews.
Free Men 2011
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building, hears about this and secretly plans to follow Otose, the owner of Mizuta-ya, who became famous as Utamaro's model. At this time, the Kano school, headed by Kano Eikawa, which was under the control of the shogunate, is dissatisfied with Utamaro's fame and tries to compromise him…
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman 1959
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Prime Video
The Chinese Exclusion Act
A sweeping chronicle of the entire exclusion era - the latter part of the 1800s, when anti-Chinese agitation led to federal laws targeting Chinese abroad and those already in the country. Go far beyond the legislation with the survival and growth of Chinese American communities in the face of prejudice and outright violence, the “paper” sons and daughters who emigrated despite the seemingly impassable barriers, and the legal challenges that produced some of the most momentous decisions in Supreme Court history.
The Chinese Exclusion Act 2017
The Colt
Hallmark
The Colt
During the heat of battle in the midst of the Civil War, a beguilingly innocent colt is born to Union Jim Rabb's beloved mare. Refusing the orders to shoot it, lest it prove a hindrance, Rabb keeps the colt as a consolation in these desperate times-a symbol of hope that leads the men of the First Cavalry on a journey of self-discovery and newfound brotherhood.
The Colt 2005
La monja alférez
La monja alférez
A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence, of being sent to a convent by her aunt when her father died, of escaping by dressing as a man, and of her life as a man following the escape.
La monja alférez 1944
The Opium War
The Opium War
The Opium War is a 1943 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Masahiro Makino. "Ahen senso" in Japan refers to the First Opium War. The story of the film concerns this war.
The Opium War 1943
Piaf
Piaf
Piaf is a play by Pam Gems that focuses on the life and career of French chanteuse Édith Piaf. This recording presents the Tony Award-winning stage play with its original Broadway cast.
Piaf 1984
Derrière les murs de la Cité interdite
Derrière les murs de la Cité interdite
Derrière les murs de la Cité interdite 2024
Fury
Fury
Hearing about the revolution in the hospital, the sailor Gulyavin goes to Petrograd, and from there with a detachment of Ukrainian volunteers he is sent to Ukraine. The troop is joined by cavalrymen under the command of the anarchist Lelka. The chief of staff, Stroyev, reproaches Gulyavin with negligence - you cannot take an untested detachment. However, the desperate courage of Lelka in battle with the White Guards gives Gulyavin not only respect for her, but love...
Fury 1966
The Master
The Master
In 19th-century China, during the corrupt Qing Dynasty, the people are suffering at the hands of greedy landlords, crooked officials, and unwelcome invaders. To bring his people together, Chen Xiang opens a martial arts school combining teaching techniques from both the North and the South. When Chen refuses to join the armies of the Qing Prince, the prince seeks revenge on Chen's school and family. To survive, Chen must rise up and fight to free his students and protect his home.
The Master 2011
The Conspirators
The Conspirators
A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.
The Conspirators 1944
Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman
Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman
Gina is a modern business woman in her late forties, she has a lover named Adrian, who she sees once in a while just to have sex; they are both atracted to the historic figure of Pancho Villa, while he admires his power, she admires his virility. As Gina helps Adrian (who is a journalist) to write a book about Pancho Villa, she discovers the similarity between Villa's relation to women to that of Adrian and hers. She gets sick of only having sex, and when she decides to get married with him and have a baby, he escapes to buy cigarrettes and gets lost for three months. Gina forgets about him and gets a new boyfriend (half the age she is), and when Adrian tries to get her back and she refuses him and humiliates him, the one and only Pancho Villa appears as his machista conscience ready to do anything to get Gina back.
Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman 1996
Before Stonewall
Before Stonewall
New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots.
Before Stonewall 1984