Nanking

The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Ja

Salty Dog Blues

The film looks at men and women of color in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1938-1975. Through chronic

Popular Science J-8-1

A variety of scientific subjects, including the laboratory of a plastic surgeon in London, and his

Land Without Bread

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extrem

Moje Praha

Otakar Vávra walks through Prague in front of the camera and with the camera, and remembers those wh

God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore

After his father is murdered by the Nazis in 1938, a young Viennese Jew named Ferry Tobler flees to

The Massie Affair

In the waning days of summer 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy w

Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical

From an ominous Lecturer, a small 1930s middle American community learns of the Harper Affair, in wh

Something the Lord Made

A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

Goodnight, Mister Tom

A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a clo

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding o

Best Actress

A Hollywood writer becomes embroiled while investigating into the lives of five fictitious actresses

From Caligari to Hitler

Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1919, when the Republic of

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

There's not a person in the world who wouldn't recognize Mickey Mouse. But until now, not many knew

Riding the Rails

Riding the Rails offers a visionary perspective on the presumed romanticism of the road and cautiona

The Naked Civil Servant

Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to

I Betrayed Hitler

During the worst days of World War II, the British government asks the mathematician Alan Turing to

Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atom Bomb

To historians, physicist Lise Meitner deserves to be placed on a par with Einstein, Heisenberg and O

Enid

A poignant biography of one of the most successful and wildly-read writers of the 20th century. Her

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