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Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story

Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story

November 15, 2011

The gripping story of Britain's most extraordinary double agent; Eddie Chapman. Chapman duped the Germans so successfully he was awarded their highest honour, the Iron Cross, the only UK citizen ever to have received one.

Looking for Jiro

Looking for Jiro

November 15, 2011

Jiro Onuma liked fine clothing and muscular men. How did this dandyish gay bachelor survive the isolation, humiliation and homophobia of the Japanese American Internment Camps during World War II? This musical mash-up video features drag king performance, U.S. propaganda footage, muscle building, and homoerotic bread making.

J'étais à Nüremberg

November 15, 2011

Nina, a young Polish woman exiled in London, and Pierre Bernard, envoy of General de Gaulle, are part of the international team assembled in Nuremberg after the Second World War to try twenty-four Nazi war criminals.

The Cup

The Cup

November 13, 2011

At the heart of this true story is Damien Oliver, a young jockey who loses his only brother in a tragic racing accident, hauntingly reflecting of the way their father died 27 years earlier. After suffering through a series of discouraging defeats, Damien teams with Irish trainer Dermot Weld, and triumphs at the 2002 Melbourne Cup in one of the most thrilling finales in sporting history.

Lost Continent of the Pacific

Lost Continent of the Pacific

November 12, 2011

Legends of lost continents and civilizations have captivated people throughout time. Philosophers and astronomers like Aristotle and Ptolemy believed that an unknown continent existed in the Southern hemisphere. In the Age of Discovery, renowned explorers like Magellan and Cook searched the Pacific Ocean in vain for a mysterious land they called "Terra Incognita." To this day, ancestral legends throughout Polynesia speak of a lost homeland and a great civilization that disappeared into the sea. Modern science disputes the existence of unknown continents and often dismisses creation myths. But on Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, elders fiercely believe they originate from a continent that sank following a catastrophic upheaval.

Prodigal

Prodigal

November 11, 2011

Levi Layton is tired of his small town life and his workaholic father, but finds his way out when he receives a large inheritance. Eighteen years old and armed with $100,000, the life he wants is just a midnight escape away.

Führer Cult and Megalomania

Führer Cult and Megalomania

November 11, 2011

By early in the twentieth century, Nuremberg was regarded as the most anti-Semitic city in Europe. By 1929, Hitler had decided to make Nuremberg the "City of the Party Rallies" and a symbol representing the greatness of the German Empire. Even today, it is possible to see signs in Nuremberg of the megalomaniac proportions that the system was to assume.

Adagio (Mitterrand, le secret et la mort)

Adagio (Mitterrand, le secret et la mort)

November 8, 2011

A staging of Olivier Py's play "Adagio (Mitterrand, le secret et la mort)" by himself.

My Own Pole

My Own Pole

October 25, 2013

A tale based on the true story of Jasiek Mela, the first and youngest disabled who ever reached both the South and North Pole. The Mela family is enjoying their summer vacation on the lake completely unaware of the tragedy that is about to happen. And just when they think that the loss of a child is the worst that could happen to their family, life strikes again, and again.

The Universe: How the Solar System was Made

The Universe: How the Solar System was Made

November 8, 2011

At 4.6 billion years old, the Solar System is our solid, secure home in the Universe. But how did it come to be? In this episode we trace the system's birth from a thin cloud of dust and gas. Shocked by a nearby supernova, the pull of gravity and natural rotation spun it into a flat disc from which the Sun and planets coalesced. It all happened in the space of 700 million years, during which the planets jockeyed for position, dodging the brutal bombardment of deadly asteroids and setting into the neat, stable system that we now realize might be a rarity in the universe.

The Last Days of Osama Bin Laden

The Last Days of Osama Bin Laden

November 6, 2011

After the United States mounted a covert mission to eliminate America's number-one terrorist target, celebration turned to mounting questions. Now, Peter Bergen obtains rare access to interview former CIA agents, Navy Seal operatives, and a Black Hawk pilot who reveal how the United States gathered the intelligence needed to pull off the surprise attack. He'll talk to White House and Pakistani intelligence officials, as well as neighbors of the Pakistani compound and eyewitnesses to the raid.

The Crisis of Civilization

The Crisis of Civilization

November 6, 2011

The Crisis Civilization is a documentary feature film investigating how global crises like ecological disaster, financial meltdown, dwindling oil reserves, terrorism and food shortages are converging symptoms of a single, failed global system. Proving that 'another world' is not merely possible, but on its way.

La Revolución De Juan Escopeta

La Revolución De Juan Escopeta

November 4, 2011

Mexico 1914. During the Revolution, a raid by the army in a small mining town leaves Gapo, 11, orphaned. Taken captive to be turned into a child soldier he escapes with the help of Juan Escopeta, a gunman for hire. Together they travel through a country absorbed in civil war in search of Gapo’s older and only brother: a famed revolutionary outlaw.

Tita Cervera - La Baronesa

Tita Cervera - La Baronesa

November 3, 2011

Xingu

Xingu

April 6, 2012

In the '40s, three brothers decide to live a great adventure and enlisting in the Roncador-Xingu Expedition, which has a mission to tame the Central Brazil. The Villas Boas brothers: Orlando, 27, Claudius, 25, and Leonardo, 23, engage in a fantastic and incredible saga. Soon start to lead the expedition that opens new paths 1,500 km, navigates over 1,000 miles of unspoilt rivers, opens 19 airfields for airplanes Army, gives rise to the creation of 43 towns and 14 make contact with wild Indian tribes, unknown, as the Xavante, courageous and feared warriors, no casualties on both sides. This adventure allows the Villas Boas brothers the creation of the Xingu National Park, the first major Amerindian reservation in Brazil, the size of Belgium, transforming them into true contemporary heroes.

J. Edgar

J. Edgar

November 9, 2011

As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.

Another World

Another World

November 1, 2011

1915. Louis, aged 17, arrives on Reunion Island to find his father, Count Kerdiguen. He has built himself a new family with Salima, his native partner, and their daughter Sita. Between the white and native communities, tensions are increasingly mounting...

The Universe: Nemesis - The Sun's Evil Twin

The Universe: Nemesis - The Sun's Evil Twin

November 1, 2011

The theory of a Nemesis star that orbits the sun and causes catastrophic events every 26 million years is explored.

Maleficarum

Maleficarum

October 30, 2011

Maria Francisca, a wealthy young heiress and her friend Mariana De Castro, a young protestant widow, are accused of witchcraft and taken before the Inquisition of Lima, Peru .

Gitanos catalans!

Gitanos catalans!

October 28, 2011