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Azusa Street: The Movie

December 12, 2006

The actual written and/or testimonies of many of the major participants in the Topeka Outpouring (Parham, Ozman, etc.) and Welsh Revival (Evan Roberts, Meyer, etc.), as preludes to the Bonnie Brae Outbreak (Seymour, Lee, Shumway, Moore) and the Azusa Street Revival (C.H. Mason, E.S. Williams, G.B. Cashwell, John G. Lake, F.F. Bosworth, etc.) are dramatized

We Are Marshall

We Are Marshall

December 12, 2006

When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.

Sartre, Years of Passion

Sartre, Years of Passion

December 11, 2006

Biographical film about French writer Jean-Paul Sartre, concentrating on his passionate affairs with women.

The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd

December 11, 2006

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.

Housewife, 49

Housewife, 49

December 10, 2006

Downtrodden wife and mother Nella's life takes an unexpected turn for the better after she joins the Women's Voluntary Service office in Barrow-in-Furness during the Second World War. However, her new-found happiness is shattered when her son Cliff leaves to join the troops - provoking a painful confrontation with her husband Will.

Ever Again

Ever Again

December 8, 2006

Ever Again examines the sweeping resurgence of antisemitism in 21st century Europe and its connection to global terrorism.

Sakuran

Sakuran

December 7, 2006

Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.

Apocalypto

Apocalypto

December 7, 2006

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.

元帅的童年

元帅的童年

December 3, 2006

Riot or Revolution? The Eureka Stockade 1854

December 3, 2006

The Eureka Stockade was a civilian revolt against the gold licence. Drawings and archival photographs depict the events that lead to the battle between gold miners and authorities at the Eureka Stockade. It describes the emergence of Peter Lalor as the leader of the Stockade and how the diggers used the Southern Cross flag.

The Singing Revolution

The Singing Revolution

December 1, 2006

Most people don't think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1986 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of Soviet occupation. During those years, hundreds of thousands gathered in public to sing forbidden patriotic songs and to rally for independence. "The young people, without any political party, and without any politicians, just came together ... not only tens of thousands but hundreds of thousands ... to gather and to sing and to give this nation a new spirit," remarks Mart Laar, a Singing Revolution leader featured in the film and the first post-Soviet Prime Minister of Estonia. "This was the idea of the Singing Revolution." James Tusty and Maureen Castle Tusty's "The Singing Revolution" tells the moving story of how the Estonian people peacefully regained their freedom--and helped topple an empire along the way.

Pushkin: The Last Duel

Pushkin: The Last Duel

December 1, 2006

The movie has reveal the last days of the famous and popular Russian poet - Alexander Pushkin. After the poet faced scandalous rumors that his wife Natalya Pushkina had embarked a love affair, Pushkin then challenged her brother in law to a duel!

Hunting for Englishmen

Hunting for Englishmen

November 30, 2006

1839. The discontented noblemen assemble at the country estate of count Gábor Falussy, on the pretext of a boar hunt. Also an English engineer arrives for the sake of constructing the railway line leading up to the count’s quarry.

638 Ways to Kill Castro

638 Ways to Kill Castro

November 28, 2006

Dollan Cannell's documentary on the hundreds of alleged plots to assassinate Fidel Castro, and a look at the evolution of Cuban politics. If the title of this extraordinary film sounds ludicrous, don't be fooled. This film looks at the incredible story of the 638 alleged plots by the CIA and Cuban exiles to kill the Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front

Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front

November 26, 2006

Molly is a girl living in the year 1944 and WWII has brought many changes to Molly's life. An English girl comes to live with Molly's family to escape the bombings. They slowly become good friends.

Benutzt und gesteuert – Künstler im Netz der CIA

November 24, 2006

Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower

Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower

November 23, 2006

So much more than simply the story of the Thanksgiving meal, the epic saga of the Pilgrims is one of the fundamental narratives of our nation. This ambitious documentary presents the definitive history of the Pilgrims and their journey to and colonization of the New World. A marriage of feature-film quality historical reenactments with the latest scholarship and analysis of original source material, this definitive look at the Pilgrims' progress will shed light on the reality of their experience.

La Forteresse assiégée

November 22, 2006

A Child's Secret

A Child's Secret

November 17, 2006

Set in 18th century, a 10 year old deaf boy has been abandoned by his mother, Comtesse de Solar, and is taken care by Abbé de l'Épée, who teaches him how to comunicate and express.

The Colonel

The Colonel

November 15, 2006

A "Reformed Colonel" is found dead in Paris, a couple of decades after Algeria's struggle for independence was won from France. Lieutenant Galois is assigned the investigation of this murder. She receives the diary of Lieutenent Guy Rossi who served under The Colonel in Algeria in 1956, and has been reported as missing in action since 1957. The revelations found in Rossi's diary go far beyond The Colonel's actions in Algeria, and give an insight on how dirty Algeria's War for Independence really was.