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Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams

March 1, 2006

A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.

The Feast of the Goat

The Feast of the Goat

February 11, 2006

Urania Cabral returns to Santo Domingo, after several years, and remembers her and her family's relationship to Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican dictator, as well as the events surrounding his assassination.

Prince Vladimir

Prince Vladimir

February 9, 2006

The plot follows the events surrounding Vladimir from childhood and into adulthood. In the beginning of the film, being under the influence of the high priest Krivzha, the Prince is a young, impulsive and cruel pagan. Fighting for supreme power, Vladimir wins a battle that kills his brother. Regretting what he has done, Vladimir does not suspect a conspiracy between the priest and the Pechenegs. Vladimir is concerned about gathering the Slavic tribes into one united state. Solving this major task, he faces obstacles, which Vladimir overcomes in the end, defeating Krivzha and winning the battle against Kurya, a Pecheneg chief.

Jesse James

February 6, 2006

He's one of America's most cherished myths... and one of its most wrong-headed. America's Robin Hood who robbed not only the rich but the poor and defenseless as well, always saving the treasure for himself.

Les hommes s’en souviendront

February 1, 2006

Stealing Mary: Last of the Red Indians

Stealing Mary: Last of the Red Indians

February 1, 2006

Two human skulls in a Scottish museum spark a forensic investigation into the tragic disappearance of the Beothuk people of Newfoundland. The clues help solve a kidnapping, murder, and cover-up that took place 200 years ago in the remote interior of the island.

The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy

The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy

February 1, 2006

Explore America’s darkest period: President Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma in 1838. Nearly a quarter of the Cherokee National died during the Trail of Tears, arriving in Indian Territory with few elders and even fewer children.

Holocaust - Dachau & Sachsenhausen

Holocaust - Dachau & Sachsenhausen

January 31, 2006

Dachau was one of the worst and most notorious death camps and the scene of hundreds of medical experiments carried out on inmates. Initially filled with Communist and Jewish inmates, Dachau's doors were soon opened to many ""undesirables"" that the Nazis wanted to eradicate. Included is unique footage now available for the first time on DVD documenting Dachau and Sachsenhausen concentration camps.

Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard

Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard

January 30, 2006

A chance encounter on the road leads to the unusual need for a female bodyguard to protect the granddaughter of an old friend of Akiyama Kohei, a wealthy merchant who plans to bypass his son-in-law as head of the company. When Daijiro’s wife Mifuyu takes on the job strange things start to happen, including the brutal slaughter of company employees. With the backing of Lord Tanuma, a chief elder on the ruling council, Kohei, Daijiro, and Mifuyu form a plan to foil the kidnappers plot and save the girl from certain death.

The God Promise

The God Promise

January 28, 2006

The main theme of this film is to tell about loyal friends. In other words, rather than Genghis, the film aims to show what kind of person his close friend Jamukh was and how loyal they were in their relationship. Is it true that Genghis and Jamukh made a vow to each other? You can see in this film what caused them to break off their friendship.

Charm of Evil

Charm of Evil

January 27, 2006

Paris, 1930s. There is ferment among the Russian emigration: part of it is accumulating strength to overthrow the Bolsheviks, others are illegally, but actively working for the Soviet government.

Malaco Records Presents: Gospel Legends

Malaco Records Presents: Gospel Legends

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Welcome to Gospel Legends! Spend some time with the true Legends of Gospel as they perform their history-making hits from the last 60 years of Gospel Music. Sit back and enjoy.

Rang De Basanti

Rang De Basanti

January 26, 2006

After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.

Deep Imagination

Deep Imagination

January 25, 2006

A series of five Studio 4°C shorts collected in January 2007 as a direct-to-DVD package film titled Deep Imagination. Featuring Professor Dan Petory's Blues, End of the World, Comedy, Higan, and Junk Town.

The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave

The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave

January 24, 2006

This 2-DVD set captures explosive live performances and revealing interviews on DVD for the first time ever from the forefathers of the punk and new wave movements, such as The Ramones, Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop, John Lydon (of The Sex Pistols and PiL), Joan Jett, The Jam, Patti Smith, The Plasmatics, and much more! Highlights Include The Ramones' fiery performance of "I Wanna Be Sedated" and "The KKK Took My Baby Away". An unforgettable verbal spat between John Lydon and Tom Snyder. Elvis Costello's frenzied performance of "Watch Your Step". Iggy Pop's offering of "TV Eye". Roundtable discussion between Joan Jett, Paul Weller (The Jam), Bill Graham, and others regarding the current state of punk rock and much much more!

The Establishment of Virgin Islands National Park

The Establishment of Virgin Islands National Park

January 15, 2006

Establishment of Virgin Islands National Park, was commissioned by Friends of Virgin Islands National Park, and created by Bill Stelzer, Bruce Schoonover and Steve Simonsen. The film tells the story of three very different men who came together to preserve and protect the incredible beauty of St. John

Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories

Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories

January 14, 2006

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.

Glory Road

Glory Road

January 13, 2006

In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.

Amos, une rivière, une forêt, des hommes

January 9, 2006

The history of Amos, a town in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Quebec).

Året var 1956

Året var 1956

January 8, 2006

1956 - the year when Elvis Presley breaks through and Grace Kelly celebrates a fairytale wedding in Monaco. In Ställdalen, a rail bus carrying schoolchildren is crushed and off New York m/s Stockholm collides with Andrea Doria. Frances Bulwark runs its last race and Swedish UN soldiers are flown to Suez. But most of all, it is the year of the Hungarian refugees.