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  • Omaha Beach: Honor and Sacrifice

    Movie

    Omaha Beach: Honor and Sacrifice shows the very personal stories of several veterans as they return to Omaha Beach and documents the celebration in Normandy that continues to this day as a result of their acts of courage and determination on June 6, 1944.

  • Float Like A Butterfly

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    In this powerful and timely story of a girl's pursuit of freedom and belonging, 15-year-old Frances fights for her humble Irish community by becoming a boxer like her idol, Muhammad Ali. While society may be determined to break her spirit and destroy her way of life, Frances was not born to be br...

  • H. H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer

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    At the height of his criminal career, the infamous Dr. H.H. Holmes designed his castle of horrors in Chicago, where he rented rooms to unsuspecting victims visiting the 1893 World’s Fair.

  • Bonhoeffer

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    Bonhoeffer is the compelling true story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who was imprisoned and killed by the Nazis for his connection to the German Resistance and their failed attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Heavily influenced by the death of his brother in World War I and the...

  • First Lady of the Revolution

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    First Lady of the Revolution is the remarkable story of Henrietta Boggs, a Southern belle who takes a life-altering journey through marriage, civil war and audacious democratic reforms to become the First Lady of Costa Rica.

  • Seven Lost

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    An American troop stranded in the Italian wilderness, struggle to find their way back to safety during World War 2.

  • A Tuba to Cuba

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    A TUBA TO CUBA follows New Orleans' famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band as they retrace their musical roots from the storied city of jazz to the shores of Cuba and in turn discover a connection that runs much deeper than could have been imagined.

  • The Intruder

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    A charismatic agitator stirs racial tensions in a Southern town during the fight for school integration.

  • An Honest Liar

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    The life and career of the renowned stage magician turned scientific skeptic of the paranormal, James Randi.\

  • Alistair1918

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    A World War One soldier accidentally time travels to present-day Los Angeles. Filthy, penniless, with no way to prove his identity, he struggles to find a way back to his wife in 1918.

  • 15 Minutes of War

    Movie

    Based on the 1976 true story of the Somalian rebel hijacking of a school bus of 21 French children and an American teacher. The rebels drive the bus to the border between the French colony and Somalia. French captain Andre Gerval is called to lead a small team of elite snipers to secretly prepare...

  • Victory at Sea

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    Twenty-six episode series about naval combat during World War Two. Famous for its music score, eloquent narration and combat footage.

  • Lost In The Amazon

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    Col. Percy Fawcett takes his son and friend into Brazil's remote jungles to find an ancient civilization - the Lost City of Z - and disappears forever. Now Niall McCann travels to England and South America to unravel the mystery of his disappearance.

  • Raymond Lewis: L. A. Legend

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    Tells the hard-to-believe story of the mythical basketball legend from Watts California who was blackballed from the NBA in the early 70's following an ugly contract dispute with the Philadelphia 76ers.

  • The Road Dance

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    A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI. Isolated and hard by the shore, her life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy befalls her.

  • Effigy Poison and the City

    1828 in the German port city of Bremen, a female law clerk tries to prove her worth during the investigation of multiple poisonings. Based on the true story of female serial killer Gesche Gottfried.

  • The Conscientious Objector

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    The story of Desmond Doss, a US Army medic who was the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

  • The Misunderstood Saga Of The P-38 Lightning

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    Using stunning recreations, historical documents, and beautiful archive footage to cover the often misunderstood story of the legendary P-38 Lightning, one of the most iconic US Army Air Force fighters of World War II.

  • Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed

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    Marco Polo became a legend after his 24 year trek across Asia. Was he the world’s greatest overland explorer? Or the biggest liar? National Geographic’s own legend & master photographer, Michael Yamashita, used Polo's book as a guide to find the truth.

  • Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds

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    A scientific investigation utilizing unique visuals and a calming score to create a groundbreaking documentary film, a visual meditation. INNER WORLDS, OUTER WORLDS is a deeply thought film that explores ancient spiritual teachings and our minds.

  • The Guardians

    Movie

    Women are left behind to work a family farm during the Great War.

  • A2Z: History of the Beatles

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    a detailed timeline behind the history and story of when and what happened in the life of The Beatles from the conception of the band when they were the Quarrymen, then the Silver Beatles to the final days.

  • Jesus In India

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    A former Fundamentalist from Texas is ousted from his church for asking unwelcome questions about the "missing years" of Jesus - the years from 12 to 30 unaccounted for in the Bible. The Texan, author Edward T. Martin, undertakes a seeker's question across 4,000 miles of India in search of eviden...

  • Walnut Tree

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    Qader, a bricklayer from Sardasht in western Iran whose wife is pregnant with her 4th child, suddenly found himself amid a war crime perpetrated by the Saddam regime. On June 28th, 1987 Iraqi air fighters dropped mustard gas bombs on the city.