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Barkomo
Barkomo
Set in the 17th century in a small cave-dwelling village in northeastern Mali, the film follows Yamio — a woman who, unable to conceive after 10 years of marriage and shamed by the fertility of her husband's second wife — throws herself off a cliff. When she miraculously lands without suffering any harm, she wanders in exile, finally taking refuge in Barkomo, a kingdom that has fallen on hard times. When she discovers that she is pregnant with a miracle child, she has the chance to change the fortunes of everyone around her.
Barkomo 2020
Tsushima Fiction
Tsushima Fiction
From resting trees, to violent waters, to blood splattered in the dirt. A wanderer searches for tranquility in 13th century Japan during the Mongol invasion or a collection of 48 moving images captured entirely within the virtual world of Ghost of Tsushima.
Tsushima Fiction 2020
Sila
Sila
The destiny of a group of Cangaceiro bandits after the death of their captain Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, better known as Lampião.
Sila 2020
El origen de las minas de sal de San Mateo
El origen de las minas de sal de San Mateo
The Chuj tell the story of three brothers and the reason behind the origin of the largest salt mines in San Mateo.
El origen de las minas de sal de San Mateo 2020
39-45 : Les Cheminots dans la résistance
39-45 : Les Cheminots dans la résistance
39-45 : Les Cheminots dans la résistance 2020
Enchained
Enchained
In this lush historical drama set in 1916 Ethiopia, Gobeze is a timid, peace-loving literature student who has dedicated his life to studying Sem Ina Werq — riddles with dual meaning. After spending years searching for his first love, Aleme, who was abducted seven years earlier, he finally finds her married to Gonite, a wealthy judge and landlord. When Gonite catches the two reunited lovers, a fight ensues. Following tradition, the feuding men are bound together, and, side by side, must make the long journey to stand trial in the royal court.
Enchained 2020
Rancho de mis recuerdos
Rancho de mis recuerdos
Rancho de mis recuerdos 1946
Matija Gubec
Matija Gubec
Movie adaptation of the history novel by August Senoa, about Matija Gubec, the leader of peasant revolt of 1573.
Matija Gubec 1919
Transatlantico Rex - Nave 296
Transatlantico Rex - Nave 296
Transatlantico Rex - Nave 296 2019
Ottomans vs Venetians: Battle for Crete
Ottomans vs Venetians: Battle for Crete
The Venetian and Ottoman empires competed for centuries over the island of Crete - a power struggle that has continuing repercussions today.
Ottomans vs Venetians: Battle for Crete 2010
Rehearsal: Yuri Temirkanov
Rehearsal: Yuri Temirkanov
The painting tells about the difficult process of rehearsals under the guidance of a conductor.
Rehearsal: Yuri Temirkanov 2008
Sarajevo, Bosnia (C)
Sarajevo, Bosnia (C)
Sarajevo, Bosnia (C) 2022
Frederick the Great and the Enigma of Prussia
Frederick the Great and the Enigma of Prussia
Historian Christopher Clark re-examines the life and achievements of one of Germany's most colourful and controversial leaders, a philosopher and cultured 'Prince of the Enlightenment' whose reputation would later suffer by association with Hitler's Nazi regime.
Frederick the Great and the Enigma of Prussia 2010
WWII: Through the Children's Eyes
WWII: Through the Children's Eyes
Stories from nine different people across the UK on what life was like growing up during World War II, from Churchill declaring war on Germany to the end of the war (VE Day). From bombings, rations, POW camps, school, V1 rockets, games, farming, parents, air raid shelters, farming, national identity cards.
WWII: Through the Children's Eyes 2022
Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
A typically modern take on the well-known Naniwabushi character (and real life 19th-century gangster) Mori no Ishimatsu, whose proverbial stupidity Enoken takes to farcical extremes.
Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu 1939
Čierna pani
Čierna pani
Čierna pani 2002
Lincoln - American Mastermind
Lincoln - American Mastermind
World remembers Abraham Lincoln as Frank,Candid,forthright and honest political icon but behind this mythic "Honest Abe" lies a master politician,a skilled manipulator and clever tactician bending men to his will.
Lincoln - American Mastermind 2009
Engineering Evil: Inside The Holocaust
Engineering Evil: Inside The Holocaust
Engineering Evil: Inside The Holocaust 1
Great Battles of the Great War: Somme - Here Comes Kitchener's Army
Great Battles of the Great War: Somme - Here Comes Kitchener's Army
The Battle of the Somme has a particular place in British social history. The opening day of the campaign on the 1st July 1916 is remembered as the worst day in British military history. As the mainly untried recruits of Kitchener's New Army went over the top they were annihilated by the waiting Germans. There were more than 60,000 casualties, nearly 20,000 of them dead. It was a campaign that began in the sweltering heat of summer and ended four and a half months later, bogged down in a sea of mud. This programme details the opening phase of the battle and explains why so many young men volunteered. As the battle ground on through the summer the losses among the troops became critical. This programme charts the final stages of the battle as the British army slogged its way across the devastated ground. Only a few miles had been gained for the loss of untold thousands of lives.
Great Battles of the Great War: Somme - Here Comes Kitchener's Army 1
Rosas no Céu, Milagres na Terra
Rosas no Céu, Milagres na Terra
The film depicts part of Priest Donizetti Tavares de Lima's trajectory in a little town in the State of São Paulo called Tambaú, where he performed a series of miracles.
Rosas no Céu, Milagres na Terra 1955
Wisborg
Wisborg
Here begins the land of phantoms.
Wisborg 2022
Genroku chûshingura
Genroku chûshingura
Genroku chûshingura 1941
Saint Anthony
Saint Anthony
Saint Anthony 2007
Ryan and Ronnie
Ryan and Ronnie
The lives and careers of Ryan and Ronnie, two of Wales most famous entertainers of the 1970s.
Ryan and Ronnie 2009
Still We Rise
Still We Rise
50 years on, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy is the oldest continuing protest occupation site in the world. Taking a fresh lens this is a bold dive into a year of protest and revolutionary change for First Nations people.
Still We Rise 2022
The Invisible Collection
The Invisible Collection
The 1920s, Germany, times of hyperinflation. A young antique dealer realizes that his father’s shop is on the verge of going bankrupt. While going through the journal records, he finds notes about an old client, who owns a priceless collection. He decides to go to the province, hoping to buy it for dirt-cheap.
The Invisible Collection 2020
Silver Trumpets
Silver Trumpets
The former Red Army commander begins by reading the first manuscripts to his friends, and soon becomes a famous children's writer.
Silver Trumpets 1971
Niepodległość
Niepodległość
Niepodległość 2018
D-Day's Sunken Secrets
D-Day's Sunken Secrets
June 6 1944 saw the world’s biggest amphibious assault, one of the most important military campaigns in history and a pivotal moment in the Second World War. For generations, historians, archaeologists and other experts, in their attempts to reconstruct the events of the day, have scoured every battlefield – except one. Just off the coast of Normandy is a lost graveyard, where hundreds of objects lie on the sea bed.
D-Day's Sunken Secrets 2014
America's Secret D-Day Disaster
America's Secret D-Day Disaster
6 weeks before D-Day, British, American, and Canadian soldiers took part in a dangerous rehearsal for the Normandy invasion which claimed more American lives than the attack on Utah Beach. So what happened? How many Americans died? And who is to blame?
America's Secret D-Day Disaster 2014
Frenchman's Flat
Frenchman's Flat
In 1953 at the height of the Cold War "Frenchman's Flat" focuses on the atomic weapons testing that was conducted on U.S soil in Nevada.
Frenchman's Flat 2017
Henry Ford's War on Jews and the Legal Battles Against Hate Speech
Henry Ford's War on Jews and the Legal Battles Against Hate Speech
The film will tell the story of the campaign of antisemitism waged by automotive pioneer Henry Ford throughout the 1920s. It was in 1925 that Aaron Sapiro, a self-made lawyer and activist, sued Ford for libel. After a dramatic court case that gripped the nation, Sapiro forced Ford to shut down his antisemitic newspaper, The Dearborn Independent, and apologize publicly to the Jewish people.
Henry Ford's War on Jews and the Legal Battles Against Hate Speech 1
A Matadeira
A Matadeira
A Matadeira 1994
The Lead
The Lead
Tehran, 1948. A young Jewish couple, Danial and his wife Munes, decide to immigrate to the recently founded state of Israel. But their application is rejected on the ground of the documents against Danial's uncle, Yaghub, how is suspected of betrayal. A Zionist agent, named Yezghel, finds out Yaghub's home and stabs him. One of Yaghub's neighbours who witnesses the crime is blamed for murder. Fearing for their lives, Munes and Danial escape to the north of Iran in order to leave the country. The Neighbour's brother, Nuri, a journalist, sets off on their heels to bring them to the court to give testimony on his brother's innocence.
The Lead 1989
Wir sind doch Schwestern
Wir sind doch Schwestern
Wir sind doch Schwestern 2018
Legacy of a Superpower: 30 Years After the Collapse of the USSR
Legacy of a Superpower: 30 Years After the Collapse of the USSR
Thirty years ago, in 1991, the Soviet Union, founded in 1922, disappeared, giving birth to fifteen new states, located between the Baltic Sea and the Pamir mountain range, which went their own way. How many of these republics have succeeded? How much real influence does Moscow exert over them? What role do NATO and the European Union play in this very complicated economic and political maze?
Legacy of a Superpower: 30 Years After the Collapse of the USSR 2021
Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi
Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi
Muslims and Crusaders conclude a truce during Richard the Lionheart's illness, and young Arabs seize this opportunity to join their armies in Jerusalem. Among them is Saif al-Din, who hides his identity, which Prince Khalid knows. The young man heads towards Jerusalem and gains the trust of the Sultan.
Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi 1941
Alex Wheatle
Alex Wheatle
An intimate account of a decisive moment in British history unfolds via the true story of one man’s awakening Black consciousness. Raised in a cold, oppressive children’s home that has left him estranged from his West Indian roots, the eponymous orphan Alex Wheatle (Sheyi Cole) gradually finds his voice as an artist, activist, and writer on the streets of Brixton—a transformation that intersects with the 1981 uprising in which the neighborhood’s mainly Black youth erupt in protest against police violence
Alex Wheatle 2020
One Chance to Win
One Chance to Win
Taking racing fans back to the dawning of the age of America's dominance in the global motocross arena, this long-buried film from director Charles Bush documents the 1975 American Motocross Association's 500cc Nation Series. It came down to five riders -- Jim Weinert, Steve Stackable, Pierre Karsmakers, Billy Grossi and Kent Howerton -- in what became known as the Battle of New Orleans, a legendary moment in motocross history.
One Chance to Win 1
Assassination in Davos
Assassination in Davos
Assassination in Davos (German: Konfrontation) is a 1976 Swiss thriller film directed by Rolf Lyssy and starring Peter Bollag, Gert Haucke and Marianne Kehlau. It is based on the assassination of the Swiss Nazi Wilhelm Gustloff by a student in 1936. The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
Assassination in Davos 1974