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Historical Films
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Films that put the focus on the history of a topic or an era.
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One Day In September
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1999 Academy Award (Oscar) Winner. The 1972 Munich Olympics were interrupted by Palestinian terrorists taking Israeli athletes hostage. Besides footage taken at the time, we see interviews with the surviving terrorist, Jamal Al Gashey, and various...
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Panama Deception, The
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1992 Academy Award (Oscar) Winner for Best Documentary. This documentary details the case that the 1989 invasion of Panama by the US was motivated not by the need to protect American soldiers, restore democracy or even capture Noriega. It was to force...
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Sorrow and the Pity, The
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Often hailed as one of the greatest documentaries of all time, The Sorrow and the Pity is still astonishing long after its original release in Paris. The lengthy film (anyone who has heard it prominently referred to in Woody Allen's Annie Hall knows it's...
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The Camden 28
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The Camden 28 explores how and why, by raiding government offices and destroying government records, individuals intentionally placed themselves at risk of arrest and imprisonment while protesting the war in Vietnam. The predominant images of American...
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The First World War: The Complete Series
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The definitive ten part series
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The Unvanquished
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Late at night on the 15th day of Sivan 5687 officials of Leningrad GPU arrested the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe Josef-Yitzchak Schneersohn in his own house. He was charged for religious and counterrevolutionary activity. A week later the sentence was...
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Waco: The Rules of Engagement
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This controversial documentary about the stand-off between an unorthodox Christian group - the Branch Davidians, under the leadership of the young, charismatic David Koresh - and the FBI and ATF in Waco, Texas, from February to April 1993 presents a...
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When the Levees Broke
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One year after Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans, director Spike Lee presents a four-hour, four-part chronicle recounting, through words and images, one of our country?s most profound natural disasters. In addition to revisiting the hours leading...
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When We Were Kings
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1996 Academy Award (Oscar) Winner. It's 1974, Muhammed Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Forman is ten years younger and the Heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both...
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