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Movie: Zombiethon ( 1986 )
A woman on the run from zombies hides in a movie theater where a compilation of trailers and previews from films having to do with zombies is being shown.
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Movie: Zappa ( 2020 )
An in-depth look into the life and work of musician Frank Zappa.
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Movie: Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn ( 2020 )
A look at the events surrounding the murder of Yusuf Hawkins, a black teenager in Brooklyn, who was killed in by a group of white youths.
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Movie: You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977 to 1984 ( 2007 )
You Weren't There: a History of Chicago Punk 1977-1984 is a documentary that looks back on the impact that the Punk movement had on the Windy City. Though overlooked in the annals of Rock history (compared to media centric LA, NYC and London), Chicago served as an important early supporter of the Punk movement in America. "You Weren't There" talks to the DJ's, musicians, promoters, artists and fans who were pivotal in creating the Chicago Punk scene. It also showcases classic archival footage of great Chicago bands such as, Effigies, Naked Raygun, Strike Under, Articles of Faith, as well as lesser known greats like Silver Abuse, DA, The Subverts, Savage Beliefs, Negative Element, Rights of the Accused and many, many more.
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Movie: XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport ( 1948 )
Documentary on the 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad. They were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom.
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Movie: WWIs Secret Shame: Shell Shock ( 2018 )
From shell shock in WWI to PTSD today many of those who made it home from war were left mentally scarred and traumatised. Historian Dan Snow explores the on-going mental health crisis in veterans.
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Movie: Woodstock ( 1970 )
The film chronicle of the legendary 1969 music festival.
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Movie: Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century ( 2015 )
through different audio and visual files, this documentary reconstructs a new and unfamiliar look about public and private life of one of the most important men of state in Europe: winston churchill
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Movie: Wild Appalachia ( 2013 )
An exploration of the Great Smoky Mountains in the southeastern US. Features a look at the flora and fauna of the region and includes profiles of the rangers who patrol its vast wilderness.
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Movie: Wigstock: The Movie ( 1995 )
Documentary/Concert film covering the annual Drag festival in New York City. Highlights include a performance by drag diva, Ru Paul, and the infamous Lypsinca.
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Movie: Why Did You Kill Me? ( 2021 )
The line between justice and revenge blurs when a devastated family uses social media to track down the people who killed 24-year-old Crystal Theobald.
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Movie: Who Took Johnny ( 2014 )
WHO TOOK JOHNNY is an examination into an infamous thirty-year-old cold case: the disappearance of Iowa paperboy Johnny Gosch, the first missing child to appear on a milk carton. The film focuses on the heartbreaking story of Johnny's mother, Noreen, and her relentless quest for the truth about what happened on the tragic September morning in Des Moines when Johnny never returned from his paper route. Along the way there have been mysterious sightings, strange clues, bizarre revelations, and a confrontation with a person who claims to have helped abduct Johnny. Steeped in intrigue and conspiracy theories, WHO TOOK JOHNNY explores eyewitness accounts, compelling evidence, and emotional discoveries spanning three decades of the most spellbinding missing person's case in U.S. history
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Movie: Who Put the Klan Into Ku Klux Klan ( 2018 )
In this documentary, archaeologist and historian Neil Oliver examines racism in the Deep South and the Scots who first occupied it who influenced where we are today. Oliver travels to the south and speaks with many people and researchers to discuss the Klans history in Southern United States.
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Movie: Who Killed the Lyon Sisters? ( 2020 )
Sisters Katherine and Sheila Lyon vanish from a Wheaton, Maryland mall in 1975, launching a 40-year search for the girls. This case was one of the largest police investigations in the history of the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
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Movie: Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) ( 2006 )
The life and work of the enigmatic folk rock singer-songwriter.
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Movie: Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All ( 2021 )
An in-depth look at the parallel lives of renowned singer Whitney Houston and her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown.
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Movie: White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ( 2007 )
Using extensive interviews with survivors and archival footage, an examination reveals the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Movie: White Light ( 2019 )
George Gittoes spends time on one block of the Englewood district of Chicago , and we see and hear how gun violence has blighted the lives of everyone, from residents to police officers.
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Movie: Where the World Meets ( 1952 )
Part one of the official film of XV Olympics in Helsinki 1952.
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Movie: What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael ( 2019 )
Pauline Kael, the New Yorker film critic for 25 years until the early 1990s, was a lightning rod of American culture. She waged a battle to be recognized and her opinions made her readers hate or love her. Her distinctive voice pioneered the art form, and was largely a result of stubborn determination, huge confidence, and a deep love of the arts. The movie also shows 20th-century movies through Pauline's eye, and shows Pauline's own life through moments of other movies. The filmmakers had complete access to the subject -- through Gina James, Pauline's only child and the executor of her estate; friends and colleagues; and Pauline's personal archives. With over 30 new interviews, including David O. Russell, Quentin Tarantino, Camille Paglia, Molly Haskell, Alec Baldwin Greil Marcus, Paul Schrader, John Guare and Joe Morgenstern. Sarah Jessica Parker voices Pauline through her writing and letters.
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Movie: What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy ( 2015 )
Three men travel together across Europe. For two of them the journey involves a confrontation with the acts of their fathers, who were both senior Nazi officers. For the third, the eminent human rights lawyer and author Philippe Sands, it means visiting the place where much of his own Jewish family was destroyed by the fathers of the two men he has come to know. It is an emotional, psychological exploration of three men wrestling with their past, the present of Europe - and conflicting versions of the truth.
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Movie: We Were Here ( 2011 )
A deep and reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of this unimaginable crisis.
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Movie: We Shall Not Die Now ( 2019 )
A chronicle of the Holocaust, exploring stories of survival, tragedy, hope, and resilience through one of history's darkest chapters.
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Movie: Welcome to Death Row ( 2001 )
The true story of the rise and fall of Death Row Records.
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Movie: We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 ( 2010 )
We meet individuals from marginalized communities who describe what it was like to live through the 1918 flu pandemic. Their experiences raise questions about the pandemic: why did it kill so many people? Why were so many of the dead young adults? Where did this lethal flu come from? How can we keep a pandemic like that from occurring again? The film follows the search for answers from an expedition to Alaska in 1951 to collect tissue from bodies buried in the permafrost, to the scientists and epidemiologists working on the same questions today. It explains the relevance of research into the 1918 pandemic to the threat of current and future flu pandemics.
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Movie: Wattstax ( 1973 )
Documentary covering a Stax Records-sponsored all-day concert at the 1972 Watts Summer Festival with performances by Stax Records artists such as Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, The Staples Singers, and more.
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Movie: Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price ( 2005 )
This documentary takes the viewer on a deeply personal journey into the everyday lives of families struggling to fight Goliath. From a family business owner in the Midwest to a preacher in California, from workers in Florida to a poet in Mexico, dozens of film crews on three continents bring the intensely personal stories of an assault on families and American values.
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Movie: Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific ( 2003 )
This documentary is a captivating account of the defense of Wake Island by a small contingent of United States Marines and civilian contractors. From December 8th until December 23rd, 1941 the defenders thwarted an aerial attack and an attempted amphibious landing from a naval task force before finally being overwhelmed by the third attempt by the Japanese Imperial Navy. Five surviving Marines, one surviving construction contractor and others walk the viewers through the battle and the aftermath of the battle. A truly superb story of American heroes at the outset of World War II, narrated by Will Lyman.
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Movie: Waco: The Rules of Engagement ( 1997 )
A reassessment of the tragedy at Waco that left 76 members of the Branch Davidian religious sect dead.
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Movie: Virginia Creepers: The Horror Host Tradition of the Old Dominion ( 2009 )
Virginia Creepers examines more than 50 years of television horror hosting in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a reflection of a national cultural phenomenon. The film not only documents shows and personalities but also the transformation of local television programming from a breeding ground for homegrown talent and community involvement to its current state as a corporate cookie cutter. It also documents the rise of the internet host, which began with Virginia's Count Gore De Vol. The film allows actors, producers and fans to tell the story, concentrating on the best tales and gags. More than 100 interviews were conducted over 16 months and the film includes recovered video, audio and stills from as far back as 1958.
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Movie: Vietnam, Land of Fire ( 1966 )
Subversive film documenting the Vietnamese viewpoint of the Vietnam War.
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Movie: Vice Versa: Chyna ( 2021 )
The rise and fall of wrestler Joanie Chyna Laurer, whose life was cut short in 2016. Her contributions to the WWE business and her pioneering work and her gripping tale of the "comeback" starting in 2015.
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Movie: Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs (TV Special 2021) ( 2021 )
"The Lost Tombs," which will stream on Discovery+ in addition to airing on the Discovery Channel, chronicles the largest excavation in Egypt in 100 years. Dr. Zahi Hawass explores the infamous Valley of the Kings looking for Queen Nefertiti's treasure, among other priceless artifacts from the New Kingdom.
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Movie: USS Indianapolis: The Final Chapter ( 2019 )
Follow a scientific detective story detailing the discovery of the USS Indianapolis wreck site three and a half miles below the Philippine Sea. The ship's sinking in the final days of WWII was the largest loss of life in US Naval history, and the harrowing survival story of sailors drifting in failing life preservers is legendary. The program weaves together never-before-seen archival footage, CGI, the moving accounts of the few remaining survivors, testimony of historians and spectacular footage of the expedition to the well-preserved wreck.
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Movie: USS Franklin: Honor Restored ( 2011 )
Emotions run deep, still today, in the surviving men of the USS Franklin. The carrier, known as "The Ship That Wouldn't Die", survived a direct hit by a Japanese armor-piecing bomb just fifty miles off the coast of Japan in March 1945. In an instant the crew's lives were changed forever and the events that followed would make the story of "Big Ben" one of the most dramatic and inspiring in naval history.
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Movie: Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's ( 2015 )
From the producers of "Pony Excess" comes URBAN COWBOY: THE RISE AND FALL OF GILLEY'S which chronicles the cultural phenomenon sparked by the 1980 film "Urban Cowboy" and its inspiration, Gilley's, the largest bar in the world.
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Movie: Uprising: Hip Hop and the LA Riots ( 2012 )
Revisits the riots in gripping detail and draws from a diverse collection of voices - the rappers, rioters, victims, police officers, journalists and everyday citizens of South Central Los Angeles.
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Movie: Unseen ( 2016 )
In 2009, police discovered the bodies of eleven women decomposing in and around the home of a known sex offender. With access to the surviving victims, Unseen looks into how the murders of those women went unnoticed for so long.
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Movie: Unraveled: The Long Island Serial Killer ( 2021 )
Unraveled: Long Island Serial Killer is a true crime streaming special that examines one of the biggest murder mysteries in American history. Its been a decade since eleven bodies were discovered on the coast of Long Island. Hosts Alexis Linkletter and Billy Jensen investigates the murders and expose the untold story of why the case remains unsolved.
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Movie: Unforgotten: Twenty-Five Years After Willowbrook ( 1997 )
It was a nightmare that shocked not only New York, but all of America. The public outcry about the Willowbrook State School for people with developmental disabilities resulted from Geraldo Rivera's expose on WABC after he had entered Willowbrook with a film crew in 1972, using a stolen key.
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Movie: Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson ( 2005 )
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight boxing champion.
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Movie: Underfire: The Untold Story of Pfc. Tony Vaccaro ( 2016 )
An HBO Documentary Film. Tony Vaccaro, a WWII infantryman, smuggled his $47.00 portable camera into battle to create one of the most comprehensive and intimate records of the war.
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Movie: Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston ( 2011 )
An exploration of the clothes, the glamour and the decadence of iconic fashion designer Halston.
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Movie: UFOs: It Has Begun ( 1979 )
A documentary exploring the existence of UFOs and extra-terrestrial beings.
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Movie: Twenty Two ( 2017 )
An estimated 200,000 Chinese women were forced into prostitution by the Japanese army during WWII. Only 22 of them remain today to speak out publicly. This documentary is not a film for political gains or narrow nationalistic purposes. For the director and the crew, each and every one of those elderly women is a brave and strong individual with similar yet distinctive experiences. This is a group that deserves to be known and correctly understood by more people and a history worth being preserved in a most accurate yet sensitive way. In the documentary, the current situation of those 22 elderly women will be presented in an impersonal way. There's no interrogation, sympathy, nor exaggeration in our film. You will hear them talk about their own experiences, and you will also learn about their perspectives on life, sufferings and happiness. Now all over 80 or 90 years old, those elderly ladies are at the very last stage of their life. This is probably the last chance for the public to actually see their situations and hear their own words while they are still alive. It should not be a history just written on pages.
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Movie: Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten ( 2021 )
Deadly assault on the 100th anniversary of the crime in the context of other racial massacres and police killings.
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Movie: Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost ( 2018 )
A documentary on the 40th anniversary of the largest murder-suicide in American history, when over 900 members of the Peoples Temple consumed a deadly cyanide-laced drink on the orders of leader Jim Jones.
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Movie: Trump 2024: The World After Trump ( 2020 )
Addresses the aggressive movement to transform America, strip away its freedoms and Judeo-Christian values.
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Movie: Trouble Behind ( 1991 )
During World War I, African-Americans worked on the railroad near Corbin, Kentucky. When whites returned from the war, there was conflict. Whites sought their former jobs and positions in the community. In 1919, a race riot occurred. Whites put the African-Americans on railroad cars and ran them out of town. In Trouble Behind, members of the Corbin community speak out on the issue. The filmmakers also interview former members of the Corbin, which at the time of filming had only one black family. Some Corbin residents express confusion as to why African-Americans don't move back. Others openly use racial epithets. Some young adults seem troubled by the racism, past and present. Others don't.
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Movie: Triumph of the Will ( 1935 )
The infamous propaganda film of the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany.
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Movie: Treblinka's Last Witness ( 2015 )
Samuel Willenberg and Kalman Taigman, the last two survivors of the Nazi extermination camp Treblinka, recount the horrors they experienced during the war and talk about their lives after their escape in a prisoner uprising in 1943. Willenberg would go on to become a hero of the 1944 Warsaw uprising while Taigman would be called as a witness during the infamous trial of Adolf Eichmann.
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Movie: Titicut Follies ( 1992 )
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside the Massachusetts Correctional Institution Bridgewater where people stay trapped in their madness.
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Movie: Titanic: The Aftermath ( 2012 )
Explores what happened after the Titanic sank: the lives the disaster affected and the changes it brought to sea travel.
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Movie: Titanic Survivors ( 1998 )
The Titanic survivors are interviewed, along with a gathering in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a Titanic historic society convention.
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Movie: Titanic's Final Mystery ( 2012 )
The documentary looks at the reasons behind the sinking and lack of rescue of the RMS Titanic, and sees Tim Matlin, author of several books about the Titanic travel to locations across Europe, North American and the Atlantic Ocean to meet experts and perform experiments to test theories.
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Movie: Titanic: How It Really Sank ( 2009 )
National Geographic explores the fatal series of avoidable human errors that sent Titanic to her watery grave.
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Movie: Titanic Arrogance ( 2013 )
One hundred years ago the Titanic was launched. This doc reveals the litany of human error, from the building process, to the tragic events that led her to be rammed into the iceberg that sank her.
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Movie: Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster ( 1997 )
Documentary examines the Titanic in the same way transportation officials examine modern-day disasters and uses results of the Discovery Channel's Titanic expedition to answer scientifically some of the mysteries surrounding the shipwreck.
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Movie: Titanic: 90 Years Below ( 2002 )
Dr. Robert Ballard's last dive to the wreck of the Titanic, which he discovered in 1985. Along with other experts, he discusses his feelings on how the wreck has changed over the years.
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Movie: Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron ( 2017 )
For the 20th anniversary of "Titanic," James Cameron reopens the file on the disaster.
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Movie: Tina ( 2021 )
Exclusive access to the Grammy Award-winning artist to celebrate her career.
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Movie: Time Simply Passes ( 2018 )
Nearly 50 years ago, a mass murder was committed in the small Florida town of Arcadia. The victims were all children in the same family of African-American citrus pickers. Their father James Richardson was convicted of the crime and sentenced to death. More than 20 years and a series of unprecedented miracles followed in order to set him free. Now, in the present day, James Richardson travels back to Florida in the hopes of receiving a glimmer of justice from a State which took his life away. This is a story that has unfolded countless times in different ways in small towns across America. This film represents a multi-generational effort to diagram this story from beginning to end, in the hopes that we can one day learn how to prevent it from ever happening again.
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Movie: This Is Elvis ( 1981 )
The life and career of Elvis Presley are chronicled in home movies, concert footage, and dramatizations. Subjects include early performances, army service, Ed Sullivan Show appearance, marriage, 1968 comeback, health decline and death.
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Movie: This Is Cinerama ( 1955 )
A standard screen B&W prologue during which Lowell Thomas shows how, from the dawn of history, mankind has attempted to create the illusion of depth & movement by artistic, mechanical and photographic means. Cinerama format opens with Rockaway Playland Roller Coaster, then Temple Dance from "Aida", views of Niagra Falls, Long Island Choir - an early test of CineramaSound in B&W -, Canals of Venice, Edinburgh Military Tattoo, bullfight and musical performance in Spain, Act II finale of "AIDA" at La Scala Opera House, Milan. "Intermission 15 minutes" Act II commences with a sound demonstration - "we call it stereophonic sound" says LT. Then to Cypress Gardens, Florida, for trick water skiing and boating scenes. The last half of Act II- "America the Beautiful"- is viewed from the nose of a low flying B-25 aeroplane. Finally, credits.
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Movie: Things That Aren't Here Anymore ( 1995 )
A nostalgic look at Southern California's past, particularly things and places in and around Los Angeles which no longer exist.
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Movie: The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945 ( 1981 )
With a great archive footage coming from 16 countries, this Oscar nominated documentary briefly presents some of the most important facts about the Nazist persecution against Jews in Europe, starting with Hitler's rise to the power.
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Movie: The Windermere Children: In Their Own Words ( 2020 )
Interviews with former children who survived the Holocaust concentration camps and who were rehabilitated in a disused aircraft factory overlooking Lake Windermere in the UK, and whose experiences in adjusting to freedom in a foreign country were dramatised in The Windermere Children (2020). It also describes their experiences as they were rounded up by the Germans in their home towns and taken by cattle train to concentration camps such as Auschwitz.
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Movie: The Weight of Gold ( 2020 )
A look at the mental health challenges Olympic athletes often face.
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Movie: The War at Home ( 1979 )
Interviews with people involved with and leading the Madison, Wisconsin area resistance to the Vietnam war.
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Movie: The Wall: A World Divided ( 2010 )
THE WALL looks inside the revolution that swept across Europe with the November 1989 opening of the Berlin Wall, to understand how this remarkable event helped end the Cold War without a fired shot.
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Movie: The Velvet Underground and Nico ( 1966 )
"A Symphony of Sound" - depicts a rehearsal of The Velvet Underground and Nico at the Factory, 231 East 47th St., (loft on 4th floor), New York City. It is essentially a one long loose improvisation including some private conversations and a brief visit from the NYPD.
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Movie: The Ultimate Guide: House Cats ( 2000 )
The domestic cat is the most successful of all the species of cat and in most of the world our most popular pet. This program reveals why the domestic cat has retained many features of its wild ancestry such as its superb sprinting ability which allows it to reach 30 mph within seconds and its extraordinary sensory ability of touch.
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Movie: The Two Escobars ( 2010 )
Pablo Escobar was the richest, most powerful drug kingpin in the world, ruling the Medelli­n Cartel with an iron fist. Andres Escobar was the biggest soccer star in Colombia. The two were not related, but their fates were inextricably - and fatally - intertwined. Pablo's drug money had turned Andres' national team into South American champions, favored to win the 1994 World Cup in Los Angeles. It was there, in a game against the U.S., that Andres committed one of the most shocking mistakes in soccer history, scoring an "own goal" that eliminated his team from the competition and ultimately cost him his life. THE TWO ESCOBARS is a riveting examination of the intersection of sports, crime, and politics. For Colombians, soccer was far more than a game: their entire national identity rode on the success or failure of their team. Jeff and Michael Zimbalist's fast and furious documentary plays out on an ever-expanding canvas, painting a fascinating portrait of Pablo, Andres, and a country in the grips of a violent, escalating civil war.
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Movie: The Truth Behind: UFOs ( 2011 )
The Truth Behind: UFOs looks at UFOs sightings around the world. It looks at recent sightings in Connecticut and Israel. It also goes to Rachel, Neveda, to follow a group of UFO hunters searching for objects in the sky. It looks at the legend of Area 51 and the account of Bob Lazar who said he worked there. It also discusses the Roswell crash and the AVRO car.
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Movie: The Truth About Mother Goose ( 1957 )
The true story behind various nursery rhymes is explored.
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Movie: The True Story of the Mary Celeste ( 2007 )
On the 5th of December 1872, the American-registered brigantine, the Mary Celeste, was found drifting in the Atlantic. The ship was in good condition. Its cargo was intact. However the 10 people on board were missing without trace. An official inquiry in Gibraltar failed to find the cause of their disappearance and since then, rumour, wild speculation and many theories have been proposed. In the 135 years that have passed, the mystery of this "ghost ship" has never been solved - until now. This is not another re-telling of this famous story or another theory which cannot be proved. A four-year investigation for this programme has turned up new information including a transcript of the ship's lost log. Now, vital new clues have enabled an international team of experts to finally solve what is widely regarded as the greatest mystery of the sea. The first accurate model ever created of the Mary Celeste has been used to create stunning CGI scenarios by RED VISION, the UK-based award-winning graphics studio. Interviews with members of the families of the American captain and the German seamen who were accused of murdering those on the Mary Celeste. Rare archive and the personal possessions of those on board which have never been seen outside the families of those whose lives were touched by this event. Filmed in full HD at the locations where this remarkable story unfolds: The Azores, The US, Germany, Gibraltar and the UK.
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Movie: The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai ( 2001 )
What really happened is a long way removed from the Hollywood movie. This is the story of hardship almost beyond belief that was suffered by the Allied soldiers at the hands of their Japanese captors.
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Movie: The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels ( 1988 )
The bizarre story behind the creation of Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer's 1971 film 200 Motels.
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Movie: The Times of Harvey Milk ( 1985 )
A documentary of the successful career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay city supervisor.
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Movie: The T.A.M.I. Show ( 1964 )
Surf pop duo, Jan and Dean host this showcase of performances by well-known Rock, R&B, and pop stars of the era.
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Movie: The Summer of Love ( 2017 )
The story of the cultural, social, and political changes that were brought about following the 1967 Summer of Love in San Francisco.
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Movie: The Story of the Bee Gees ( 2011 )
This is an incredible look at the life and times of three brothers, Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, one of the worlds first super groups, taking us on a journey from their roots to the pinnacle of their careers. This is a must for all music fans!
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Movie: The Sorrow and the Pity ( 1972 )
From 1940 to 1944, France's Vichy government collaborated with Nazi Germany. Marcel Ophüls mixes archival footage with 1969 interviews of a German officer and of collaborators and resistance fighters from Clermont-Ferrand. They comment on the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from anti-Semitism, xenophobia, and fear of Bolsheviks, to simple caution. Part one, "The Collapse," includes an extended interview with Pierre Mendès-France, jailed for anti-Vichy action and later France's Prime Minister. At the heart of part two, "The Choice," is an interview with Christian de la Mazière, one of 7,000 French youth to fight on the eastern front wearing German uniforms.
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Movie: The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter ( 2009 )
"The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter" walks in the footsteps of the Manson Family, visiting over 40 locations related to the infamous Tate/LaBianca murders, and tying together the dozens of odd connections between Charles Manson and the Hollywood elite. Entertainingly led by famous Hollywood historian Scott Michaels (E!'s 20 Most Horrifying Hollywood Murders, Dearly Departed: Vol. 1, FindADeath.com), this epic documentary employs never-before-seen autopsy reports (analyzed with the help of the Los Angeles Department of the Coroner), dozens of rare photographs, original Manson Family music recordings, and modern-day visits to the locations where the action went down, in the most complete retelling of the Manson Murders ever put on film.
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Movie: The Self-Destruction of Gia ( 2003 )
Documentary on the life of Gia Carangi, often considered the first supermodel, who died from complications due to AIDS, at the age of 26.
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Movie: The Secret Mummies of Lisbon ( 2017 )
At the request of the Catholic Church in Lisbon, members of the Royal Archeology and Historical Association (RAHA) of Portugal excavate 78 mummies in a crypt beneath the altar of the ...
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Movie: The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper ( 1988 )
A panel of experts examines the five main suspects in the Jack the Ripper murders and determines which of them is the most likely to have committed the crimes.
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Movie: The Search for Mengele ( 1985 )
Josef Mengele, the 'Angel of Death,' was the most notorious SS doctor at Auschwitz. He sent hundreds of thousands of Jews to their deaths and performed appalling experiments on adults and children.
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Movie: The Savage Peace ( 2015 )
When the Second World War ended, the people of liberated Europe celebrated their freedom from Nazi tyranny. Their years of suffering had ended, but for millions of Germans, the end of the conflict opened a new and terrible chapter.
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Movie: The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus ( 1997 )
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus was filmed before a live audience at a North London TV studio.
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Movie: The River Ran Red ( 2008 )
The River Ran Red, part of The Witnesses Trilogy, is a 60 minute documentary about the epic search for survivors of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Using eyewitness testimonies, the filmmaker, himself a survivor, weaves a story of terrifying intensity, from the highland waters of the Euphrates to the burning deserts of Syria, to the final resting place of those who died in and around the river.
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Movie: The Riddle of Pompeii ( 2000 )
This documentary attempts to reconstruct the 24 August 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius hour by hour. By using the latest evidence from volcanology.
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Movie: The Resurgence: DeMarcus Cousins ( 2019 )
In 2018 NBA superstar DeMarcus "Boogie" Cousins tore his Achilles, ending his season and potentially his career. THE RESURGENCE: DeMarcus Cousins is an up-close and extremely personal journey through his rehabilitation, free agency and his eventual way back on the court. Once on the verge of a massive contract he soon discovers how both his injury and his reputation have impacted his financial future. Ultimately, he chooses to bet on himself and to prove that your perception is not his reality.
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Movie: The Real World You Never Saw: Chicago ( 2002 )
When the Real World blows into The Windy City, hold on tight because things get a little crazy. And one Chicago season just isn't big enough to show all the hook-ups, revolving-door dates, crew mishaps, group-sized (and group used) showers, and Cara's forbidden lust for a director that eventually everyone knew about. It's the first Real World to tape during the hot summer months, so watch Tonya, Cara, Chris, Theo, Kyle, Keri and Aneesa turn up the heat (and strip off the clothes - did we mention the showers?) in the wackiest, sexiest and funniest outtakes and bloopers ever on The Real World You Never Saw - Chicago!