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Join historian Dan Snow as he pieces together the story of Stonehenge, revealing how modern discoveries have started to solve its many mysteries.

A young filmmaker accompanies his grandfather– a veteran of the Vietnam War– to Fairbanks, to dedicate his unit flag to a new generation of helicopter pilots.

Set in 1870's Taranaki, Aotearoa. The Land Wars in Aotearoa are over. A Taranaki hapū is planning a feast with Pākehā former soldiers to mark the start of more peaceful times. Not all is what it seems.

Protagonists and new context of the insurrectionary drama in the critical interpretation of contemporary Slovak and Czech historians. In postwar Czechoslovakia, the image of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) was subordinated to the ideological needs of the Communist Party and the objective interpretation only allowed the free conditions after 1989. While in the Czech countries this event disappears from general awareness, for Slovaks, it remains a key aspect of modern history. The current interpretation describes the insurrection not only as a Slovak struggle with fascism and German Nazism, but also as a duel about the form of the next Czech-Slovak relations.

When the Tanana River bridge was installed in Salcha, Alaska, the community worried about the levee's effects on fish wildlife. Salcha Elementary School, along with the help of Tanana Valley Watershed Association, conducted a 10-year scientific project with students to study the effects the levee had on Piledriver Slough. Tori Brannan - the filmmaker's mother - is a retired principal at Salcha Elementary and was the project's centerpiece. She shares her experiences with the project, the community, and how her daughter's involvement strengthened their relationship.

Larbi Ben Mhidi

Through the entanglement of home movies, archival footage, and cinéma vérité, "Ghost Camera" captures 116 years of Toronto history to tell the tale of a documentarian's descent into artistic madness.

Janina lives with her oldest daughter Dana in a village, idyllically nestled between mountains and dense forests in southwestern Poland. At the age of 92, Janina recalls her past more vividly than she ever has. The film takes us on a journey into commitment, personal loss, resilience, and the importance of empathy in the face of the darkest moments in history.

Iván, a young newspaper delivery boy, discovers that Vera, a girl who receives his deliveries, puts them to an unexpected use. Intrigued by her, Iván decides to get to know her.

Wael Shawky’s Drama 1882 (re)stages a colonial conflict laden with treason and exploitation as a libretto across eight chapters and 44 hypnotic minutes, invoking questions of colonialism, collaboration, resistance, narrative, history, and, of course, drama.

June 1944. The vicinity of Orsha. Ivan Raikov's partisan group goes on a reconnaissance mission. But it is complicated by the appearance of the Jagdkommando, whose main task is to clean up partisan activity in the region.

"There was a time, from the late 1940s through the 1960s, when the now-upscale Lincoln Park neighborhood served as the beating heart of Chicago’s huge Puerto Rican community, and the base of operations for a band of Puerto Rican revolutionaries known as the Young Lords. Led by a young man named José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, the activist group – which evolved from a social club to a street gang to a political force – banded together with the Black Panthers as the Rainbow Coalition to wage war against what they called Mayor Richard J. Daley’s “urban removal of the poor” and the area’s eventual gentrification" (WTTW).

Abhagi is a lower-caste, poor village woman left by her husband and lives with her son Kangali in her small mud hut. In her childhood, Abhagi dreams of her death, she takes ill and soon passes away. Before her death, she tells her son about her wish for sindoor, alta, and being burnt in wood. Will her wish be fulfilled? Based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya's short story 'Abhagir Swargo'.

A group of British soldiers searches a house during a winter of the 1770s.

"Porta de Expressão" begins with a shot of the stairs at the entrance to the Cineclube de Guimarães. The sound of footsteps ascending the stairs and the murmur of a small crowd fill the air, but the stairs are empty. This "phantom sound" creates an atmosphere of mystery and absence, reflecting the invisibility and silence forced by censorship. The subtle sound of the projection machine mixes with some voices that tell of the many creative ways that the film society found to circumvent censorship during the PIDE era. Among the many cinephile memories there are reports of the cultural resistance of the film club.

Based on the true story of a scientist who pursues another opportunity to fund his solar energy project after the company he works for refuses to, and finds himself confronted with forces that are keeping him from achieving his dream.

This short film tells the touching story of Dali, a six-year-old girl living in Soviet Georgia in 1946, who discovers an unlikely friendship with Frank, a German prisoner working in the fields near her home.

1930, all of Paris was crystallized by a resounding trial: the pants trial. Indeed, Violette Morris, the impetuous and famous sportswoman of the 1920s, took legal action against the Automobile Club de France which withdrew her license. The cause: the insistent wearing of men's suits, pants.

Brower Commons, a dining hall at Rutgers University, was a fixture of my freshman year, and then it was gone--but students kept talking about it, complaining about its absence just as they had previously complained about its food. This toxic, confusing relationship fascinated me, and I had to learn more, dig deeper, and uncover the truth. What resulted was a journey that took me through countless student interviews, frustrating university bureaucracy, and hidden Rutgers history.

1914-1918, Burma, Turkish POW camp, and other side Turkey, British POW camp. Hidden truths that still remain silent despite the intervening century. Descendants of Turkish and British soldiers who crossed paths in Mesopotamia during the First World War think upon the unknown stories of their grandfathers and how it has affected their lives. The film progresses with testimonies from two different nations' prisoners of war, who have been left outside of the historical framework, and showcases the shared painful effects of war's cruelty upon individuals, and the bond that distinguishes the reality of history from memory and forgiveness. The film focuses on the tragic stories of W. C. Spackman, an English military doctor working in the Indian Army, and Colonel Suphi Bey, a Turkish officer, whose destinies intersect in Mesopotamia.

In the Jura Mountains near the Swiss border, in 1940, a small group (still teenagers or young adults) are determined to do something to resist. Their perfect knowledge of their territory and its paths allows them to cross to the other side. Documents, information, but above all denounced resistance fighters, downed airmen, and Jewish families with their children. Hundreds of lives saved at the risk of their own; the extraordinary heroism of these women, the Passeuses.

A film that celebrates the vibrant culture, rich heritage, and the remarkable birth of the Kingdom of Eswatini, stemming from the Bantu-speaking Nguni people.

After the Notre Dame fire in 2019, two mysterious coffins were found buried beneath its floor. Where did they come from and who was inside? Follow scientists and historians as they investigate what their stories reveal about this iconic cathedral. From NOVA.

A short film directed and edited by Giovanna Massinelli that shows the immigrant struggle not only as a marginalized struggle, but a struggle of all peoples, a class struggle.

A historical guide of the generations of unique music technology that still inhabit the Avery-Copp House.

It is a film essay that tries to tell the story of two people who communicate with some archival materials that they find in Santo Domingo at different times. One of the people belongs to that era of the archives, who now lives in a future where the city no longer exists. And the other, a person who has never heard of this city where his family is from.

A docu-fiction follows 2 young Egyptian women’s journeys exploring past memories from the 60s-80s through archival home videos, audio recordings, and recreation of movie scenes.

This documentary tells three stories about Jewish properties stored during the Second World War, their Jewish owners and their non-Jewish custodians.

Documentary on BC labor activist Ginger Goodwin, his career as a striker, anti-war efforts, and assassination. Explores locations around Cumberland and the West Kootenays in present day.

In a theatre, a play begins. Accusations fly and blood is spilled as a tale is told of the brutal 17th Century English Witch Trials.

Based on the story of late 1830's colonial Australia, where an unspeakable crime against First Nations people caused an upheaval between law and order.

A behind-the-scenes look at the confectioner that has been crafting Easter eggs since 1875, producing approximately 500 million each year. The program covers the origins of the Easter egg and how George and Richard Cadbury were pivotal in making them a Victorian-era sensation, up to the collaboration with Domino's Pizza to create Creme Egg cookies, a concoction that has stirred up the chocolate and pizza world.

A knight and a priest investigate the disappearance of a young girl and the masked cult responsible.

"Attitu" tells the inner life of a woman, an Accabadora. This is a mysterious figure in Sardinian tales. According the stories she goes from house to house to bring dying people to death.

1962, at the end of the Algerian War, Algerian independence activists are released from Rennes prison. For one night, filmmaker Yann Le Masson films them. They tell him their vision for the future of Algeria and the place women must occupy in the new society to be built. Fifty years later, with the soundtrack missing, Raphaël Pillosio sets out to find these women. Two deaf people set about lip-reading the women filmed by Yann Le Masson, revealing snatches of sentences, words cut short by the camera's shifts. An investigative film in which the few activists still alive discover their old testimonies and tell us their silent story. The reconstruction of the lost soundtrack will remain in suspense; no happy ending will come to absorb the absence, to cancel the ferocious operation of time. An essay film about cinema that depicts their disappearance, and forever keeps them alive.

Oscar©, a powerful exploration of the life and writings of literary legend, Oscar Wilde. A spectacular new full-length ballet by Tony Award-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon In a celebration of the beauty and complexity of love in all its forms, Oscar© brings queer romance to life through Wheeldon’s innovative and heart-stirring choreography. Oscar© journeys through the extraordinary life of Wilde – a man who dared to live and write with unapologetic boldness – while masterfully integrating two of Wilde’s best-known works, The Nightingale and the Rose and The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Here’s a visual concept of the short film scene you described, where two strangers have a serious conversation about political prisoners in Thailand under Section 112. The atmosphere captures the tension and urgency of the discussion.

Explore the acclaimed filmmaker's more recent work in new interviews with Burns and his colleagues. Featuring excerpts from Country Music, Muhammad Ali, Benjamin Franklin, The U.S. and the Holocaust, The American Buffalo, The Vietnam War and others.

A deaf boy in the era of totalitarian Czechoslovakia faces a major turning point in his life – the beginning of compulsory attendance at a special boarding kindergarten. While he has no idea what the future holds, his mother is going through an inner struggle, grappling with a system she cannot change. The story captures a moment of closeness, separation, and two different perspectives on the world.

Damian and his friends get together to play a game of TEG, what Damian doesn't expect is that soon, the game will turn into a duel between historical figures of humanity.

An ancestral house builds itself, comes to life, and shows us its story spanning one hundred fifty years. Through the ages, it allows us to perceive the passage of time.

A father of a fallen soldier killed while in service in Iraq attempts to write his son's eulogy for his upcoming memorial service.

The Uru communities of Bolivia have lived on Lake Poopó for generations. Faced with its disappearance, they must grapple with what it means to be Qotzuñi, or People of the Lake, when the lake ceases to exist.

An amateur archaeologist obsessed with e-waste records images and sounds over ten years. His research takes the form of a personal, playful and musical diary, crossing borders and archives. One day, he arrives at an electronic recycling workshop where the ghost of a working poet manifests itself. The search takes an unexpected turn and he sets out, in the company of his cat Pendrive, to explore the links between technology and memory. In times of environmental crisis, overproduction and acceleration of consumption, he wonders: how will history be written in the future?

"Gaza Is Our Home" is a profoundly personal documentary that peels back the layers of devastation within the Gaza Strip, as witnessed through the lens of filmmaker Monear Shaer. His debut documentary was created out of agony as a timely, impactful, and tragic response to the collective anguish of all who call Gaza home... What began as an auto-generated slideshow on Monear’s iPhone of his own trip to see his family in 2021, has since transformed into a feature-length documentary. Through a tapestry of intimate interviews, unfiltered personal footage, and raw storytelling, "Gaza Is Our Home" transcends the political rhetoric and confronts audiences with the agonizing reality and ongoing cruelty thrust upon the film-makers own family. It is more than just a documentary... Rather, "Gaza Is Our Home" stands as a testament to the humanity behind the over 33,362 innocent lives massacred since Oct 2023...

At the turn of the 1970s, with Portugal having been ruled for nearly half a century by an uncompromising dictatorship, a handful of officers decided to risk everything to liberate their country. Working in the shadows of the regime, they plotted a coup d'état unprecedented in history. This coup would soon give rise to a revolution: the Carnation Revolution, which overthrew the Salazar regime in a single day, April 25, 1974, without bloodshed.

The story of this film is a loose adaptation of a novel of the same name written by Ruhollah Rashidi and narrates the attachments of a building painter who loves cinema, who has succeeded in producing several short films and dreams of making his first feature film.

In a remote house situated in the Alps, an old man entertains a young stranger by telling three ancient legends from Aosta Valley. The story of a nymph and her lake. A shepherdess, eager for a celebration. A peasant girl, who has suddenly fallen ill.

This documentary follows a team of archaeologists, mandated by the Louvre Museum, as they pick up where Egyptologist Auguste Mariette left-off with his discovery of the Serapeum tomb of the bull of Apis - one of the most sacred places in Saqqara, Egypt, in 1850. Mariette also managed to map out a network of underground tunnels leading to other burial sites that he did not have time to uncover. With exclusive access, we follow a team of archaeologists continue the research of Mariette.