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In 1929, Diessmann, a German scholar, discovers an ancient map of a Kurdish Admiral, struggling to find out the map's secrets, and expose one of the biggest lies in history. The chart leads him to so many troubles during his Journey around the world.
a compilation of recordings from various filmmakers and people about their unforgettable interests and passions over the years.
Soot covered skies cover a restless immigrant city where a battle over Cleveland's streetcars opens new frontiers in American democracy.
The night of July 18th 1896 a small group of people attended the first film projection in Buenos Aires. This is the story of three of them, who will go on to become the pioneers of south-american cinema, not without being involved in a couple scandals including a duel, a mysterious disappearance and the burning of a lab in the centric area of the city. Archival footage meets historical fact and cinematic recreation in a filmic exercise that is not interested in finding reality in fiction but quite the opposite: finding fiction in reality.
The Franco-Russian War resulted in tens of millions of deaths and injuries. The purpose of this film is to demonstrate the scale of these events and the stories of the people who were involved in them.
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The Colorful Soul of Beyoğlu follows the extraordinary journey of three young women who, through a twist of fate, find themselves transported back in time. Having their mission in mind, they are soon drawn to a mysterious and charismatic figure. Can they help this colorful soul find their rightful place in history?
A look at the LGBT history of Valencia (Spain) from the 1970s to the early 2000s, a crucial era where a explosion of desire for freedom and the exploration of sexuality marked the beginning of the egalitarian struggle for queer rights. The film showcases testimonies that marked a before and after in the Valencian struggle, and unites activists, historical figures, drag queens, businesspeople and historians to shape a unique yet still unknown history, as well as countless of unpublished archival footage that will get us into a city that proved to be open and plural — The first demonstrations, homophobic assaults, the Brigada 26, the origins of Moviment d'Alliberament Gai del Pais Valencià and Lambda, nightlife venues and cabarets, the trans struggle, the HIV/AIDS outbreak, the first gay bookstore in the city, the first regional lesbian collective; these are some of the topics that tell a universal struggle: to be able to be free and love whoever you want without fear.
A vividly abstract play of shadowy figures, who portray the voices of those entangled in religious persecution and senseless brutality of the Albigensian Crusade.
History tells us Adolf Hitler died a coward's death in 1945. But did he? Declassified FBI files raise the question about whether the Führer escaped Germany and fled to Argentina.
When The Great Erasure interrupts her reading of Dove’s story, The Black Girl goes in search of the author. After the Feminist Bookseller and Africanist Professor do not help her, she turns to The Revisionists, in whose cyberarchive she is able to locate Dove and the two spend an afternoon together. Told in the style of a ciné-roman, the film is an homage to Shaw and Dove’s “Adventure” novellas.
It's captivated us for over 2000 years, but did it really exist? Dan Snow travels to Greece to discover if there is any truth in this tale of the legendary island in the Atlantic Ocean that supposedly disappeared beneath the waves. He investigates real ancient cities that were destroyed by earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis - could these have inspired the story of Atlantis?
A short drama movie about liberating the noarders.
In 1924, after several months of meticulous planning, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks for the thrill of committing a "perfect crime." Audio-narrated descriptions of key visual elements are available.
Final Chronicle is a short documentary film that portrays the 2022 FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and France from an urban and emotional perspective. Far from the stadiums, the film immerses itself in the streets of Buenos Aires to directly and viscerally capture the collective euphoria following Argentina's victory. Through observational footage, soundscapes, and spontaneous moments of popular celebration, the film captures the social climate of a historic day and how an entire city embraced the victory. A visual chronicle of identity, celebration, and contemporary memory.
Former President Trump returns to the site of his first assassination attempt in Butler, PA to finish the speech cut short after being struck by a bullet and nearly losing his life on July 13th.
In this short documentary, Nora Twomey discovers the activities of her great-grandmother on the Anti-Treaty side of the War of Independence and Civil War.
At the cusp of their first show on New Year's Eve 2000, a struggling Altoona, PA frontman's decision to pivot his band to a brand new musical genre creates a rift among his bandmates.
This is our updated musical about the runaway Statue of Liberty getting arrested. Her opponent is McGreedy, NYC's worst slumlord. This second project is with new cast of experienced teens and younger.
Discover how the North Korean people suffered famine, labor camps and public executions, while the Kim regime spent three generations relentlessly pursuing nuclear ambitions.
TOA is inspired by the first Pacific Island contingent to fight alongside Great Britain in WW1. A group of 1255 soldiers, who were all left nameless and reduced to a statistic.
In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of D-DAY, four Navy SEAL veterans travel to Normandy on a journey of communion with forefathers shared, friends lost and a brotherhood never ending.
This short film is based on the real life of the African character and leader Benkos Bioho who rebelled against slavery and founded the Palenque, the first free people of America. This audiovisual highlights the life, and the struggle for civil rights and freedom of Afro-Colombian people in Colombia.
The Blitz saw over 40,000 civilians killed and more than a million houses destroyed in London when the German's conducted mass air attacks. Eighty years on, we look at the build-up to the raids and detailed footage of the destruction that followed. With interviews from those who lived through it and stories of sadness and bravery, at a time when Britain held strong and swore not to surrender.
The film’s dialogues are excerpted from five essays by Go Han-Yong, the first Dadaist during the Korean colonial period, and Max Stirner’s “The Ego and Its Own,” the cause of Joseon anarchism.
The filmed version of The Israeli Opera's “Theodor,” an inspiring and visually captivating opera that delves into the life and origin story of Theodor Herzl, the visionary behind the modern State of Israel.
a feature film halfway between a documentary and a story, with special effects, artificial intelligence and chroma key, which aims to show the original and grandiose aspect of Greek Syracuse, with a suggestive final effect, and illustrates well with immediate and modern language the author's message, to draw example from the myth and the past, which continue to live again and speak, to understand the present and plan the future.
The documentary shows the lives of the victims deported to the forced labour camps in Hortobágy between 1950-53, up to the present day. We seek answers to the questions of how the victims coped with what happened to them, how they shared these events with their descendants, and how the tragedy suffered by their parents and grandparents affects their descendants today.
From the history of the Saudi state comes the film 'Bakhrosh' to portray the story of one of the heroes of the Battle of Wadi Quraysh.
Ex-Nortel CEO Frank Dunn tries to navigate the modern world after experiencing a classic case of "tech-boom-rise-and-fall."
Watch live as President Joe Biden addresses the nation for the first time following Donald Trump's decisive victory over Vice President Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
Santa Fe, 1573. A city that does not yet exist, but is about to be born amidst vast landscapes, with budding mountains and flora and fauna as fascinating as it is unknown and exotic.
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Based on a shocking true event in Thai history, where victims received no justice, and the perpetrators remain free.
The eyes of a boy awake at dawn recorded the day. The dream of many fueled his own. João, the boy, walked through the Revolution hand in hand with Freedom, searching for his mother. João, the boy, ran through a black-and-white Lisbon painted only by the red that chance called carnation. The red that turned green with hope!
A young womans search for morality leads her to a schizophrenic break...
This film is the result of a two-year oral history project which collected the stories of people living and working in Douglas, gathering reflections on the story of the past and witnessing the changes in a small village that became a suburb of Cork, Ireland.
Dramatic escape of four prisoners, including two Luxembourgers, from the Arolsen subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp. Wearing stolen SS uniforms and with the help of the concentration camp staff doctor's car, the four try to make their way to Luxembourg. Based on the testimonies of the four prisoners, the film reports on the numerous dangers to which the four were exposed during their escape.