Country: United States
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
An epic film that follows the life of Alexander the Great the macedonian king that united all ancient greek tribes and led them against the vast Persian Empire. Alexander conquered most of the then known world and created a greek empire that spanned all the way from the Balkans to...
Country: United States
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
In 1964 a brash new pro boxer fresh from his olympic gold medal victory explodes on to the scene Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self confidence with his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. To his credit he sets out to prove that with his highly agile and forceful style soon making...
Country: United States
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
In the run-up to the 1972 elections Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund organizers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. The editor of the Post is prepared to run with the...
Country: United States
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
1999 Claremont California. Middle-class kids in their 20s talk trash wave guns hang out in a pack. Johnny Truelove drug dealer and son of a underworld figure threatens Jake Mazursky an explosive head case who owes Johnny money; Jake responds by breaking into Johnnys house. On impulse Johnny and a couple pals kidnap Jakes 15-year-old brother Zach. Zachs okay with it figuring his...
Country: United States, United Kingdom
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
In 1797 William Wilberforce the great crusader for the British abolition of slavery is taking a vacation for his health even while he is sicker at heart for his frustrated cause. However meeting the charming Barbara Spooner Wilberforce finds a soulmate to share the story of his struggle. With few allies such as his mentor John Newton a slave ship captain turned repentant priest who penned...
Country: United States, Canada
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Amelia Earhart a Kansas girl discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23 and within 12 years has progressed to winning the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. At age 39 she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe an adventure that catapults her into aviation...
Country: United States
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
This epic depiction of thirty years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles focuses on a teen named Santana who with his friends Mundo and the Caucasian-but-acting-Hispanic J.D. form their own gang and are soon arrested for a break-in. Santana gets into trouble again and goes straight from reform school to prison spending eighteen year there and becoming leader of a powerful gang both inside and...
Country: United States, Canada, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History, Mystery, News, War
A devoted son of Holocaust survivors and ardent critic of Israeli foreign policy the polarizing American political scientist and author Norman Finkelstein has been called a lunatic and self-hating Jew by some and an inspirational revolutionary by others. Exploring the deeply complex issues at the heart of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict American Radical is the insightful and enraging...
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