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Coming Home AliveComing Home Alive tells the true story of Rick White's life. Both a prankster and a Southern gentleman, White lived a rough and rugged childhood in the coal mining hills of West Virginia before joining the Army to serve his country. During his training in Upstate New York, White met his wife, occasionally breaking Army rules to visit her off-base before his deployment to Europe. Once on the Continent, he survived enemy bullets and shelling in one of the greatest battles in history, the Battle of the Bulge. Captured as a Prisoner of War, White was pushed to the brink in prison camp Stalag 4B and ultimately escaped the chaos of a collapsing Nazi Germany. An ocean away his wife waited, pregnant with their first child, uncertain if she would ever see her husband again. This is a story that captures the incredible strength of the human spirit. Awarded Best Human Interest Documentary at the New York International Independent Film Festival (2006).
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
| The Sixties The Years That Shaped a GenerationA defining chapter in America's past, the '60s shaped a generation and sculpted a political landscape that can still be seen today. The story of the '60s is illuminated with images of freedom protests, atom bombs, flower power, and a nation divided by war.
Genre: Documentary, History
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Vlad the Impaler: The True Story of DraculaA logical, clear, historically accurate perspective on the man that was deemed to become the Master of the Undead, and more lastingly, Count Dracula, then this documentary is for you.
Genre: Documentary, History
| David & LaylaSparks fly when a Jew and a Muslim fall in love in New York. David, a TV host of "Sex & Happiness", becomes smitten with the voluptuous Layla - a mysterious, sensual dancer. Layla turns out to be a Muslim refugee. Teased by specious tips from his ironic French cameraman, David madly pursues Layla. This sets off a veiling and unveiling of the similarities - and contrasts - of their ancient cultures. David's lust grows into love as he discovers in stunning Layla, a sensitive, intelligent, war survivor with an ancient rich culture that echoes his own culture. But their families are dead set against this unlikely romance. Faced with deportation, Layla must choose: Muslim American Dr. Ahmad or Jewish American David? Will David and Layla follow their hearts to blast through centuries of religious animosity?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
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D-Day to BerlinA 3-part BBC Miniseries depicting the Allied progress from the D-Day landings in Normandy all the way to Berlin. The Normandy breakout is covered, as well as the Battle of the Bulge and Operation Market Garden, to the eventual objective of Berlin. The Series is narrated by Actor Sean Bean.
Genre: Documentary, History
| Time Machine Beyond the Da Vinci CodeA documentary exploration of the 2000 year alternative history suggested by Dan Brown's novel, "The Da Vinci Code." The program explores the relationship of Jesus and Magdalene, the Priory of Sion, the medieval Church, and reveals the true story behind the fiction. It is shot on the key locations mentioned in the book.
Genre: Documentary, History
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Sketches of Frank GehryA look at the life and career of architect Frank Gehry (1929 - ), a visit to four buildings (the Vitra Museum in Germany, Maggie's Centre, the Guggenheim in Bilbao, and the Disney Concert Hall in L.A.), and an inquiry into creativity in conversations between Ghery and Sidney Pollack, whom Gehry asked to make this picture. Early experiences (playing with blocks with his grandmother, drawing with his father, hearing Alvar Aalto lecture), discovering computer-assisted design, finding a psychoanalyst, experimenting on his own home, and bringing an artist and sculptor's sensibility to architecture are part of Gehry's story. Friends, artists, critics, and curators comment.
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History
| Ape to ManScientists from the mid-nineteenth century have searched for the fossil remains of the "missing link" in evolution - the half-man, half-ape that would explain where mankind came from. But over the last century and a half, it has been the idea of what a missing link is that has evolved. The history of this scientific quest - peopled with fanatics, frauds, amateurs, professionals, the lucky, the unlucky, the unfairly neglected and the undeservedly praised - is the subject of this documentary. Reenactments depict scientists making their discoveries and then stretch back hundreds of thousands, even millions, of years to depict the typical lives of our human and human-like ancestors. Interviews with leading scientists fill in the details.
Genre: Documentary, History
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Hitler's WarAn account of Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany and the subsequent downfall of the Nazi Regime. The story is told in two parts using narration over Black & White footage taken from the period.
Genre: History, War
| Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black RockerElectric Purgatory is a documentary that examines the struggles of black rock musicians and the industry's ambivalence towards them. Director Raymond Gayle spent the better part of a year traveling around the United States interviewing many of Black Rock's elite including Fishbone, Vernon Reid, Adam Falcon, Jimi Hazel and Cody Chesnutt. Distinguished journalists such as Flip Barnes, Darrell McNeil, Charlie Braxton, and Greg Tate, share their opinions and insight on the dilemma facing these artists. The film will explore the origins of the Black Rock Coalition and its relevance in the music industry. The project will also take a look at the stigma Black Rock musicians face in the Black community and more importantly how to bring the Black audiences back into the fold.
Genre: Documentary, History, Music
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