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Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire

2015

Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire

2015
5
The Pilchuck Glass School outside Seattle has been going for 43 years. Started by Dale Chihuly, when glass in America was at its infancy. This school is responsible for making the US Studio Glass movement what it is today. It's an international institution now, bringing students from all over the world. It started in 1971, during the peace movements, Flower Power and war in Vietnam This documentary tells the story of it's beginnings, and how it's now made the Pacific NW, the largest glass art center in the world.
Secret of the Sukharev Tower. Magician of Balance

2015

Secret of the Sukharev Tower. Magician of Balance

2015
8.2
In the late 17th century Russia, a dark magician arrives at the capital in search of the ultimate power hidden within the Magic Worlds, the entrance to which is located inside the Sukharev Tower and is tightly guarded by Jacob Bruce, the Wizard of Balance. When Jacob's apprentice Petya and daughter Margarita accidentally rip apart the ancient manuscript that is the source of his powers, they must venture into the Magic Worlds to restore it.
Hitler's People: A Portrait of the Third Reich

2015

Hitler's People: A Portrait of the Third Reich

2015
8
How was Adolf Hitler able to count on the German public even in the face of unspeakable suffering and impending doom? Evocative and previously unseen private archive footage, much of it in colour, shows life in Nazi Germany from 1933 onwards till the end of the Nazi regime in 1945. This documentary is a revealing portrait of the German people, how they lived and perceived the world, under Hitler.
For the King and Fatherland

2015

For the King and Fatherland

2015
5
The film is picturing the faith of the old Serbian warrior Milisav Janjic, who fought against the German occupation in the Second World War as a member of the "Ravnogorski pokret". The storyline narrates his memories of the past and the war events in the spring of 1941 interwoven with the contemporary moments, the author features the attack of fascist Germany, the April war and the fall of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the misfortune placed upon the Serbian people, loss of freedom, birth of the freedom movement in Serbia and one Serbian soldier, who after 70 years of expatriation in America returns to his homeland.
Richard III: The Return of the King

2015

Richard III: The Return of the King

2015
This programme captures the climax of the procession taking Richard III’s remains to Leicester Cathedral, and asks leading historians and other experts what his place in British history should now be.
Richard III: The Princes in the Tower

2015

Richard III: The Princes in the Tower

2015
It's one of the darkest murder mysteries in British history: did Richard III really kill his nephews in order to make himself king? Is he the greatest villain in English history, or the victim of centuries of grotesquely unfair Tudor propaganda? On the eve of Richard's reburial at Leicester Cathedral, this drama documentary assembles a stellar cast of experts, including David Starkey and Philippa Gregory, to examine all the available evidence. As it plays out the possibilities and tests the competing theories, it endeavors to get to the bottom, once and for all, of what really happened to the princes in the Tower. Is this a tale of naked ambition, cold pragmatism and bloody murder?
The Day Kouhaku Was Born

2015

The Day Kouhaku Was Born

2015
This drama focuses on the story of how NHK's famous New Year's Eve program "Kohaku Uta Gassen" came about in 1945, when the country was under General Headquarters.
Le procès du procès de Jeanne d'Arc

2015

Le procès du procès de Jeanne d'Arc

2015
Streit's: Matzo and the American Dream

2015

Streit's: Matzo and the American Dream

2015
On New York's rapidly gentrifying Lower East Side sits the Streit's Matzo factory. When its doors opened in 1925, it sat at the heart of the nation's largest Jewish immigrant community.
La Véritable Histoire du radeau de La Méduse

2015

La Véritable Histoire du radeau de La Méduse

2015
8
The Battle of Canakkale

2015

The Battle of Canakkale

2015
3.2
Pilot Captain Salih Ekrem is a young air officer and one of the first Ottoman pilots.
The Art Dealer

2015

The Art Dealer

2015
3.6
A young woman is searching, today, in Paris, the collection of paintings stolen from her Jewish family during WWII.
We Like It Like That

2015

We Like It Like That

2015
Latin boogaloo is New York City. It is a product of the melting pot, a colorful expression of 1960s Latino soul, straight from the streets of El Barrio, the South Bronx and Brooklyn. Starring Latin boogaloo legends like Joe Bataan, Johnny Colon and Pete Rodriguez, We Like It Like That explores this lesser-known, but pivotal moment in Latin music history, through original interviews, music recordings, live performances, dancing and rare archival footage and images. From its origins to its recent resurgence in popularity, We Like It Like That tells the story of a sound that redefined a generation and was too funky to keep down.
The Footprints of God: Abraham Father of Faith and Works

2015

The Footprints of God: Abraham Father of Faith and Works

2015
Journey with Steve Ray in the footsteps of Abraham, from Ur across Iraq - ancient Babylon. Then through upper Syria and lower Turkey - ancient Mesopotamia and Assyria. And, finally to the Holy Land - ancient Canaan.
JO de Berlin 36, la grande illusion

2015

JO de Berlin 36, la grande illusion

2015
Al Haj Nejim

2015

Al Haj Nejim

2015
(Nadia), who was born and raised in (France), returns to (Iraq) to rediscover her roots and origins. During this journey, (Nadia) gradually uncovers the story of her grandfather, Haj (Najm) Al-Baqal, the owner of the date shop, and the man who was one of the prominent leaders of the revolution in (Najaf) against British colonialism in 1918. The film sheds light on the impact that Haj (Najm) Al-Baqal's struggle left on the people of (Najaf).
Resistance

2015

Resistance

2015
6.5
Are the medicines and every day products we use putting us at risk RESISTANCE sheds light on the global crisis of antibiotic resistance and uncovers how our extensive use of bacteria-killing antibiotics has created a new kind of disease, resistant to the medicines created to destroy it.
The Secret File Of Marco Polo

2015

The Secret File Of Marco Polo

2015
5
While it has been debated for many years, new evidence might finally put one debate to rest: Marco Polo has gone to China. Explore the mysteries of the historical figure in this documentary.
The Fencer

2015

The Fencer

2015
7
Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult choice.
El prisionero irlandés

2015

El prisionero irlandés

2015
A young Irish soldier falls prisoner after the English Invasions in Buenos Aires, in 1806. Encouraged in these lands by the same libertarian sentiments that inspired him in his country, his ideals will connect with the nobility of Luisa Ochoa, the young and vigorous widow he meets during his captivity. Love, loss and dignity are concurrent themes in an atypical work within Argentine film production.