As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.
Documentary following the efforts of a historian to clear the name of Albert Goering, brother of Herman. Albert strived to save Jews while his brother masterminded plans to exterminate them. Through eyewitness accounts and the historian's findings, the film explores the notion that Albert's deeds may not have been possible without the help of his brother.
United is based on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes", the youngest side ever to win the Football League and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of the their number. The film draws on first-hand interviews with the survivors and their families to tell the inspirational story of a team and community overcoming terrible tragedy.
In early May of 1941, an unemployed Woody Guthrie and his wife, Mary, packed their three children into a battered Pontiac and left southern California for Portland, Oregon. All he had waiting for him in the Northwest was the job of writing songs for a documentary film about the dams being built on the Columbia River. This film details the thirty day contract Woody had as a temporary worker for the Bonneville Power Administration.
1692, Salem, Massachusetts; 162 people are arrested on charges of witchcraft. Five die in jail, one is crushed to death and 19 die on the gallows. The Salem witch trials have long been regarded as the textbook example of what happens when people are overwhelmed by hysteria. Now, author and historian, Katherine Howe, returns to the site of her ancestor's execution to discover how the very latest research has unearthed a chilling possibility that the most famous witch trial in the English speaking world was actually the result of a cynical plot by Salem's embattled Puritan Minister: Samuel Parris.
History Rediscovered: The Memphis Belle features a restored version of the most famous documentary to emerge from WWII plus three other non-fiction, WWII films. Originally filmed in 1943 and directed by Academy Award winner William Wyler, "The Memphis Belle" chronicles the 25th and final mission of an Eighth Air Force B-17 in the skies over Axis-occupied Europe.
Crimson Bond is a 70-minute movie produced by Jas Townsend & Son in 2011. It is an endearing story about two friends, Jon and Josh (played by Jas. Townsend & Son’s very own Jon Townsend and Joshua King), who unwittingly serve in the Continental Army in the Ohio wilderness under the command of a tyrannical commander. Jon is begrudgingly bound to Josh by a childhood promise to keep Josh safe from the trouble that seems to hound him at every turn. The tension between this promise and self preservation finally reaches a breaking point as the two find themselves falling deeper into danger. Crimson Bond is a fictional tale, not a documentary. Its theme of friendship, loyalty, and redemption, combined with a bit of lighthearted humor in the midst of darker circumstances, is intended to entertain the entire family.
It is the past that determines the future of Armenia, says a woman right at the beginning of the film. Much of what is said later in the film proves her right.
These film reels had vanished for decades and no one knew about the secret passion of Hitler's second man Hermann Goering. This footage from his private collection shows for the first time how he preferred to see himself: at the height of his power, acclaimed by the masses - as in the annexation of Austria in 1938, as Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe.
The documentary presents the saga of the construction of Brasília told by 50 women who arrived between 1956 and 1960. A new and feminine way of recovering the history of Brasília's beginnings. Times of dust and enthusiasm to contribute to the dream of JK, Niemeyer and Lucio Costa.
1607: A Nation Takes Root is the story of three cultures spanning three continents. The new docudrama film provides an overview of the first two decades of America first permanent English colony and the cultures that converged in early 1600s Virginia. The film chronicles events of Jamestown early years, trade and conflict between the English and the Powhatan Indians, the struggle of the colonists to survive, the leadership of John Smith and his permanent departure from Virginia in 1609, the installation of a military governor and martial law, and the marriage of Pocahontas, daughter of the Powhatan paramount chief Wahunsonacock, to John Rolfe in 1614, initiating a period of peace between the Powhatans and colonists.
The elegy film is dedicated to the memory of the remarkable Soviet and Russian poet, translator and writer of the second half of the twentieth century, Bella Akhmadulina.
They are the ultimate swashbuckler-soldiers who rely on courage as much as anything else. Airborne assault troops are deployed in only the most dire of situations. From World War II through the Gulf War, the lightly armed and outnumbered soldiers of airborne assault forces have been played pivotal roles.Trace the history of this tactic, from the idea hatched by noted strategist Billy Mitchell in World War I to the present day. This special presentation also features rare film from Britain, the U.S. and France which captures the stirring past of Allied Forces.
Egyptologist Zahi Hawass presents this Discovery Channel documentary exploring the mysterious death of an ancient pharoah. Though Ramesses III, who ruled Egypt between 1186 BC and 1155 BC, would arguably have been the most powerful human being in the world during his lifetime, analysis of his mummified remains revealed that he was killed by a sharp blade. Hawass and a team of helpers set out to solve this ancient murder mystery.