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Goodbye Bafana
Genres: Drama / History / Biography
Starring: Dennis Haysbert, Joseph Fiennes, Diane Kruger, Shiloh Henderson, Patrick Lyster, Faith Ndukwana, Mehboob Bawa
Country: Germany, UK, South Africa
Directors: Bille August
Year: 2007
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
James Gregory once lived in a farm and had befriended a native youth, Bafana, and had even had a photograph taken with him. Years later, now married to Gloria and father of three children (Chris, Brett, and Natasha), James has nothing but shame and regret, as many South African Caucasians in the oppressive Apartheid-era ridiculed him, leading him to hate Africans. He seeks to redeem himself by spying on imprisoned African National Congress Leader, Nelson Mandela. In the restrictive high security prison his job is to censor all written and verbal communications between prisoners, their visitors, and correspondence. James is uncomfortable when ...
Rome - Season One
Genres: Action / Romance / Drama / History / War
Starring: Polly Walker, Lindsay Duncan, James Purefoy, Ciarán Hinds, Indira Varm
Country: USA
Directors: John Milius, Bruno Heller, William J. MacDonald
Year: 2005
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
Moses
Genres: Crime / Adventure / Drama / History / Biography
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Frank Langella, Anita Zagaria, Christopher Lee, Philip Stone, David Suchet, Anthony Higgins
Country: Germany, USA, UK
Directors: Roger Young
Year: 1995
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
A retelling of the bible story. Pharaoh Ramses decrees the death of all Hebrew children, but Moses, placed in a basket in the Nile by his mother, is taken by a royal princess and raised as the brother of the heir to the throne of Egypt, Memefta. Moses is called by God to lead his people from Egypt to the promised land. A very reluctant prophet, feeling unworthy of the call, Moses accepts the task. After a series of plagues Memefta agrees to let the Hebrews go. With second thoughts, he pursues them to annihilation of his army in the parting of the Red Sea. Starvation is averted by manna from heaven, the ten commandments are given the people th...
Quiz Show
Starring: Paul Guilfoyle, Christopher McDonald, Mira Sorvino, Allan Rich, John Turturro, Griffin Dunne, Ralph Fiennes
Country: USA
Directors: Robert Redford
Year: 1994
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. His investigation focuses on two contestants on the show "Twenty-One": Herbert Stempel, a brash working-class Jew from Queens, and Charles Van Doren, the patrician scion of one of America's leading literary families. Based on a true story.
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Genres: Drama / History / Biography
Starring: Charlton Heston, Janet Margolin, Max von Sydow, Angela Lansbury, Victor Buono, Richard Conte, Martin Landau
Country: USA
Directors: George Stevens
Year: 1965
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For any fan of George Stevens's expansive epic on the life of Christ, this restored version returns the film to its cinematic splendor. The print quality is magnificent. In one important way, the film even plays better decades after it was produced in 1965: the bevy of cameos is not as distracting. This mellowing-over-time approach was apparently part of Stevens's plan as revealed in one of two documentaries. A 20-minute segment made in 1965 is thinly veiled public relations but works as an intriguing time capsule capturing how massive moviemaking once was, with its large tent cities built to house cast and crew--in this case, in the remote a...
The Universe - Season One
Genres: History / Documentary / Sci-Fi
Starring: Erik Thompson
Country: USA
Directors: Erik Thompson, Alex Filippenko, Laura Danly
Year: 2007
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
The Universe is an American documentary television series that premiered on May 29, 2007 on The History Channel. The program is produced by Flight 33 Productions and Workaholic Productions. The show features computer-generated imagery/computer graphics of astronomical objects in the universe and interviews with experts who study in the fields of cosmology, astronomy and astrophysics.
The Universe - Season Two
Genres: History / Documentary / Sci-Fi
Starring: Erik Thompson
Country: USA
Directors: Erik Thompson, Alex Filippenko, Laura Danly
Year: 2008
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
This educational show explores many scientific questions and topics about the universe (Big Bang, the Sun, the 9 planets, cosmic holes, other galaxies, astrobiology etc.) through latest CGI, data and interviews with scientists.
Please Remove Your Shoes
Genres: History / Documentary / Biography
Starring: P. Jeffrey Black
Country: USA
Directors: Rob DelGaudio
Year: 2010
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
A documentary about the US government's broken promise to keep our airlines secure, and the personal stories of a few people who know the truth - congressmen, air marshals, aviation security employees. It will make you angry and flying in an airplane may never be the same again.
MacArthur
Genres: Drama / History / War / Biography
Starring: Allan Miller, Russell Johnson, Nicolas Coster, Gregory Peck, Dick O'Neill, Addison Powell, Dan O'Herlihy
Country: USA
Directors: Joseph Sargent
Year: 1977
Available Quality: DVD, iPod
The story of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander during World War II and United Nations Commander for the Korean War. "MacArthur" begins in 1942, following the fall of Phillipines, and covers the remarkable career of this military legend up through and including the Korean War and into MacArthur's days of forced retirement after being dismissed from his post by President Truman.
The Tudors - Season One
Genres: Romance / Drama / History
Starring: Anthony Brophy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill
Country: Canada, Ireland
Directors: Michael Hirst
Year: 2007
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
The Tudors is an Irish/Canadian produced historical fiction television series created by Michael Hirst. The series is based upon the reign of King Henry VIII of England, and is named after the Tudor dynasty.
The Tudors - Season Two
Genres: Romance / Drama / History
Starring: Anthony Brophy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill
Country: Canada, Ireland
Directors: Michael Hirst
Year: 2008
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The series has been produced by Peace Arch Entertainment for Showtime in association with Reveille Productions, Working Title Films, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and was filmed in Ireland. The first two episodes debuted on DirecTV, Time Warner Cable OnDemand, Netflix, Verizon FiOS On Demand, Internet Movie Database and on the series' website before the official series premiere on Showtime. The Tudors' premiere on 1 April 2007 was the highest rated Showtime series in three years. In April 2007, the show was renewed for a second season, and in that month the BBC announced it had acquired exclusive United Kingdom broadcast rights f...
The Tudors - Season Three
Genres: Romance / Drama / History
Starring: Anthony Brophy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill
Country: Canada, Ireland
Directors: Michael Hirst
Year: 2009
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Showtime announced on 13 April 2009 that it had renewed the show for a fourth and final season. The network ordered 10 episodes that began airing on 11 April 2010. The series finale was broadcast on 20 June 2010. The final season was shown in Canada on CBC starting 22 September 2010 and ending on 23 November 2010.
Reparando
Genres: Drama / History / Documentary / Biography
Starring: Unknown
Country: USA
Directors: Scott Owen Moore
Year: 2010
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
On the morning of June 18. 1954, the US CIA dropped leaflets in Guatemala City demanding the resignation of the president. Guatemala was ravaged by Civil War for the next 36 years. But hope is rising. In the midst of incredible odds, victims have been transformed into champions who willfully embrace the pain of their past to help repair the next generation. This is their story. Shorty - a former gang member who is now a pastor, and Tita - a woman who started a school in Guatemala's most notorious slum have joined forces to repair La Limonada.
The Madness of King George
Genres: Comedy / Drama / History / Biography
Starring: Anthony Calf, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Rupert Everett, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, Jim Carter, Nigel Hawthorne
Country: UK
Directors: Nicholas Hytner
Year: 1994
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A meditation on power and the metaphor of the body of state, based on the real episode of dementia experienced by George III [now suspected a victim of porphyria, a blood disorder]. As he loses his senses, he becomes both more alive and more politically marginalized; neither effect desirable to his lieutenants, who jimmy the rules to avoid a challenge to regal authority, raising the question of who is really in charge.
Made in Dagenham
Genres: Comedy / Drama / History
Starring: Daniel Mays, Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Geraldine James, Jaime Winstone, Nicola Duffett, Andrea Riseborough
Country: UK
Directors: Nigel Cole
Year: 2010
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In 1968, the Ford auto factory in Dagenham was one of the largest single private employers in the United Kingdom. In addition to the thousands of male employees, there are also 187 underpaid women machinists who primarily assemble the car seat upholstery in poor working conditions. Dissatisfied, the women, represented by the shop steward and Rita O'Grady, work with union rep Albert Passingham for a better deal. However, Rita learns that there is a larger issue in this dispute considering that women are paid an appalling fraction of the men's wages for the same work across the board on the sole basis of their sex. Refusing to tolerate this ine...
The King's Speech
Starring: Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush, Jennifer Ehle, Roger Hammond, Derek Jacobi, Adrian Scarborough
Country: UK, Australia
Directors: Tom Hooper
Year: 2010
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Tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stammer and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country through war.
Strange Birds in Paradise: A West Papuan Story
Genres: History / Documentary / Music
Starring: Unknown
Country: Australia
Directors: Charlie Hill-Smith
Year: 2009
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Strange Birds in Paradise is a journey into just some of the more than 250 West Papuan cultures. Intercut with Hill-Smith's travelogue and short animations, the interviews paint a picture not only of a country with a rich musical tradition and breathtaking nature, but also of a country weighed down by Indonesian military oppression. A large number of retired army generals have substantial economic interests in West Papua, and the army uses extreme violence to keep the lid on the West Papuan population's independence movement. In 2006, Hill-Smith decided to return to West Papua, this time equipped with a professional camera and all the knowled...
Quo Vadis
Genres: Romance / Drama / History
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Deborah Kerr, Norman Wooland, Robert Taylor, Peter Miles, Finlay Currie, Felix Aylmer
Country: USA
Directors: Mervyn LeRoy
Year: 1951
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia and falls in love with her. She is a Christian and doesn't want to have anything to do with a warrior. Though she grew up Roman, the adopted daughter of a retired general, Lygia is technically a hostage of Rome. Marcus gets Emperor Nero to give her to him for services rendered. Lygia resents this, but somehow falls in love with Marcus anyway. Meanwhile Nero's atrocities get more outrageous. When he burns Rome and blames the Christians, Marcus goes off to save Lygia and her family. Nero captures them and all the Christians, and throws them to the lions.
Is Paris Burning?
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford, Leslie Caron, Claude Dauphin, Jean-Pierre Cassel, George Chakiris
Country: USA, France
Directors: René Clément
Year: 1966
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
In this sprawling, star-laden film, we see the struggles of various French resistance factions to regain control of Paris near the end of World War II. The Nazi general in charge of Paris, Dietrich von Cholitz (Fröbe), is under orders from Hitler himself to burn the city if he cannot control it or if the Allies get too close. Much of the drama centers around the moral deliberations of the general, the Swedish ambassador (Welles), and the eager but desperate leaders of the resistance.
Heaven's Gate
Genres: Drama / History / Western
Starring: John Hurt, Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Brad Dourif, Richard Masur, Geoffrey Lewis, Jeff Bridges
Country: USA
Directors: Michael Cimino
Year: 1980
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Michael Cimino's bleak anti-western based on events in 1890s Wyoming. Sheriff James Averill attempts to protect immigrant farmers from wealthy cattle interests, and also clashes with a hired gun, Nathan Champion, over the woman they both love, Ella Watson. Both men find themselves questioning their roles in the furious conflict between wealthy landowners and European immigrants attempting to build new lives on the American frontier, which culminates in a brutal pitched battle.
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