A story set in nineteenth-century China and focusing on the life-long friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid social norms imposed on women.

When the Nazis begin killing Jews in Holland, a group of youth fight to save the lives of the innocent.

The affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard.

Set in W.W.1 the film follows the story of the Canada's 21st battalion as it prepares for the battle of Courcelette in September 1916.

A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration.

A son's riveting look at a father whose life seemed straight out of a spy thriller. The secret world of a legendary CIA spymaster. Told by William Colby's son Carl, the story is at once a probing history of the CIA, a personal mem...

What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in...

In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders.

We follow the Jewish Braude family's experiences when the Jews are arrested and deported from the camp Berg, on the ship Donau and down to the extermination in the concentration camp in Auschwitz.

A look into the lives of the descendants of the top Nazi officials who worked under Hitler's command.

A Dutch exploration team sets sail to find the North East passage to the Indies. The weather had other ideas for them.

The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.

Set in the 1930s Arab states at the dawn of the oil boom, the story centers on a young Arab prince torn between allegiance to his conservative father and his modern, liberal father-in-law.

A documentary that follows the Serbian performance artist as she prepares for a retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Intimate portrayal of the events captured by the ordinary people on September 11.

A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition.

Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered.

Three days before his execution, the elderly Apostle Peter tells his jailer about his time with Jesus.

In 1765, young English boy Jim Hawkins gets involved with buccaneers during his quest to find pirate Captain Flint's treasure buried on a secret island.

Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska becomes Senator John McCain's running mate in the 2008 Presidential election.

A chronicle of a young man's rise to power in Paris via his manipulation of the city's wealthiest and most influential women.

A look at the platonic relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her female readers during the first days of the French Revolution.

The story of the engineers who worked tirelessly to keep the electric power running as the Titanic sank. Their selfless actions kept the lights on and the electric lifeboat winches operational to facilitate the survival of others.

German death camp in Sobibor, Poland, killed two hundred fifty thousand Jews. It had the most successful prisoner escape in World War II on October 14, 1943.

The theory of evolution and a re-write of American history are caught in the crosshairs when an unabashed Creationist seeks re-election as chairman of America's most influential Board of Education.

A biography of American poet Hart Crane who committed suicide at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.

Based on "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" by Luo Guangzhong. It ranks as one of China's four most important pieces of literature.

The story of the final Emperor of China.

During the celebrations of the Emperor's 80th birthday, an opera troupe from southern China is invited to come to Beijing to perform for the Emperor. Afterwards, the opera troupe is allowed to stay in Beijing, and they become what...

South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.

An unconventional retelling of the life of William Walker, a 19th century American mercenary leader who became the president of Nicaragua.

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.