"Left home at the age of seven/one year later I'm carryin' an AK-47." For hip hop artist Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier in Sudan's brutal civil war, these lyrics are hardly empty posturing. They are the bitter reality of a young man who wa more...
Tall Tales & Legends presents The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, starring Ed Begley Jr, Beverly D'Angelo, and Charles Durning. Ichabod Crane is the superstitious schoolmaster of Sleepy Hollow who's in love with Katrina. more...
Shot over an entire year in 2004, THE BRIDGE is a startling documentary about San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and the people who go there to end their lives. Director Eric Steel and his crew managed to dissuade some of the tortured souls who peered more...
SUPER SIZE ME is one man's journey into the world of weight gain, health problems and fast food. It's an examination of the American way of life and how we are eating ourselves to death. Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock unravels the American obesity epidemic by more...
Africa: The Serengeti takes you on an extraordinary journey to view a spectacle which few humans have ever witnessed, the Great Migration across the Serengeti plains in Tanzania and Kenya. James Earl Jones narrates this stunning, award-winning film more...
Apple-lover Jonathan Chapman has come of age. Follow Johnny as he sews apple seeds across the land, under the instruction of his true love Betty Nature and to the dismay of the Smithville despot Jack Smith, in this classic American folk tale.
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Perhaps one of the most underrated songwriters of the last century, BE HERE TO LOVE ME chronicles the fascinating and often turbulent life of Townes Van Zandt with a simple unpredictability that mimics the way the artist lived his short life. more...
Described as "kinky material trapped in a cage of Victorian propriety" (The New York Times), Psychopathia Sexualis is a dreamlike depiction of turn-of-the-century sexual deviance. more...
From the diary of Johann Cavallius, comes a bloody tale of terror as the evil of Count Dracula, the Nosferatu, descends upon the unsuspecting hamlet of Bremen. Jonathon Harker is snared in the bloody web of the Vampyre during a long journey over the more...
In this sixty-minute documentary you'll learn the real story of Pearl Harbor and the uphill battle that was to follow. It is a tale that teaches us the will to survive and the ability to prevail over the worst of circumstances. more...
Director James Cameron is known for his larger-than-life personality, and in this program he lives up to his reputation by claiming to have made the biggest discovery of the all: the location of the tomb of Jesus Christ. Cameron uses forensic testing and more...
War Documentary Double Feature - "The Stilwell Road" is a documentary about a stunning feat of engineering and brute force construction. And for those not familiar with the US Navy Submarine Force of WWII, "Submarine Warfare" is an excellent introduction. more...
Described as "kinky material trapped in a cage of Victorian propriety" (The New York Times), Psychopathia Sexualis is a dreamlike depiction of turn-of-the-century sexual deviance. more...
In Mojados filmmaker Tommy Davis tags along with four men from Mexico as they leave their families and embark upon a 120 mile journey across the Texas desert, evading the US Border Patrol and fighting off dehydration and hypothermia, they ultimately come more...
From cult author JT LeRoy's best-selling novel THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, comes Asia Argento's bold cinematic adaptation of the controversial story of a mother and her son living hard and fast in the dark fringes of America. more...
Originally presented in IMAX theaters, this digitally remastered, large format film takes you to the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on earth. With its breathtaking aerial and underwater footage, Antarctica creates a sensation of truly being there more...
When the students of Tennessee's Whitwell Middle School began studying the Holocaust as a way to learn about intolerance and diversity, nobody could have predicted the results. In 2001, the Paper Clip Project culminated in a unique memorial that changed more...
Charlie Chaplin's first starring role in a feature film was also written and directed by the star himself and took a whole year to make. The Tramp (Chaplin) discovers an abandoned baby and eventually adopts it as his own. Years later, the mother has more...
Macbeth and Banquo, victorious generals in the army of Duncan, King of Scotland, encounter three prophesying witches on their journey home from battle, Macbeth's ambitions are kindled by the witches' prediction that he will someday be king. more...
Narrated by Wesley Snipes (BLADE: TRINITY), this documentary recalls Steve James's HOOP DREAMS in its concentration on the trials and glory of an inner-city high-school basketball team. Volume one follows the starting five players of the more...
Direct from Brazil in his last recorded performance, Bossa Nova originator Antoinio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994) is joined by an international delegation of Jazz giants to recreate his classic melodies in a beautiful, concert-length "Thank You." more...
Just say, "Follow the Bouncing Ball" and everyone is ready to join in on a heartwarming community sing. Originally conceived in 1924, Max Fleischer's Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes were the first audience participation films, offering an improvement over more...
Double Feature of vintage horror! The original vampire movie, "Nosferatu" is included, as well as the scary movie that made Lon Chaney a star! more...
Who's your favorite Stooge? If Curly is your man, then you're sure to love this collection of classic Curly shenanigans. How can one man screw up plumbing, medical malpractice, football and the opera? more...
Critically-acclaimed upon its 2003 theatrical release, Hell's Highway: the True Story of Highway Safety Films recovers a missing chapter of American film history as it examines the fascinating and shocking driver education films of yesteryear. more...
Indelibly linked to the Mayerling tragedy, the story of Crown Prince Rudolf still evokes mystery and conspiracy, thwarted hopes and unfulfilled love. After entering into an unhappy marriage of convenience, the young heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne more...
Hosted by Isaac Asimov! For the past three and a half decades, the United States has been sending sophisticated, unmanned probes throughout the solar system. Most of those probes contained cameras and the means of transmitting live pictures to Earth. more...
