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A Nation Adrift
This is the true story of how God's sovereign hand guided the founders of America. It takes you on a journey...from Christopher Columbus to Jamestown...from Valley Forge to the Constitutional Convention...from the Civil War to the Stock Market Crash...from FDR to the present. The result of the journey will give us a better understanding of where America is today, how she arrived here, and where she must turn at this critical hour. For as Thomas Jefferson once asked, "Can the liberties of a nation be secure, when we have removed the conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?"

- 1995
Laugh or Die
In a detention camp in 1918, a group of Finnish actors are sentenced to death. When an important German general arrives, the camp's vicious commandant forges out a cruel plan: the imprisoners have to perform a comedy - and if they can make the visiting general laugh, they will be spared. A story about zest for life and power of laughter. Based on true events.

- 2018
Diana: The Woman Inside
Twenty years after Diana's death, this major new documentary rewrites many of the myths of her legacy. Rather than portraying Diana as unhappy, at war with the Royal family and herself; and suffering a tragically death - we discover an exceptional woman who changed the future of the Royal family forever. With a cast who knew Diana intimately, including Ken Wharfe, Diana's long term Protection Officer, her personal trainer, ballet teacher, spiritual healer and personal friends, Diana - The Woman Inside highlights Diana as a woman and mother, rather than just a tragic icon.

- 2017
Living Dolls
A lighthearted look at the weird and wonderful world of doll collectors. The film features individuals whose lives are ultimately shaped by their obsession. It taps into why the subjects would risk everything just to spend their best time all dolled up. Some are loveable, others you may love to hate, but we delight in watching all the collectors and their passions come to life in this off-the-doll-centric universe.

- 2013
Final Fight
The suicide epidemic of our veterans is much worse than is commonly known. Suicide numbers from combat veterans and survivors of Military Sexual Trauma are 4.5x higher than the total number of service members tragically lost in battle during the entire Global War on Terror. Final Fight profiles a diverse set of veterans and their responses to living with combat trauma and military sexual trauma. We interview leading experts in the field of PTS and brain science within the scope of veterans mental health-seeking to find ways for our veterans to coexist with their traumas and lead the lives they so wholeheartedly deserve. Many of the veterans we interviewed are more comfortable on the front lines of battle than feeling the pressures of a "normal" life-making coming home the Final Fight.

- 2024
Born Free
Director Paula James-Martinez investigates the real cost of birth in the United States. Why is it the only nation in the developed world with a rising maternal mortality rate?

- 2022
Ennio
Giuseppe Tornatore pays tribute to Ennio Morricone in a moving and comprehensive documentary portrait of the prolific composer, exploring the breadth of the maestro’s career across the hundreds of unforgettable film scores that he wrote.

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- 2021
Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything
The summer of 1990 is hot in the countryside of Thuringia, in former East Germany. Maria is about to turn 19, lives with her boyfriend Johannes on his parents' farm and would rather lose herself in books than focus on graduating. There is a sense of a new era dawning with the German reunification, when she bumps into Henner, the farmer next door. One touch is all it takes to ignite an all-consuming passion between Maria and the headstrong, charismatic man twice her age. In an atmosphere buzzing with possibilities, love is born: a secret passion full of longing and desire that devours everything in its path.

- Metascore67
- 2023
America's Army: Inside the World's Most Powerful Military Force
With nearly 1.5 million soldiers and a budget of 700 billion dollars, the U.S. army is the most powerful military force in the world. Present on all continents, it imposes American hard power abroad, and helps manage natural disasters or national emergencies at home. Yet, as evident in Vietnam and Afghanistan, being the world's largest army isn't always a guarantee of success.

- 2021
The Irritable Heart
After his last tour, decorated Marine Travis Twiggs and his brother Willard embark on a tragic, final road trip. This is their story: service and sacrifice, the bonds of brotherhood at a breaking point, and their mysterious final days.

- 2021
- 2024
Unarchived

- 2022
Anything for Fame
A startling and timely study of contemporary celebrity, Anything for Fame ventures into the virtual Wild West to profile an ambitious-and reckless-new breed of content creator.

- 2023
Laugh Proud
Nine diverse LGBTQ+ comics each perform a short set connected by a hostess with the mostest in an orgiastic one-night stand starring fresh comics to veteran comic Jason Stuart and the world's first intersex comic 7G.

- 2024
Bruce Willis: All American Hero
Bruce Willis is one of the all-time greats. For the Hollywood action hero with an incredible body of workout was his portrayal of police officer John McClane in Die Hard that catapulted Bruce Willis to stardom. The action-packed flick hit movie screens across the country with a bang, later spawned four sequels, and established him as one of Hollywood's leading action hero.Bruce Willis has remained one of the most well-known actors of his generation. Known for his charm and humor, through career highs and lows Willis enjoyed much fame. With over a hundred films to his credit and many successful ones to boot, Bruce Willis is certainly an actor who has amassed a widespread fan following throughout his career. Willis showed no signs of slowing down, until a tragic announcement in 2022.
- 2023
Hitler's Last Days
Germany is in decline. Once the world's most powerful country is now being devastated by WW2. Adolf Hitler has gone into hiding. The dreaded ruler is no longer openly supporting his people. He is slowly losing his mind.
- 2023
Paul and Trisha: The Art of Fluidity
PAUL and TRISHA: THE ART OF FLUIDITY is a colorful exploration of the lives of two 77-year-old British artists who exist in one genderfluid body. The film delves into the brutal challenges and beautiful victories that the duo has faced.

- 2024
Minnesota Mean
A year in the lives of six members of the Minnesota Roller Derby, as they compete to win the Hydra, the top international prize of the sport. When the star of the team gets injured, will her teammates find their own power? MINNESOTA MEAN is a human drama about the pounding heart of roller derby: powerful, self-sufficient women. It's a vital and relevant story of triumph, loss, strength, determination, and a search for balance between individuality and community. How do women who pride themselves on their hard-won independence thrive in a sport that requires them to rely on a team? How do they meet the full-time demands of the sport without sacrificing their own dreams for life outside the rink? A meditation on strength: in our bodies, our hearts, our minds, and our friendships.

- 2023
The Sixth
The Sixth is a portrayal of a city and nation under siege as well as a testament to the importance of truth, told through the eyes of 6 unique individuals whose lives will be forever changed by the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.

- 2024
The Boy in the Woods
The survival story of a Jewish boy hiding in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe during WWII.

- 2023
700 Feet Down
Documentary about the engineering failure and collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1950 and the marine reef which formed around the wreckage of the bridge in the ensuing years.
- 2021
The Convert
Lee Tamahori’s action-filled historical epic stars Guy Pearce as Thomas Munro, a newly arrived preacher in a colonial town in early 19th-century New Zealand who finds himself at the center of a long-standing battle between two Māori tribes.

- Metascore66
- 2023
Detroit Burning
The follow-up to the firefighting movie BURN. 12 years in the making, BURN X explores stories and introduces characters never seen before...and continues the journey for many of the Detroit firefighters audiences met in the first film.

- 2022
