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Based on a true story, this film tells the tale of the 1950 U.S. soccer team, who, against all odds, beat England 1 – 0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Although no U.S. team has ever won a World Cup title, this story is about the family traditions and passions which shaped the lives of the players who made up this team of underdogs.
Tag: History
The 24 Hour War 2016 • Movie
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In the early 1960s, Henry Ford II and Enzo Ferrari went to war on the battlefield of Le Mans(TM). This epic battle saw drivers lose their lives, family dynasties nearly collapse and the development of a new race car that changed racing.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams 2011 • Movie
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Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France and captures the oldest known pictorial creations of humanity.
Ghosts of Mississippi 1997 • Movie
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A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white racist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners 2013 • Movie
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A documentary that chronicles the life of young college professor Angela Davis, and how her social activism implicates her in a botched kidnapping attempt that ends with a shootout, four dead, and her name on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list.
Miss Hokusai 2015 • Movie
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The life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, as seen from the eyes of his daughter, Katsushika O-Ei.
Thief Heroine 2021 • Movie
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Shen wants to recover a priceless treasure and solve the long-ago disappearance of her father. First she must steal the treasure map from a highly fortified auction house.
Triumph of the Spirit 1989 • Movie
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In Greece during World War II, a young Jewish boxer, meets regularly with girlfriend Allegra until they and their families are sent to Auschwitz. When the Nazis learn of his boxing, they force him to participate in weekly boxing matches.
King of Cool 2021 • Movie
Tomb Empty Coffin 2020 • Movie
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Two brothers dig up a solitary grave late at night, causing the corpse to transform.
The Legend Makers 2013 • Movie
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Set in the 60s during the war, Vietnamese soldiers have to overcome numerous hardships and dangers to build an oil pipeline all the way from the north to supply the fighters in the South.
The Heineken Kidnapping 2011 • Movie
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A bold, amateur kidnapping goes wildly awry in this fictionalized account of beer magnate Alfred Heineken’s 1983 abduction, which would go on to become one of The Netherlands’ most infamous crimes.
Victor Young Perez 2013 • Movie
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Victor “Young” Perez , tells the astonishing, harrowing and incredible moving story of a Tunisian Jewish boxer, who became the World Flyweight Champion in 1931 and 1932. Perez started training as a boxer at age 14 along with his older brother Benjamin “Kid” Perez Perez rose to great fame via the help and guidance of Leon Bellier and had a brief relationship with French-Italian actress Mireille Balin. The 5’1″, 110-pound Perez won the International Boxing Union’s version of the World Flyweight crown with a 2nd-round knockout of American champion Frankie Genaro, ergo becoming the youngest world champion in boxing history ! Perez was arrested in Paris on September 21, 1943 and detained in the Drancy internment camp France, before being transported to Auschwitz where he was assigned to the Monowitz to serve as a slave laborer Victor Perez arrived at Auschwitz on October 10, 1943, as part of “Transport 60” a group of 1,000. He was held in AuschwitzIII/Monowitz. Whilst there he was forced to participate in boxing matches for the amusement of the Nazis. By 1945. Victor had survived 140 bouts in 15 months and won 139 !! Perez was one of the prisoners on the “Death March that left the camp on January 18, 1945.
Mastaney 2023 • Movie
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Set in 1739, Nadar Shah’s undefeated army was attacked by Sikh Rebellions. Nadar demands to arrest them but it doesn’t work out. Five ordinary men are hired to play Sikh Rebellions but over time they learn what Sikhs are.
Geronimo: An American Legend 1993 • Movie
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The story of the Apache chief and his armed resistance to the U.S. Government’s subjugation of his people.
Capitol Punishment 2021 • Movie
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Actor Nick Searcy was at the January 6th rally and provides never before seen footage of the January 6th rally. Searcy interviews Proud Boys president Enrique Tarrio, and others who were arrested in SWAT-style dawn FBI raids for being at the event. The documentary also featured recordings of Ashli Babbitt at the rally minutes before she was killed by Capitol police as she broke into the area where members of Congress were sheltering from the protesters, and interviews with her husband after her death, as well as interviews with rally goers who were held in solitary confinement without bail or a trial for several months, and are now awaiting trial, in most cases having rejected plea deals, in early 2022. Searcy provides footage showing the size of the crowd, showing Capitol Hill police removing barricades and inviting rally goers into the Capitol, and footage of people who led the crowd into the Capitol changing gear behind trees and bushes. The role of FBI informants is discussed by former and current FBI and DEA agents. Searcy also interviews former military and FBI officials who contend the ‘insurrection’ at the Capitol was orchestrated by people within the government in order to create a useful political narrative. However, no evidence is provided to substantiate these charges.
Parkland 2013 • Movie
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A recounting of the chaotic events that occurred at Dallas’ Parkland Memorial Hospital on the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Princess Caraboo 1994 • Movie
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A mysterious young woman speaking a strange language shows up in an English village, where she is taken in by aristocrats who assume she is a foreign princess
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft 2022 • Movie
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Maurice and Katia Krafft dedicated their lives to exploring the world’s volcanoes. Their legacy consists of groundbreaking footage of eruptions and their aftermath, composed in this visual stunning collage.
Balto 1995 • Movie
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An outcast Husky risks his life with other sled dogs to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
Firaaq 2009 • Movie
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Chronicles the devastating impact on vulnerable Muslims in Gujarat after riots.
That Hamilton Woman 1941 • Movie
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The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
Harkara 2023 • Movie
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Traces the history of the postal service from the times of the first postman to the current times.
Margrete: Queen of the North 2021 • Movie
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1402. Queen Margrete is ruling Sweden, Norway and Denmark through her adopted son, Erik. But a conspiracy is in the making and Margrete finds herself in an impossible dilemma that could shatter her life’s work: the Kalmar Union.
A Bag of Marbles 2018 • Movie
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In occupied France, Maurice and Joseph, two young Jewish brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story 2018 • Movie
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The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey 2010 • Movie
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Children who are not allowed by the oppressive British colonists to play football decide to join a group of freedom fighters.