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10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
The History Channel presents a collection of compelling documentaries about 10 pivotal days in American history, directed by ten acclaimed filmmakers. Feat... |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (Full Screen)
A mysterious masked figure roams around the underground chambers of the Opera Populaire, a 19th century Parisian opera house. He tutors a young singer who ... |
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Andy Goldsworthy: Rivers and Tides Working With Time
This documentary looks at British artist Andy Goldsworthy, whose long-winding rock walls, icicle sculptures, interlocking leaf chains, multicolored pools o... |
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Antwone Fisher
Denzel Washington makes his directorial debut with this dramatic autobiographical story by first-time screenwriter Antwone Fisher. The film tracks Fisher's... |
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Art 21: Art in the Twenty-First Century: Season III
Art: 21 enters its third season with an invigorating look at established artists and newcomers, from Laylah Ali, Ellen Gallagher, and Matthew Ritchie to Jo... |
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Art 21: Art in the Twenty-First Century: Seasons I & II
ART:21- ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY offers new definitions of art and demonstrates its profound relevance. Meet 37 diverse U.S. artists in this Emmy-no... |
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Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The - 30th Anniversary
Discover the story of the life of a black Louisiana woman, from the time of her childhood as a slave in the pre-Civil War South to 1962, when she witnesses... |
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Band Of Brothers
The complete HBO miniseries Band Of Brothers. The non-fiction story follows an Army rifle company as they parachute into France on D-Day and the skirmishes... |
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Beautiful Mind, A
Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly and Ed Harris star in this Academy Award-winning drama inspired by the events in the life of Nobel Prize winner John Forbe... |
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Bird Flu - How Safe Are We?
During the past 100 years, life expectancy more than doubled in developed countries. In the last few decades, however, 40 new infectious diseases have emer... |
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Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the (Full Screen)
Prepare to enter another world when Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media present C.S. Lewis' timeless and beloved adventure. With the stunningly realistic... |
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Coach Carter
Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown and Robert Ri'chard star in this drama directed by Thomas Carter that tells the story of the controversial high school basketb... |
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Colonial House
Welcome to daily life in the year 1628! Colonial House was filmed over a 5 month period on an isolated stretch of the Maine coast. Our adventurers arrived ... |
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Cosmos With Carl Sagan
This series has been digitally restored and enhanced and includes new visuals and astronomical effects and updates from Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan. The seri... |
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Count of Monte Cristo '02
Jim Caviezel stars in this adaptation of the Alexander Dumas' tale of betrayal, adventure and revenge. When the guileless Edmond Dantes is betrayed by his ... |
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Door to Door
William H. Macy stars as a door-to-door salesman with cerebral palsy.... |
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Dying to Be Thin
A 14-year-old looks at her image and says, "I see somebody that is fat and ugly and a disappointment." She is like a growing number of young American girls... |
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Einstein's Big Idea
Everyone's heard of it, but what does E=mc2 -- the world's most famous equation -- really mean? And why did it change the world?
With brilliant period rec... |
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Elegant Universe, The
It's the holy grail of physics--the search for ultimate law and order in the universe. And in the last few years, excitement has grown among scientists as... |
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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
A brilliantly executed piece of journalistic muckraking, this tell-all documentary by Alex Gibney (The Trials of Henry Kissinger) reveals the inside story ... |
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Frontier House
What better sequel to the much-admired 1900 HOUSE-in which a modern family lived in a Victorian home-than a pre-quel? In THE FRONTIER HOUSE, three 21st-cen... |
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FRONTLINE: Secret History of the Credit Card
The average American family today carries 10 credit cards. Credit card debt and personal bankruptcies are now at an all time high. With no legal limit on t... |
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Ghosts of Rwanda
FRONTLINE marks the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide with a documentary chronicling one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. In addition to... |
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Global Warming: The Signs and the Science
This documentary profiles people who are living with the grave consequences of a changing climate, as well as the individuals, communities and scientists i... |
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Good Night, and Good Luck
Taking place during the early days of broadcast journalism in 1950s America, a chronicle of the real-life conflict between television news man Edward R. Mu... |
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Guns, Germs, and Steel
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book and national best seller, Guns, Germs, and Steel is an epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why t... |
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Hidalgo
Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif and Zuleikha Robinson stars in this true-story adventure about the greatest long-distance horse race of all time, directed by ... |
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Holes (Full Screen)
A teenager is sent to a detention camp for youths for a crime that he didn't commit. The camp has an unusual work detail, digging a 5 foot by 5 foot hole d... |
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Inconvenient Truth, An
Directed by Davis Guggenheim and narrated by Al Gore, this live-action documentary details Gore's personal history and longtime commitment to stopping the ... |
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Into the Thin Air of Everest
This is an incredible story of the world's highest mountain and the adventurers who tempted fate to reach its deadly summit. The mountain has become the ul... |
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Iron Jawed Angels
Hilary Swank, Anjelica Huston and Francis O'Connor star in this HBO drama about the women's suffrage movement in the United States. Beginning in the early ... |
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Jazz
JAZZ celebrates America's greatest original art form. Ken Burns' 10-part documentary opens at the dawn of the 20th century, incorporating American culture ... |
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Lesson Before Dying, A
Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines, this powerful feature is set in the south during the 1940s, when racism was as widespread in the legal system as in... |
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Liberty! The American Revolution
Dramatic readings from letters and diaries and re-creations of events leading up to America's fight for freedom chronicle the course of revolution. Follow ... |
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Life's Greatest Miracle
A remake of Lennart Nilsson's world famous film "Miracle of Life," this completely updated edition tells the inside-the-womb story of human life from conce... |
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Merchants of Cool, The
Today's teenagers have money and independence, their lives the object of obsessive focus by corporate America. FRONTLINE explores the culture of today's te... |
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Meth Epidemic, The
FRONTLINE investigates the big business surrounding "Crystal Meth," the narcotic that swept the nation after two Mexican drug runners began smuggling ephed... |
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Murder of Emmett Till, The
The shameful, sadistic murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a black youth who whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store in 1955, was a powerfu... |
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National Treasure (Full Screen)
Ever since he was a boy, Benjamin Franklin Gates has been obsessed with finding the legendary Knights Templar Treasure, the greatest fortune known to man. ... |
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Newton's Dark Secrets
He was a 17th century Einstein, who reduced nature's chaos to a single set of laws and revolutionized the thinking and outlook of his age. But in the midst... |
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Norma Rae
Beau Bridges and Sally Field star in this drama directed by Martin Ritt about a Southern millworker who revolutionizes a small town and discovers a power i... |
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Numb3rs - The Complete First Season
In the Los Angeles office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent Don Eppes and his team investigate critical and baffling crimes with a spec... |
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Numb3rs - The Complete Second Season
In the Los Angeles office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent Don Eppes and his team investigate critical and baffling crimes with a spec... |
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October Sky - Special Edition
Homer Hickam's autobiographical book Rocket Boys was the basis for this sentimental and inspirational film, which dramatizes the true story of a small town... |
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Odyssey of Life: The Unknown World
They're hiding in your closet. They're lurking in your bed. They're all over you- snacking on your skin, burrowing through your scalp, munching on your mas... |
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One Woman, One Vote
How could America call itself the world's greatest democracy, but continue to deny the right to vote to more than half of its citizens? This program docume... |
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Origins
Has the universe always existed? How did it become a place that could harbor life? Are we alone, or are there alien worlds waiting to be discovered? NOVA p... |
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Our Town
Veteran actor-director Paul Newman makes his first Broadway appearance in four decades in this sold-out Westport Country Playhouse production of the Thornt... |
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P.O.V.: What I Want My Words to Do to You
Playwright Eve Ensler guides viewers into the hearts of female prisoners in unique performances by Mary Alice, Glenn Close, Hazelle Goodman, Rosie Perez, a... |
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Pay It Forward
Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt and Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense) star in this sentimental feature about a junior high school class project that results in ... |
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Poetry Lounge, The
The Poetry Lounge is a free, multicultural open-forum for self-expression, inspiring young people to find their own voice and let it be heard. Hosted by aw... |
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Pride & Prejudice '05
Keira Knightley stars in this critically acclaimed adaptation of Jane Austen's novel directed by Joe Wright. When Elizabeth Bennet meets the handsome Mr. D... |
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Quiz Show
John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes and Paul Scofield star in this drama directed by Robert Redford and adapted from the book Remembering America: A V... |
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Rabbit-Proof Fence
Kenneth Brannagh stars in this compelling drama from director Phillip Noyce, based upon the book by Doris Pilkington and inspired by a true story. After es... |
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Radio
Ed Harris and Cuba Gooding, Jr. star in this family drama based on a true story of a friendship between a mentally challenged man and a prominent high scho... |
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Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
Spanning the years from 1863 to 1877, this dramatic mini-series recounts the tumultuous post-Civil War years. America was grappling with rebuilding itself,... |
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Reduced Shakespeare Company
A special PBS performance of the long-running theatrical hit that playfully spoofs the most revered works in English literature. By employing creative "sho... |
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Gary Oldman, Richard Dreyfuss and Tim Roth star in this twist on Shakespeare's Hamlet, based on Tom Stoppard's play. In the story, two of Shakespeare's sup... |
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Rudy
Rudy, a young man with a lifelong dream of playing for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, goes to heroic and often hilarious lengths to gain admi... |
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Secret Life of the Brain
A startling new map of the human brain has emerged during the past decade of neuroscience research, contradicting much of what was previously believed. Nar... |
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Speak
Kristen Stewart, Elizabeth Perkins and Steve Zahn star in this adaptation of the novel by Laurie Halse Anderson and directed by Jessica Sharzer. In the sto... |
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Stand and Deliver
The saga of real-life heroes determined to conquer a foe few people dare confront: the National Advanced Placement Calculus Exam. Edward James Olmos gives ... |
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Stomp Out Loud
Members of the hit show perform their unique blend of music, comedy and dance, filmed live in New York City. Features never-before-seen excitement as perfo... |
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Super Size Me - Educationally Enhanced Version
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... |
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Swing Kids
The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult ch... |
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Sybil
Sally Field won an Emmy Award for her outstanding performance in this memorable 1976 made-for-television feature about a disturbed woman suffering from mul... |
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Halle Berry stars as the beautiful Janie Crawford, who embarks on an emotional and dramatic journey of self-discovery. Refusing to compromise in spite of s... |
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Legacy Collection)
Gregory Peck won an Academy Award for his performance as the southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape in this adaptation of the Pulitzer Pri... |
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Typhoid Mary - The Most Dangerous Woman in America
The notorious life of "Typhoid Mary."
When six members of a wealthy family contracted typhoid fever in posh Oyster Bay, Long Island, in August 1906, one q... |
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Unchained Memories: Readings From the Slave Narratives
A cast of prominent African Americans read transcripts of slave narratives from the Library of Congress archives in this compelling HBO documentary, narrat... |
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Voices of Civil Rights
The History Channel presents this collection of definitive documentaries detailing important figures and events in America's Civil Rights Movement. This co... |
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Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
Muckraking documentarian Robert Greenwald (Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism) trains his camera on the corporate behemoth Wal-Mart in this provo... |
