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View Profile RESTORING GENIUS: THE ART OF AGNOLO BRONZINO

Genre: Music and Arts

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Exploring the world of enigmatic Renaissance artist Bronzino, a contemporary of Michelangelo & Leonardo da Vinci. Discover the recent revival of interest in his work, and the mystery drawings discovered beneath his art.

View Profile RASTA. A SOUL’S JOURNEY

Genre: Music and Arts

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Rasta follows Bob and Rita Marley’s beautiful granddaughter, Donisha Prendergast’s epic journey to eight countries (Israel, Ethiopia, South Africa, India, England, Jamaica, Canada and the United States) to explore the cultural and historical links between the culture of Rastafari and other peoples.

View Profile Tomb Of Jesus

Genre: Religion

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The documentary team visit two tombs believed to be where Jesus Christ was laid and later rose. Is there any evidence to support the fact that either of these sites is the genuine one? Join us as we take you on an amazing journey and reveal some facts that changed religion, and the world, forever.

View Profile Battleships of WW2

Genre: Historical

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The first half of the 20th century brought us a huge technological development. It also continued an arms race which started before the Great War.

During it, a lot of solutions on the battlefield were found. But only during The Second World War, science and technology were connected like never before. Dynamics of what heppened on the battlefields of the Second World War caused a huge development not only of the ground forces and air forces but also navy. The growing importance of sea conflict caused the huge development of tactics and strategy of the naval fights, using more diversified naval units. Huge battleships and aircraft carriers arised and proved their strategic quality during the Second World War. The were also made submarines equipped with new technologies which enabled them to stay under the water for a signifcantly longer period of time.

 

This documentary presents the most known units of the Second World War, their history and the specific battles in which they fought. Through the technological and tactical development of the greatest german submarine forces, we will follow their evolution.

View Profile Of Islands and Men

Genre: Series

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"Of Islands and Men" is a brand new HD TV documentary series, 6 x 52 minutes, hosted by famous French footballer Christian Karembeu. Come join Christian has he travels to one of the most exotic destinations known to man: The Marquesas Islands. Christian, a native of the islands, acts as an ambassador, as he displays why his home is so special not only from a cultural standpoint, but to himself and his family as well.

View Profile Broken Wings

Genre: Historical

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'Broken Wings' is the story of the four engined commercial jet aircraft known as the BAe 146/RJ which was manufactured up until 2002. 'Broken Wings' looks at the aircraft history from its first flight in 1981 to the present day. Through unique interviews, rare archive footage and previously never seen before documentation, 'Broken Wings' tells the full 146 story few know about, and how it became the subject of an Australian Senate investigation. An issue which many claim is part of aviation’s biggest ‘cover-up'.

View Profile Air Transport Auxiliary

Genre: Historical

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'Air Transport Auxiliary' tells the story of the civilian organisation known as the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA ) which played a vital key role during World War Two. Called upon to ferry military planes of all types between airfields, factories and maintenance units, ATA pilots and crews were faced with bad weather, operational adversities and flying planes they had never flown before. With tales of heroism, laughter and loss, experience the significant contribution given by all those who played a part, in the unique but generally unknown, achievements of the ATA during World War Two.

View Profile The Sacred Hoop

Genre: Human Interest

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"Cangleska Wakan" addresses the 'Sacred Hoop' of the Lakota Nation through candid and revealing opinions from contributors on various reservations in South Dakota.

View Profile The Wolfshanze: Wolf's Lair- Hitler's Headquarters

Genre: Historical

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Many people don't know that the assasination of Adolf Hitler could have been successful in Poland - in Gierloz near Kretrzyn.

This documentary os a reconstruction of the Wolf's Entrenchment bunkers and exposes details of their set-up and equipment. Thanks to archive pictures, audiences can learn the history of Hitler's Headquarters itself and of the most famous assassination on the German nationalist socialists' leader.

 

View Profile SHADY LADY

Genre: Historical

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‘Shady Lady’ is the epic story of the B-24 Liberator aircraft of the same name that set off from Darwin, Australia on Friday, 13 August 1943 on what was at that time the world’s lon­gest ever bombing mission of WWII to the oil refineries at Balikpapan, Borneo.

View Profile Soccer Shrines

Genre: Sports Documentary

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Shot in 11 countries and 13 stadiums around the world, this documentary series follows the pilgrimage of Soccer’s most passionate worshippers – the fans. Join them as they visit their hallowed ground. Some call them stadiums, or arenas, or pitches – for the fans they are Shrines. Not merely a game. Soccer is a religion. A religion with billions of worshippers at the most revered shrines in the world. Come to understand the root of their unmatched devotion to the world’s most popular game.
Thirteen episodes. Thirteen shrines. And, possibly, thirteen epiphanies.

View Profile Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements

Genre: Music and Arts

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A documentary on the last best band, the great¬est band you’ve never heard of, the greatest rock band of all time period: The Replacements. Love, Hate, obsession, tears, vomit…it might not be the prettiest story ever told, but it certainly rocks.

View Profile Scrappers

Genre: Human Interest

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Scrappers follows two Chicago families who make ends meet using brains, brawn, and battered pickup trucks. Shot in vérité style, the film focuses on work: finding metals; raising children; understanding the city. The film questions popular notions of poverty, race relations, and recycling and examines dreams of personal self-sufficiency and urban sustainability.

View Profile Beyond Wiseguys- Italian Americans and the Movies

Genre: Music and Arts

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Featuring a huge list of stars, including Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, John Turturro, Chazz Palminteri and more, “Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies” is the incredible story of how Italian Americans went from being outsiders, stereotyped as gangsters, to the most powerful and beloved insiders in Hollywood.

View Profile Pilot Fatigue

Genre: Medical / Health

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With the billion dollar global aviation industry transporting people around the world 24 hours every day,  there is a very real and growing problem of pilot fatigue and the all too real consequences when something does go wrong.

View Profile Welcome to Macintosh

Genre: Culture

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"Welcome to Macintosh" – the documentary snapshot of the late Steve Job’s legacy. Mixing the history, criticism and an unapologetic revelry of all things Apple.

This timeless documentary has been re-cut, featuring a new and exclusive interview with Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computers discussing the company in the wake of Steve Job’s premature death.

Whether you are long time Mac fanatic or new to computers, “Welcome to Macintosh” explores the many ways Apple has changed the world, from the very beginning, to the latest technology that the company has to offer.

Until the birth of the iPod, Apple struggled in the marketplace alongside Microsoft, until which point, Apple emerged into the mainstream with products such as the iPad, iPhone, iTunes and Macbooks. “Welcome to Macintosh” will entertain audiences with the history and intense rivalry between the two companies, enhanced through in-depth interviews with some of Apple’s most eccentric fans. Discover how arguably Apple has now risen to become the largest and most successful computer and software company in the world.

Featuring original interviews with:

Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak Macintosh Co-Creator Andy Hertzfeld Mac evangelist Guy Kawasaki Author of the book ‘Cult of Mac’, Leander Kahney Engineer and Mac start up sound creator, Jim Reekes Filmmaker Simon Tarr Academy Award winning editor Richard Halsey + Many more!

An increasingly important documentary that celebrates and eternalises the impact of Apple on the world, and the lasting legacy of Steve Jobs.