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Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Needing to keep his honor-bound commitment, Texas ranch foreman Pete returns the body of illegal Mexican immigrant ranch-hand Melquiades Estrada to his preferred resting place in the Mexican wilderness. Estrada had been accidentally shot by Mike, a newly-arrived U.S. border patrolman. Pete forces Mike to participate in his cross-country ritual of duty -- a voyage filled with revenge and redemption that will change both men forever -- and bring some...
Publisher
MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
It reveals the events behind Kurt Cobain's death as seen through the eyes of Tom Grant, the private investigator that was hired by Courtney Love in 1994 to track down her missing husband only days before his deceased body was found at their Seattle home. Cobain's death was ruled a suicide by the police (a reported self-inflicted gunshot wound), but doubts have circulated for twenty years as to the legitimacy of this ruling, especially due to the...
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Language
English
Description
Adolf Hitler spent his last twelve days in a bunker underneath the Chancellery of the Reich. Unwilling to face the consequences of defeat, the dictator ended his own life on April 30, 1945 in this underground complex. Includes exclusive interviews.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
As world-famous aviator Amelia Earhart closed in on her record-setting attempt to fly around the world in July 1937, she disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean - vanishing without a trace. Did she run out of fuel and crash into the sea? Or could she have survived?
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
"For centuries, visitors to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem believed that they stood within what was merely a symbolic representation of Jesus' burial place. But what if the edicule within the church, an ancient crumbling structure, really does house Christ's actual tomb? Oxford archeologists Martin and Birthe Biddle reconstruct Jesus' final day and trace the history of the various incarnations of the edicule, looking for evidence that...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
On April 20, 1992, Roger Taylor, Brian May, and John Deacon, the surviving members of Queen, took to the stage at Wembley Stadium for the start of one of the biggest events in rock history, which the band had organized to pay tribute to their former colleague, the incomparable Freddie Mercury. Queen was joined by some of the greatest musical talent in the world to celebrate Freddie's life and work and to increase public awareness of AIDS, the disease...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When the tyrannical ruler Stalin dies, his hapless inner circle scrambles to come up with the next evolution of the revolution, but it's clear everyone is really out for themselves. Proof that comedy, like politics, is all in the execution.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Based on the best-selling book by Drew Gilpin Faust, this film will explore how the American Civil War created a 'republic of suffering' and will chart the far-reaching social, political, and social changes brought about by the pervasive presence and fear of death during the Civil War.
11) The phantom
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The Phantom tells the story of one of the darkest episodes in the long history of American justice. A story of how the State of Texas knowingly sent an innocent man to his death and left a serial killer at large. A case in which for the first time it can be conclusively proven that the US courts executed a blameless man. This film uncovers the shocking truth behind a tale of murder, corruption and lies that unfolded in the dusty, desperate streets...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
On September 29, 1981, Peter Turner received a phone call that would change his life. His former lover, Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame, had collapsed in a Lancaster hotel and was refusing medical attention. He took her into his chaotic and eccentric home in Liverpool to see her through her last days. Though their affair had ended years before, it was to him that she turned in her final hour of need. Takes place over the course of three weeks in...
13) The Queen
Publisher
Miramx Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An intimate, moving portrait of Queen Elizabeth and Tony Blair following the death of Diana. They struggle to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal Family and the public's demand for an open display of mourning.
Publisher
Zima Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016?]
Language
Español
Description
Following the assassination of Pancho Villa on the outskirts of Parral, Chihuahua, the whole city mourns his death. Villa's closest collaborators hold a wake for the revolutionary hero. Standing out among the mourners are the four women with whom Villa was having intimate relationships at the time of his death. As expected, the tension between the women grows and intensifies, culminating in a dramatic surprise ending
15) The lost king
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 2012, the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a car park in Leicester. For Philippa Langley, this was the culmination of years of obsessive research despite the doubts of her friends, family, experts, and academics.
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