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The Fighting 69th
(1940) [PG]

"The Fighting 69th" is a First World War regiment of mostly New York-Irish soldiers. Amongst a cocky crew, perhaps the cockiest is Jerry Plunkett, a scrappy fellow who looks out only for himself. The officers and non-coms of the regiment do their best to instill discipline in Plunkett, and the...  More

War Dance
(2007) [PG]

War/Dance tells the story of Uganda's brutal civil war through the eyes of a group of children whose love of music brings joy, excitement and hope back into their poverty-stricken lives. Dominic, Nancy and Rose have lived in the most dangerous part of the war zone and witnessed unimaginable...  More

First Australians (2 disc set)
(2008) [PG]

First Australians chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia as never told before, from the perspective of its first people. First Australians explores what unfolds when the oldest living culture in the world is overrun by the world?s greatest empire.

Over seven documentaries,...  More

Planet B-Boy
(2007) [M]

Think breakdancing died in the eighties? Think again. PLANET B-BOY is a feature-length, theatrical documentary that re-discovers one of the most incredible dance phenomena the world has ever seen. Originally known as "B-boying", breakdancing was an urban dance form that originated from the...  More

The Times of Harvey Milk
(1984) [PG]

Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone were assassinated by Supervisor Dan White on November 27, 1978. Milk's life leading up to his election, his successful efforts to politically represent San Francisco's gay community, and the city's...  More

Standard Operating Procedure
(2008) [MA]

Witness one of the worst debacles in American military history. Enter Abu Ghraib. You've seen the photographs on the nightly news: the naked prisoners, the pyramid of degraded captives and the infamous thumbs-up grin of the young female corporal standing guard over them all. Now, come inside and...  More

CSNY-Deja Vu
(2008) [M]

Since their debut in the late 'sixties, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young have functioned as the "town criers" of their generation. With songs like "Ohio" and "Find the Cost of Freedom", CSNY were in the forefront of Vietnam-era protest and anti-war sentiment. Though fondly remembered for their...  More

Taxi to the Dark Side
(2007) [MA]

Over one hundred prisoners have died in suspicious circumstances in' U.S. custody during the "war on terror". Taxi to the Dark Side takes an in-depth look at one case: an innocent Afghan taxi driver called Dilawar who was wrongly arrested and sent to Bagram Prison. Five days after his arrest,...  More

Frost/Nixon
(2008) [M]

From Academy Award-winning director, Ron Howard The Da Vinci Code, Apollo 13), comes the electrifying, untold story behind one of the most unforgettable moments in history.

When disgraced President Richard Nixon agreed to an interview with jet-setting television personality, David...  More

Frost Nixon The Original Watergate Interview
(1977) [G]

Sir David Frost's legendary 28 hour interview with former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon remains the greatest political interview ever recorded, and has been immortalized in the Oscar nominated film Frost-Nixon. Watched by nearly 50 million viewers in the US when originally broadcast in May of...  More