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1) Golda
Publisher
Decal Releasing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
On October 6th, 1973, under cover of darkness, on Israel's holiest day and during the month of Ramadan, the combined forces of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan begin a surprise attack on the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. Outnumbered and outgunned, Israel's only female Prime Minister, Golda Meir, confronts the immediate, clear, and present danger of a ticking timebomb that she hoped never to face. Surrounded, isolated, and frustrated by the infighting...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Concerns the last twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In the Garden of Gethsemane near the Mount of Olives, Jesus is betrayed by Judas Iscariot. Jesus is condemned to death for blasphemy and brought before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, for sentencing. The roaring crowd demands his death, so Pilate orders his crucifixion. Jesus is severely beaten and made to carry his cross up to Golgotha, the hill outside Jerusalem, where...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
"WORLD TRADE CENTER is a film about heroism and the best in all of us," raves Good Morning America's Joel Siegel. Academy Award winner, Nicolas Cage stars in the unforgettable true story of the courageous rescue and survival of two Port Authority policemen who were trapped in the rubble on September 11, 2001 after they volunteered to go in and help. Academy Award winning director, Oliver Stone reveals an intimate look at the events of the day as seen...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In the beginning of WWII, Churchill orders his new spy agency -- the Special Operations Executive (SOE) -- to recruit and train women as spies. Their daunting mission: conduct sabotage and build a resistance. SOE's "spymistress" recruits two unusual candidates: an ambitious American with a wooden leg and a Muslim pacifist. Together, these women help to undermine the Nazi regime in France, leaving an unmistakable legacy in their wake. Inspired by true...
11) 1944
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Estonian
Description
When Russian and Nazi forces invade Estonia during World War II, they force the occupants to fight each other alongside the two enemy armies.
13) War horse
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Albert Narracott enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse Joey is sold to the cavalry.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Computer-generated imagery, re-enactments, archival footage, and expert commentary provide political and historical context while helping to illustrate how construction progressed over time - and how it was suddenly demolished by civilians in 1989.
16) Apocalypto
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
Mayan
Description
Set towards the end of the Mayan civilization, a young warrior is captured by a powerful tribe and must find a way to escape or become a human sacrifice.
17) The white ribbon
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010, 2009.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Several accidents and deaths in a small German village just prior to the start of World War I appear to have connections to the suppressed children of the villagers.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
They are the voices behind the greatest rock, pop and R&B hits of all time, but no one knows their names. Now, in this award-winning documentary, director Morgan Neville shines the spotlight on the untold stories of such legendary background (backup) singers as Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill, and more. Includes behind-the-scenes footage, vintage live performances, and interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Mick Jagger, Stevie...
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Season Two continues to follow Jenny and the other midwives as they deal with all the problems the neighborhood of Poplar has to throw at them. A fascinating portrayal of birth, life, death and a community on the brink of huge social change, Call the Midwife offers a gripping insight into a way of life that is so drastically different from how we live now.
20) Alleged
Publisher
Slingshot Pictures
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Love and faith are put to the ultimate test in this romantic drama set against the Scopes 'Monkey Trial' of 1925. Charles Anderson is a talented young reporter engaged to Rose, who works with him at the small-town Tennessee newspaper his late father founded. As the trial unfolds, Charles is caught up in the media circus and becomes torn between his journalistic integrity and impressing his mentor, the colorful Baltimore Sun editor, who presses him...
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