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Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It tells the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work decoding thousands of messages for the U.S. government would send infamous gangsters to prison and bring down a massive, near-invisible Nazi spy ring in WWII. A suburban wife and mother who led a secret double life, her remarkable contributions to the science of cryptology would only come to light decades after her death when classified...
Publisher
Starz Originals
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Gaius Claudius Glaber is dead. The rebellion has swelled to thousands of freed slaves, and Spartacus, alongside his generals Crixus, Gannicus and Agron, prepares for war with Rome. The Roman Senate turns to Marcus Crassus, a wealthy, strategic politician, for aid. With a young Julius Caesar as an ally, Crassus must crush the rebellion.
Publisher
Gaumont
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In his quest to build a drug empire in the 1980s, Miguel �Angel F�elix Gallardo takes the helm of the Guadalajara Cartel, unifying traffickers. Meanwhile, DEA Agent Kiki Camarena moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara to take on a new post. As Camarena gathers intelligence on F�elix and becomes more entangled in his mission, a tragic chain of events unfolds, affecting the drug trade, and the war against it, for years to...
65) 61*
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
�2001
Language
English
Description
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, one was the Yankees' best loved players and the other was their most valuable. 1961 was about to be the summer that no one who loves baseball will ever forget. Both men find that they are approaching Babe Ruth's 1927 single-season 60 home-run record. Facing pressure from the media and the stands, both men know that there is only room for one winner. The fans make their choice, but the people's favorite isn't the favorite...
67) Tut
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The astounding saga of one of history's most extraordinary rulers, Tutankhamun (King Tut), his rise to power and his struggle to lead Egypt to glory, while his closest advisors, friends and lovers scheme for their own nefarious interests.
68) Roots
Language
English
Description
Alex Haley's Roots, in which he traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into slavery. Follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boy's abduction to America and continued throughout the generations that followed.
69) Manson
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
A look at how one man could change a group of innocent peace-loving people into a gang of brutal killers. Includes rare archive footage and firsthand interviews with members of the Manson family, lead prosecutors at the time, and Manson himself.
70) Living proof
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Dr. Dennis Slamon, an oncologist and researcher who must make sacrifices in his personal life while on his quest to find a cure for breast cancer.
Publisher
NBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In season seven, change is in the air! It's wedding bells and a baby on the way for Laura and Almanzo. Adam's sight returns and he and Mary open a law practice. Laura begins teaching in Walnut Grove; Nellie's pregnancy ignites a family disagreement and Albert's love for Sylvia stirs rumors. The townswomen fight for equal property rights and the Ingalls consider adoption.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Queen Elizabeth struggles to navigate her way while preserving both the monarchy and her marriage. The season begins with soldiers in Her Majesty's Armed Forces fighting an illegal war in Egypt and ends with the downfall of her third Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
From birth to weaning, from territorial disputes to courtship and mating, from brush fires to drought, gum trees are what determine a koala's success or failure, survival or mortality. This film will explore the remarkable bond between the koala and the eucalyptus trees it so depends upon. By following individual koalas from a small social group on an Australian island, Nature will reveal just how a koala manages to survive and thrive on a diet poisonous...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
During the period between 1964 and 1977: the royal family mourns the passing of Winston Churchill; the United Kingdom ushers in a new prime minister, the Labour Party's Harold Wilson whom Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth hear might be a Soviet spy; survives the Aberfan disaster; observes the Apollo 11 moon landing; and plans for the Investiture of Prince Charles. While Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon visit the USA, the queen, at the bidding of...
79) Pam & Tommy
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Set in the Wild West early days of the Internet, the series is based on the incredible true story of the Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee sex tape. Stolen from the couple's home by a disgruntled contractor, the video went from underground bootleg-VHS curiosity to full-blown global sensation when it hit the Web in 1997. A love story, crime caper, and cautionary tale rolled into one, the eight-part original series explores the intersection of privacy,...
80) Des
Publisher
Sundance Now
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The story is about one of the most infamous serial killers in UK history: Dennis Nilsen. Known as the "kindly killer", Nilsen was an unassuming civil servant who became Britain's most prolific serial killer of the time. The chilling true-crime series delves into Nilsen's emotionally elusive psyche after his arrest in 1983.