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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Explore Life Under Kim Jong-un. Just two years into the job and armed with nuclear weapons, North Korea's Kim Jong-un is the world's youngest dictator, ruling one of the world's most isolated countries. Like his father and grandfather, he wants to maintain tight control over what North Koreans see of the world-and what the world sees of North Korea. But with unique access, FRONTLINE goes inside the secret state to explore life under its new ruler...
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
Using the eponymous 1978 bestselling book as its frame, THE MEANING OF HITLER is a provocative interrogation of our culture’s fascination with Hitler and Nazism set against the backdrop of the current rise of white supremacy, the normalization of antisemitism and the weaponization of history itself. Shot in nine countries, the film traces Hitler’s movements, his rise to power and the scenes of his crimes as historians and writers, including Deborah...
3) Lady Jane
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1553, England's idle rich were anything but idle. With the blessing of the royal family, they plundered the riches of the church, stole the finest farmlands, and generally took all the best things the country had to offer. A cousin to the infamous Henry VII, Lady Jane Grey (Helena Bonham Carter) disapproved of the way her fellow nobles behaved, and disagreed with their religious beliefs. But as a sheltered 16-year-old, there wasn’t much she could...
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
Details the transformation of a noble Athenian from a reckless spendthrift to a mad misanthrope.
A play about power, assassination and revenge. Presents a broad range of historical personalities as complicated human beings in agonizing conflict with one another and themselves.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
One of the most influential and controversial figures of our time. Fidel : the untold story offers a unique look at the man through interviews with Castro himself, historians, public figures and close friends, with footage from the Cuban State archives.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Just two years into the job and armed with nuclear weapons, North Korea's Kim Jong-un is the world's youngest dictator, ruling one of the world's most isolated countries. Using new footage smuggled from inside and never-before-told stories from recent defectors living in South Korea, FRONTLINE goes inside the secret state to explore life under its new ruler and investigate the enigmatic "Morning Star King" as he tries to hold onto power.
10) Fidel Castro
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The Cuban dictator is profiled through interviews with relatives, loyalists, and enemies in Cuba and abroad.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
These programs detail many facets of the world's greatest civilizations, including in-depth information about the most brutal and feared leaders of the ancient world. The rise of ancient Rome is followed from the first Roman-Barbarian War to the decline of the Empire. Mind-boggling construction feats and gravity-defying masterpieces of the ancient Egyptians and Greeks are explored in detail. The origins of the Huns, Goths, Vikings, and Mongols, powerful...
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In 1968, Castro took Landau on a weeklong jeep ride through the eastern mountains. There, he plays baseball with a group of peasants, visits his pre-school, and trades jokes with a 98 year old man. Fidel also listens to people complaining about food distribution, bad roads and transportation. The film contains archive footage of the Bay of Pigs invasions and scenes of Che Guevara, alongside interviews with political prisoners.
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In April of 2003, Oliver Stone returned to Cuba to interview Fidel Castro and ask the hard-hitting questions that Castro has avoided. Included is the provocative conversations between Stone and Castro in which the Cuban leader offers his views about the state of the world, President Bush, the war in Iraq, and other major international issues. Stone's in-depth, tough but fair portrait of this highly controversial world leader helps to illuminate Cuba's...
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Adolf Hitler's ruthless and horrific reign of terror is legendary. After Germany's crushing WWI defeat at the hands of the allies propelled Hitler to power, he created the powerful Nazi party that shook the country to its foundation. hitler's fiery speeches laced with Germanic superiority and hatred of his so-called inderior races built his dream of a Third Reich that would last for a thousand years. But his breams cast Germany and the world into...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
No one else so changed the state of the world and left behind such a wake of ruins as Adolf Hitler. Yet crucially, there has been no proper attempt to examine how and why so many people followed Hitler ultimately to the destruction of their own country. These three films examine the key decisions Hitler took during the Second World War, to find out why others decided to push forward and achieve his goals.
Series
Publisher
Distr. by Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
p2006
Language
English
Description
"The feudal relationships during the Middle Ages established a hierarchy that deeply affected the social landscape of the period. In Social Structure in the Middle Ages, students will explore the complex relationships between a lord, his vassals and their serfs -- an intertwining of the wealthy and poor that ensured everyone in these medieval societies depended on each other. Discover the importance of land during this time and how ownership of estates...
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