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World War II, June 1940. France has fallen and suffers the relentless boot of Nazi Germany. But Algeria, the prized French colony in North Africa, remains part of the territory controlled by the Vichy regime of Marshal P
In 1587, more than 100 English colonists settle on Roanoke Island and soon vanish, baffling historians for centuries; now, experts use the latest forensic archaeology to investigate the true story behind America's oldest
In the 1960’s and 70’s, the U.K. forced the entire Chagossian population off their homeland so the U.S. could build a military base on the island of Diego Garcia. This film sheds a light on the human rights abuses Chagos
In Columbus' Cursed Colony join two scientific expeditions on a journey that takes you beneath the waters of La Isabela Bay in Dominican Republic to search for the lost fleet of Christopher Columbus.
The beginning of what is now the State of North Carolina, from the years when thousands of Native American prospered, through the first visitors and the "Lost Colony", early colonial development and growth in the 17th an
Chronicles early history of the Jamestown Colony. Describes voyage and hardships of the first settlers from England and the trials of later arrivals.
A report on the political, social, and economic problems of Puerto Rico in the early 1980s and on the impact of the island's eighty-four-year-old link to the United States. Features interviews with leaders of the Puerto
A documentary that explores the roots of Genge, a new hybrid of modern hip-hop beats and traditional Kenyan musical elements.
Whistle-blower revelations from President Eisenhower's great granddaughter and others give renewed credence to the evidence that Mars is being prepared as a Survival Colony in the face of imminent catastrophic events tha
Germans colonized the land of Namibia, in southern Africa, during a brief period of time, from 1840 to the end of the World War I. The story of the so-called German South West Africa (1884-1915) is hideous; a hidden and
Short directed by Georges-André Lacroix.
This is one of the earliest representations of the Philippines in moving images. Stored in the British Film Institute archives, this administrative reconnaissance film exhibits the Culion leper colony in the province of
Describes the Quakers' struggle for religious freedom and the founding of the Pennsylvania colony, under the leadership of William Penn. Describes the colony's belief in freedom of speech and religion, and in the equalit
While the First World War and its battles on the Western Front are still very much anchored in our memory of history, the simultaneous battle in the East appears now to have been largely forgotten. During the course of t
A look at the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s as experienced by filmmaker Donald McWilliams.
Norwegian film documentary from 1931. It begins with the ship "Stavangersfjord"'s arrival in Brooklyn, followed by scenes from different streets and neighborhoods, the Norwegian Consulate General and Consul General Wilhe
A film that takes an in-depth look into the lives of the widows of the Sikh men who were killed in the anti-Sikh massacre of November, 1984. This was a government sponsored massacre in the World's largest Democracy, Indi
In this exclusive broadcast, Democracy Now! breaks the media blockade and goes to occupied Western Sahara in the northwest of Africa to document the decades-long Sahrawi struggle for freedom and Morocco's violent crackdo
In a women’s prison, everything has its own rules. Mopping the floor can be a privilege, a cigarette can buy you a foot massage, and a single candy might cost someone’s loyalty. The filmmakers spend several days with wo
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.