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Roots (TV Mini-Series)Roots (TV Mini-Series) (2016)
Dir. Phillip Noyce, Mario Van Peebles, Thomas Carter
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Matthew Goode, Derek Luke
A powerful new adaptation of Alex Haley's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel. This tragic story of resilience is told in four parts covering four…
Story of God, The (TV Series)Story of God, The (TV Series) (2016)
Feat. Morgan Freeman
Ambitious cross–cultural survey of what God means to people and how religion has shaped world history , narrated and produced by Morgan…
Tutankhamun (TV Mini-series)Tutankhamun (TV Mini-series) (2016)
Dir. Peter Webber
Feat. Max Irons, Jonathan Aris, Sam Neill
A four–part dramatisation of how a penniless, ostracised archaeologist named Howard Carter became a household name following his discovery of…
AltheaAlthea (2015)
PBS documentary account of the story of Althea Gibson, a truant from the tough streets of Harlem, who overcame extraordinary odds to becomes the…
Banished (TV Mini-series)Banished (TV Mini-series) (2015)
Feat. Orla Brady, Ewen Bremner, MyAnna Buring
British period drama created by Jimmy McGovern (CRACKER), set in the 18th century in the first penal colony founded by the British in New South…
Cancer - The Emperor of All MaladiesCancer - The Emperor of All Maladies (2015) Recommended
Dir. Barak Goodman
Ken Burns produced this illuminating study of Cancer from its first mention in Egyptian scrolls to the present day medical laboratories where the…
Dawn of Humanity (2015)
National Geographic documentary focusing on a 2013 fossil discovery and the 2–year excavation process that followed, with insights into how…
FrancofoniaFrancofonia (2015) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alexandr Sokurov
Feat. Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Benjamin Utzerath
A richly evocative and insightful historical cine–essay from celebrated dir. Alexander Sokurov (RUSSIAN ARK) that charts the relationship…
Story of China with Michael Wood, The (TV Series)Story of China with Michael Wood, The (TV Series) (2015) Recommended
Feat. Michael Wood
Veteran historian and broadcaster Michael Wood follows his celebrated Story of India with this in–depth portrait of the most populous country…
From Scotland With LoveFrom Scotland With Love (2014)
Scottish history as told through a vast collection of real home movie and archival footage, this is a charming filmic tapestry of everyday family…

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