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Lost Prince, TheLost Prince, The (2003) Recommended
Dir. Stephen Poliakoff
Feat. Gina McKee, Miranda Richardson, Bibi Andersson
A sumptuous BBC production concerning Prince John, the youngest son of King George V of England, whose autism and mild epilepsy embarrassed the…
Epitaph (TV Series)Epitaph (TV Series) (2001)
Feat. Paul Gittens
TV series that scours the cemeteries of New Zealand for the intriguing, weird and worthy tales of our ancestor's demises. Paul Gittens is the…
Millennium (1999)
Dir. Various
Exhaustive history of the last thousand years, taken from the book by Felipe Fernandez–Armesto and presented by CNN. Refreshingly deals not…
Cold War (1998)
Dir. Various
With encyclopedia–like detail, this lengthy documentary series analyses every aspect of the Cold War, from the onset of frosty relations…
Peoples Century (TV Series)Peoples Century (TV Series) (1997) Aro Favourite
Dir. Various
Indispensible BBC TV series covering 20th century history told via the accounts of ordinary people, gives a vivid and sobering taste of world events.…
Russia - The Missing Years (1996)
A glance at the disturbing facts of the Eastern Front conflict of 1942–43 that resulted in Russian glory at a cost of three million lives.…
Last Bolshevik, TheLast Bolshevik, The (1993)
Dir. Chris Marker
Chris Marker's video essay celebrates the life and work of little known film pioneer Aleksandr Medvedkin to reflect on the legacy of Soviet…
Seven Songs for Malcolm XSeven Songs for Malcolm X (1993)
Dir. John Akomfrah
A tribute to the revolutionary activist compiles interviews with people that knew him and those that know much about him as well as authentic footage…
JFK: Assassination TapesJFK: Assassination Tapes (1992)
Dir. John Barbour
Largely a basis for Oliver Stone's opus, Jim Garrison himself speaks frankly about his investigation into the alleged cover–up surrounding the…
Berkeley in the SixtiesBerkeley in the Sixties (1990) Recommended
Dir. Mark Kitchell
A lively, dense study of 1960s counter–culture in microcosm, this chronicles the rise and fall of the student movement in a Californian campus…

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