History

Esterno Notte (part I)

The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists

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A Cross in the Desert

Pious girl Paraskeva became Saint after spending 40 years of her life in Jordan desert fighting temptations, sins and inner…

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Aparajito

A young filmmaker prepares for the debut of his first feature film.

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The Rise and Fall of the Etruscans

For eight centuries, between the 9th and 1st century BC, the Etruscans, inhabitants of the Italian peninsula, were one of…

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The Shadow of the Day

Italy, after the promulgation of the racial laws (1938). Luciano, a Fascist-abiding restaurateur, nonetheless believes he can still live by…

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The Rembrandt Century: How Art Became Big Business

In the 17th century, the Netherlands experienced an unprecedented artistic explosion: painters such as Rembrandt, Vermeer and Hals were so…

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Kalev

The Soviet Union teeters on the verge of collapse in 1990 and tiny Baltic nations struggle to take back their…

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The Builders of the Alhambra

Kingdom of Granada, al-Andalus, 14th century. After recognizing that his land, always under siege, is hopelessly doomed to be conquered,…

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Black Far West

Did you know that the first cowboys were black? Using magnificent archives and testimonies from historians, Cécile Denjean restores justice…

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2nd Chance

In 1969, bankrupt pizzeria owner Richard Davis invented the modern-day bulletproof vest. To prove that it worked, he shot himself…

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