The modern history of the Congo, the heart of Africa, is a terrifying tale of appalling brutality: how the greedy and incredibly ruthless King Leopold II of Belgium (1935-1909) turned a vast country into his private estate (1885-1908) and how he plundered the land and raped the bodies and souls of its defenceless inhabitants, causing countless victims; and what exactly is the true impact of this often forgotten story of crime and horror today.

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William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to...

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A follow up to the 2009 sketch comedy referencing urban legends from the Ceausescu regime, the film ...

City of Warsaw, Poland, August 1st, 1944. Citizens have experienced inhuman acts of terror and viole...

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In 1520, the notorious and power-hungry Danish King Christian II is determined to seize the Swedish ...

Chronicles the rise of young Shivaji Bhonsale, who challenged the might of established empires to fo...

Based on the true story of the collapse of a mine in San Jose, Chile—that left 33 miners isolated un...

When loyalty to country becomes loyalty to a lie, one teen risks everything to expose the truth. Wit...

Flanders, Hispanic Monarchy, 1616. The inhabitants of the small town of Boom are busy organizing the...

A series of images, music and sounds which transport through Mexico's history, without any narrative...

Evakko is a portrayal of Soviet-Finnish winter war of 1939/40 and the associated evacuations in diff...

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The Chola kingdom is under threat from forces both internal and external, and with crown prince Aadi...

The life and death of famous Korean singer, Yun Sim-deok in the 1920s.

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