Building the Great Cathedrals

Building the Great Cathedrals 2010

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These skyscrapers of stone dominated skylines for nearly a thousand years. Now, a team of scholars and builders investigates how they we went up, and why some of the tallest fell down. Embedded in stone and stained glass, they uncover a hidden mathematical code — ripped from pages of the Bible — that was used as a blueprint to build the great Gothic Cathedrals.

2010

The Story of Christmas

The Story of Christmas 1994

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The story of the birth of Jesus, the anger of king Herod, the flight into Egypt and Herod's attempt at killing Jesus is seen through the eyes of a donkey and an ox who witness the birth and do what they can to protect the child.

1994

Torture Made in USA

Torture Made in USA 2009

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Acclaimed journalist and filmmaker Robin Marie-Monique investigative film explores the events and the machinations of key policy leaders that led the US to adapt the systematic use of torture on in Afghanistan, Guantanamo and Iraq in the name of "war on terror". Mixing stunning archival footage and on the ground detective work, the film includes exclusive interviews with several key witnesses.

2009

Notre-Dame of Paris, Rising from the Ashes

Notre-Dame of Paris, Rising from the Ashes 2021

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In 2019 the whole world watched flames destroy the roof tops of Notre-Dame of Paris cathedral. After clearing and securing the site, the huge task of reconstruction began. To the men and women working to save and restore the magnificent cathedral, this is their mission, to be completed quickly and perfectly.

2021

Monk & Pannonica: An American Story

Monk & Pannonica: An American Story 2022

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Paris, 1954. The story of the meeting, known thanks to the fortuitous discovery of a forgotten notebook, full of notes and photographs, between a white British aristocrat, Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, writer and jazz patron, and a talented black pianist, Thelonious Monk, one of the best bebop jazz musicians of all time; a prodigious union of wills that overcame the most extreme prejudices of the very conservative US society.

2022