Mystery of the Hope Diamond
Unlock the secrets of the most celebrated and prized gem in the world. Learn why the Hope Diamond has inspired superstition and passion since its discovery centuries ago, and see how its unique qualities and mythic past have categorized the jewel as both a scientific marvel and a historical enigma.
Genre: Documentary
Actors: Kim Basinger
Britain’s Greatest Codebreaker
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The Act of Killing
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Namibia – The Spirit of Wilderness
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Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America
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The Essence of Terror
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The Slow Hustle
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A Storm Was Coming
Ësáasi Eweera, one of the last kings of the Bubi people of Equatorial Guinea and a threat to Spanish colonial rule, died in suspicious circumstances. A century later, the case…
Voyeur
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Misha and the Wolves
A woman’s Holocaust memoir takes the world by storm, but a fallout with her publisher-turned-detective reveals her story as an audacious deception created to hide a darker truth.
Money Bots
A documentary about the race for the fastest connection and the most powerful algorithm in the high speed world of automated trading.
Against the Tide
Putin: The New Empire
Since Russia was brought to its knees in the 1990s by crippling debt and the grip of the oligarchs following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Putin has made…