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BBC – This World 2019 Anna The Woman Who Went to Fight ISIS 720p HDTV

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BBC – This World 2019 Anna The Woman Who Went to Fight ISIS 720p HDTV
English | Size: 953 MB
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In 2017, 25-year-old Anna Campbell from Lewes in East Sussex travelled in secret to northern Syria. She was heading for Rojava, the Kurdish territory in the north of the country. In the midst of the civil war in Syria, a fledgling feminist democracy had been established but almost immediately came under threat from the so-called Islamic State. Just eight months after arriving and with no military background, Anna went to the front line to fight with Kurdish YPJ. A month later she was killed by a Turkish air strike. With access to her diary and videos filmed while she was there, this film explores what motivated Anna to leave and how her family make sense of the tragic consequences. [Read more…]

BBC – The Jazz Ambassadors 720p HDTV

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BBC – The Jazz Ambassadors 720p HDTV
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In 1955, the African-American congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie announced a new Cold War weapon to combat the Soviet Union – America’s iconic jazz musicians and their racially integrated bands would cross the globe to counter negative propaganda about racism in American.
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BBC – Glastonburys Greatest Headliners 720p HDTV

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BBC – Glastonburys Greatest Headliners 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.57 GB
Category: Documentary


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Edith Bowman narrates this affectionate but witty A-Z of 25 years’ worth of Pyramid Stage headliner action since television cameras first came to Pilton in 1994.

Tracking the festival’s emergence as a global stage featuring the biggest names in popular music across a variety of genres this retrospective celebration blends archive clips and backstage testimony alongside new interviews with the likes of Damon Albarn, Liam Gallagher, Skunk Anansie’s Skin, Chemical Brothers, Jarvis Cocker and the Eavis family. [Read more…]

NHK Train Cruise 2017 Along the Coast of the Seto Inland Sea 720p HDTV

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NHK Train Cruise 2017 Along the Coast of the Seto Inland Sea 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.10 GB
Category: Documentary


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Located in western Japan, the Seto Inland Sea is home to about 700 islands. We travel from Okayama Prefecture to Hiroshima Prefecture along the coast. The La Malle de Bois train is perfect for tourists with free Wi-Fi and outlets, while the Setouchi Marine View’s huge windows allow for amazing views of the ocean. While taking in the beautiful sights, we stop at Kurashiki, Onomichi, Takehara, Kure, and finally Hiroshima, enjoying all that they have to offer. [Read more…]

NHK Train Cruise 2016 The Cities Mountains and Seas of Osaka and Wakayama 720p HDTV

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NHK Train Cruise 2016 The Cities Mountains and Seas of Osaka and Wakayama 720p HDTV
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We start at Kansai International Airport. In the metropolis of Osaka Prefecture, we ride the futuristic “rapi:t” that resembles something out of a sci-fi movie, enjoy a bite at a local eatery, and travel by the latest streetcar through the suburbs. In Wakayama Prefecture, we journey through rugged terrain to Mt. Koya, 800m in altitude. Here we forget everyday and experience Buddhist monastic life. Then we take local trains down toward the Pacific Ocean. Along the way, we discover a little train that hauls the local mikan harvest through mountainside orchards near the coast. We also meet an old fishing family and a feline stationmaster. Enjoy a journey to the city, mountain, and sea in Osaka and Wakayama. [Read more…]

BBC – Our World 2019 Sudans Bloody Uprising 720p HDTV

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BBC – Our World 2019 Sudans Bloody Uprising 720p HDTV
English | Size: 296 MB
Category: Documentary


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In December 2018, the people of Sudan rose up against the thirty-year dictatorship of Omar al-Bashir. He stood down in April, but his supporters remain in control and in June they launched a vicious attack on unarmed protestors leaving over a hundred dead and scores raped and beaten. Namak Khoshnaw follows a young Sudanese doctor, who took part in the protests, as she celebrates the uprising’s success only to watch it collapse in the face of terrifying violence. [Read more…]

BBC – Charley Pride – I’m Just Me 720p HDTV

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BBC – Charley Pride – I’m Just Me 720p HDTV
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Traces the improbable journey of Charley Pride, from his humble beginnings as a sharecropper’s son on a cotton farm in segregated Sledge, Mississippi to his career as a black American League baseball player and his meteoric rise as a trailblazing country music superstar.
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Classic Cellists at the BBC 720p HDTV

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Classic Cellists at the BBC 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.04 GB
Category: Documentary


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Julian Lloyd Webber takes an extraordinary musical journey through the BBC archives from the 1950s to the present to celebrate the world of the cello through some of its greatest interpreters. From dazzling performances by legendary masters such as Paul Tortelier, Jacqueline du Pre and Mstislav Rostropovich to some of today’s leading interpreters including Yo Yo Ma, Steven Isserlis and Mischa Maisky, Julian gives us a cellist’s perspective on an extraordinary virtuoso tradition. [Read more…]

BBC – The Prince and the Bomber 720p HDTV

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BBC – The Prince and the Bomber 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.17 GB
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Fifty years on from the investiture of Prince Charles as the Prince of Wales, this documentary explores the tumultuous period leading up to the investiture and the rise of Welsh nationalism.

The investiture set two very different men on a collision course; a young prince making his debut on the global stage and a military man turned bomber, repelled by the investiture and all it represented, and determined to unleash chaos and fear. Through the intertwining stories of these two men and other key characters of the political arena and Welsh nationalist movements, this film captures a remarkable moment in British history. [Read more…]

BBC – Indie and Beyond 720p HDTV

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BBC – Indie and Beyond 720p HDTV
English | Size: 1.31 GB
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Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder and Creation Records boss Alan McGee reveal a selection of their all-time favourite tracks. From first jobs to private jets, longtime friends Ryder and McGee unpack the songs that formed the soundtrack to their lives. In an hour of eclectic tunes, Shaun Ryder also discovers his lost Top of the Pops appearance and Alan McGee declares an alternative Scottish national anthem. Theirs is a blistering playlist of indie, punk and ska classics from Buzzcocks to The Specials, Junior Murvin to Marc Bolan, Orange Juice to Underworld and many more. [Read more…]