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One Survivor Remembers

Coproduced by the U.S.Holocaust Memorial Museum Research Institute,this Academy Award-winning documentary relates the harrowing story of Gerda Weissmann Klein and her journey of survival and remembering both before and after the war.

Run time: 39m Release: 1996-06-19

Director: Kary Antholis

Stars: Gerda Weissmann Klein Kurt Klein Peter Thomas

4 Little Girls

On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation--and a defining moment in the history of the civil-rights movement. Spike Lee re-examines the full story of the bombing, including a revealing interview with former Alabama Governor George Wallace.

Run time: 102m Tagline: On that Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine Release: 1997-07-09

Director: Spike Lee

Stars: Arthur Hanes Jr. Carole C. Smitherman Chris McNair Dianne Braddock Harold McNair Helen Pegues Howell Raines Maxine McNair Queen Nunn Wamo Reed Robertson

Buena Vista Social Club

In this fascinating Oscar-nominated documentary, American guitarist Ry Cooder brings together a group of legendary Cuban folk musicians (some in their 90s) to record a Grammy-winning CD in their native city of Havana. The result is a spectacular compilation of concert footage from the group's gigs in Amsterdam and New York City's famed Carnegie Hall, with director Wim Wenders capturing not only the music -- but also the musicians' life stories.

Run time: 105m Tagline: In Havana, music isn't a pastime, it's a way of life. Release: 1999-06-04

Director: Wim Wenders

Stars: Amadito Valdés Compay Segundo Eliades Ochoa Ibrahim Ferrer Joachim Cooder Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal Omara Portuondo Orlando 'Cachaíto' López Rubén González Ry Cooder

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

Revisiting the 1994 Arkansas murder of three 8-year-old boys and the three teenagers convicted of the crime. A follow up to Paradise Lost, Revelations features new interviews with the convicted men, as well as with the original judge and police investigators.

Run time: 130m Release: 2000-07-28

Director: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky

Stars: Christopher Byers Damien Wayne Echols Jason Baldwin Jessie Miskelly Sr. Jessie Misskelley John Mark Byers Jr. Kathy Bakken Melissa Byers Pam Echols Steven Branch

Shot Heard ‘Round the World

With one swing of a bat, Bobby Thomson became a legend. His dramatic home run on October 3, 1951, led the New York Giants to win the National League pennant over the rival Brooklyn Dodgers. This documentary looks at the teams, personalities and events that combined to create one of the most heated pennant races ever witnessed...one that ended with an unforgettable homer.

Run time: 60m Release: 2001-07-11

Stars: Bobby Thomson Liev Schreiber Ralph Branca

We Stand Alone Together

Compiled over two years, an 'on-camera oral history' of Easy Company, told by the veterans themselves. Accompanies the mini-series Band of Brothers.

Run time: 78m Release: 2001-11-10

Director: Mark Cowen

Stars: James Alley Jr. Roderick Bain

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