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1) In Syria
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"A mother attempts to keep her family safe as war rages and a sniper lies in wait outside her home. This nerve-wracking study of life in Damascus won an Audience Award at Berlinale."--from Imbd.com.
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Based on true events, this intense film is a vivid account of a renegade American journalist, his cameraman and a local woman caught behind enemy lines, and determined to not only survive, but tell the world what was happening, during the swift but devastating 5-day war between Russia and Georgia in 2008.
10) T-34
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In 1944, a courageous group of Russian soldiers managed to escape from German captivity in a half-destroyed legendary T-34 tank. Those were the times of unforgettable bravery, fierce fighting, unbreakable love, and legendary miracles.
11) Shame
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During their country's civil war, the strength of a young couple's relationship is tested after the rural town they have escaped to is invaded by the military.
12) The Arizona Kid
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While Roy and Gabby are visiting friends in Missouri, the Civil War breaks out. A local gang, Val McBride and his Rebel Raiders, are killing, looting, and creating a bad reputation for the Conferate Army, and Roy and Gabby set out to stop them.
14) Salvador
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In 1980, Richard Boyle, a veteran war photographer whose career needs a boost, heads for El Salvador to cover the civil war there. He forms an uneasy alliance with both guerrillas in the countryside who want him to get pictures out to the US press, and the right-wing military, who want him to bring them photographs of the rebels. After the murder of Archbishop Romero, the rape and murder of an American nurse and three nuns, and the death of a fellow...
16) Breaker Morant
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A dramatization of the Boer war, which focuses on the court-martial of three Australian officers for murdering a prisoner.
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One of our aircraft is missing: The crew of an RAF bomber is shot down in the Netherlands and struggles to escape capture by the Germans. Academy Award nomination. (1941) with Hugh Williams & Peter Ustinov.
Spitfire: The story of Reginald J. Mitchell, the man who designed the ace British fighter plane, Spitfire. The Spitfire became one of the Allies' most valuable World War II assets. (1942) with David Niven & Leslie Howard.
We dive at dawn: The...
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In war torn 1980s El Salvador, Chava, an eleven-year-old boy, suddenly becomes the 'man of the house' in a time when the government's army is forcibly recruiting children for civil war. As his single mother fights to protect her children, their village becomes both playground and battlefield. This is about life, love, the hope of peace, and the ennobling power of the human spirit. Based on a true story.
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This documentary chronicles social unrest in the West African Republic of Liberia, where civil war has torn the nation apart and left hundreds of thousands dead or displaced. The film reconstructs the way this tragedy galvanized a coalition of Christian and Muslim women to rise up and, through nonviolent tactics, put pressure on their government to pursue peace talks. Director Gini Reticker follows their grassroots moment as it leads to democratic...
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