The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth(2007)

Cloud Waltzing(hu)

Journalist Meredith travels to Europe to do a story on vineyard owner Francois De Paul and won't stop until she learns his secrets.

Nullarbor(en)

An animated road-movie set across the vast and barren landscape of Australia's Nullarbor Plain.

Captain Nulle(lv)

Valdis Nulle is a young and ambitious captain of fishing ship 'Dzintars'. He has his views on fishing methods but the sea makes its own rules. Kolkhoz authorities are forced to include dubious characters in his crew, for example, former captain Bauze and silent alcoholic Juhans. The young captain lacks experience in working with so many fishermen on board. Unexpectedly, pretty engineer Sabīne is ordered to test a new construction fishing net on Nulle's ship and 'production conflict' between her and the captain arises...

Six: Inside(en)

Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animation filmmakers.

Forest(en)

Short film built from photographs, sped up like a traditional stop motion and is meant to be an evocation of the English Eerie and Folk Horror.

Gasping for Air(tl)

When his sister disappears after leaving their home in hopes of singing stardom, Luis tracks her down and discovers the grim reality of her whereabouts.

NULL(en)

A hitman is tasked to take out ex-mobsters when he suddenly hears a voice that questions his morality.

Nulliparous Women(es)

In a pub in Madrid's downtown, a group of workmates meets to celebrate a birthday party. There, the singular characters share their opinions about education, maternity and other matters about life. In the middle of that, Lucía tries to behave normal, but in her head, there is only one thing: She may be pregnant and if it's confirmed, she would be forced to face one of the most difficult decisions: became a mother or not. A story about maternity, friendship, and identity.

Bodies Under Construction(fr)

A filmed manifesto about our trans bodies, their beauty, their glory and their ability to evolve with us along the way.

Talking with a Shadow(en)

Documentary about the life and works of Sadegh Hedayat. It follows a teacher, a researcher, and a journalist as they discuss some of Hedayat's most famous works and their influences. The film intermixes the three conversing along with a narrated history of the author with images.

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A Death Story Called Girl(en)

A nihilistic girl enjoys the wealth of suburbia.

Tomás(es)

Tomás is an old man who suffers from Alzheimer's disease dependent on his family who has a complicated relationship with him due to his condition, which causes a conflict of interest with Tomás' daughter wanting him to live, her granddaughter being completely indifferent, and his son-in-law. wanting him to die.

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An unknown girl breaks out of her daily grind by undergoing an intense audio-visual trip.

Little Pippin(en)

This sentimental wartime drama is missing its first reel, in which, we gather, an abandoned love child is left in an apple barrel and taken in by a kindly grocer. We join the action four years later when the much-loved girl is seen playing happily in the grocer's humble kitchen. But when the child's dying mother confesses her secret, what will become of Little Pippin?

Life Is A Cycle(en)

Dont let your life become an endless repeating cycle of the same mundane tasks. Live.

Journey Around My Room(fr)

The camera slowly pans through a room as Smolders offers various observations and memories.

The Man in the Barn(en)

After John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, he escaped to Maryland and was discovered hiding in a barn. After he refused to surrender, the barn was set afire and Booth died in the blaze. However, in 1903 a Mr. David E. George, while on his deathbed in Enid, Oklahoma, claimed to be John Wilkes Booth. This MGM An Historical Mystery series short presents evidence of the possibility that Mr. George's claim was true.

Lakota Nation vs. United States(en)

Poet Layli Long Soldier crafts a searing portrait of her Oyate’s connection to the Black Hills, through first contact and broken treaties to the promise of the Land Back movement, in this lyrical testament to resilience of a nation.

Re-Electing Lincoln(en)

Leading Lincoln historian Harold Holzer masterfully recalls a dramatic Presidential Election that redefined racial politics and changed the course of history.

Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy(en)

Performed by Constance Smith, Pauline Cushman-Fryer tells us how she became a Union Spy, was almost hanged, was granted the rank of Major by Abraham Lincoln, and died lonely in San Francisco from an overdose of opium.

The Eternal Jew(de)

A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland is combined with preexisting film clips and stills to defame the religion and advance Hitler's slurs that its adherents were plotting to undermine European civilization.

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln(en)

Just days after the Civil War ended, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre. As a fractured nation mourned, a manhunt closed in on his assassin, the twenty-six-year-old actor, John Wilkes Booth. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln tracks the converging paths of the president and his killer, then tracks and draws connections between their last journeys, in the forms of Lincoln's funeral train route and Booth's desperate efforts to escape.

The Divided Union: The Story of the American Civil War(en)

Peter Batty presents a gripping account of the bloodshed and horror of the American Civil War. From the origins of the unrest between North and South, the specific events of the war and the eventual assassination of Abraham Lincoln, this program is a powerful, comprehensive account of the American Civil War with large scale battle re-enactments, superb contemporary photographs and period music.

Lincoln@Gettysburg(en)

An examination of how President Abraham Lincoln used contemporary telecommunications to his maximum advantage in the American Civil War.

The Conspirator: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Lincoln(en)

Documentary giving the background on all of the major players involved in the planning of the assassination of President Lincoln, including the investigation and aftermath.

Unconventional(en)

An internet personality takes a journey through the small, obscure, and downright bizarre conventions happening every weekend around the country as he tries to fit in and find the common link that unites these communities.

Lincoln's Last Night(de)

Re-enactments augment this documentary that chronicles Lincoln's journey from his early years as a rising politician through his presidency, the Civil War and to his untimely death.

The Gettysburg Address(en)

In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous speech, separating fact from fiction along the way. Lincoln's greater journey to Gettysburg is chronicled, from his early anti-slavery sentiments as a poor farmer's son to his rousing orations as one of America's greatest leaders.

Lincoln(en)

Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.

Living With Lincoln(en)

Filmmaker Peter Kunhardt examines how a one-of-a-kind collection of Abraham Lincoln photos and memorabilia have profoundly shaped the lives and sensibilities of five generations of his family.

Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story(en)

Frederick Douglass, Fighter for Freedom is a 19-minute documentary on the life and times of Frederick Douglass. Historic photos and documdrama segments cover the live of this great orator, emancipator and statesman. The story is told by a young narrator.

Remember the Sultana(en)

Over 2000 Union soldiers, passengers and crew were crammed aboard the steamboat Sultana, licensed to carry 376. Graft, greed, overcrowding, a poorly maintained boat, and the Mississippi River was swollen with spring snowmelt conspired together to create a disaster. On April 27, 1865, the boat’s boilers exploded, causing the worst maritime disaster in US history.

Killing Lincoln(en)

April 14, 1865. One gunshot. One assassin hell-bent on killing a tyrant, as he charged the 16th President of the United States. And in one moment, our nation was forever changed. This is the most dramatic and resonant crime in American history—the true story of the killing of Abraham Lincoln.

Death of a Nation(en)

Parallels are drawn between Abraham Lincoln's presidency and the presidency of Donald Trump. Not since 1860 have the Democrats so fanatically refused to accept the result of a free election. That year, their target was Lincoln. They smeared him. They went to war to defeat him. In the end, they assassinated him.

Abraham Lincoln: A Background Study(en)

Studies Abraham Lincoln in relation to the historical period in which he lived. Analyzes his historical contributions and shows the Kentucky hills, Indiana backwoods and Illinois prairie country where he traveled.

Charles and Di: The Truth Behind Their Wedding(en)

20 year-old Lady Diana Spencer laughed out loud when Prince Charles proposed to her having met her only 12 times. Five months later, she walked up the aisle - watched by three quarters of a billion people around the world - to marry what people believed was her Prince Charming. This is the true story of the seven days that led to the wedding of the decade - was it doomed before it even began?