Himself
1935-01-01
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Examines the 1937 shoe strike in Lewiston and Auburn, Me. through interviews with surviving participants
0.0Following her own a foot surgery, a filmmaker embarks on an investigative journey that uncovers how a 500-year-old design flaw in modern shoes has created a silent, multi-billion dollar public health crisis, and what we can do to reclaim our health from the ground up.
6.7Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything changes.
6.7VICTOIRE traces the story of Victoire Du Sault, founder of the shoemaking industry at the origin of the Dufresne fortune, better known for the castle that bears their name in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. Although the entrepreneurial spirit and professional career of this visionary command admiration, it is above all her romantic impulses which form the heart of this melodrama where impossible love, a sulfurous love triangle and a family secret intertwine. upsetting which risks leaving no one unscathed.
5.7Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock market crash has depleted their worth. Elizabeth's goofy brothers cannot easily adjust to the life of the average worker. Meanwhile, the family doctor has his eye on Elizabeth, but he will have to compete with her suitor, an ill-informed writer.
7.0A young girl is forced to continue working at her machine all day in a 1930s shoe factory after a visit to a backyard abortionist. Based on the short story 'How beautiful are thy feet' by Alan Marshall.
6.6A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of his recently deceased and much-respected competitor; they're on the verge of losing the family legacy through their careless behavior. Reeves takes it upon himself to save his rival's company by teaching the heirs a lesson in business.
A documentary about the laying of the first transatlantic telephone line.
0.0Determined to find answers, LaDonna Humphrey and her team spent eight years on a journey like no other. Never before seen case files, interviewing witnesses, potential suspects, and working alongside retired detectives to find justice.
0.0Mel Allen hosts this look at Babe Ruth's life and career, focusing primarily on Ruth's years with the New York Yankees.
0.0"History is not just what you read in books, history often reveals itself with its extraordinary scope, already in the present. This is the case when on April 27 2014, the canonization of the greatest Popes of the 20th century was celebrated". With these words, the unmistakable voice of Giancarlo Giannini introduces us to an intimate and emotional story of what was, in all respects, a historical event: the Canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II. Monsignor Dario Edoardo Viganò, director of the Vatican Television Center, holds the reins of the narrative which, among historical and exclusive images, leads to a closer understanding of the two Holy Popes and Pope Francis, and to discover places in the Vatican never seen before. Alongside him are the authoritative opinions of Pupi Avati, Aldo Grasso and Gianni Canova and a moving and emotional Dario Fo. A Vatican Television Center and Sky 3D production.
0.0Dominikos, a former drug user, wandering in the collapsing city of Athens with a bike and a "go-pro" is meeting friends doing the same with him - they stay "clean" from any substances and they live their life full of consciousness.
0.0The damning files which expose the evil of American billionaire and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Tara Brown investigates.
One of the most important Black British music collectives of the 21st century make their triumphant return to the scene. With two decades of shaping hits for artists like Stormzy, Dave and Chip, Ruff Sqwad proudly unveils "Flee FM" — a 7-track project of original music. Accompanied by a conceptual short film that transcends time and resonates with the pulsating essence of urban music culture.", the crew journeys back to the raw essence of a pirate radio set, revisiting the natural settings that birthed their early pioneering sonics. While the days of white labels, Avirex, and tape packs may evoke nostalgia, the group's emotionally charged production and razor-sharp microphone skills transcend time.
9.0The story of Russian writer and Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) and his masterpiece, The Gulag Archipelago, published in Paris in 1973, which forever shook the very foundations of communist ideology.
10.0An exciting video journey through the world of time-lapse photography by one of the founders of the science of photobiology, Dr. John Nash Ott. Do fluorescent lights cause cancer and childhood learning and behavior disorders? Can long-term exposure to low-level radiation as from TV sets, computers, fluorescent lights, and similar devices harm you? Does living behind window glass and with glasses covering our eyes over years affect our health? Is natural sunlight and trace ultra-violet radiation really harmful? Or is it necessary and beneficial? How do cells, plants, and animals respond to constant exposure to different light color frequencies? These and similar questions were the subjects of Dr. Ott's pioneering investigations in the field of photobiology, using the methods of time-lapse photography.
9.5The Road Becomes What You Leave is a meditative documentary following the band Magnolia Electric Co. as they travel across the prairies of Canada.
6.1Hillary Clinton, Roberto Saviano, Jonathan Franzen and others weigh-in on the Elena Ferrante "craze" and what makes her work - and her mysterious persona - so uniquely captivating.