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It was one of the most dramatic handshakes of the 1990s decade. There was a grinning, keffiya-clad PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat reaching across a stage on the White House South Lawn in September 1993 to shake hands with a shy-looking Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The greeting was immensely symbolic. For the first time since […]

Eugene Onegin is a jaded and disaffected young man who leaves St. Petersburg unexpectedly when he inherits an estate from a wealthy uncle. In the country, he is a city sophisticate out of place, with little affinity for the countryside or its people. Nevertheless he strikes up a warm friendship with a neighbour, Vladimir Lensky […]

This compelling account of Fidel Castro has never been heard – the account of Castro himself, taken largely from private letters, speeches and interviews – with exclusive footage of Castro’s childhood home. Castro’s many political battles are discussed by players in the confrontations: John F. Kennedy’s speech writer Theodore Sorensen recalls the Cuban Missile crisis; […]

Who knows what goes on behind closed doors? When 11-year-old Kelley Farrow accuses her father of incest, the family is devastated. Whether it’s in the living room or in the courtroom, someone is lying — and it’s up to the court to determine who. Starring Kate Nelligan.

Omi, a young East Indian boy arrives in Ottawa to live with his uncle due to his mother’s illness back home. He has no father, and unaware that his mother is likely to die, Omi believes that he is on a mission to find a hero, to take back to India to save her. He […]

Fireworks International brings you The Lost Ark from the Paranormal TV catalogue. Fuelled by wonderfully strange stories, this catalogue of television series, made-for-television documentaries, and independently produced films focus on the paranormal – from ghosts, witchcraft and re-incarnation to UFOs, aliens and conspiracy theories. Paranormal TV features over 100 hours of long form series and […]

Based on the popular Marvel Comics super hero, NightMan is the mysterious alter ego of Johnny Domino, a San Francisco musician. Struck by lightning in a freak cable car accident, Johnny finds he’s suddenly able to ‘tune in’ to the evil thoughts of others. Now able to predict danger, Johnny receives the means to fight […]

Charting the rise to stardom of the youngest principal ballerina in the history of the American Ballet Theatre, the biographical documentary Paloma Herrera, Here And Now, follows the story of the world renowned Argentinean born dancer. From her first ballet studies in Buenos Aires at the age of seven, through to the Minsk Ballet School […]

Dance, story-telling, and song of – Nunavut Canada and medieval Europe – inspire a traveller Robert Glumbek in his quest across cultures and centuries, inspired by the light and colour of nature and encountering the commonality of artists’ imagination.