Born into slavery and raised during the Reconstruction years in the South, George Washington Carver struggled through poor health, poverty and prejudice to become a great benefactor, not only to his people but to his country as well. Carver is known in history books as the Peanut Man for his research into and promotion of alternative crops to cotton. As one of the worlds foremost experts in agriculture and horticulture, Carver, through his research and teaching at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama...
The Life of Jesus tells the story of Jesus Christ, as seen through the eyes of his follower John. Jesus is almost 30 years old when he becomes a public figure and he is quickly known for his wise lessons about knowing God, his inspirational stories and the miraculous healings he performs.
Relive the power of His miracles. Hear the stories Jesus loved to tell. Meet Peter, John the Baptist, Joseph and Mary, King Herod, Pontius Pilate, the Apostles, and many more key Biblical figures on your journey to the Holy Land.
It all started with a new style of hunting boots, with their leather tops stitched to rubber soles. The design was simple yet revolutionary, and it was the start of a retail empire that would make the boots' designer -- a Maine outdoorsman named Leon Leonwood Bean -- world famous. Bean would forever change American commerce, as well as the way that sportsmen everywhere interacted with the out of doors. Hosted by former NBC News correspondent and A&E "Biography" host Jack Perkins, this...
Aspiring filmmakers Phillip Fellini and Forrest Fonda discover a cave-dwelling, beer-guzzling human oddity named Lucky "Cucumber" Cavanaugh in the wilds of Missouri, a man rumored to possess the most extraordinary luck on Earth. Phillip and Forrest believe they've found their ticket to fame and fortune, only to learn that Lucky's incredible luck always results in devastating consequences for himself and everyone around him. Phillip, Forrest and Lucky soon find themselves battling gun-toting...
The Life of Riley: William Bendix delighted radio and TV audiences with his lovable but thickheaded Chester A. Riley, an aircraft riveter frequently outsmarted by his wife Peggy (Marjorie Reynolds) and their children, Babs and Junior (Lugene Saunders and Wesley Morgan). This uproarious 1953-57 series from Desilu ("I Love Lucy") is a must for any fan of vintage '50s situation comedy. This DVD includes two episodes - "Bab's School Reunion" and "Riley's Operation." Episodes originally aired...
Narrated by former NBC News correspondent and A&E "Biography" host Jack Perkins, this very special documentary tells the story of Maine's Senator Margaret Chase Smith. Born at the waning end of the nineteenth century, Margaret Chase was raised in a world where American women had only limited choices. But young "Maggie" broke the mold, blazing a path for herself and, in the process, beginning a career that would carry her around the globe and touch the lives of many. In her long and productive...
Three pregnant women are kidnapped from abortion clinics and detained against their will for seven months until they give birth. The Life Zone cuts right down the middle, examining the topic of abortion from both sides. A rollercoaster suspense, from the mind of best-selling author Kenneth Del Vecchio, the film offers a powerful climatic twist, where there's room for only one side to succeed: pro-life or pro-choice.
From Mariachi to Ozzy, from Native roots to Motley Crue, Randy Castillo became the greatest drummer in rock. His personal story was even more magical. Home videos trace his musical evolution, from childhood to the surreal stagecraft of his early bands, to the innovative performances that define his legend and heavy metal, itself to this day. His single-minded discipline inspired everyone around him, but he is remembered by friends as a man of unfailing loyalty, unwavering kindness and an...
Leigh (Kristen Bell, "Frozen") is almost thirty and living a perfect life in New York. But when her career and love life both come crashing down, she runs away to her suburban hometown and falls right back into teenage life and behavior. She moves into her old room with her parents, hangs around with friends who never left town and reclaims her high school job as a condo-complex lifeguard. But as Leigh enjoys shirking off adult life and responsibilities and enters into a forbidden affair, she...
Hollywood legend, Lon Chaney, the "Man of a Thousand Faces," combined an innovative mastery of theatrical makeup and riveting performances to create some of the most grotesque, horrific, and unforgettable characters of all time. Born in 1883 to deaf parents, Chaney developed into a gifted mime and by age 19 was touring with top vaudeville troupes. From 1912-1917 he worked steadily at Universal, where his makeup skills enabled him to completely alter his appearance and land a wide variety of...
When a neurotic private eye, who is struggling to finish his last case, takes a train voyage to confront the inevitability of his investigation's conclusion, his own dark secrets begin to reveal themselves...
When a neurotic private eye who struggles to finish the case takes a train voyage to confront the inevitability of his case's conclusion, his own dark secrets begin to reveal themselves.
The tiny port town of New Seville's only claim to fame is its lighthouse, which guards a treacherous point between Boston and Halifax. It would be a haven for smugglers if not for Caleb Gale, the keeper of the light for over thirty years. Now old and blind, his young daughter Flora does her best to assume his duties, but finds herself overwhelmed. A shipwreck brings help in the form of castaway Bob Dorn and his dog, Rin-Tin-Tin. After a brief period of recuperation, the two become...
A mysterious assassin waits unobserved at a London airport for his target of death. His intended victim is Kendall Brown, whose plane from America has just arrived. A fellow passenger from the same flight, Frank Prior, stands innocently beside Brown when the man is shot dead. Frank is visiting London to rekindle a romance with Pauline French, a beautiful woman whom he hasn't seen since the end of WWII. When Scotland Yard begins its murder investigation, a sinister connection between Pauline...
Do you have an open mind? Is it open enough to accept some new possibilities? Well this film will get you thinking. In the first part we meet Dan Green, the author of The Lincoln Da Vinci Code, who tells us about his journey to place the site of the intrigue surrounding the Da Vinci Code firmly in Lincoln. Of course this implies there was a Jesus, that he married Mary Magdalene and that they had children. In the second part of the film we meet the author of Jesus Didn't Exist, Ken Humphreys,...
THE LINCOLN PROJECT is a five-part docu-series following a veteran group of former GOP operatives and strategists known publicly as the Lincoln Project. The fastest-growing super PAC in America, takes on the task of "saving democracy" and defeating their own party's sitting president, Donald Trump. While working to accomplish their stated goal of "defeating Trumpism," the group is shaken by internal upheaval, a sexual harassment scandal, and a tidal wave of negative press.
Steve Cochran takes a break from doing the heavy lifting as the antagonist in serious dramas to hit the saddle in this warm-hearted Western romp about the special bond between a cowboy and his horse. This contemporary sagebrush saga sees Cochran playing wild-horse wrangler Ben Kirby, who loses his heart to Wildfire, the stalwart and free-spirited stallion he captures. Cash-strapped Ben's dreams of training the horse are dashed when Wildfire is sold out from under him to Dave Tracy (the...
Kevin Richardson is a self-taught animal behaviorist with an uncanny ability to work with the planet's most iconic predators. The Kingdom of the White Lion--a reserve that is home to several large lion prides--is under threat, and Kevin is working tirelessly to save it. National Geographic documents Kevin's efforts to maintain the sanctuary as he fights a rapidly spreading bush fire and challenges threatening violence between teenage lions. It's a race against time to protect this predator...
Texas rancher Newt Mervin and his daughter Ann are robbed at gunpoint while attending a sharpshooter show in a Chicago nightclub. The star of the show, Tim Barton, rescues them by shooting the pistol out of the crook's hand. Impressed by Barton's gun skills, the Mervins offer him a job back in Texas, protecting their ranch from Nate Welsh and his gang of thieves. When Barton arrives, he is mistaken by Welsh to be notorious gunman "Single-Shot" Smith. Barton takes advantage of Welsh's error and...
In the summer of 2006, as many as 18 conspirators planned to simultaneously blow up almost 10 airplanes by bringing hydrogen peroxide-injected soda-bottles-turned-bombs onto flights bound from London to the U.S. and Canada. With unprecedented access to undercover agents and top officials from British Counter-Terror Command, the CIA and Homeland Security, National Geographic goes inside the true story behind the largest and most sophisticated terrorism plot since September 11, 2001, which...
Superstars Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Robert Mitchum and Frank Sinatra headline the witty thriller The List of Adrian Messenger directed by Academy Award winner John Huston. A retired officer (Academy Award winner George C. Scott) must uncover the identity of a mass murderer who is killing off the potential heirs to a family fortune. The only clues are the names on the list of murdered heir Adrian Messenger. The tension builds as the final evil unfolds during a suspense-filled...
An undead zombie wizard known as "The Litch" is hell-bent on devouring his victims and possessing the weak when his sacred crystal is stolen by a small-time crook and his crew of big-breasted witches. The Litch uses its power to transform into slimy mutant creatures, spilling gallons of blood from his victims on his quest to retrieve the crystal in order to rule the four worlds. Vinnie Crowley had no idea he had awoken The Litch from its crypt when he robbed a jewelry store and snatched the...