A beautiful young woman and tough blackbelt fighter, Nicki Donato reaches desperation when the disappearance of her younger sister Anna shatters her family. In her search to find her sister, Nicki is thrust into an underground world of drugs, rave clubs, and a religious cult. Nicki's martial arts abilities are pushed to the limit as she infiltrates the inner core of the cult compound and attempts bring down the self-declared messiah of the cult.
Nach drei Jahren nähern sich die Klonkriege endlich dem Ende. Um die Separatisten endgültig zu besiegen, soll Obi-Wan Kenobi ihren Anführer General Grevious und Count Dooku ihrer gerechten Strafe zuführen. Zur Beunruhigung der schwangeren Padme nutzt daheim der endgültig vom Bösen korrumpierte Kanzler Palpatine die Gelegenheit, um den jungen Anakin Skywalker mit Versprechungen von unbegrenzter Macht auf die dunkle Seite zu ziehen. Ratlos und hin- und hergerissen wem er dienen soll, erliegt er geblendet von deren Machtverheißungen, den Versuchungen der dunklen Seite, schwört dem bösen Darth Sidious die Treue und nimmt die Identität von Darth Vader an. Die Sith-Lords beginnen zusammen einen Rachefeldzug, der in der Ermordung der Jedi seinen Anfang nimmt...
Der junge Jedi-Schüler Anakin Skywalker beginnt sich allmählich zu einem grossen und ernstzunehmenden Jediritter zu entwickeln, der unter der Führung von Obi Wan-Kenobi steht. Jedoch hat er auch seine Problemzonen - diese bestehen aus der eigenen Arroganz, seiner nicht wissentlich vorhandenen grenzenlosen Macht, und der ihm verbotenen Liebe zu Königin Amidala. Auf diese werden kurz vor wichtigen Entscheidungen im Senat der Republik mehrere Attentate verübt, die jedoch vereitelt werden können. Daraufhin teilen sich Anakin und Obi-Wan auf: während Anakin auf Amidala aufpaßt, verfolgt Kenobi den Attentäter Jango Fett. Er kommt einer erschaffenen Klon-Armee auf die Spur, die mittels mysteriösem Auftrag geschaffen wurde und findet in dem ehemaligen Jedi Count Dooku einen neuen Gegner für die Hüter der Macht...
Rare footage shot inside the People's Temple gives an insider's look at the tragic Jonestown Massacre that occurred in Guyana in 1978. Interviews with survivors attempt to shed light on how and why 900 Unitedstatians would follow one man to their deaths.
In a post-apocalyptic world where the Russians have taken over a nuked USA and Elvis is king of Lost Vegas, Buddy is a '50s rocker and wandering warrior rolled into one, too-cool package. Armed with his six-string in one hand and his sword in the other, Buddy is on his way to Vegas to succeed Elvis as King. Along the way, he saves an orphan who decides to tag along.
A historical analysis of how groups such as the Nazi’s may use language, symbols, and religious connotation in order to come to power. It raises questions that deserve in depth analysis and consideration. Questions include: Where do legends expand our thinking and where do they bury it? When does spiritual pursuit suddenly turn into fanaticism and violence? Last, have we as a society learned from our past, and if so have forgotten the lessons of the 20th Century? Are we now embarking on a new level only to learn the same old lessons about humanity again? In addressing these questions we are taken into the back drop of the history of Germany beginning in the late 1800’s through the late 20th Century at the eve of the 21st. “A society that does not take archetypes, myths, and symbols seriously will possibly be jumped by them from behind.”
A teenage orphan girl Salome lives within a sect lead by charismatic and ruthless Maria Åkerblom. During a pivotal summer, Salome is faced with standing up against Maria, the woman who had saved her.
But what is the Church of Satan? Who is Anton LaVey? Where is he from? Why does he do that? It does not take much to imagine the worst. Orgiastic ceremonies, where one revels in the blood of virgins, moonlight lamb sacrifices, noise concerts in the basement of a historical building… No, really nothing that amusing among the activities in the Church of Satan. Anton LaVey is nothing like a horned Charles Manson, and his path is all the more unexpected. Nick Bougas allows us to discover the artist, the musician, the philosopher, all through hallucinatory images retrieved from archives, making this rare documentary only two years before the author of the Satanic Bible disappeared.
A short documentary about cult actor and criminal Mark Frechette.
Out of the spiritual chaos of the 1960s, more strange cults and unorthodox messiahs have emerged than ever. Charles Manson is seen as the annoying result of libertarianism of the 1960s - the Cain who murdered the Abel from The Love Generation. Or in the words of one commentator; "the Elvis of alienation."