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Hieroglyph Reboot
Ambrose, a notorious thief is plucked out of the prison to serve a Pharaoh obsessed with maintaining power.
Egypt 1156 B.C.
Ramose is an ordinary man in extraordinary circumstances. His father has been accused of stealing treasures from a royal tomb! Unless he can show the Pharaoh proof of innocence, his father will be executed and his name erased from history. He must save his father by proving his innocence. With no time to lose. Ramose must go now... and discover the truth that lies behind the Tomb of the Pharaoh.
When Women Ruled
Based on the book by Kara Cooney. This Docu-Drama will examine the life stories of female Pharaohs Merneith, Sobekneferu, Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, Tawosret and Cleopatra VII-blended with interviews of contemporary Egyptologists and Historians.
Falcon In The Glass
In Renaissance Venice, the secrets of glassblowing are guarded jealously. Renzo, a twelve-year-old laborer in a glassworks, has just a few months to prepare for a test of his abilities, and no one to teach him. If he passes, he will qualify as a skilled glassblower. If he fails, he will be expelled from the glassworks. Becoming a glassblower is his murdered father’s dying wish for him, and the means of supporting his mother and sister. But Renzo desperately needs another pair of hands to help him turn the glass as he practices at night. One night he is disturbed by a bird—a small falcon—that belongs to a girl hiding in the glass works. Soon Renzo learns about her and others like her—the bird people, who can communicate with birds and are condemned as witches. He tries to get her to help him, but discovers that she comes with baggage: ten hungry bird-kenning children who desperately need his aid. Caught between devotion to his family and his art and protecting a group of outcast children, Renzo struggles for a solution that will keep everyone safe in this atmospheric adventure.
Children of Blood and Bone
Zélie remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. When different clans ruled – Burners igniting flames, Tiders beckoning waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoning forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, anyone with powers was targeted and killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. Only a few people remain with the power to use magic, and they must remain hidden. Zélie is one such person. Now she has a chance to bring back magic to her people and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must learn to harness her powers and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good. Danger lurks in Orïsha, where strange creatures prowl, and vengeful spirits wait in the waters. Yet the greatest danger may be Zélie herself as she struggles to come to terms with the strength of her magic – and her growing feelings for an enemy.
The Harem Conspiracy
Based on best-selling book by Susan Redford, the film is a chronicle of the suspenseful, eye-opening story of the events surrounding the assassination of Ancient Egypt's last great Pharaoh, Ramses III while unraveling his main assassin, his wife Queen Teya''s treasonous plot to seize the throne for her son, prince Pentawere.
Twosret: Daughter of the Sun
"Twosret: Dughter of the Sun" tells the story of Twosret, the historic Queen of Egypt's 19th Dynasty who fiercely led her nation against the backdrop of civil war in the twilight period of the empire's glory. From Ramses II to Merneptah, the survival of Egypt's strong rule will depend on it's Warrior Pharaoh. Twosret is known as one of the most prominent figures within the fall of it's greatest dynasty. The passion to preserve her kingdom from total chaos led this young woman to become one of the greatest female rulers of Egypt and to go down in history for her courage, strategic acumen, and as a force to reckon with by the Amun priesthood and her own court. Twosret: Daughter of the Sun is the story of the woman who lived, fought and died for the preservation of her nation and people.
The Woman Who Would Be King
Hatshepsut—the daughter of a general who usurps Egypt’s throne—is expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign of her father’s family. Her failure to produce a male heir, however, paves the way for her improbable rule as a cross-dressing king. At just over twenty, Hatshepsut out-maneuvers the mother of Thutmose III, the infant king, for a seat on the throne, and ascends to the rank of Pharaoh. Shrewdly operating the levers of power to emerge as Egypt’s second female pharaoh, Hatshepsut becomes a master strategist, cloaking her political power plays in the veil of piety and sexual reinvention. She successfully negotiates a path from the royal nursery to the very pinnacle of authority, and her reign sees one of Ancient Egypt’s most prolific glorious periods.
Tutankhamun
Young Tutankhamun, wayward prince and heir to the Egyptian throne, is crowned Pharaoh after his heretical father Akhenaten dies. Now the young king must navigate palace politics, the chaos his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his royal life.
