TheArchive: Reviewing the Rare, Retro, and Restored

With the positive news of Israelis and Palestinians being returned to their homes in the Middle East conflict , we wanted to take the time to highlight the documentary Beautiful Music streaming on TheArchive . Beautiful Music is a perfect example of how peace, love, humanity and art can help establish connections and friendships between Palestinians and Israelis even through geopolitical chaos and upheaval.  In this documentary, Rasha Hamad, a 36-year-old Palestinian girl hailing from the northern West Bank, grapples with blindness, mental disabilities, and severe autism. Her ability to play the piano is an extraordinary outcome of an unexpected partnership with Devorah Schramm , an Orthodox Jew, which commenced when Ms. Hamad was just 11 .  Devorah Schramm, an American-born pianist and composer who relocated to Israel in 1975 with her husband Lenn. Settling in Gilo, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Devorah, a devoutly religious woman, started teaching piano both privately at...

  During autism acceptance month we wanted to be sure our audience is aware of the content we have streaming on  TheArchive  that celebrates and honors autism. TheArchive  is proud to feature  Family Pictures , a mini-series based on the novel of the same name by Sue Miller. It was directed by Philip Saville and stars an amazing cast including Anjelica Huston, Sam Neill, Kyra Sedgwick, and Dermot Mulroney.   Spanning forty years, this four hour mini-series brings to life a powerful and intimate portrait of the passion, upheaval, and pain experienced by one family. The Eberhardts embark on a journey of redemption to regain the happiness of the past as they have come to appreciate their decades-full family photo albums. The challenges that all families face are compounded with the birth of a child on the autism spectrum and how that challenge changes them all forever.   Anjelica Huston earned a nomination for ...

Among so many genres and eras,  TheArchive  also features inclusive content spotlighting a diverse group of underrepresented people. From autism to the deaf community and even those physically disabled, our content seeks to lift marginalized voices. In  The Switch , Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident, and gradually loses the will to live until he befriends a talk radio DJ and changes both their lives.  Bobby Roth (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Hawaii-Five-0, Grey's Anatomy) directs Gary Cole, Craig T. Nelson, and Beverly D'Angelo. Stream The Switch and more on  TheArchive  now.                      TheArchive  channel is dedicated to aficionados and lovers of story, craft, and silver screen fun – streaming rare, retro, and 4K restored films and classic TV. From indies and series, to Oscar winning documentaries, unearthed MOWs, and a ki...