Movies: History
- 2023
Les Scandales de « La Religieuse » (2023)
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Released in 1796 posthumously, The Nun, a novel that Diderot did not dream of publishing during his lifetime, as he knew it to be revolutionary, caused the same explosion in the 19th century France as in that of the 1960s, when Jacques Rivette decide...
- 2024
The 1957 Transcripts (2024)
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The film delves into an almost forgotten event that took place in Kfar Qasim in October 1956, when 47 innocent civilians were shot and killed by Israeli Border Police soldiers. Through a gripping narrative structure, like a suspenseful legal drama, t...
- 2013
Men at Lunch (2013)
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This remarkable new documentary explores the story behind one of the most iconic images of the twentieth century: the 1932 photograph of workmen taking their lunch while perched on a girder high above New York City....
- 2010
June 1940, the Great Chaos (2010)
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From May 10, 1940, France is living one of the worst tragedies of it history. In a few weeks, the country folds, and then collapsed in facing the attack of the Nazi Germany. On June 1940, each day is a tragedy. For the first time, thanks to historic ...
- 2008
The Hollow Men (2008)
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The 'stolen' insider emails that informed Nicky Hager's best-selling account of National's 2005 election campaign return in Alister Barry's (Someone Else's Country) new film - just in time to caution us against campaigning politicians in 2008. Addres...
- 2010
Aghet (2010)
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2010 documentary film on the Armenian Genocide by the Young Turk government of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It is based on eyewitness reports by European and American personnel stationed in the Near East at the time, Armenian survivors and ...
- 2021
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown (2021)
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No profession, no say, no freedom of expression. Life as a prince consort is not exactly pleasure taxing. No constitution ascribes any function to the husband of a queen. Nowhere does it say what he must or must not do. A life in the shadow of the cr...
- 2022
O Grande Irmão: O Dia que Durou 21 Anos 2 (2022)
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With confidential and unpublished documentation, the film shows the background and behind-the-scenes of the coup in Chile that took place on September 11, 1973 - and General Pinochet's dictatorship, which lasted 17 years....
- 2017
1917: One Year, Two Revolutions (2017)
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In February 1917, Imperial Russia plunges into revolution. Nine months of unrest before a coup brought about an upheaval that changed the course of history and profoundly altered the future of civilisation....
- 1993
Ludwig 1881 (1993)
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In 1881 Ludwig of Bavaria goes on a cruise on a Swiss lake. He takes with him a famous actor, Josef Kainz, to act out the scenes from a story which took place on the lake, at the actual locations....
- 2009
I'm Not Black, I'm Coloured: Identity Crisis at the Cape of Good Hope (2009)
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In the wake of one of the worst social experiments in the history of mankind, 'I'm not Black, I'm Coloured' is one of the first documentary films to look at the legacy of Apartheid from the viewpoint of the Cape Coloured. A people who in 1994, embrac...
- 2022
The Lost Colony of Roanoke: New Evidence (2022)
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In 1587, more than 100 English colonists settle on Roanoke Island and soon vanish, baffling historians for centuries; now, experts use the latest forensic archaeology to investigate the true story behind America's oldest and most controversial myster...
- 2009
L'Abolition (2009)
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The story of Robert Badinter who was the major architect of the abolition of the death penalty in France ....
- 2017
Ghosts Behind the Screen (2017)
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In the excitement of the roaring 20s, a new kind of movie palace was constructed by the Bay. More than 90 years later, Tampa Theatre has become known as one of the most haunted buildings in the city, This Documentary uncovers the rich history and ex...
- 2008
Inquilab (2008)
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A documentary that traces the life and times of Bhagat Singh, a committed Marxist who most ably exemplified the spirit of revolutionary resistance against British imperialism in undivided India....
- 2022
Kanaval: A People's History of Haiti in Six Chapters (2022)
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Haitian history is presented through an explosion of colour, dance and music, as the country prepares for its legendary carnival....
- 2023
Ragtime: The Symphonic Concert (2023)
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The Boston Pops performs Ragtime: The Symphonic Concert, prepared by the original creators Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens, and Stephen Flaherty especially for the Pops. Based on the 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime weaves together the stories of t...
- 2006
The Private Voice of Hitler (2006)
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Everyone knows the public archive footage of Hitler. But most of it is silent. What was he saying? Special computer technology enables us for the first time to lip-read the silent film....
- 2021
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day (2021)
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This chilling reflection examines the horrific history of lynchings as cultural events and celebrations that included souvenirs and postcards....
- 2022
Sur les pas de Marie (2022)
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