History Movies

Wartburg Castle has towered majestically over the Thuringian Forest for almost a thousand years. The medieval building is a living testimony to...

Equal parts documentary, essay, and narrative,"Captain Elliot's Circle" is mostly a poetic interaction with an obscure corner of Chinese and British...

When Thomas Jefferson died in 1826, he left behind a mountain of personal debt, which forced his heirs to sell his beloved Monticello home and all of...

Celebrate the 150th anniversary of the short-lived but far-reaching American Institution The Pony Express by following a historical re-enactment...

In December 2004, 120 years after it was built by the Spanish, Fort Villa Cisneros, a unifying symbol of tradition and modernity in the history of...

This short documentary depicts the search, discovery and authentication of the only known Norse settlement in North America - Vinland the Good....

In 1964, following the landing of around thirty men intent on overthrowing him, the Haitian dictator Duvalier launched a campaign of terror to deter...

"The palm trees on the reverse are a delusion; so is the pink sand". This line, taken from a poem by Margaret Atwood, lights the path traced in...

Thierno Souleymane Diallo sets out with his camera in search of the birth of filmmaking in Guinea. Charming and determined, he traces his...

Through archival footage of his parents' wedding, the filmmaker reflects on love and marriage in contemporary Serbia. Observing traditional Balkan...

In the age of multiplexes, a small Brazilian movie theater strives to survive with an alternative programming in the city of Maceió.

The Gothic prince Ranimiro and his daughter Amaya have been taken prisoner by the Basques. He will be tried by the Council of Elders, while the...

In a small commercial harbour in the south of France, two Moroccan sailors are watching over ferries that were abandoned by ship-owners. Young...

It was assisted by the Qing army and some traitors (Fan Cheng-En), who captured Guangzhou and massacred the civilians for three days until Sun...

Revealing the flaws of Japanese society, the 1995 sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway prompted Murakami to return to his homeland, whose conformism...

Dating back to the 1800s, Birmingham’s roller skating scene is a flourishing, diverse community - but it lacks dedicated spaces. This...

A documentary that explores the complex shared history and current sociopolitical state between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

USSR General Petrov hijacks French television to transmit a message of the utmost importance.