History

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1876. A secret society of Irish coal miners, bond by a sacred oath, put pressure on the greedy and ruthless ...

Steven Spielberg, historian Stephen E. Ambrose, and director James Moll bring us a film with firsthand accounts chronicling the unforgettable ...

March 1965. In the heat of the Cold War, the USA and the USSR are competing for supremacy in space. What both superpowers aim for in this race, ...

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym (“Ernest”) on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love ...

British agent working in Russia is forced to remain longer than planned once the revolution begins. After being released from prison in Siberia ...

A film about the early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of the citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course, ...

Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy.

When Jarah loses her husband, her child, her land and her innocence she embarks on a brutal journey of of retribution and revenge that transforms ...

The sinking of the Titanic was far more than a simple accident. It was a tragedy that could have been prevented. It was the result of a long ...

A retrospective look at the youth cultures born in the German Democratic Republic. A celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary trip into ...

Wild Bill Hickok (Gary Cooper), Calamity Jane (Jean Arthur) and Buffalo Bill (James Ellison) go up against Indians and a gunrunner.

The newly named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carolotta arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juraez and democracy..

In 1968, a white student from Brooklyn finds himself an outsider at Nashville’s legendary black medical school, where he and his peers attempt to ...

An Englishman falls in love with a Russian spy.

The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical ...

There is a centuries-old seawall in the ancient port of Akka, located on Israel’s northern coast. Today, Akka is a modern city inhabited by ...

In 1925, a group of brave mushers travel 700 miles to save the small children of Nome, Alaska from a deadly epidemic.

The award-winning director of such esteemed films as Black Rain and The Ballad of Narayama has chosen here to tell the decidedly dicey true tale ...

The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna ...

This is the lurid, true story about femme fatale Dolly, her murdered husband, and her lover, Otto — the man in the attic. In the 1930s, ...

During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot ...

In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add ...

This film examines the mechanisms of Nazi extortion during World War II, and is interspersed with current issues surrounding restitutions. It ...

1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish ...

Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a ...

A vision for a world free of pollution and climate problems, with energy available in abundance – are we ready to take up legacy of ...

Lavishly told story of George Bryan Brummel, a commoner born in the era of Napoleon who uses wit, brilliance and sartorial flair to align himself ...

This is the story of the life of the great queen of of the steppe – legendary Tomiris. She is destined to become a skillful warrior, ...

What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National ...

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory ...