HISTORY Movies and Tvshows - Page 55

Dramatization of the little known side of the writer Emily Dickinsons life, in particular, her relationship with another woman

In 1714 Peru, a friar is tried by the Inquisition for questioning Gods intentions when five die in the collapse of an Andean rope bridge

During the 1956 Hungarian uprising, an American mercenary is hired to smuggle a Hungarian resistance leader out of Soviet occupied Budapest

A documentary about a 10 year old transgender girl who finds acceptance and empowerment in the company of a queer roller derby collective

The Hydra is a fast paced suspense thriller and feature documentary about the sudden rise of ecstasy in Europe to epidemic levels after the disintegration of the Soviet Union

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland

In 1945, Igor Gouzenko, a code clerk in the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, bolted for the freedom of the West and took many secret documents with him that helped lay waste to a good portion of Russias Western Hemisphere spy system His h

An animated film based on the novel by Murasaki Shikibu, written over 1000 years ago Genji, the son of the emperor, is the talk of the Kyoto nobility for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing an unobtain

An innocent womans search for her missing sister leads her into the infamous world of Marquis de Sade In a test of wills and wits, she must follow him to his chateau of sin to discover her sisters fate and to determine her own

A portrait of the artist L S Lowry and the relationship with his mother, who tries to dissuade him from pursuing his passion

Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment Who is responsible

A documentary on how Los Angeles has been used and depicted in the movies

A Documentary of the everyday life of a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles, CA

Harald Edelstam uses his position as Swedens ambassador to Chile to save political dissidents from persecution by the military junta after Augusto Pinochets 1973 coup detat

Following the fall of Saddam Hussein, former police inspector Muhsin al Khafaji has lost virtually everything He searches for one of the few things remaining in his life, his missing estranged elder daughter

Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale Anna Neagle, the young 19th century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing Travel

During 1962s Cuban missile crisis, a troubled math genius finds himself drafted to play in a U S Soviet chess match and a deadly game of espionage

Hammerfest Norway is the northernmost city in the world A tough place at the Arctic Circle, where in winter the sun doesnt rise and during the summer it doesnt set for months A place

An examination of the causes of the economic crisis of 2008

A young man, separated from his family in World War II, disguises himself as a Nazi S S Officer and uncovers more than just his family whereabouts

In an oil scarce world, we know there are sacrifices to be made in the pursuit of energy What no one expected was that a tiny Native community living down the river from Canadas tar sands

The story of General Romeo Dallaires frustrated efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors

A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer Rutger Hauer, Adolf Hitlers Sir Derek Jacobis young architect and one time confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy This movie is based on Speers autobiography of the same name

During the fourteenth century when the Hundred Years War between France and England ends with the English occupation of French Aquitainia, rebel French Knights vow to oust Edward, Prince of Wales, ruler of Aquitaine

While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the ninth century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood But observing the rape of his land, he puts away his religious vows, to take up arms against the invaders, leading

Out of Print draws us into the topsy turvy world of the written word, illuminating the turbulent, exciting journey from the book through the digital revolution Writers, publishers, readers

In the 19th century, a black woman from Africa is on display throughout Europe as an exotic curiosity

The story of Ted Slauson, a contestant who gamed the rules of The New Price Is Right 1972 through extensive analysis and became a sensation on the game show

A three part story of Norways worst terrorist attack in which over seventy people were killed 22 July looks at the disaster itself, the survivors, Norways political system and the lawyers who worked on this horrific case

For a seventy year period, when America cared little about the education of African Americans, and discrimination was law and custom, The Bordentown School was an educational utopia An incubator for black pride and intellect, it tau

Diversity in video games is extraordinarily important especially to the people who play them Explore the story of the queer gaming community, gaymer culture and events, and the rise of LGBTQ themes in video games

The intertwining fates of the historical figures, the men and the women of the 1789 French revolution, as they meet at the newly established Assemblee Nationale

A prince plots to kill the mad monk Rasputin for the good of the czar, the czarina and Russia

Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre revolutionary era

The Iliads story of the Trojan war, told from the Trojan viewpoint

In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas