History Movies

Within The Lion's Den

Hearing rumours of a cache of Roman Gold, King Richard I of England sieges a disused castle in France, as plots around his power grow

Pocahontas

Roaming around with her best friend Wabuu, the curious and cheeky raccoon, Pocahontas, the beautiful chieftain daughter discovers a ship with a lot of strangers on the shore. "These White people will bring much woe to our people" predicts the chieftain. And actually, the gold-greedy captain of the ship starts a war on the Indians. Will Pocahontas succeed in preventing the inevitable fight and to save their people?

Eight Women Fighters

Women soldiers of the Volunteer Army battle the Japanese in Northeast China in 1936.

Au temps des premiers chrétiens

Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”

Spain, 1975. Franco's death opens the door to the possibility of uncensored cinema. After two years of relaxed censorship, it is abolished in 1977, and the “S” rating is created to protect viewers from films that may “offend their sensibilities.”

From Hitcom To Shitcom (And Back)

A presenter takes you on a journey through time about the influence of media technological developments on the American sitcom genre.

Soldier

The Soldier, tells the story of Felix, a Roman soldier, who has an unexpected encounter with Jesus on the most famous weekend in history.

The Queen's Orphans

Raised as Catholics by the Queen of Portugal, the orphans Leonor, Brites, and Mécia are sent to the Brazilian colony with the order to get married. The harsh adaptation to the precariousness of the New World is felt differently by each of them.

The Helsinki Effect

The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) was the starting point for the slow but sure collapse of communist authoritarian rule in Eastern Europe. The Helsinki Effect offers new perspectives on the events of the Cold War. The film tells the story of the CSCE process, which had a major impact on the end of the Cold War, and sheds light on secret top-level discussions behind closed doors, through voice simulations using artificial intelligence.

58th

Fifteen years after the Maguindanao Massacre, the family of its 58th victim fights for the justice that remains elusive.

Metrobranding

While people in Western Europe were used to choose between hundreds of brands, the communist Romanian used to have a different experience: all our life we lived with only one brand for each basic product. Imagine the importance that this 'mono-brands' could acquire for the lives of those who made them and for the lives of those who consumed them. A love story between man and object.

Notre monde

Featuring over 35 guest speakers, Our world offers a communication forum and urges us to accept to work "towards a shared thought". It creates a safe space for exchanging ideas, and sounds the alarm: each and everyone of us ought to become more involved in politics, and in a new way preferably.

North Korean Partisan in South Korea

Reporter for a North Korean news service joins the partisans when the Americans and UN forces invade South Korea.

Zhambyl. A New Era

The film is based on elements of parallel editing, where the motivation of Zhambyl's actions and image are revealed through those difficulties and life changes that influenced his life. His life was not easy and simple, he had to go through a lot of cruel trials and this gave him the very human wisdom, insight that makes an ordinary person a legend.

Rasputin: Murder in the Tsar's Court

St. Petersburg, Russia, December 30th, 1916. Grigori Rasputin is assassinated. The story of the humble peasant who became the most influential adviser to czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of the last czar, Nicholas II Romanov.

Utah in the ’70s

Take a trip back to Utah in the ’70s, when a new emerging culture clashed with tradition and institution. More than just disco and drugs, the 1970s were a time of great upheaval, socially, politically, and economically. Hear it from the mouths of the people who lived it, and see how the 1970s helped define Utah as a place for growth and a groovy new outlook on life.

FDR

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is one of the most revered and influential Americans of this century. The subject of hundreds of books and countless plays, films, and television programs, he has become an icon for an entire generation. Until this definitive 4-hour documentary based on two books by senior creative consultant and FDR biographer Geoffrey Ward, the personal motivations and physical and emotional trails that marked his life remained elusive. By interviewing dozens of those who knew FDR or had chronicled his career, by uncovering rare and previously unseen footage of his public appearances and private life, and by weaving them together in a taut and compelling narrative beautifully read by David McCullough, writer/producer David Grubin presents the most complete account to date for Mr. Roosevelt. For this achievement, a Peabody Award was presented to David Grubin Productions and The American Experience for FDR.

Trampa para un gato

Between 1980 and 1992, El Salvador was at war. Two Venezuelans joined the guerrilla movement in that Central American country and participated in Radio Venceremos, a subversive radio station that broadcast uninterruptedly during the years of struggle between the government and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front.

Journey Into the Unknown: William Bradford And The Pilgrim Fathers

For many Americans, the journey of the Mayflower symbolizes the birth of their nation. To this day, the Pilgrim Fathers are a glorified symbol of American virtue. In search of autonomy and with the desire to preserve their cultural identity, a group of English Puritans left their Dutch refuge in 1620 to set off for the New World. That voyage is not just a tale of a religious community bravely going their own way; the events of those days would have a major impact on the course of modern history. The rules and regulations of the Mayflower Compact that the Pilgrim Fathers, religious sectarians, abided by, became the secular prototype for the constitution of the United States of America; a social contract that would serve as an example for many other national constitutions during the European age of civil society and thereafter.

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

In a time when the main source of energy was still coal, there was a man who saw the future in oil. Young Tetsuzo Kunioka who hails from Moji, Kitakyushu, rides out into the oil business, but is faced with numerous challenges and competitors who stand in his way, including domestic suppliers and major western oil companies, or the "oil majors". But Tetsuzo never gave up, however despairing the situation was. He always found a way and paved a new road with his unconventional ideas, eccentric actions, and most of all, his caring heart toward his own men. That style of Tetsuzo's was not something that would ever change, even when the tides were against him in a war-lost Japan.