Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y (1997)
An experimental documentary detailing the history of plane hijackings. Year 1997.
| Generes: Documentary |
| Director: Johan Grimonprez |
| Writer: Johan Grimonprez |
| Actors: N/A |
An experimental documentary detailing the history of plane hijackings. Year 1997.
| Generes: Documentary |
| Director: Johan Grimonprez |
| Writer: Johan Grimonprez |
| Actors: N/A |
A documentary history of lesbianism in North American and Europe, with historic references, archival material, film clips, interviews with many women – famous and not-famous witnesses and … Year 1997.
| Generes: Documentary |
| Director: Margaret Wescott |
| Writer: Margaret Wescott |
| Actors: Kate Nelligan |
At the turn of the century, a young Chinese girl escapes from a religious sacrifice, and is rescued by an honorable Tibetan herdsman. The two fall in love, but problems arise when she is … Year 1997.
| Generes: Drama, History, Romance, War |
| Director: Xiaoning Feng |
| Writer: Peter Fleming (book) |
| Actors: Jing Ning, Bing Shao, Zhen Ying, Paul Kersey |
A feature-length documentary on Chicago rock bands and fame in the music industry. Year 1997.
| Generes: Documentary, History, Music |
| Director: Scott Petersen |
| Writer: N/A |
| Actors: Steve Albini, Eleventh Dream Day, Dannie Flesher, Scott Giampino |
Joravar lives in a the desert state of Rajasthan in a small village together with his wife, Lachmi, and two young daughters. His first daughter inexplicably passes away, and both parents … Year 1995.
| Generes: Drama, History |
| Director: K. Bikram Singh |
| Writer: K. Bikram Singh |
| Actors: Savita Bajaj, Babita Bhardwaj, Pradeep Bhatnagar, Anang Desai |
When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England. Year 1995.
| Generes: Biography, Drama, History, War |
| Director: Mel Gibson |
| Writer: Randall Wallace |
| Actors: James Robinson, Sean Lawlor, Sandy Nelson, James Cosmo |
The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of Vietnam, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75. Year 1994.
| Generes: Drama, Romance |
| Director: Robert Zemeckis |
| Writer: Winston Groom (novel), Eric Roth (screenplay) |
| Actors: Tom Hanks, Rebecca Williams, Sally Field, Michael Conner Humphreys |
In 1991, the Center produced Echoes That Remain, a warm and rich documentary portrait of Eastern European Jewry before the Holocaust. It combines hundreds of rare archival photos and … Year 1991.
| Generes: Documentary, History |
| Director: Arnold Schwartzman |
| Writer: Marvin Hier, Arnold Schwartzman (adaptation) |
| Actors: Martin Landau, Miriam Margolyes |
This celebration of African American women and their achievements features interviews with Angela Davis, June Jordan and Alice Walker. Within the context of the civil rights, Black power … Year 1991.
| Generes: Documentary, History |
| Director: Pratibha Parmar |
| Writer: N/A |
| Actors: Angela Davis, Fannie Lou Hamer, June Jordan, Rosa Parks |
It showed the process it took to write the Constitution of the United States. Year 1989.
| Generes: Drama, History |
| Director: Peter N. Johnson |
| Writer: Tim Slover |
| Actors: Craig Wasson, Michael McGuire, Morgan White, Bruce Newbold |
In the mid-60s, a teenage 4.0 high-school student is drawn out of his element on a dare by his peers, to become a dancer on popular TV music show. Year 1988.
| Generes: Comedy, Drama, History |
| Director: Mark Rosenthal |
| Writer: Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal |
| Actors: Donovan Leitch Jr., Joe Pantoliano, Jennifer Runyon, Bruce Kirby |
An investigation of the Beat Generation. Year 1987.
| Generes: Documentary, History |
| Director: Janet Forman |
| Writer: Janet Forman, Regina Weinrich |
| Actors: Steve Allen, David Amram, Amiri Baraka, Ray Bremser |
South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country, after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the black activist Steve Biko. Year 1987.
| Generes: Biography, Drama, History |
| Director: Richard Attenborough |
| Writer: John Briley (screenplay), Donald Woods (books) |
| Actors: Josette Simon, Wabei Siyolwe, John Matshikiza, Juanita Waterman |
A biography of the American rock band The Beach Boys, with interviews, concert footage and clips from movies and television shows they appeared in. Year 1985.
| Generes: Documentary, Biography, History, Music |
| Director: Malcolm Leo |
| Writer: Malcolm Leo |
| Actors: Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love |
An account of the reign of Indian empress Razia Sultan and her love for her slave Jamaluddin Yakut. Year 1983.
| Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Romance |
| Director: Kamal Amrohi |
| Writer: Kamal Amrohi |
| Actors: Hema Malini, Dharmendra, Parveen Babi, Pradeep Kumar |
When Bhagwan Shri Jagannath and his brother, Bhagwan Shri Balabhadra, refuse to partake offerings from a lower-caste woman, Shriya. Devi Maa Lakshmi is offended and puts a curse on both of … Year 2007.
| Generes: Drama, Fantasy, History |
| Director: Sabyasachi Mohapatra |
| Writer: Abhilash (dialogue), Binodini Debi (lyrics), Akshaya Mohanty (lyrics), Sabyasachi Mohapatra, Rajani Ranjan (dialogue) |
| Actors: Sritam Das, Brendra N. Gochhikar, Sehenawaj Khan, Ratan Meher |