Movie List for "history"

Shored Up is the story of our coasts where life on the edge of a rising sea has placed our towns and cities on the front lines of climate change. Following frustrated scientists, confused …

This film focuses on how a group of African American pioneers became respected masters in a subculture dominated by Chinese and white men.

A documentary thriller describing the last days of the Israeli community in Tehran, on the eve of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The director, whose family was in Tehran at the time, uses …

Story of European Jews who fled Europe escaping the Nazi terror to find refuge in an unlikely destination: Ecuador — barely known at the time.

A documentary on the life story of Desmond Tutu and his journey during the crucial years of anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa.

Interweaving the stories of U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, his adopted Chinese daughter Gracie Mei, and blind legal advocate Chen Guangcheng, the documentary is a timely exploration…

Growing up in Trinidad, Richard Fung loved dal puri roti. In this epic culinary quest he sets out to discover where this spicy flat bread was born. His journey takes him from the central …

At once a road-trip, detective story and zombie flick, Project Z tracks – behind the scenes and headlines – some of the most challenging global security issues of our times.

A story about the Latvian basketball team, which won the first-ever European Championships in 1935 and its enthusiastic head coach Valdemars Baumanis.

The Winding Stream is a 90-minute High Definition music history documentary-in-progress that tells the story of the American roots music dynasty, the Carters and the Cashes. Starting with …

An in depth look at the persecution and subsequent death of the 5 million non Jewish victims of the World War II Holocaust and the lives of those who survived. Through stories of survivors …

Father of three (David is his youngest son), married to Shirley for 59 years, and a Florida resident since 1989, Simon has lived five distinct lives. Born in Lodz, Poland in 1923 to Jewish …

Two retired mercenaries get pulled back into the life, racing against time, forced to find a 150 year old Civil War treasure. They hold the nation borders & a precious life in the balance.

During the height of the social revolution, a young dancer searches for salvation when she chooses to leave paradise.

January 2010: In the buckle of the Bible Belt, 10 churches burn to the ground in just over a month igniting the largest criminal investigation in East Texas history. No stone is left …

Friends and family reflect on the life and death of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard, who was murdered in a targeted homophobic attack in Wyoming in 1998.