Movie List for "history"

Documentary about the presence of Latin American culture and actors in American movies. Year 2002.

A film about the state of Chinese occupied Tibet and its history of oppression and resistance. Year 2002.

Interviews, archival footage, and filmed performances highlight the role of music in the South African struggle against apartheid. Year 2002.

This powerful and thought provoking film chronicles the compelling events in the Pacific Theater of WWII, from the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 to the American occupation of Japan in … Year 2002.

A documentary about Fundamentalist-Evangelical Christian support of Israel. Year 2002.

Seduced by Jung, killed by hate, redeemed by history. In 1905 a 19-year-old Russian girl suffering from severe hysteria is admitted into a psychiatric hospital in Zurich. A young doctor, … Year 2002.

A look at the parallel lives of Charles Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of The Great Dictator (1940). Year 2002.

Islam: Empire of Faith is a documentary series, made in 2000, that details the history of Islam, from the birth of the Islamic Prophet, Muhammad to the Ottoman Empire. The first episode … Year 2000.

June, 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte, surrounded by enemies, is about to play his definitive part in history. He has spent his whole life creating a mystique, becoming synonymous with … Year 2000.

A man, having fallen in love with the wrong woman, is sent by the sultan himself on a diplomatic mission to a distant land as an ambassador. Stopping at a Viking village port to restock on supplies, he finds himself unwittingly embroiled in a quest to banish a mysterious threat in a distant Viking land. Year 1999.

Set in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado. Year 1999.

Three Lakota Sioux men enroll in a historically black college, and their reluctance to assimilate causes friction between their black peers. Some come to embrace their similar history, while others remain bitter. Year 1999.

The story of the romance between the King of Siam and widowed British schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens, during the 1860s. Year 1999.

The story of the Newton gang, the most successful bank robbers in history, owing to their good planning and minimal violence. Year 1998.

Based on the book by Toni Morrison, in which a slave is visited by the spirit of a mysterious young woman Year 1998.

The film traces the history of the 21 California missions while showcasing their incredile beauty. Highlights include rare photographs and the unique architecture of the early Spanish Padres. Year 1998.