The Age of the Medici (1972-)
The Age of the Medici 1972 This is a lengthy exposition of the social and political history of renaissance Florentine history, told through dramatised conversations between the main participants, particularly Cosimo de Medici and Brunelleschi Among its themes are commerce and banking, artistic and s
Dog Valley (2020)
Dog Valley 2020 When Lance Wood contacts authorities to tell them of the abduction, torture, rape and murder of gay student Gordon Church, committed by Michael Archuleta, they become suspicious of his own involvement in the case
Face to Face with ETA Conversations with a Terrorist (2023)
Face to Face with ETA Conversations with a Terrorist 2023 An in depth interview with Jose Antonio Urrutikoetxea, known as Josu Ternera, one of the most relevant leaders of the terrorist gang ETA
A Queen Is Crowned (1953)
A Queen Is Crowned 1953 A lavish documentary film of Queen Elizabeth IIs Coronation in 1953
The Devils Disciple (1959)
The Devils Disciple 1959 In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Rev Anthony Anderson and arrested by the British Dick discovers himself incapable of accusing another human to suffer and conti
Fire in the Blood (2013)
Fire in the Blood 2013 An intricate tale of medicine, monopoly and malice, FIRE IN THE BLOOD tells the story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments blocked access to low cost AIDS drugs for the countries of the global south in the years after 1996 causing ten million or more unneces
Jesus Christ Superstar Live Arena Tour (2012)
Jesus Christ Superstar Live Arena Tour 2012 Celebrating 40 years since it first opened in Londons West End, Andrew Lloyd Webbers new production of Jesus Christ Superstar
The Boy in the Woods (2023)
The Boy in the Woods 2023 The remarkable true life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi occupied Eastern Europe
Boat (2024)
Boat 2024 10 people escape bombing on small boat, which unexpectedly stops and sinks mid journey Passengers struggle to survive as boat goes down
Tsareubiytsa (1991)
Tsareubiytsa 1991 A patient in a modern day mental institution believes that he is the man who assassinated Tsar Alexander in 1881 and Tsar Nicolas II in 1918 He and his doctor soon slip out of reality and are forced to relive the events of 1918 in order to break the spell
Miss Austen Regrets (2007)
Miss Austen Regrets 2007 In the later years of her life, as shes approaching the age of forty, the novelist Jane Austen helps her niece find a husband
Hitlers Madman (1943)
Hitlers Madman 1943 Somewhat fictionalized account of the destruction of the village of Lidice in Czechoslovakia and the events leading up to it In 1942, the Allies parachuted a Czech resistance fighter into the area He quickly reunites with his former girlfriend and many of the villagers who knew h
The Codebreaker Who Hacked Hitler (2015)
The Codebreaker Who Hacked Hitler 2015 Thanks to the movie The Imitation Game many people know that Alan Turing was one of the men behind breaking the german coding machine Enigma during World War II But an equally important person was Gordon Welchman, who invented
Omoiyari A Song Film by Kishi Bashi (2022)
Omoiyari A Song Film by Kishi Bashi 2022 Follows Kishi Bashi as he goes on a journey to learn about history and its relevance when a media interview links the muslim ban and the immigration crisis at the USA Mexico border with the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII
Cartesius (1974)
Cartesius 1974 This made for television film chronicles the illustrious life of French philosopher Rene Descartes 1596 1650
The Damned (2024)
The Damned 2024 In the winter of 1862, during the Civil War, the U S Army sends a volunteer company to patrol the uncharted Western territories
Bardejov (2024)
Bardejov 2024 The story of small town Jewish leader Rafuel Lowy, who found an ingenious way to save Bardejovs Jewish population from being sent to Auschwitz during World War Two
Berlin 36 (2009)
Berlin 36 2009 In the days leading up to the 1936 Olympics, the fate of high jumper Gretel Bergmann hangs in the balance as it is decided whether or not a Jewish athlete can be a part of the German Olympic team
Iancu Jianu, the Tax Collector (1980)
Iancu Jianu, the Tax Collector 1980 The movie details the struggle of Iancu Jianu as hes torn between joining the struggle of the poor peasants from which he came from and being on the other side of the law working for the rich
The Coastal Map of Britain (2024)
The Film explores Britain's port history: ancient coastal trading, Roman influence, Elizabethan expansion, tea trade boom, Industrial Revolution's impact on maritime commerce, and key events shaping prominent ports.
My Tender Matador (2020)
My Tender Matador 2020 Among gunshots and boleros, a passionate relationship flourishes between a lonely transvestite and a young guerrilla during the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile
The Condemned of Altona (1962)
The Condemned of Altona 1962 A maddened German war criminal lives in a secluded house owned by his rich father who lets him think the war is still on 20 years after the fact
Willem Frieda (2023)
Willem Frieda 2023 Stephen Fry investigates the inspiring and moving story of a gay man and a lesbian who led anti Nazi resistance in Holland
The Empty Mirror (1996)
The Empty Mirror 1996 Adolf Hitler faces himself and must come to terms with his infamous career in an imaginary post war subterranean bunker where he reviews historical films, dictates his memoirs and encounters Eva Braun, Josef Goebbels, Hermann Goring and Sigmund Freud
EPCOT Becoming Inside the Transformation (2024)
EPCOT Becoming Inside the Transformation 2024 Follows Walt Disney journey to building Disneyland
Pompeii The Mystery of the People Frozen in Time (2013)
Pompeii The Mystery of the People Frozen in Time 2013 Margaret Mountford investigates how and why the people of Pompeii became frozen at the moment of their deaths, and views the reconstruction process of life like wax recreations of two of its people
The Men Who Built America (2012)
The Men Who Built America 2012 Miniseries shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen The Men W
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard (2021)
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard 2021 The Blinding of Isaac Woodard How a horrific incident of racial violence became a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in W
The Man in Grey (1943)
The Man in Grey 1943 At an estate auction in WWII England, two strangers meet and muse about their families history and possible connections Flashbacks reveal the story of the sweet, rich, and beautiful Clarissa Richmond and her friendship with bitter, impoverished Hesther Shaw Their fates are inter
American Coup (2010)
American Coup 2010 AMERICAN COUP tells the story of the first coup ever carried out by the CIA Iran, 1953 Explores the blowback from this seminal event, as well as the coups lingering effects on the present US Iranian relationship Includes a segment on the 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis and its relatio
The Black Prince (2017)
The Black Prince 2017 The Black Prince is a story of Queen Victoria and the Last King of Punjab, Maharajah Duleep Singh His character as it evolves, torn between two cultures and facing constant dilemmas as a result His relationship with Queen Victoria will be the most impactful relationship in the
Finally Dawn (2023)
Finally Dawn 2023 A young Roman woman during the 1950s is on the verge of becoming engaged to a man She goes to Cinecitta to do an audition as an extra and is thrust into this almost infinite night during which she discovers herself
The Lion in Winter (2003)
The Lion in Winter 2003 King Henry II Patrick Stewart keeps his wife, Eleanor Glenn Close locked away in the towers because of her frequent attempts to overthrow him With Eleanor out of the way he can have his dalliances with his young mistress Yuliya Vysotskaya Needless to say the queen is not plea
The Big Freeze Winter 63 (2022)
The Big Freeze Winter 63 2022 When snow began falling in the UK on Boxing Day 1962, it barely stopped for the next 10 weeks It was the coldest recorded winter since 1739 when temperatures plummeted to minus 22 degrees
American Pain (2022)
American Pain 2022 American Pain traces the rise and fall of twin bodybuilders from Florida who become the kingpins of the largest oxycodone trafficking network in US history
Small Things Like These (2024)
Small Things Like These 2024 In 1985 devoted father Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers shocking truths of his own
1982 (2019)
1982 2019 During the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, an 11 year old boy tries to tell a classmate about his crush on her while their teachers try to hide their fear of the conflict
Inherit the Wind (1988)
Inherit the Wind 1988 A teacher has taught about evolution in a small town in Tennessee He has violated state law by doing this Two great lawyers appear, one to assist in his defense, the other to help prosecute him The town is divided in many ways which become apparent as the trial progresses This
Billy Graham (2021)
Billy Graham 2021 Billy Graham explores the life and career of one of the best known and most influential religious leaders of the 20th century From modest beginnings on a North Carolina farm, Graham rose to prominence with a fiery preaching style
Rangoon (2017)
Rangoon 2017 Julia travels to the Indo Burma border to perform for the troops during World War II on the insistence of her lover Billimoria, and ends up falling in love with a soldier there, Jemadar
1815 (2022)
1815 2022 During the Highland Clearances, William Chisholm sets out on a journey to seek out what was taken from him William strikes up an uneasy companionship with battle weary Andrew Gunn
The Last Survivors (2019)
The Last Survivors 2019 Documentary compiling the testimonies of the last remaining Holocaust survivors living in Britain, all of whom were children at the time, and following them over the course of a year as they embark upon personal and profound journ
Nova Zembla (2011)
Nova Zembla 2011 This fact based drama chronicles the last journey of Willem Barentsz and Jacob van Heemskerk on their search for a new passage to the Indies Due to icy waters, they are stranded on the island of Novaya Zemlya and have to spend the winter there The story is told through the eyes of G
The Canal Map of Britain (2024)
Fill in the map of Britain's beloved canal network by taking a fact-filled cruise along the first superhighways of the Industrial Revolution. It's a story where hard graft, soft cheese and fine China collide.
King A Filmed Record Montgomery to Memphis (1969)
King A Filmed Record Montgomery to Memphis 1969 Follows Martin Luther Kings life and decades long civil rights activism
The Wilderness Road (2021)
The Wilderness Road 2021 One of 12 Westerns made in 12 months during 2020, The Wilderness Road tells the story of the most notorious land pirates who stalked the Southeast during the turn of the 19th century Samuel Mason Creek Wilson, a Revolutionary War hero, turns to a life of crime and forms a da
City of Gold (1957)
City of Gold 1957 The writer Pierre Berton narrates the story of his childhood hometowns history during the Klondike Gold Rush In doing so, Berton surveys the general history of the last great gold rush and what those people struggled for in that time really achieved