History Movies
Are you a big fan of ancient kings and middle ages? here is your best place to dig in.
Barolo Boys. The Story of a Revolution
The story of a group of friends, the “rebel boys” who made italian wine become so great, between generational conflicts, brilliant insights and never silenced controversies.
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.
Unfortunate Brothers: Korea’s Reunification Dilemma
‘Even though I live in South Korea, my heart is in North Korea. The North Koreans are not strangers, but my brethren’. These words spoken by Mr. Lee, the film’s…
Broken on All Sides: Race, Mass Incarceration and New Visions for Criminal Justice in the U.S.
The project began as a way to explore, educate about, and advocate change around the overcrowding in the Philadelphia jail system. It has come to focus on mass incarceration across…
Sikh Musical Heritage: The Untold Story
Sikh Musical Heritage: The Untold Story is an in-depth look at the history of traditional Sikh instrumentation and its crucial role in performing the devotional singing known as Kirtan of…
The First American
“George Washington is central to understanding America’s founding. He was the crucial figure in winning the American Revolution, in creating the Constitution, and in establishing the precedents for effective self-government…
Before the Revolution
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…
Nuyorican Básquet
The story of the basketball players that represented Puerto Rico at the San Juan’s 1979 Pan Am Games.
A Good Day to Die
Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early life and the rise of the Movement.
Accidental Anarchist
Carne Ross was a government highflyer. A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save us all. But working inside the system he came to see its failures, deceits and…
Against the Tide
Against the Tide reveals the unique lifestyles of retirees, mariners, and misfits who live aboard their boats illegally in Eagle Harbor, the scenic gem of Bainbridge Island, WA. Long a…
Let the Lion Roar
Uncover one of the greatest and darkest deceptions of our time – the conspiracy to cover up the Church’s true identity.
Samuel Barber: Despite and Still
Known for his mournful “Adagio for Strings,” Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaimed film is a probing exploration of his music and melancholia. Performance, oral history, musicology, and…
Endless Corridor
“Endless Corridor” is the definitive account of an agonizing human rights tragedy in which hundreds of Azerbaijanis massacred after Armenian Forces stormed the city of Khojaly during the Nagorno-Karabakh War….
Beyond Barricades
Beyond Barricades is a documentary on political punk band Anti-Flag, featuring interviews with Tom Morello, Billy Bragg, Tim McIlrath, Brian Baker & More. The film explores the trials and tribulations…
Cola Wars
Traces the long and ferocious rivalry between Coke and Pepsi, centered on the “New Coke” debacle of 1985. For almost a hundred years, Coke had been the undisputed leader in…
Club Frontera
Club Frontera is a riveting documentary about the Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles (Xolos) professional Mexican soccer team and their positive impact on the city of Tijuana, Mexico. The compelling film follows…
God Knows Where I Am
Well-educated, New Hampshire mother, Linda Bishop, was determined to stay free of the mental health system after her early release from a 3 year commitment to New Hampshire State Hospital….
The Millionaire’s Unit
A documentary about the First Yale Unit, a group of Yale students who trained for World War I.
East Punk Memories
In the late 80’s, the filmmaker shot with a group of punks who were struggling with the communist regime. 20 years later, she comes back and asks them how do…
Platoon: Brothers in Arms
Charlie Sheen narrates, as cast and crew share their personal experiences making the Academy Award winning film, Platoon. This non-union, low budget, independent film was cast almost exclusively with young,…
The Burning of Atlanta
“The Burning of Atlanta” is the story of the destruction of a major city near the end of the war, and the desperation and terror this causes in the lives…
The Trial of the Chicago 7
What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest—including…
Service to Man
In 1968, a white student from Brooklyn finds himself an outsider at Nashville’s legendary black medical school, where he and his peers attempt to battle the mysteries of medicine, demanding…
The Right Stuff
U.S. fighter pilots are recruited to test experimental aircraft and rockets to become first Mercury astronauts. TV adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s book, ‘The Right Stuff’.
Restoration of Paradise
The Bolsa Chica Wetlands. Over 1200 Acres. Just 30 miles from Downtown Los Angeles. An important Bird Sanctuary and one of Southern California’s last ecological reserves, now threatened by real…
Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue
A Japanese-American director digs deep into the controversial ‘comfort women’ issue to settle the debate on whether the women were paid prostitutes or sex slaves, and reveals the motivations and…
Challenger: The Final Flight
Four-part docuseries on the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster, unpacking an indelible moment for a generation of Americans.
The Housing Bubble
Diving deep into the true causes of the Great Recession, the financial crisis of the 2010s, renowned economists, investors and business leaders explain what America is facing if we don’t…
The Girls in the Band
In the world of jazz, women have long been marginalized as singers or piano players. Little has ever been documented about the enormously talented female trumpet players, saxophonist and drummers…
Secrets of Desert Point
Documentary about surfing.