Movies genre: History

We are in the midst of a global crisis of perspective. We have forgotten the undeniable truth that everything is connected. PLANETARY is a provocative and breathtaking wakeup call, a cross continental, cinematic journey, that explores our cosmic origins and our future as a species. PLANETARY is a poetic and humbling reminder that it's time to shift our perspective. PLANETARY asks us to rethink who we really are, to reconsider our relationship with ourselves, each other and the world around us - to remember that: we are PLANETARY. In a stunning visual exploration, the film interweaves imagery from NASA Apollo missions with visions of the Milky Way, Buddhist monasteries in the Himalayas, and the cacophonous sounds of downtown Tokyo and Manhattan, with intimate interviews from renowned experts including astronauts Ron Garan and Mae Jemison (the first African American woman in space), celebrated environmentalist Bill McKibben, National Book Award winner Barry Lopez, anthropologist Wade Davis, to National Geographic Explorer Elizabeth Lindsey, and Head of the Tibetan Buddhist Kagyu school, the 17th Karmapa. They shed new light on the ways our worldview is profoundly affecting life on our planet.

In the days leading up to his death, Jesus gathers his disciples for the Last Supper. Amidst words of love and farewell, while faith is strengthened, the shadow of betrayal hangs over, but not even pain can erase the promise of redemption.

An amateur short film which retells the Hungarian revolution of 1956.

1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. When he allows his imprisoned wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out for a Christmas visit, they all variously plot to force him into a decision.

'Black and Cuba' follows street-smart students, who are outcasts at an elite Ivy League university, as they band together and adventure to Cuba to see if revolution is truly possible. While filming their poignant encounters with AfroCuban youth, breathtaking sites and moving hip-hop performances, the travelers confront realities behind myths of color-blindness and social mobility. This edgy and artful documentary of their journey uncovers renewed hope for equality and human rights. 'Black and Cuba' is the feature film directorial debut of international human rights advocate and scholar Robin J. Hayes, PhD.—Anonymous

The love of two lovebirds with the background of an incident in Banyuwangi 1965 which perhaps many people don't know what the history behind the incident is like.

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth-century Italy as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

Edward, civil servant, flees fiancée Molly on their wedding day in Rangoon, 1917. His travels replace panic with melancholy. Molly, set on marriage, amused by his escape, trails him across Asia.

The greatest woman composer you've never heard of is revealed to be - Mendelssohn's sister.

LUPEO is based on true events of January 12, 2010, the memorial of the tragic earthquake in Haiti.

Mary Cassatt's artworks portray intellectual, feminine women. Her contradictory career, overlooked art contrast representations of women in her era. Explores her prints, pastels, paintings depicting real women through objective portrayals.

The death of America's oldest continuously operating hospital, New Orleans' Big Charity.

The story of prophet "Muhammad" and the delivery of the message of God "Allah."

Playwright Oscar Wilde's homosexuality is exposed when he brings a libel action against his lover's father, leading to his own prosecution.

World War II revisionist film that claims Jews deliberately caused both World Wars--and that Hitler was only trying to save Germany from the Jews--as part of a plot to found the nation of Israel.

A war correspondent witnesses errors of the Allied Command after he and a unit of US Army Rangers land unopposed at Anzio, Italy, but later become trapped behind German lines during one of the bloodiest battles of WWII.

Video documentary by historical researcher David Cole in which the director of the Auschwitz State Museum explores the historiography of the camp and admits that the gas chamber on display in the Main Camp is a postwar recreation.

In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-Sen visits Hong Kong to discuss plans with Tongmenghui members to overthrow the Qing dynasty. But when they find out that assassins have been sent to kill him, they assemble a group of protectors to prevent any attacks.

A gay novelist and his psychiatric nurse bond over a series of doctor-ordered 'dates' as he tells the story of a friendship which spiraled out of control when they turned to a risky procedure to cure themselves of feelings for each other.

Documentary about Titian's six controversial nude masterpieces based on Greek and Roman myth, which were brought to the National Gallery in London for an exhibition just when COVID-19 pandemic hit the UK, forcing all galleries to close.

German death camp in Sobibor, Poland, killed two hundred fifty thousand Jews. It had the most successful prisoner escape in World War II on October 14, 1943.

The wealthy Rothschild family undergoes prejudice from the anti-Semitic society they live within.

The history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.

As WWII comes to an end, a group of Buchenwald's emaciated prisoners risk their lives for the safety of the camp's youngest inmate: a four-year-old Auschwitz-born Jewish prisoner. Is there a future for the Buchenwald boy?

An account of the adventurous and bohemian life of one of the worlds greatest writers - James Joyce.

A 2023 look at Ladysmith Black Mambazo and its founder who powered the sound of Paul Simon's Graceland. From apartheid roots to 5 Grammys the story offers insights into their Graceland sessions and how their Zulu music changed the world.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the iconic Swedish group winning the Eurovision Song Contest.