History Movies

A Guatemalan woman, Ana Lucía Cuevas, returns home from exile to face the brutal history of Guatemala's armed conflict. In 1984, her brother...

The Opium Wars, a 19th-century armed conflict between the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire, is narrated by a history professor who has a hypnotic...

In the wake of one of the worst social experiments in the history of mankind, 'I'm not Black, I'm Coloured' is one of the first documentary films to...

This promotional travelogue, made for the Christchurch City Council, shows off the city and its environs. Filmed at a time when New Zealand’s...

For over 150 years, Fort Niagara protected the strategic point at the mouth of the Niagara River. Four nations struggled to conquer it, and thus...

Majka lives alone in Stolac, a Herzegovinian village with pretty scenery and a dark history. The past and present collide in this bittersweet...

This film tells a story of ethnic Koreans from Russia and the post-Soviet territories making their new home in New York City. The history of the...

This documentary uncovers the facts behind the tragedy of the RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner that sank on April 15th, 1912. Directed by: ...

This public television documentary examines the passionate life and career of Elbert Hubbard, a businessman who in 1895 established a socially...

Toufa recreates the beginnings of the Sahrawi population’s arrival in the Hamada’s arid desert. This short film tells of the suffering of...

For both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, Captain James Cook is a figure of great historical significance.

The film showcases the voices of past and present Hougang residents, alongside commentary by historians, public intellectuals, politicians, and...

A minor league baseball player named Levi "Cornbread" Callahan has a strange encounter with a blimp.

Jan Smuts is a foremost political figure in South African 20th Century History, and is recognised today by two of the world's leading historians as...

It’s a documentary about Sahrawi people, removing of geography and politics, making it simply a "human" story. Giving a voice to this people...

Historical documentary about the Sahrawi conflict: the exile, the wall, the mines… the last colony in Africa.