Historical Movies

Take a look behind the curtain to see the vast history and recent renovation of one of Rochester, New York's most famous landmarks. Architects,...

Ships from Europe brought Christianity to the shores of Japan in 1549. For decades the seeds of faith grew under the watchful gaze of the Shogun, but...

Michael Cockerell sheds new light on the tragi-comedy of the 1970s by focusing on some of its most controversial characters. With fresh filming and...

American-born teen, Rima the Lost One, unites with her great-grandmother, also named Rima, on a time-travel journey to 1930s Palestine. After...

This is the true story how one person made a difference in the lives of over 125 people by rescuing them from Nazi Germany. In 1903 Herman Stern...

With the young Friedrich Engel’s letters and drawings from the years between 1838 and 1842, a unique cinematic portrait is created. The viewer...

In 1915, four young Crowborough boys prepare to be deployed to the front lines into the blind journey ahead.

Migrating by sea from Holland as an eight-year-old, Dirk de Bruyn went on to be a doyen of Australian experimental cinema. But as this intimate film...

The exquisite Rosslyn Chapel is a masterpiece in stone. It used to be one of Scotland's best-kept secrets, but it became world-famous when it was...

A two-part silent movie, with the first part focusing on Washington's early life and French and Indian War experiences as a British colonial officer...

This documentary recounts the turbulent history surrounding the troubled desegregation of New Hanover County Public School System in North Carolina...

A day before the Democracy Monument will be demolished, on the day when the vicious circle comes to an end. The destiny of a mysterious photographer,...

Yarub’s door leads to surreal worlds inspired by Arab myths and legends in 11 short animated episodes.

Documentary on career criminal Jack Black during an episode of burglary in Victoria BC. Locations around Victoria and Vancouver are explored in...

Over the period of a year a camera crew filmed and interviewed people who visit the world famous Brick Lane Beigel Bake.

In 17th century Holland, a faction of royalists is scheming to restore the monarchy and jail the De Witt brothers, who control the Republic. At the...

In this short film, poet and holocaust survivor John Guzlowski bears witness to his parents’ survival of Nazi slave labor camps. More than a...