History Movies

Welcome to the La Paloma Theater. Please enjoy this presentation, in which the theater's owner takes you through its luscious history-and nothing...

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...

Documentary about the arduous early years of the Sahrawi cause (1977)

"A message to Obama" is a true story about a black man that writes a letter to the President of the United States of America - Barack Obama. The film...

A Russian-Australian cinematographer travels to Albany to find out about the time when a 19th Century town at the end of the world was put on high...

A young soldier is caught between life and death after a tragic accident during war. As he drifts through memories of his life with his wife,...

In Slovakia, behind walls built to separate the Romani ethnicity from the “white” population, babies are born in precarious conditions....

"The palm trees on the reverse are a delusion; so is the pink sand". This line, taken from a poem by Margaret Atwood, lights the path traced in...

This documentary is a touching and intimate portrait of André Brasilier, both as a man and as an artist. Presented as a testament to his art,...

Filmmaker Mary Galloway's feature documentary looks at the origins and continued impact of the famed Cowichan sweater.

A documentary about trans woman rapper and producer htmljones (Ishaani Ponniah), framed through the visual language of early-2000s television, 2010s...

The Seljuk Empire has expanded, and taken over “the Holy Land”. Pope Gregory VIII gets together a band of valorous warriors from across...

It all started with a simple question: Is it possible to travel to the oldest and newest places on Earth? YouTuber, author and filmmaker Joe Scott...

Brair Kani explores an ancestral house located in Srinagar, Kashmir. Using the attic as a site of reflection, the film navigates the relationship...

"Legna: speak the Saharawi verse" is an audiovisual poetry story that traces the essential elements of the Saharawi culture, chaining the verses...