"historical"
BATU: Historical Detective
Genghis Khan's favorite grandson, Batu investigates the mystery of his father's death. Uncovering a conspiracy in his own family, he creates a powerful empire to administer justice against the culprits.
Lingchi: Echoes of a Historical Photograph
Inspired by a photograph taken by a French soldier in the early 1900s of a ‘lingchi’ execution, Chen created a high-impact film that reconstructed this brutal form of punishment for criminals who had committed heinous crimes in feudal China. Lingchi – Echoes of a Historical Photograph opens with the gruesome execution of a condemned man in ex..
Historical Anecdotes
Little stories from the stone age to the middle ages made by Rinat Gazizov
The Historical Materialism of the Arrow Against the Clock
Film poem based on the theses “On the concept of history” (1940) by Walter Benjamin. Brazilian indigenous peoples in records from 1917 and 1922 and in anti-fascist demonstrations from 2022; the Palestinian cause in 1948 and in 2022; shots against the clock fired by French revolutionaries in July 1830 and arrows against the clock (commemorating ..
Historical Parade in Helmond on Sunday September 24, 1922
An historic pageant was held in Helmond, Netherlands, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Roman Catholic Workmen's Association St. Lambertus.
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein
Before MTV and the age of television, there were Soundies. First appearing in 1941, these three minute black-and-white films featured artists of the Big Band, Jazz and Swing era, like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Jordan, Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, The Mills Brothers, Les Paul, Cab Calloway, and Fats Waller. The Soundies helped launch the ca..
Peu m'importe si l'Histoire nous considère comme des barbares
En 1941, l’armée roumaine a massacré 20 000 Juifs à Odessa. De nos jours, une jeune metteuse en scène veut retranscrire cet épisode douloureux, par une reconstitution militaire, dans le cadre d’un événement public. La mise en scène sera-t-elle possible ?
Putin's Palace: History of World's Largest Bribe
After surviving poisoning by a Novichok nerve agent, Alexey Navalny made his most important film. Putin's Palace: History of World's Largest Bribe is about the palace near Gelendzhik that presumably belongs to Russian President Vladimir Putin. It also shows vineyards, corruption schemes and more.
The Great Yawn of History
Beitollah is a religious man who has been dreaming about a box of gold coins appearing at the end of a cave. He believes these coins are a miracle and wants to find them. But since he does not consider the coins to be halal, he wants to find a non-religious assistant to accompany him on the search. With the help of a job advertisement printed on th..
Guérilla des FARC, l'avenir a une histoire
Under the auspices of Rio Chiquito, Bruno Muel and Jean-Pierre Sergent’s 1965 report on the birth of the FARC, and Dunav Kuzmanich’s 1981 fiction film Canaguaro about the end of the Liberal guerillas, this is look back on 70 years of clandestine life in the Columbian forest. Women and men who took up arms amid profound social inequality and pol..
History Is Written at Night
A masterclass in mood, the film plunges us into the darkness of the blackouts that ripple across Cuba. In the murk of shadow, the flickering of fire beckons stories from realms beyond the reach of light. Electricity cuts have revived a protest movement dormant since the revolution, one demanding that power be restored.
Shining Modern History
Hyeon Dae and Min Joo thought one of them getting married would end the sex-partner relationship. However, they can't hold in their desires and Hyeon Dae destroys himself with sex, while Min Joo can't give up what she can't have. At the same time, they have a complicated and ugly relationship with past characters.
History of the Occult
During the last broadcast of 60 Minutes Before Midnight, the most watched journalistic program on television, Adrián Marcato could expose a conspiracy and link the government to a obscure secret society.
The Prison of History
Set history free. A modern history, enclosed for more than a quarter of a century in an abandoned prison in Uherské Hradiště with unique rooms preserved from the 1950s. The authors fill the emptiness of the premises with situational encounters with the building, nature and people who are united by their experience of the place and who are often ..
History of Turkish Horror Cinema I
History of Turkish Horror Cinema tries to take the first step in explaining how horror cinema started in Turkey, what prejudices it strives to break, and how film directors, producers and screenwriters see horror cinema.
Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three-Hour Tour in History
A campy look at the making of the 1964-67 TV series, as told by stars Bob Denver, Dawn Wells and Russell Johnson, as well as in flashbacks (actors play the castaways). Bob/Gilligan: Jon Wellner. Dawn/Mary Ann: Samantha Harris. Tina/Ginger: Kristen Dalton. Alan/Skipper: Eric Allan Kramer. Russell/Professor: Michael Wiseman. Jim/Mr. Howell: Steve Vin..
HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC. What is Rock Music?
We love rock ’n’ roll: well, it’s hard not to, with its sexy, totally exhilarating back story, and the way it continues to evolve and remain relevant. Almost 70 years after it burst onto the scene in the United States, the jury’s still out on who actually invented it. The truth is, rock ’n’ roll is a mash-up of genres that aligned at th..
Sum of Histories
Malgré un tragique accident survenu pendant leur jeunesse, Victor, scientifique de renom, est depuis toujours heureux avec Lena, Un jour, avec son enthousiaste assistant, Titus, il fait une découverte révolutionnaire : il serait possible d’envoyer des mails… dans le passé. L’envie de changer l’histoire, tout particulièrement celle de L..
