Movies: Historical

  • 2024
    The Battle of Portland Harbor

    The Battle of Portland Harbor (2024)

    The Battle of Portland Harbor

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    Battle of Portland Harbor was a Civil War that took place in 1863. This is a independent student-made documentary about it....

    The Battle of Portland Harbor
  • 2024
    Hilversum in Black and White

    Hilversum in Black and White (2024)

    Hilversum in Black and White

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    Hilversum in Black and White portrays Hilversum in the period 1924-1974. Using amateur footage and excerpts from Polygoon newsreels from that period, the film shows how the town grew from its five hundredth anniversary in 1924 to a city of one hundre...

    Hilversum in Black and White
  • 2016
    Mr. Movie Poster

    Mr. Movie Poster (2016)

    Mr. Movie Poster

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    Paul Crifo designed over 140 movie posters between 1950 and 1980 and is one of the most prolific and talented designers of the genre. Crifo was devoted to the art of design and illustration, but his humble nature diminished the recognition he deserve...

    Mr. Movie Poster
  • 1928
    Snow in Curitiba

    Snow in Curitiba (1928)

    Snow in Curitiba

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    In 1928, the city of Curitiba went through a rare snowstorm. To this day, it is the harshest snowstorm to ever take place in the city. Everything was recorded by Alberto Botelho in this short documentary....

    Snow in Curitiba
  • 2006
    Det danske Congo-Æventyr - Opdagerne

    Det danske Congo-Æventyr - Opdagerne (2006)

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    Det danske Congo-Æventyr - Opdagerne
  • 2007
    The Furthest Mosque

    The Furthest Mosque (2007)

    The Furthest Mosque

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    Following the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) recommendation to journey to three mosques - (in Makkah, Madinah and Jerusalem), this film sets out in the company of British bass player Danny ‘Hamza’ Thompson to discover the reasons why the last of these thr...

    The Furthest Mosque
  • 2006
    Det danske Congo-Æventyr - Hjælperne

    Det danske Congo-Æventyr - Hjælperne (2006)

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    Det danske Congo-Æventyr - Hjælperne
  • 1994
    Saffron Threads

    Saffron Threads (1994)

    Saffron Threads

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    Two Catalonian women are travelling through Cornwall in 1611, in the company of an Englishman and find themselves forced by bad weather to take shelter in a small farmhouse. The evening promises to be a difficult one due to the lack of any common la...

    Saffron Threads
  • 2014
    The House That Eye Live In

    The House That Eye Live In (2014)

    The House That Eye Live In

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    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 reveals, his work is suffused with the trauma of migration, and the struggle to recognise himself as ...

    The House That Eye Live In
  • 2014
    PARDONS OF INNOCENCE: THE WILMINGTON TEN

    PARDONS OF INNOCENCE: THE WILMINGTON TEN (2014)

    PARDONS OF INNOCENCE: THE WILMINGTON TEN

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    This documentary recounts the turbulent history surrounding the troubled desegregation of New Hanover County Public School System in North Carolina during the late 1960s through 1971, and the violence that led up to the false prosecution and convicti...

    PARDONS OF INNOCENCE: THE WILMINGTON TEN
  • 2014
    Bon cop de falç. La història de l'himne

    Bon cop de falç. La història de l'himne (2014)

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    Bon cop de falç. La història de l'himne
  • 1969
    Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires (1969)

    Buenos Aires

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    This is a short documentary about the old City of Buenos Aires and the new one. It’s an observational piece where the old photos of the same places invite us to live in the old Buenos Aires for a few minutes....

    Buenos Aires
  • 2025
    Attic Archaeology

    Attic Archaeology (2025)

    Attic Archaeology

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    After accidentally blowing a hole in his ceiling, an early 20th-century scientist discovers the ruins of an ancient civilization in his loft....

    Attic Archaeology
  • 1979
    Salt: Essence of Life

    Salt: Essence of Life (1979)

    Salt: Essence of Life

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    Explores the historical and contemporary significance of salt, detailing its extraction from the earth and oceans, its role in food preservation, livestock nutrition, and its various industrial uses. The film highlights how salt has shaped human civi...

    Salt: Essence of Life
  • 2022
    Echoes of the North: Four Chapters in Time

    Echoes of the North: Four Chapters in Time (2022)

    Echoes of the North: Four Chapters in Time

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    A new film made from more than a hundred fragments of archive film, Echoes of the North transports you back to Northern England a century ago, taking its audiences down the highways and byways of northern life in the early 20th century - its industri...

    Echoes of the North: Four Chapters in Time
  • 2019
    Juanas, bravas mujeres

    Juanas, bravas mujeres (2019)

    Juanas, bravas mujeres

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    The documentary "Juanas, bravas mujeres", by Sandra Godoy, portrays the life of Juana Rouco Buela and her fight for women's rights....

    Juanas, bravas mujeres
  • 1980
    Achtung Kinder Pumm

    Achtung Kinder Pumm (1980)

    Achtung Kinder Pumm

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    Achtung Kinder Pumm
  • 2019
    Factory (Super)Women

    Factory (Super)Women (2019)

    Factory (Super)Women

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    Factory (Super)Women explores the narratives of factory women who paved the way towards Singapore's economic success. Inspired by his mother and grandmother's experiences as factory workers, producer and researcher Pang Wei Han seeks to record the or...

    Factory (Super)Women
  • 2012
    Meninos do Constestado

    Meninos do Constestado (2012)

    Meninos do Constestado

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    Meninos do Constestado
  • 2006
    Det danske Congo-Æventyr - Erobrerne

    Det danske Congo-Æventyr - Erobrerne (2006)

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    Det danske Congo-Æventyr - Erobrerne