Movies: Historical documentary

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Rare archive footage reveals what Singapore was like dating back to 1900, showing coolies sharing lunch, rickshaw pullers, a grand Peranakan funeral, and more....

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The filmmaker, Alexandros Papathanasiou, travels to Crete to meet Lefteris Eliakis, a guerrilla fighter during the Greek Civil War and a political prisoner for two decades. This insightful portrait conjures the ghosts of the Greek Civil War – the ma...

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The Yalta Conference is considered one of the most important events of the Second World War. In February 1945, US President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Churchill and Soviet leader Stalin discussed the reorganization of Europe....

The injustice of the Japanese internment is explored through the story of Kyuichi Nomoto, one of the first Japanese Canadians to graduate from UBC, who suffered a breakdown deep in the BC Interior....

For decades, pupils at the children's village of Riaumont, in northern France, run by Catholic monks and priests, were abused: until 2019, thousands of children suffered beatings, forced labor and sexual violence....

A short, three minute documentary exploring audio recordings from the year 1894 to 1922, layered over home-footage from the year 1920 to 1985, as an indulgent social-commentary on our collective human experience as well as a testament to the everlast...

The Fillmore was once a thriving, vibrant, and multicultural community with one of the most prominent jazz scenes on the West Coast and hundreds of black-owned businesses. The neighborhood’s prosperity quickly came to an end as urban redevelopment to...

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From one of the most violent communities in the country comes a documentary directed by parents of murdered children, reformed gang members, kids hoping to make it to college, police and people just trying to survive....

In May 1980, more than 800 people lived for 33 days near Gorleben in the protest camp ‚Free Republic of Wendland‘ and thus prevented for a short time drilling for the planned nuclear waste repository in the nearby salt dome....

At the dawn of the Christian era, Petra, capital of the rich kingdom of the Nabataeans, bordering the deserts of Arabia, Syria and the Negev, was absorbed by the Roman Empire and, after being sacked by the Bedouins, disappeared from the memory of man...

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Since 1944, Lithuanians have lived under Soviet occupation. They declared independence on the 11th of March, 1990. Ending almost 50 years of Soviet control. These are MEMORIES OF OCCUPATION....

Card games have been delighting people all over the world for over 800 years. What is the secret of Jack, Queen, King and Ace? Is poker a game of luck or a game of skill? And why has there always been an air of wickedness about it?...