History Movies

When a man is late to work after getting pooped on by a pigeon, he hustles through the park to make it on time. Suddenly, it happens again. Only this...

Fumiko Hayashida: The Woman Behind the Symbol is both a historical portrait of Fumiko, her family and the Bainbridge Island Japanese American...

Part of BBC Arena's Animal Night, this film chronicles a strange era in history when animals were put on trial in human courts.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, mineral rich country the size of Western Europe. Alastair Leithead takes an epic journey from the...

When Thomas Jefferson died in 1826, he left behind a mountain of personal debt, which forced his heirs to sell his beloved Monticello home and all of...

The 'stolen' insider emails that informed Nicky Hager's best-selling account of National's 2005 election campaign return in Alister Barry's (Someone...

Through interviews with leading psychologists and scientists, Neurons to Nirvana explores the history of four powerful psychedelic substances (LSD,...

In this feature-length documentary film essay, archival footage weaves together childhood memories from once-opposing sides on the Gorizia border to...

This is the story of my father, my mother, my grandfather and my grandmother ... it is the story of all the saharaui people ... but I do not want it...

This is a Labour Party film from 1938, featuring footage from around New Zealand pre 1938. This film predates the National Film Unit and is part of...

A fun, nostalgic look at the rich history of Lagoon Amusement Park, which has enchanted visitors for generations with its rides, rock concerts, and...

A documentary exploring Saudi Arabia's hidden film culture, following movie lovers who grew up without theaters in the 1980s and uncovering the...

A wordless 16mm experimental short film exploring the human relationship to nature, labor, and the evolution of machinery.