History Movies

“Wings of Silver: The Vi Cowden Story,” follows one 93-year-old woman’s journey from the Black Hills of South Dakota where she...

There are towns that build their lives from the will where the inert reigns, where the landscape is arid and dead and there are only infinite...

Documentary Tells Story of Maud Dahme, One of Thousands of Jewish Children in the Netherlands Who Were Hidden and Saved From Nazi Death Camps by...

For both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, Captain James Cook is a figure of great historical significance.

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...

Fabiana, Carlo, Claudio and Vincenzo… I met them in 1982 in Mercatale, their village in Tuscany, near Florence. They were aged between 25 and...

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

There’s no one taste or flavor to define a neighborhood, especially one like the Lower East Side. Follow us on a culinary journey of food...

Western Sahara is one of the most heavily mined territories in the world following decades of conflict with its neighbours. Despite a 1991 ceasefire,...

Documentary about the renowned Estonian pedagogue and educational reformer Johannes Käis. Made on commission for Estonian Ministry of Education.

The film showcases the voices of past and present Hougang residents, alongside commentary by historians, public intellectuals, politicians, and...

This essay-film is a historical crash-course which spans the millennia from the stone age to the conquest of space in the 1960s.

In 804 AD, Kūkai traveled to Tang China with the Japanese diplomatic mission to study under Master Huiguo, the seventh patriarch of Tang...

With its recognisable bright red cap with white spots, the fly agaric (amanita muscaria) seems like the archetype of the fairy tale toadstool. But it...