The Smile of the Leader
2011-11-27Using astounding footage from the Luce archives (newsreels, but also true films) Il sorriso del capo/The Smile of the Leader shows how propaganda work...
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The Letter
1936-06-18A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.
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The Overcoat
2021-02-19Based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol written in 1842. A lowly office worker's new overcoat transforms his bleak and invisible existence. Unfortun...
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Big Bang in Tunguska
2008-06-27At 7:14 am on 30 June 1908, the largest explosion recorded in human history to date reverberated throughout our planet. The force of the explosion was...
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Outbreak: Anatomy of a Plague
2010-04-01Patient Zero is a stewardess, stricken with what she thinks is chickenpox. She goes to ground in a Montreal hotel room. A few weeks later, she's back ...
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39-45, elles n'ont rien oublié
2024-05-29This film traces the journeys of four French women during World War II. Now aged 90 and over, they recount in vivid detail and with incredible dignity...
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Le souffle de la liberté
1955-12-28In 1789, French poet André Chénier struck up a romance with a young aristocrat.
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The May Revolution
1909-05-22La Revolución de Mayo (in English: May Revolution) is an Argentine silent movie premiered in 1909. As the name denotes, it is focused on the events of...
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VHS Revolution
2017-08-28Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the media generated – with far-fetched examples of ca...
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Antarctica: A Frozen History
2002-04-15Antarctica: A Frozen History takes a look at the history and stories of the human explorations in the Antarctic. Although quite slow paced and relati...
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Park Chung-hee: The Man Who Dreamed of an Economic Powerhouse
2024-07-10A nation rebuilds from ruins—through Saemaul Undong, heavy industry, and highways—as one man's vision fuels a 1960s-70s economic miracle. Can they tra...
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The Heart of the Blackhawks
2017-11-12Pierre Pilote was one of the top Defencemen in the NHL for the Chicago Blackhawks, back in the original six era. Pierre along with his children share ...
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Row Don't Drift: An American Legacy
2025-12-06When Yoshi Kubo is evicted from his California farm under the WWIl Japanese exclusion order and confined in a bleak internment camp, he takes an uncon...
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Cry of the Sky
2018-07-01Cry of the Sky is loosely about events that led to the collapse of the first Kurdish revolution of 1961 and the chaotic recovery of the resistance mov...
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A Tuba To Cuba
2019-02-15A son seeking to fulfill his late father’s dream takes his band from the storied city of New Orleans to the shores of Cuba, where — through the univer...
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