Historical Documentary Movies
- 2018
Les secrets du saint Graal
Les secrets du saint Graal82018HD
- 2003
The Sinking of the Princess Sophia
The Sinking of the Princess Sophia02003HD
This documentary explores the events surrounding the greatest maritime tragedy in the history of the Pacific coast, the sinking of the Princess...
- 2017
Le Monde sous les bombes, de Guernica à Hiroshima
Le Monde sous les bombes, de Guernica à Hiroshima72017HD
- 1901
I Funerali di Giuseppe Verdi
I Funerali di Giuseppe Verdi41901HD
On 28 January 1901 the great musician Giuseppe Verdi died from the consequences of a stroke that had struck him six days earlier. These very rare...
- 2022
Nomoto: A BC Tragedy
Nomoto: A BC Tragedy02022HD
The injustice of the Japanese internment is explored through the story of Kyuichi Nomoto, one of the first Japanese Canadians to graduate from UBC,...
- 2005
Ils voulaient tuer de Gaulle
Ils voulaient tuer de Gaulle82005HD
Based on the model of documentary fiction (alternating period films, interviews and re-enactments with actors), the film begins on September 8, 1961...
- 2022
Les Suppliques
Les Suppliques7.82022HD
Since the defeat, the Nazis, who were the masters of the occupied zone, and the French State, which had been ruling the so-called free zone since...
- 2021
La guerre de Troie a bien eu lieu
La guerre de Troie a bien eu lieu6.22021HD
- 2022
Fatos na Praça Cruz Vermelha
Fatos na Praça Cruz Vermelha6.32022HD
Some residents around Praça Cruz Vermelha report a succession of events in the square and what they hope for its future. Furthermore, the film...
- 2021
La guillotine, une invention bien française
La guillotine, une invention bien française72021HD
Forty years after the abolition of the death penalty in France, voted on September 18, 1981, the guillotine remains in the collective imagination as...
- 2021
Kaffee - Geheimnisse eines Wundertranks
Kaffee - Geheimnisse eines Wundertranks82021HD
Coffee is the second most important commodity in the world after oil. The drink has a long history and what's more, its effect seems to be...
- 2016
Gogol Online: Stalin's Funeral
Gogol Online: Stalin's Funeral7.52016HD
On the same day that Stalin was buried, Sergei Prokofiev's funeral took place completely unnoticed. And if the farewell to the composer quietly went...
- 2011
Une vie avec Oradour
Une vie avec Oradour82011HD
- 2024
London Recruits
London Recruits02024HD
The story of the Londoners recruited to be freedom fighters during the South African apartheid during the 1960s.
- 2020
L'Exode
L'Exode9.32020HD
- 2024
Les aventurières du vélo
Les aventurières du vélo82024HD
- 2024
The Ballad of Ginger Goodwin
The Ballad of Ginger Goodwin02024HD
Documentary on BC coal miner and labor activist Ginger Goodwin, his career as a striker, anti-war efforts, persecution and assassination by a hired...
- 2024
Ass im Ärmel - Faszination Kartenspiel
Ass im Ärmel - Faszination Kartenspiel82024HD
- 2022
Aserbaidschan - Im Land des schwarzen Goldes
Aserbaidschan - Im Land des schwarzen Goldes82022HD
From the Caucasus to the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, independent since 1991, is today looking for a new identity. Guided tour of this oil-rich country,...
- 2024
Darling, Mister Graphophone
Darling, Mister Graphophone02024HD
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...