American History
80 title(s) found.
1961, the Road to Freedom
Cinefete A296-003The film follows the historic movement begun on May 4th, 1961 by a group of black and white civil...

A Plague of Witchcraft: Witches of Salem Part 3
Blue Ant Media BAM1160George Burroughs, the former minister of Salem Village, is arrested in Maine and brought to Salem...

Abe's Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln
Weston Woods WW2736Based on the book by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Kadir Nelson (Hyperion Books For Children)...

After Auschwitz: Holocaust Survivor Documentary
Passion River Films PR0000“You’re free. Go home”Most Holocaust films end with these words, the very words that...

Alan Poul ( Six feet under, Rome, The Newsroom)
Cinefete A296-S01-01In spite of a background in Japanese cinema, Alan Poul began his career as a lyricist for musicals...

Alan Taylor ( Game of Thrones, Deadwood, Homicide)
Cinefete A296-S01-06Meet the man who directed episodes for some of the best TV shows in the world such as Game of...

America’s Diplomats: Great Decisions 2019 Series
Scorpion TV SCTV11For generations, American diplomats have shaped our history. They found support for our...

American Chaos: W5
CTV CTV842The United States of America is embroiled in some of the greatest challenges it's faced in decades...

American Experience: Chasing the Moon
PBS Video 041932Chasing the Moon reimagines the race to the moon for a new generation, upending much of the...

American Experience: The Eugenics Crusade
PBS Video 041957A hybrid derived from the Greek words meaning “well” and “born,” the term eugenics was...

American Experience: The Man Who Tried to Feed the World
PBS Video 041952In 1966, drought and an exploding population confronted India with the imminent threat of a severe...

American Experience: The Poison Squad
PBS Video 041942Based on the book by Deborah Blum, The Poison Squad tells the story of government chemist Dr...

American Experience: The Vote
PBS Video 041951One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the dramatic story of the...

American Experience: Woodrow Wilson
PBS Video 040541A gifted orator, Woodrow Wilson was supremely confident before crowds, yet uneasy in small groups...

American Totem: Reckoning With Gun Cultures
Video Project, Inc. TVP085After public mass shootings, the national gun debate consists of predictable talking points that...

American Tragedy
Video Project, Inc. TVP081A mother grapples to understand how her son became a school shooter and what it would take to...

Americans and the World: Great Decisions 2020 Series
Scorpion TV SCTV24In a democracy, foreign policy and diplomacy must be directed by the people, but survey after...

And She Could Be Next
PBS Video 041953And She Could Be Next tells the story of a defiant movement of women of color transforming...

Asian Americans
PBS Video 041950Asian Americans delivers a bold, new perspective on the Asian American experience that will...

Avec Castro, À L'Heure du Crime, 1963
Mélisande Films F196-038Castro voyait dans Kennedy le seul président qui crut à une coexistence entre socialistes et...

Black Is the Color
Films Media Group 395271Faced with racist caricatures, African American painters decided to present a different image of...

Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
CineFocus CIN014This inspiring biography chronicles the remarkable story of Aboriginal artist Buffy Sainte-Marie as...

Capitol Chaos: W5
CTV CTV853It’s a new era in America. The country has a new Commander-in-Chief. Joe Biden, a career...

Coretta Scott
Weston Woods WW2606Based on the book by Ntozake Shange, illustrated by Kadir Nelson (HarperCollins) - This...

Durkheim and the Functions of Crime
Shortcutstv Ltd STV030It seems obvious to most people that crime and social order are opposites. But more than a century...

Father of Containment - The George Kennan Story: Great Decisions...
Scorpion TV SCTV13George Kennan was the architect of America’s Cold War strategy, but he remained an outsider who...

Flowing Water
Passion River Films PR4132A lavish jewel in the crown of one of the greatest gardens in the world, Flowing Water tells the...

From Watts to Watts
Tamara Films A196-0286Charles Burnett is an eminent figure of the Black independent movement during the sixties. His dual...

From Watts to Watts (French Version)
Tamara Films F196-042Figure éminente du « Black independent movement » pendant les années soixante, Charles Burnett...

FRONTLINE: In the Age of AI
PBS Video 041933It's been called "The New Space Race." This time it's China taking on the United States, and the...

Frontline: The Abortion Divide
PBS Video 041929In 1983 - 10 years after Roe v. Wade - a landmark FRONTLINE documentary, Abortion Clinic, showed...

Gathering Storm: Witches of Salem Part 1
Blue Ant Media BAM1158When the young girls of Reverend Samuel Parris’s household terrify themselves by trying to tell...

Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
Passion River Films PR4695Other countries built palaces for royalty, in the United States they were built to watch movies...

Grace for President
Weston Woods WW2750Based on the book by Kelly DiPucchio, illustrated by LeUyen Pham (Hyperion Books) - When...

Great Decisions 2020
Scorpion TV SCTV14Great Decisions takes you beyond today’s headlines by providing a look at significant challenges...

Happy Cleaners
Passion River Films PR4840Happy Cleaners is about the Choi Family living and surviving in Flushing, Queens. We observe the...

Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller
Weston Woods WW2735Based on the book by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Matt Tavares (Hyperion Books For Children)...

Hemingway: A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
PBS Video 041963Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's six-hour documentary series, HEMINGWAY, examines the visionary work and...

Henry's Freedom Box
Weston Woods WW854by Ellen Levine, illustrated by Kadir Nelson (Scholastic) Henry dreams of a world where his...

Jennifer Getzinger ( Mad Men, Masters of Sex, the Big C…)
Cinefete A296-S01-02An intimate and never-before-seen portrait of Jennifer Getzinger who directed episodes of Mad Men...

JFK: A President Betrayed
Passion River Films PR2320Narrated by Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman, JFK: A President Betrayed uncovers new evidence...

John, Paul, George and Ben
Weston Woods WW807by Lane Smith (Hyperion) This humorous and factual history of five lads who grew up to become...

Laurie Keller LIbrary, The Vol. I
Weston Woods WW2936Includes: The Scrambled States of America The Scrambled States of America Talent...

Man In Red Bandana
Passion River Films PR3897This is a story of sacrifice, selflessness and legacy. "Man In Red Bandana" tells the story of...

Matthew Penn ( Law & Order, Damages, Royal Pains)
Cinefete A296-S01-05Actor by training, Matthew Penn began directing theatre before being hired as a director on a...

Mon fantôme rouge! Mon Poison Rouge! (Saison 2)
Sardine Productions SAR057FRLa mère de Beanie se joint à Mme Préhistorikz pour une séance de spiritisme cocasse pour que...

My Senator and Me
Weston Woods WW804by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, ill. by David Small (Scholastic Press) Senator Ted Kennedy and...

North America
Cinefete A259-S02-01North America is perpetually reinventing itself. The continent is a wild world of rivers, plains...

Outlier: The Story of Katherine Johnson
Films Media Group 395169In mathematical terms, an outlier is a data point that differs greatly from other observations. It...

Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet
Films Media Group 395274The forgotten story of the hole in the ozone layer -and how the world came together to fix it. The...