HISTORY Movies and Tvshows - Page 20

When the Hutu nationalists raised arms against their Tutsi countrymen in Rwanda in April 1994, the violent uprising marked the beginning of one of the darkest times in African history which resulted in the deaths of almost 800,000

Sir Edmund Blackadder must protect, and later rescue, King Charles I from the Roundheads

The film concerns the life of King Naresuan, who liberated the Siamese from the control of Burma Born in 1555, he was taken to Burma as a child hostage there he became acquainted with sword fighting and became a threat to the Bu

Prince Naresuan is now the crown prince of Ayutthaya and the king of Burma is dead While the new Burmese king is waging war, the crown prince plots to assassinate Naresuan Hearing this, the prince decides to evacuate Thais out o

Our story begins at the end of Sharpes Challenge Sharpe and Harper are en route to Madras when they encounter a baggage train from the East India Company traveling through hostile

Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but obviously mentally unstable captain and eventually must mutiny

This two hour special explore the mysterious and catastrophic collapse of ancient civilizations during the late Bronze Age, from the Hittites to the Mycenaeans and the Egyptians, revealing the tumultuous events that brought an end

Chile, 1955 The case of Maria Carolina Geel, a popular writer who murders her lover, captivates Mercedes, a shy secretary working for the judge assigned to defend the accused

In the 18th century, as the army of Prince De Beaulieu lays siege on the fortress of Marechal DAllenberg, a young princess sends a soldier out of the fortress to go find her lover

Robert Gould Shaw leads the U S Civil Wars first all black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates

In the East Wing of the White House, many of historys most impactful and world changing decisions have been hidden from view, made by Americas charismatic, complex and dynamic first ladies

In thirteenth century England, a Knights Templar and a few of the Barons men fight to defend Rochester Castle against the tyrannical King John

A chronicle of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965

The story behind Nass groundbreaking debut album Illmatic, and the early life of one of the most talented rappers of all time Featuring Pharrell Williams, Alicia Keys, Q Tip, and Busta Rhymes

Behind the walls of a forbidden city, the only thing more dangerous than its secrets is the truth

Al Capones Valentines Day surprise for the rival Bugs Moran gang in 1929 Chicago

In the summer of 1683, 300,000 warriors of the Ottoman Empire began the siege of Vienna The fall of the city would have opened the way to conquer Europe On September 11 was the main battle between the Polish cavalry and the Turks

The life and work of photographer Sebastiao Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world

An all star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ

Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings

An examination of the Battle of Gettysberg on both the personal and strategic level

In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects

A film that chronicles the events of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life

A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern womens movement from 1966 to 1971

In 33 AD, a Roman Tribune in Judea is tasked to find the missing body of Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead

A young womans desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from

A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husbands incarceration

The story of Nicholas Sand and Tim Scully, the unlikely duo at the heart of 1960s American drug counter culture

With the country on the brink of Civil War, the struggle for freedom is more dangerous than ever Underground follows the story of American heroes and their moving journey to freedom

Follows Declan Harp, a half Irishhalf Cree Native Canadian outlaw who is campaigning to breach the Hudsons Bay Companys monopoly on the fur trade in Canada

Amantha Starr grows up as a privileged southern Belle in the ante bellum South, but after her father dies broke, her world is destroyed when she discovers her mother was black

The hit musical based on the life of Eva Peron Evita Duarte, a B picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Peron, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina

Three Australian couples stumble across an ancient curse in the Outback, and their dream holiday turns into a nightmare that may kill them all

The story of the most notorious Confederate prisoner of war camp in the American Civil War

Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, who was shot after discovering who was responsible for his teachers death Huo Yuanjia in Japanese occupied Shanghai A mysterious stranger arrives from overseas