Historical Documentary Movies

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...

During the Nuremberg Trials, the victors of the Second World War judge those responsible for the Third Reich.

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...

Based on the model of documentary fiction (alternating period films, interviews and re-enactments with actors), the film begins on September 8, 1961...

Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Solidarity), the first...

The Concorde remains a legend of the sky. In both looks and performance, it was incomparable, and the technology behind it was nothing less than...

George Stoney investigates the living conditions, both good and bad, in the rural, segregated South.

For the first time, survivors talk about life after the camps. How does one return to a life that was interrupted with such violence? How does one...

The injustice of the Japanese internment is explored through the story of Kyuichi Nomoto, one of the first Japanese Canadians to graduate from UBC,...

This documentary explores the events surrounding the greatest maritime tragedy in the history of the Pacific coast, the sinking of the Princess...

Documentary on BC coal miner and labor activist Ginger Goodwin, his career as a striker, anti-war efforts, persecution and assassination by a hired...

Profiles the double Oscar winner, who helmed some of the most well-respected movies of all time, via never-before-seen archive and contributions from...

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,...

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...