The Lovely Month of May (1963), Regret to Inform (1999), End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock (2021), The Royal Ballet (1960), Paris Is Burning (1990), Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country (2008), An Unlikely Weapon (2008), Totally Under Control (2020) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Historical Record movies.
Storyline: Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Plot Keywords: documentary, politics, history, war, iraq war, defense, government ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A homage to Bruce Weber's Favourite things, these being mixing film, photography and classic movies. With portraits of a lesbian jazz singer and a 16 year old wrestler.
Plot Keywords: documentary, photography, fashion, identity, art, portrait, new york ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Eight acclaimed filmmakers bring their unique and differing perspectives to the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held in Munich. The segments include Claude Lelouch's take on Olympic losers and their struggle to remain dignified even in the face of bitter disappointment and defeat; Mai Zetterling's dramatic exploration of the world of weightlifting; and Michael Pfleghar's piece on young Russian gymnast Ludmilla Tourischev's majestic performance on the uneven bars.
Plot Keywords: documentary, olympics, sports, anthology, sportsmanship, competition, historical record ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A new man joins the civilian firefighters at a London unit during the Second World War. He meets his fellow firemen and firewomen, manages to enjoy some leisure time with them, and then goes on his first mission with the crew as it attempts to save an explosives warehouse on Trinidad Street near the London docks.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: war film, documentary, world war ii, british film, realism, black and white, 1940s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This fine, fresh and fascinating picture crafts the parallel cycles of the life of man and beast into a magnificently interwoven drama. Narrated by Orson Welles, and described as "a sprawling, multicoloured mosaic of nature" it unfolds the wonder of the African Jungle in all its majesty.
Plot Keywords: adventure, africa, jungle, wildlife, documentary, expedition, nature ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In this take on the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Doc Holliday (Stacy Keach) travels to Tombstone, Ariz., with prostitute Katie Elder (Faye Dunaway). Although the trip is difficult because Doc is ill with tuberculosis, they eventually reach their destination, where Holliday is reunited with his old friend Marshal Wyatt Earp (Harris Yulin), who has been clashing with the Clanton gang. Tension between Earp and the Clantons rises until their infamous final showdown brings it to a head.
Plot Keywords: documentary, war, vietnam war, history, military, politics, america ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Retreating from Kuwait after the first Gulf War, the Iraqi army sets fire to the country's oil fields. In this documentary, filmmaker Werner Herzog films the raging flames while narrating from the perspective of a confused alien visitor, musing on the strangeness of the landscape. As the fires burn, helicopter shots display the extent of the damage. On the ground, firefighters do their best to control things, while Kuwaiti women recount atrocities perpetrated by the Iraqis.
Plot Keywords: documentary, war, experimental film, visually stunning, narration, surrealism, apocalyptic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Inspired by the work of investigative journalist James Ridgeway, filmmakers Anne Bohlen and Kevin Rafferty examine the philosophies and goals of white-supremacist groups, from the Ku Klux Klan to the American Nazi Party. Shot primarily at a neo-Nazi gathering in rural Michigan, this social document includes candid interviews with white racists, footage of figureheads George Lincoln Rockwell and David Duke and clips from the groups' own hate-filled propaganda videos.
Plot Keywords: documentary, racism, white supremacy, extremism, american politics, social issues, ideology ...
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