History Movies

Lysistrata

Lysistrata is a newly envisioned feature film of Aristophanes shocking comic masterpiece about a sex strike, which ends war and shows why sexual politics are timelessly funny. Zita Walsh ... See full summary »

Rootz

Two women share the same bench at a park and discover their broken family roots are related. A daughter introduces her boyfriend to her parents and discovers their racially biased standards. A raw and honest portrayal of two family stories.

Felix Kersten, le médecin du diable

The Lace, a Venetian Art

On the Burano Island in the lagoon of Venice, famed for the splendour of its past, the old tradition of the Lace survives thanks to the latest lace-makers. This film reveals the secrets of an ancient art worldwide appreciated.

The Bird Catcher

On her attempt to flee the Nazi round-up in Norway, Esther finds herself alone, on an occupied farm forced to conceal her identity; leading to a series of choices and consequences which ... See full summary »

A Road Trip Story

The heart of the Dallas Arts District--Booker T Washington High School. A haven for creative budding artists, inspirational instructors, and unlikely criminal delinquents. Four theatre ... See full summary »

Auca del Born

Performance Indeterminate Cage Opera

If you took the musical revolution of John Cage, the radical thinking of Marcel Duchamp, and the media anarchy of Nam June Paik, and put them in a blender; the result would be PICO (... See full summary »

The Siege 1922

The Muselmann

The film takes place in the winter of 1944 in a Nazi occupied concentration camp in Poland. Three survivors- Eli, Yaduik, and Zigney have managed to escape the madness of the concentration ... See full summary »

My Family Tree

Sixteen year old student Janis has been given an interesting home work assignment - to draw his family tree and tell about it. The film follows the story of the Latvian boy's family tree.

Gotán

The Hauntings of Chicago

Abstractly You Loved Me

An essay film by Adam E. Stone and Hong Zhou about love, chronic pain, oxycodone addiction, and one man's obsession with assassinating North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.

L'uomo dai quattro nomi

The City of Love and Hope

A Japanese family is impacted by nuclear energy over the course of decades and generators. Starting in 1966, a nearby nuclear power plant creates problems for the entire family.

Umezurtzak

Alicia is a judge like her father was, murdered by ETA twenty seven years ago. Now she lives with her husband Ricardo in a residential area in the suburbs from Bilbao. In the house next ... See full summary »

Lost Over France: Malaysia's Unsung Hero

Nordic Light

Plot unknown. Described as a period-piece spy-drama about the German-Swedish involvement in WWI.

Surface

Composition and mixture of 24 minutes of 60 places in city of Milwaukee. A confusing painted surface...