In the waning days of summer 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy wife made a drastic allegation of rape against five nonwhite islanders. What unfolded in the following days and weeks was a racially-charged murder case that would make headlines across the nation, enrage Hawai'i's native population, and galvanize the island's law enforcers and the nation's social elite.

Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1919, when the Republic of ...

The film looks at men and women of color in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1938-1975. Through chronic...
Personal experiences of Northwest Ohio residents during the January 1978 blizzard that disrupted dai...

In personal reflections on her own experiences with sexual violence and in frank conversations with ...

Using two separate filmmaking teams (an all-white crew filming white residents and an all-black came...

AN OUTRAGE is a documentary film about lynching in the American South. Filmed on-location at lynchin...

The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Ja...

The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding o...

Launch of a competition, organized by the newspaper O Século, entitled Statues of Portugal.

During the worst days of World War II, the British government asks the mathematician Alan Turing to ...

Between 1931 and 1933, 4 million Ukrainians were to die of hunger. This famine was not preceded by a...

To historians, physicist Lise Meitner deserves to be placed on a par with Einstein, Heisenberg and O...

A showcase of German chancellor and Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler at the 1934 Nuremberg Rally.

There's not a person in the world who wouldn't recognize Mickey Mouse. But until now, not many knew ...

September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these...

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extrem...

Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her...

This is the story of the Fire Goddess Pele and the dynamics of her relationship with her sister Hi’i...

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American art...