On August 1, 1942, a 22-year-old Mexican American man was stabbed to death at a party. To white Los Angelenos, the murder was just more proof that Mexican American crime was spiraling out of control. The police fanned out across LA, netting 600 young Mexican American suspects. Almost all those taken into custody were wearing the distinctive uniform of their generation: Zoot Suits. The tragic murder and the injustice of the trial that followed, coupled with sensational news coverage of both, fanned the flames of the racial hostility that was already running rife in the city. Within months of the verdict, Los Angeles was in the grip of some of the worst violence in its history.

A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a clo...

An exhilarating documentary film that celebrates the unsung hero of aviation - the local airport - b...

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a tu...

Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 A...

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the...

Young Tom and his misfit friends fight to save 'Buster' the baby elephant during the German air raid...

A Latvian tragicomedy about a young artist who bears witness to the dramatic political upheavals of ...

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison ...

In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: I...

A low-intensity war is being fought on the streets of Europe and the aim is on fascism. This critica...

A deep dive into the history of the Canadian Government and the Department of National Defence leasi...

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos ...

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for contro...

Mariupol. Pre-war life in a small Ukrainian town on the shore of the Azov Sea, with a good family li...

The film looks at men and women of color in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1938-1975. Through chronic...

As told by the people involved, and using real footage from the tragic event, we take a deep dive in...

At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in...

In this documentary about the exile of two famous French actors in Argentina during and after World ...

In 1945 a group of victorious American officers discover a stash of German jewels and try to fence t...