Subgenre Sampler
History: 397 Films to Buy & Rent
- A History of Britain (TV Series) (2002)
- The complete series of Simon Schama's accessible, but provocative look at British history from 3000 BC to 2000 AD.
Disc 1 – Beginnings,…
- Adventure of English, The (2002)
- Dir. Robert Bee, David Thomas
- An involving lesson in linguistics, presenter Melvyn Bragg takes us back to the roots of the English language – which found its genesis in…
- Fidel and Che (TV Mini-series) (Fidel) (2002)
- Dir. David Attwood
Feat. Victor Huggo Martin, Gael Garcia Bernal
- Fairly balanced exploration of the Cuban Revolution as told through the rise of Fidel Castro, from revolutionary fighter, to popular leader and…
- Gathering Storm, The (2002)
- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent…
- Critically acclaimed telemovie depicts the life of Winston Churchill during his 'wilderness years', the turbulent 1930s, centred by a mighty…
- Kings and Queens (TV Series) (2002)
- A solid TV documentary series tracing lives and reigns of 12 of England's most influential monarchs. Historian Dr Nigel Spivey draws from an array of…
- Live From Baghdad (2002)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Michael Keaton, Helena Bonham Carter, Joshua Leonard…
- Media drama set in war–time Iraq tracking a gutsy group of CNN journalists who are among the few to choose to remain in Baghdad to capture the…
- Rosa Parks Story, The (2002)
- Dir. Julie Dash
Feat. Angela Bassett, Cicely Tyson, Peter Francis James
- A drama based on the life of Mrs. Rosa L. Parks from director Julie Dash (DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST).
In America in 1955, her courageous act of…
- Russian Ark (2002)
- Dir. Alexandr Sokurov
- Distinguised by its dazzling cinematic conceit – 300 years of Russian history staged in the Hermitage Museum (with 2000 extras) and captured in…
- Trials of Henry Kissinger, The (2002)
- Dir. Alex Gibney, Eugene Jarecki
- A corrosive yet robust investigation that alleges a misuse of power amounting to 'war crimes' by controversial US diplomat Henry Kissinger –…
- Weather Underground, The (2002)
- Dir. Sam Green, Bill Siegel
- A stimulating, incisive look back at the angry workings of "The Weathermen", a radical splinter faction of the protest movement who were responsible…