History Documentaries That Put You There
Archive footage, first-hand witnesses and the moments that turned a century. History without the lecture.
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16 titles
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Night and Fog -
Hearts and Minds -
Harlan County U.S.A. -
The Times of Harvey Milk -
Shoah -
Paris Is Burning -
The Fog of War -
Restrepo -
The Act of Killing -
13th -
I Am Not Your Negro -
They Shall Not Grow Old -
Apollo 11 -
For Sama -
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) -
20 Days in Mariupol
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