Solomon Northup（切瓦特·埃加福特 Chiwetel Ejiofor 饰）本来是一个自由人，以演奏小提琴为生，有一个妻子和两个孩子，生活其乐融融。不料他却被两个白人以为马戏团表演伴奏所骗，去了华盛顿，一觉醒来发现自己成了黑奴。起初他被卖给了Ford先生（本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇 Benedict Cumberbatch 饰），在庄园里当奴隶。不久又被卖给了素有“黑奴终结者”之称的Epps先生（迈克尔·法斯宾德 Michael Fassbender 饰），他在种植园里日复一日地采摘棉花，也目睹了许多黑奴的悲剧。12年过去了，他始终没有放弃重回自由人的希望，直到遇到了一个思想进步的人士——木匠Bass先生（布拉德·皮特 Brad Pitt 饰）。Solomon是否能结束他身为奴隶的命运？本片根据Solomon Northup的真人真事改编。
盖茨家族是出名的冒险家家族。本（尼古拉斯•凯奇 Nicolas Cage 饰）小时候就获悉了他们家族的一个惊天秘密：美国开国时埋藏国家财富的地点就藏在《独立宣言》中。尽管父亲不想盖茨家族在纠缠于国家宝藏，但本还是与电脑高手雷利（贾斯汀•巴萨 Justin Bartha 饰）一起开始了寻宝行动。本的寻宝计划很快陷入了僵局。与此同时，英国富豪伊恩（肖恩•宾 Sean Bean 饰）也盯上了这个宝藏，他派人潜入了美国国家图书找寻《独立宣言》中宝藏的秘密并密谋对付本。图书馆的艾比嘉尔博士（戴安•克鲁格 Diane Kruger 饰）获悉了伊恩的险恶用心后，决心帮助本找到国家宝藏……
冒险家本·盖茨是次要挑战更艰难的探险寻宝之旅。美国第16任总统亚伯拉罕· 林肯之死一直是美国历史上的一宗悬案，据调查，凶手约翰·沃克斯·布斯实际是受人唆使犯下惊天命案。盖茨参加一次公开演讲，台下的一位叫米奇·威尔金森的男子宣称，盖茨的祖父与林肯之死有千丝万缕的联系。于是盖茨开始调查约翰·布斯相关的线索，发现一本叫“国家密宗”的书，是解答一切问题的关键。但国家密宗只有美国总统本人知道其所在，为了探寻真相，盖茨不惜铤而走险，绑架总统。
本片是是一部关于美国灵魂乐之父雷.查尔斯(Ray Charles)的人物传记影片。像大多数的音乐天才一样，他的一生经理了许多的坎坷与磨难，但最终取得了辉煌的成功。
肯尼迪的遇刺成为了一桩美国历史上的悬案，电影重新审视了那一段历史，到底杀手是一个普通人，还是整个庞大的政治阴谋，真相和幻象，都在调查中渐渐露出端倪。 总统遇刺的两小时内，官方认定的凶手即被逮捕，他就是里•哈威•奥斯瓦多。然而巧合的是，在随后的一个小时，这个嫌疑犯却火速被一名流氓杀死。经过调查，官方还是认定里•哈威•奥斯瓦多为真凶。但是，二十多年后的一个美国律师吉姆•加里森（凯文•科斯特纳 Kevin Costner 饰），却发现肯尼迪中弹的蹊跷，从而推测当年官方的误判，接下来，他的侦查牵连着一个历史上的惊天阴谋。
西部开拓史（How the West Was Won）是一部1962年的史诗型式西部片。时间设定为1839年至1889年。情节是拓荒者普莱史考特一家人四代的故事，旁及各相关人事物；从中呈现半个世纪的美国西部历史。此片气势雄浑壮阔，编剧、取景、摄影、配乐、音效、导演、演员 阵容，各方面俱臻上乘水平。全片包括5个部分：《急流》、《平原》、《非法之徒》，由亨利·海瑟威执导；《南北战争》由约翰·福特导演；《铁路》由乔治·马歇尔执导。 故事讲述一家三代在各种时代背景下的艰难曲折，通过这个家庭从19世纪早期到1880年代半个世纪的迁徙经历，描述美国西部历史。他们从纽约出发，经历了内战，淘金热，路遇印第安人和西南部的流放者，经历各种艰难险阻，终于到达西部，并联合其他开拓者在平原上修建了铁路，把法律与正义也带到了边疆。
由尊荣执导并参予演出，根据真人真事改编，此场战争更是美国史上的一大事迹。故事讲述1836年，185名英勇的美军及德萨斯州士，团结一致，奋然抵抗为数7000人的墨西哥军队，毫不退缩，为国捐躯、为自由战。全片摄于实战场地几公里外的洲。《锦秀山河烈士血》为大家带来视觉上的震撼，同时亦为此光辉的历史事迹、英勇的战士们致以欢呼赞颂。荣获奥斯卡最佳音乐奖，以及获最佳电影、最佳男配角、最佳摄影、最佳剪接、最佳主题曲等七项提名。
讲述美国前总统约翰·肯尼迪在1963年11月22日遇刺身亡的前四天时间里，发生在前第一夫人杰奎琳·肯尼迪身上的故事。
在电影《肯尼迪》（JFK，1991 年）上映 30 年后，电影制片人奥利弗-斯通回顾了最近解密的与 1963 年 11 月 22 日在达拉斯发生的约翰-肯尼迪总统遇刺事件有关的证据。
美国国家航空航天局（NASA）的保险库首次开放，以泄露这一精美，前所未见的音频和70毫米阿波罗11号任务的电影画面。卡纳维拉尔角的蜿蜒相机捕捉到美国未来的梦幻般的肖像，从阿波罗11号太空船内部，宇航员惊人的诙谐谈话以轻盈和魅力点缀任务的每个阶段。然而观看火箭的观众却没有注意到任务控制成功的巨大压力。导演托德米勒带您直接了解这一激烈的科学和人类活动的核心，在准备，起飞，降落和返回着名的登月任务的最后时刻分享气氛和行动。镜头是如此干净和充满活力，就好像你站在火箭的底部。精心设计和实现，这种真正身临其境的体验为人类最伟大的成就之一提供了新面貌，让我们惊叹于人类的聪明才智和将人类带入太空的冲动。
《揭开面纱：好莱坞的跨性别人生》以前所未有、令人大开眼界的方式探讨了电影和电视剧中对跨性别者的描绘，揭示了好莱坞如何同时反映和制造我们对性别最深层的焦虑。 包括拉弗恩·考克斯、莉莉·沃卓斯基、恩斯·福特、MJ·罗德里格斯、杰米·克莱顿和查兹·波诺在内的跨性别思想家和创意人士，分享了他们对一些好莱坞经典片段的反应和抗拒。 通过《弗州迷魅》(1914)、《热天午后》《哭泣的游戏》和《男孩别哭》等电影，以及《杰斐逊一家》《拉字至上》和《姿态》等节目，他们追溯了一段既无人道又不断发展、复杂、时而幽默的历史，从中可以一窥屏幕上的跨性别形象、社会看法和真实跨性别生活之间的相互影响。导演萨姆·费德尔以崭新的视角重塑了熟悉的场景和标志性人物，让观众面对未经检验的假设，并展示了曾经引起美国人遐想的事物如今如何引发新的感受。在我们如何看待和理解跨性别者方面，《揭开面纱：好莱坞的跨性别人生》引发了一场惊人的革命。
美国宪法第十三修正案：人人平等——除了罪犯。所以“罪犯”成了种族歧视、奴役的新缘由，通过囚禁有色人种来剥夺他们的权利，限制他们的自由，利用他们的劳力获取利益
美国刚刚从法国收购了路易斯安那。 由刘易斯和克拉克（Lewis and Clark）率领的探险队被派去调查该领土，并前往以前没有白人的地方。 他们能否在萨卡哈维亚的帮助下克服危险？
印度裔美国人迪内什·迪索萨（Dinesh D'Souza）的“伪”纪录片，主要是炮轰民主党和希拉里。
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
Room 222 is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series aired on ABC for 112 episodes from September 17, 1969 until January 11, 1974. The show was broadcast on Wednesday evenings at 9:00 for its first two seasons before settling into its best-remembered time slot of Friday evenings at 9:00, following The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family, and preceding The Odd Couple and Love, American Style. In 1970, Room 222 earned Emmy Awards in three categories: Outstanding New Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. A unique take on the familiar and less familiar people and events from America’s great past as great moments in history are retold with unforgettable results.
An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
Oliver Stone's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.
Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe, then his terms as vice president and president of the United States, up to his death on July 4, 1826.
Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962.
Dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation.
Liberty's Kids is an animated educational historical fiction television series produced by DIC Entertainment, originally broadcast on PBS Kids from September 2, 2002 to April 4, 2003, although PBS continued to air reruns until August 2004. The show has since been syndicated by DiC to affiliates of smaller television networks such as The CW and MyNetworkTV and some independent stations so that those stations can fulfill FCC educational and informational requirements. Since September 16, 2006, the series aired on CBS's new block called KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS, then it was aired on KEWLopolis, which taking September 12, 2009. In 2008 it ran on The History Channel. The series is currently on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and CBS's Cookie Jar TV. In 2012, Qubo announced the channel will air Liberty's Kids in fall 2012. The series was based on an idea by Kevin O'Donnell and developed for television by Kevin O'Donnell, Robby London, Mike Maliani, and Andy Heyward.
When the United States of America was founded, the ideals of freedom and equality did not apply to all people. These are the stories of the brave Americans who fought to right the nation’s wrongs and enshrine the values we hold most dear into the Constitution — with liberty and justice for all.
The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the entire era it encompassed (1920-33). After nearly a century of activism, Prohibition was intended to improve the lives of all citizens by protecting individuals, families and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse; but paradoxically it made millions of people rethink their definition of morality.
Profiles in Courage is an American historical anthology series that was telecast weekly on NBC from November 8, 1964 to May 9, 1965. The series was based on the recently President John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize winning book, Profiles in Courage.
In keeping with the original project, this series seeks to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
John Green teaches you the history of the United States of America in 47 episodes!
Out of the ashes of World War I, a new generation of titan rises…Pierre Du Pont, Walter Chrysler, J.P. Morgan Jr., Henry Ford, and William Boeing. Their fight to reach the top will transform America as they compete to dominate new industries—from the highways to the skyways. After years of fighting each other, and FDR, these rivals must unite during World War II to defeat a greater enemy and save the world.
Treasure Hunters is a reality television series on NBC and Global Television in which ten teams of three solve puzzles and complete challenges in hopes of solving the ultimate puzzle and winning the grand prize. Teams travel across the United States and Europe in search of seven "artifacts" which when assembled will "lead to the key. Find the key, and find the treasure." The challenges and puzzles are spliced with American history, and the ultimate goal is to find a hidden treasure, leading the show to be compared on various occasions to the film National Treasure. The value of the treasure in the series was revealed on the season finale to be $3,000,000. The two-hour premiere episode aired on June 18, 2006 and beginning June 26 the series moved to its regular Monday night timeslot. The season finale was broadcast live on August 21, 2006. The Hunt is similar in format to The Amazing Race. Key differences include: ⁕Teams consist of three members as opposed to The Amazing Race's usual two ⁕The start location of each leg is not necessarily the end point of the previous leg ⁕Teams start each leg at the same time; Amazing Race teams have staggered starts based on previous leg finish order
Set in 1869 Alberta-Montana border country, “Strange Empire” is a Western whose heroes are women. With most of their men gone, and those who remain battling for control, the women struggle to survive, to find their independence, and to build a life in which to thrive and raise families.
An unprecedented look at the decade-long odyssey to land a man on the moon. This documentary pulls back the curtain on the familiar narrative of the moonshot, revealing a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama.
Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which took place in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
A half century look back at a year marked by the assassinations of MLK and RFK, a contentious presidential election, escalating anti-Vietnam War sentiment and more.
