Quando uma página perdida do diário de John Wilkes Booth aparece, o bisavô de Ben Gates acaba sendo implicado como cúmplice da morte de Abraham Lincoln. Determinado a provar a sua inocência e limpar a honra da família, Ben segue uma série de pistas que o leva numa caça ao tesouro, de Paris a Londres e de volta aos EUA.
Ben Gates procurou, toda a sua vida, um tesouro que foi muito bem guardado e que está associado aos Templários e aos Maçons. Nunca encontrou uma prova da sua existência... até que descobre que o mapa está codificado na Declaração da Independência dos Estados Unidos.
Na pré-Guerra Civil dos Estados Unidos, Solomon Northup, um homem negro livre de Nova Iorque, é raptado e vendido como escravo nos estados do Sul. Ali, irá lutar pela vida, pela liberdade e pela dignididade, enfrentando a crueldade do sistema esclavagista sulista mas também momentos de inesperada bondade.
Sem estar convencido do parecer final da Comissão Warren, que conclui ter sido o Presidente John F. Kennedy assassinado por uma única pessoa, o promotor Jim Garrison tenta provar a existência de uma conspiração.
Em 1932, Ray Charles nasce na Geórgia, mas fica cego aos 7 anos, pouco tempo depois de testemunhar a morte acidental do seu irmão. Inspirado por uma dedicada mãe independente, encontrou o seu dom no teclado de um piano. A sua fama cresce mundialmente após, de modo inovador, criar músicas únicas unindo o gospel, o country e o jazz num estilo inimitável e ao lutar contra a segregação racial dos negros. Mas a sua vida foi também marcada por sucessivos casos amorosos e um terrível vício em heroína.
Com recursos a arquivos de filmagens e de áudio recentemente descobertos, este documentário explora os bastidores da histórica alunagem da Apollo 11, em 1969.
Após o assassinato do presidente John F. Kennedy, a primeira-dama Jacqueline Kennedy luta contra o sofrimento e trauma para recuperar a sua fé, consolar os seus filhos, e definir o legado histórico do marido.
Neste documentário provocador, académicos, ativistas e políticos analisam a criminalização dos afro-americanos na situação atual do sistema prisional dos EUA.
Trinta anos após o lançamento do seu filme «JFK» (1991), o realizador Oliver Stone analisa provas recentemente desclassificadas relacionadas com o assassinato do Presidente John F. Kennedy, que teve lugar em Dallas a 22 de novembro de 1963.
Virgínia, 1803. Depois dos Estados Unidos da América adquirirem o vasto território da Louisiana à França, uma grande expedição, liderada por William Lewis e Meriwether Clark, é enviada para explorar as novas terras e ir para onde nenhum homem branco foi antes.
Descobre os incríveis acontecimentos que inspiraram “Os Eleitos”.
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation.
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.
Since its birth in 1865, in the wake of the American Civil War, the history of the Ku Klux Klan has been inseparable from that of the United States. The debates over slavery, the populism in the roaring twenties, the struggle for civil rights in the sixties, the rise of the far-right in the early 21st century; the Klan seems to have always embodied the dark side of the nation, with its gray areas and blind spots.
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.
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.
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.
Oliver Stone's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.
Sandburg's Lincoln is a six-part mini-series starring Hal Holbrook as Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States.
"Lincoln" was a 1988 American television mini-series starring Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln, Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Todd Lincoln, and Richard Mulligan as William H. Seward. It was directed by Lamont Johnson and was based on Gore Vidal’s novel. It covers the time period running from Lincoln’s election as President of the United States to the time of his assassination. When released for home entertainment, the title was changed to "Gore Vidal's Lincoln" Lamont Johnson won an Emmy for directing Lincoln. The film was shot almost entirely in Richmond, Virginia and it cost $8 million to produce.
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.
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.
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.
