Historical Figure Movies

A documentary on Chang Apana, the Chinese-Hawaiian police officer who was the inspiration for the character of Charlie Chan.

The story of the documentary The Sorrow and the Pity (1971), directed by Marcel Ophüls, which caused a scandal in a France still traumatized by...

Switzerland in the 13th century: Shot in the middle of World War II, this classic film returns to the origins of Switzerland and turns about the...

An animator is in the process of creating a series of three drawings of prominent historical figures. As the animator goes about his drawings, a...

This short documentary tells the story of the life and legacy of Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, an Omaha woman who became the first Native American...

Once described by the press as "one of the most controversial figures on the Australian art scene", avant-garde poet and playwright Christopher...