Woodrow Wilson

Propaganda: Engineering Consent

Jimmy Leipold

Sébastien Desjours, Anne Bernays

How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), a pioneer in the field of propaganda and public relations, knew the answer to such a key question. The amazing story of the master of manipulation and the creation of the engineering of consent; a frightening true story about advertising, lies and charlatans.

The Fog of War

Errol Morris

Robert McNamara, Errol Morris

Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to managing the Vietnam War as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.

L'Homme a mangé la Terre

Jean-Robert Viallet

Jacques Bonnaffé, John D. Rockefeller

An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war and the selfish interests of a few, belligerent politicians and captains of industry, damaging the welfare of the majority of mankind, impoverishing the weakest, greedily devouring the limited resources of the Earth.

И всё-таки я верю...

German Lavrov, Elem Klimov

Mikhail Romm, Albert Einstein

Originally called World '68, later retitled The World of Today Romm’s film was conceived as an impassioned, large-scale essay on the origins of the 20th century and the subsequent reality the disappointed director felt slipping away from him. The film itself slipped away from him and was left unfinished at the time of his death. His younger colleagues, Marlen Khutsiev, Elem Klimov and German Lavrov, completed the film from the elements he left behind in addition to segments from Ordinary Fascism, closing the film with Romm’s ultimately optimistic outlook: "And still I believe that man is sensible..."

For Me and My Gal

Busby Berkeley

Judy Garland, Gene Kelly

Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.

The Golden Twenties

Robert Q. Lewis, Frederick Lewis Allen

Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Elaina Archer

Diane Lane, Maria Riva

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates.

The Wet Parade

Victor Fleming

Dorothy Jordan, Lewis Stone

The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton family.

I Am an American

Crane Wilbur

Humphrey Bogart, Gary Gray

The history of a Polish family and its contributions to the war effort throughout American history.

America Goes Over

U.S. Army Signal Corps Pictoral Division

John J. Pershing, Newton Baker

A film produced and distributed by the US Army Signal Corps during World War I to inform and "educate" the US population about the reasons for fighting the war. Featured are scenes with Gen. John Pershing, commander of US forces in Europe, and views of US soldiers in combat and resting up between battles.

United We Stand

Lowell Thomas, Franklin D. Roosevelt

Using newsreel footage, this film reviews world events from the end of World War I to the American entry into World War II and, according to the narration, shows "how, through their disunity, democracies were led, some to destruction and others to the verge of destruction."]