Jesse James as the Outlaw
Depicts Jesse James’ return home to Missouri after the Civil War hoping to live a life of peace, but is falsely accused of robbing a bank. He is forced to take up a life of crime by being branded an…
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Orphans of the Storm
France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents’ lives causes Louise’s blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in search of a cure, but…
Jánošík
Janosík, a friar retrained as a bandit, becomes the farmers’ symbol of resistance and fight against the feudal conditions.
Salt of the Earth
At New Mexico’s Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife,…
Go for Broke!
A tribute to the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, formed in 1943 by Presidential permission with Japanese-American volunteers. We follow the training of a platoon under the rueful command of Lt. Mike Grayson who shares common prejudices of the time.…
Kalidas
A Indien film directed by H. M. Reddy, released in 1931.
In Old California
An historical dramatization of a Spanish woman during the reign of Spanish and Mexican owned California in the early 19th century.
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