It’s 1982, and Argentina and Great Britain are at war over a tiny patch of land known as the Falkland Islands. Told from the rarely explored Argentinean viewpoint, this is the story of the Falklands War through the eyes of eight former soldiers and sailors who fought to defend their country’s…
In the spring of 1624, the ship "Nieuw Nederland" left Europe with thirty families -- Dutch and Walloon -- who were to become the founding colonizers of New Amsterdam. Who were these 30 families and what was life like on Manhattan and Governor's Island where they first settled?
"1700 METRES FROM THE FUTURE" is a 85 minutes documentary about the inhabitants of a small, isolated Faroe Island settlement called Gásadalur ("Goose Dale") - a community on the very edge of the world and of time, located in the North Atlantic. In the film, nature and man's…
1804: The Hidden History of Haiti is a documentary film about the untold history of the Haitian Revolution. Produced by the creator of the best-selling Hidden Colors film series, 1804 goes in-depth about the four principal players who were instrumental in Haiti s independence: *Makandal *Dutty Bookman *Toussaint…
In the spring of 1821, the Greek population of the Ottoman Empire revolted against their masters. In a few weeks, over twenty thousand Turkish men, women and children were murdered in the Morea. In reprisal, Greek communities across the empire as far away as Asia Minor were ruthlessly put to death. The…
A log home built in 1834 is the oldest surviving building in Elkhart County, Indiana. The stories about the original family, the restoration of the home, and stories by the current owner preserve history in a special way.
1913 is the last peaceful year before the outbreak of the First World War. But the artists of the time forecast the dark era. Authors write desperate stories, painters destroy perspectives and Igor Stravinsky conducts „Le Sacre du Printemps“ – an aggressive soundtrack for the cultural…
1913 ist das letzte friedliche Jahr vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Die Künstler erahnen in ihren Werken schon die düsteren Zeiten: Autoren schreiben verzweifelte Texte, Maler zerstören Perspektiven. Und Igor Stravinsky schafft mit „Le Sacre du Printemps“ den aggressiven Soundtrack…
In February the tsar is overthrown. Many artists are euphoric: Revolution! Freedom! What were poets, thinkers, and avant-gardists like Maxim Gorky and Kazimir Malevich doing during this drastic change of power? In the film, five of them alight from the director’s piles of books as animated cut-out…
DVD -> boutiquecapitole@cinematheque.ch En novembre 1918, aux derniers jours de la guerre mondiale, la Suisse traverse la première et unique grève générale nationale de son histoire. Ce film montre l’enchaînement des événements ayant conduit…
F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby is set in 1922 and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the events in the book, let's take a virtual tour of New York City in 1922. What places would Nick and Daisy and Jay Gatsby have known? What haunts did F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald…
En 1940 naît à Paris la Continental, société de production de films créée par l’occupant. A sa tête, Alfred Greven, producteur cinéphile et homme d’affaires opportuniste. Pendant les années d’occupation, sous les directives…
