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America: A Call to Greatness
America: A Call to Greatness

Directed by Warren Chaney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Documentary, Musical
Themes Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Musical films, Political films
Actors Charlton Heston, Mickey Rooney, Julianne Morris, Deborah Winters, Peter Graves, Suzanne Savoy

Opening remarks by Charlton Heston and Mickey Rooney are used to establish the film’s direction and mood. Introductory scenes quickly dissolve into one laced with sounds of thunder and artillery fire. The setting is atop Niagara Falls where waters cascade over the falls’ edge. Superimposed in the haze are dissolving scenes of American conflicts from the American Revolutionary War through Desert Storm.
Museum of Government Waste
Museum of Government Waste

Themes Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films

Concerned about the future of the U.S., Knapp heads to Washington D.C. to address his problems. When he had difficulties accomplishing his goals, he decided to alter his strategy and to pursue his own earmark. Knapp hired a lobbyist and set out to obtain government funding for his project, which was to construct a museum of government waste. The idea for the project came from filmmakers Ellen and Jim Hubbard asking themselves "why can't Congress get a handle on wasteful spending?," "how could we become a part of the process to see how and why Congress makes spending decisions?," and “what’s the ultimate ridiculous earmark that we can come up with?’”
Vietnam: The Last Battle
Vietnam: The Last Battle
, 51minutes
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films
Actors John Pilger

Pilger introduces the film, on the 20th anniversary of the end of the conflict, from the roof of the U.S. Embassy, Saigon, where the last American troops had departed by helicopter. Veteran Bobby Muller, interviewed on China Beach, calls the war a lie and talks about his own belief of this soon after his landing there in 1965. Pilger states that Ho Chi Minh had quoted from the U.S. Declaration of Independence and sought support from Washington for his nation’s independence. An elderly woman, who lost of her husband and five children fighting the French and the Americans, is shown as an exemplar of the struggle for independence. Coal miner Pham Ngo Duc describes the massive American bombing, which, according to Pilger, journalists James Cameron and Harrison Salisbury, were vilified for reporting. Pilger recounts the final evacuation of the U.S. Embassy and what he deems as the "peaceful" arrival of the North Vietnamese, which ended the war.
Le Destin de Rome
Le Destin de Rome

Origin France
Themes Documentary films about historical events
Actors Paweł Deląg, Laëtitia Eïdo, Andy Gillet

Le docufiction alterne les scènes de reconstitution historique et les commentaires et analyses d'historiens. Il se compose de deux parties. La première partie, « Venger César », raconte l'assassinat de Jules César et l'affrontement entre les Républicains, menés par Brutus, et les deux personnalités qui se présentent comme les vengeurs de César : Octave et Marc Antoine. En 42 av .J.-C., Marc-Antoine écrase les Républicains lors de la bataille de Philippes. La seconde partie, « Rêves d'empire », relate le partage de l'empire naissant entre Octave, qui se réserve l'Occident, et Marc-Antoine, qui prend la tête de l'Orient et s'éprend de la reine d'Égypte, Cléopâtre VII. Marc Antoine se trouve d'abord en position de force, puis la situation se retourne peu à peu en faveur d'Octave, à qui sa victoire navale lors de la bataille d'Actium ouvre l'accès au pouvoir à Rome, où il prend bientôt le titre de princeps et le nom d'Auguste, instaurant ainsi le principat.
Au nom d'Athènes
Au nom d'Athènes

Origin France
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Documentary films about historical events
Actors Jean-Pierre Michaël, Marc Duret, David Atrakchi, Abdelhafid Metalsi

Le documentaire retrace le déroulement des guerres médiques, un important conflit de l'Antiquité qui oppose les Grecs aux Perses de l'empire achéménide au début du Ve siècle av. J.-C. Le téléfilm fait alterner des entretiens avec des historiens de l'Antiquité et des séquences de reconstitution où les acteurs parlent en grec ancien et en persan. La première partie, « Vaincre à Marathon », retrace les grandes étapes de la première guerre médique, qui oppose l'armée du roi perse Darius Ier aux cités de Grèce centrale, en particulier Athènes. Elle détaille notamment la victoire grecque au cours de la bataille de Marathon. La seconde partie, « Divine Salamine », retrace la seconde guerre médique au cours de laquelle le roi Xerxès Ier tente à son tour d'envahir la Grèce, en détaillant notamment la victoire des Athéniens lors de la bataille de Salamine.
La Tueuse
La Tueuse

Directed by Jocelyne Saab
Themes Films about religion, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about religion

Jocelyne Khoueiry était une combattante active des milices phalangistes durant la guerre civile libanaise. A la fin de la guerre, elle se repent et se tourne vers Dieu. Jocelyne Saab rentre au Liban pour faire son portrait.
Les Nouveaux Croisés d'Orient
Les Nouveaux Croisés d'Orient

Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events

Godet a fait la guerre d'Algérie. Au moment du film, en 1975, il entraîne les milices phlangistes au combat. Jocelyne Saab le laisse dresser son portrait devant sa caméra.