Cuvânt cheie American History

Povestește prietenia puternică dintre doi adolescenți de culoare care navighează împreună prin încercările dure ale unei școli de reeducare din Florida.

1846 - 1863. În cea mai violentă parte a lumii din acele timpuri, într-un New York fără reguli şi în care legile nu au nici o putere, se declanşează o serie de revolte care ulterior aveau să devină celebre în istoria Americii. Ele îşi au originea în conflictele dintre coloniştii anglo-saxoni "băştinaşi" şi imigranţii irlandezi veniţi în această zonă greu accesibilă "lumii bune" new-yorkeze. Reîntors de aici, Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) vrea să se răzbune pe Bill Măcelarul (Daniel Day-Lewis), ucigaşul tatălui său. Violenţă, corupţie, mizerie, exploatare, vandalism, iată realităţile care guvernau, în secolul XIX, oraşul devenit azi o metropolă. Povestea naşterii oraşului New York şi istoria luptelor crâncene între bandele stradale fac subiectul acestei pelicule istorice. Filmul îl urmăreşte pe Amsterdam Vallon în încercarea sa de a se răzbuna pe omul care i-a ucis tatăl, Bill Măcelarul. Amsterdam Vallon se îndrăgosteşte de Jenny Everdeane, o hoaţă de buzunare.

Shaw a fost ofițerul care s-a oferit să conducă prima companie de soldați afro-americani în timpul Războiului Civil din America. Această companie era formată în mare parte din sclavi evadați și trebuia să curețe drumul pentru „adevărații” soldați, primind astfel muncile josnice și împovărătoare. Shaw trebuie astfel să lupte atât cu adversarii care au ordin să îi ucidă pe ofițerii de culoare, cât și cu aliații care nu își pot învinge prejudecățile. Totuși, în ciuda tuturor obstacolelor, colonelul Robert G. Shaw plănuiește să aducă această trupă în mijlocul evenimentelor pentru ca oamenii săi să poată lupta cu adevărat.

Filmul redă povestea lui Larry Flynt, americanul care a fondat revista pentru adulți "Hustler", o apariție ce ignoră moralitatea societății și nu ține cont de niciun tabu. Acuzați din toate direcțiile, Flynt, împreună cu avocatul său, încearcă să apere nu numai revista, care i-a adus celebritatea, dar și dreptul de liberă exprimare într-o țară democratică.

Filmul prezinta evenimentele din perioada 1955-1956 din Montgomery, Alabama, cand negrii au boicotat transportul in comun, reluand eternul subiect al discriminarii rasiale. Vieti distruse, prietenii imposibile, drame provocate de culoarea pielii. Un film impresionant despre drepturile omului, umanitate si egalitate.

The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.

The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.

Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.

The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.

A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. But can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it's too late?

In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.

Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a restaurant of her own and falling in love with a man, all the while trying to earn her spoiled, narcissistic daughter's love and respect.

In this modern world, air travel represents the height of luxury and Pan Am is the biggest name in the business. The planes are glamorous, the pilots are rock stars and the stewardesses are the most desirable women in the world. They're trained to handle everything from in-air emergencies to unwanted advances—all without rumpling their pristine uniforms or mussing their hair.

Documentary series exploring the people, technology and battles behind the war between the states.

The triumphs and tragedies of the most popular political family in American history.

A radical group of young men band together in secrecy to change the course of history and make America a nation.

Aladdin's Genie tells the stories of great historical figures who were prone to defy common thinking to make a difference in their times.

Over the course of 50 episodes, we're going to learn about Black American History. Clint Smith will to teach you about the experience of Black people in America, from the arrival of the first enslaved Black people who arrived at Jamestown all the way to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Inspired in part by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibition and supported by its historical resources, this documentary series examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism, the eugenics movement in the United States, and race laws in the American south.

In this 26-part series, prominent historians present America’s story as something that must be presented and debated from a variety of perspectives in order to be truly understood. Their thought-provoking debates and lectures — using first-person narratives, photos, film footage, and documents — will pique students’ interest and encourage them to think critically about the forces that have shaped America.

From the Executive Producer Robert Redford, THE AMERICAN WEST tells the story of the aftermath of the CIVIL WAR and how the United States transformed into the “land of opportunity" spanning the years 1865 to 1890. Transporting into the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and law men, the story chronicles the personal, little-known stories of Western legends such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. The series features exclusive interviews with notable names from classic Western films, including Robert Redford, James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Tom Selleck, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Harmon, Ed Harris and more.

Out of the ashes of World War I, a new generation of titan rises…Pierre Du Pont, Walter Chrysler, J.P. Morgan Jr., Henry Ford, and William Boeing. Their fight to reach the top will transform America as they compete to dominate new industries—from the highways to the skyways. After years of fighting each other, and FDR, these rivals must unite during World War II to defeat a greater enemy and save the world.

The Century: America's Time is a 15-part series of documentaries produced by the American Broadcasting Company on the 20th century and the rise of the United States as a superpower. The documentary originally aired on The History Channel in 1999. Another earlier series, simply called "The Century" also produced by ABC, appeared on the ABC network in 1999, and also later appeared on the History Channel. It consists of six two-hour shows with each chronicling two different events based around a common theme.

Since its birth in 1865, in the wake of the American Civil War, the history of the Ku Klux Klan has been inseparable from that of the United States. The debates over slavery, the populism in the roaring twenties, the struggle for civil rights in the sixties, the rise of the far-right in the early 21st century; the Klan seems to have always embodied the dark side of the nation, with its gray areas and blind spots.

Beset by economic unrest, threatened from within by Indian nations and from without by overseas powers, the young country reeled in turmoil. But the gallant general who had commanded the Continental army in battle also agreed to guide the fledgling country - and his sure hand steadied the course.