Films and programs like Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

Welcome to Nollywood

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2007 IMDB Rating: 7.2

The Nigerian film industry, known as Nollywood, has exploded in the last ten years. Now the most popular cinema in all of west Africa--even more popular than imports of Hollywood or Bollywood films--t...

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Red Hollywood

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1996 IMDB Rating: 7

A documentary that examines the films made by the victims of the Hollywood Blacklist and offers a radically different perspective on a key period in the history of American cinema.

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Reel Britannia

Series Age rating: 15 Year: 2022 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Comedian Nick Helm narrates this bold new documentary series exploring the dramatic history of British cinema. Discover how cinema held a mirror up to society from 1960 through to the 00s.

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A History of Britain

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 2000 IMDB Rating: 8.3

Stretching from the Stone Age to the year 2000, Simon Schama's Complete History of Britain does not pretend to be a definitive chronicle of the turbulent events which buffeted and shaped the British I...

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Palace of Silents

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2010 IMDB Rating: 6.6

Through interviews, archival footage and detailed research, Palace of Silents reveals the touching, twisted, and bloody history of one independent theater's successful attempt to stubbornly buck every...

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Something Ventured

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 7

Apple. Intel. Genentech. Atari. Google. Cisco. Stratospheric successes with high stakes all around. Behind some of the world's most revolutionary companies are a handful of men who (through timing, fo...

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Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

Series Age rating: 16 Year: 2018 IMDB Rating: 7.7

As told through clips from 183 female directors, this epic history of the cinema focuses on women’s integral role in the development of film art. Using almost a thousand film extracts from thirteen de...

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