History in Film

A020: In Old Chicago (1938)

A fictionalized family drama about the O’Leary family whose cow is credited with starting the...

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A019: Little Big Man (1970)

Dustin Hoffman stars as Jack Crab, a man claiming to be the lone white survivor of the Battle of...

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A018b: The Searchers (1956)

Set in Texas from ~1868-1873, The Searchers follows two men on a quest to rescue a little girl...

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A018: Lincoln (2012)

Another stellar performance by Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in this film about the...

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A017: Dances with Wolves (1990)

This is a fictional story, but still gives us an opportunity to discuss Native Americans during...

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A016: Glory (1989)

A solid movie and a fairly accurate look at the 54th Massachusetts regiment of African-American...

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A015: Gettysburg (1993)

Fake beards and lack of blood aside, this may be the most accurate film we’ve ever discussed on...

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A014: The General (1926)

Buster Keaton’s silent classic is based an actual event called the Great Locomotive Chase from...

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A013: The Gangs of New York (2002)

A fictionalized story, but set in the very real world of the Five Points slum of New York City....

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A012: Santa Fe Trail (1940)

Bleeding Kansas and the radical abolitionist John Brown seen through the eyes of J.E.B. Stuart...

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A011: 12 Years a Slave (2013)

The harrowing true story of Solomon Northup, a free man who was captured in 1841 and sold into...

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W059b: RRR (2022)

Despite the absolute craziness that is RRR, two very real men were the inspiration for it. The...

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A010: The Revenant (2015)

The harrowing story of Hugh Glass as told by Oscar-winning director Alejandro Iñárritu. Many...

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A009: The Mark of Zorro (1940) & The Mask of Zorro (1998)

Zorro is fictional, but there’s plenty to talk about in the true story of California in the early...

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A008: Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955)

A surprisingly thorough look at the life of Davy Crockett told in three vignettes. The post...

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A007b: First Cow (2020)

Set in the early days of European settlement in the Oregon territory, First Cow offers an...

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A007: The Buccaneer (1958)

The crazy story of Jean Lafitte, the pirate who helped the United States win the Battle of New...

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A006: Hamilton (2020)

The hit musical offers a unique glimpse into the lives of the Founding Fathers. The post A006:...

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A005b: The Patriot (2000) & Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

We depart from the politics of the situation and look at the fighting of the Revolutionary War...

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A005: 1776 (1972)

Happy New Year! This week we’re looking at the Second Continental Congress and the debate over...

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