The not-so-true story about a French criminal and his repeated escape attempts from the penal system in French Guiana.

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A docudrama featuring actual audio from a 6-year-old girl’s distress call. Our main characters are the dispatch center workers trying to send help her way.

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A largely fictionalized account of Scottish folk hero Robert Roy McGregor.

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You’d never guess that this film is based on actual events, but it is. Based on the non-fiction book Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy.

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Story of Nathan Rothschild and the founding his family’s banking empire in the 19th century.

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The disappointing second season (that possibly led to its cancelation) still gives us some interesting historical tidbits to discuss.

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An animated short biopic about Holocaust survivor Alfred Nakache.

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Gives the background of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 C.E. between the Romans and various Germanic tribes.

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Not a full biopic of Martin Luther King Jr., but a look specifically at the events that led to protesters marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

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Apple series about the unification of the Hawaiian islands at the end of the 18th century.

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