Not the strongest version of this story we could have gotten, but Chadwick Boseman does a great job as Jackie Robinson.

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This all-time cinema classic isn’t a true story, but still gives us plenty to talk about.

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Best picture winner about three soldiers returning home from the war and struggling to rejoin society.

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Continuing our discussion of It’s a Wonderful Life!

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This Christmas classic is obviously fictional, but there’s plenty of history and early-20th century Americana to discuss. We went long so this is part 1 of 2.

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Set at the end of the samurai era in Japan, this movie oversimplifies and outright distorts the actual history.

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An instant classic that very closely parallels actual events from Japanese history.

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A tale from Arthurian legend, so nothing historic. But it gives us a chance to talk about the history of Arthurian legend itself.

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We continue our discussion of Robert’s Rebellion and how it set up the events of the Game of Thrones series.

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We previously discussed the history of House Targaryen. Now we take a closer look at the events leading to Robert’s Rebellion which, in turn, sets up the original Game of [ … ]

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