We use The Prestige as an excuse to discuss Nikola Tesla and the early days of electricity in the United States.

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This is a bit oversimplified and fictionalized, but still gives an okay look at the man behind the lightbulb.

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This HBO original film focuses on the people involved in the political fight over the Black Hills in South Dakota that led to the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890.

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As the outlaw career of Jesse James was winding down, an eager young criminal named Robert Ford joined his gang. This film is a fairly accurate portrayal of the final [ … ]

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A group of strangers travel through Apache territory on their way from Arizona to New Mexico in June of 1880.

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Richard Harris and Sean Connery star in this story of a detective infiltrating a coal union in 1876 Pennsylvania. Based on actual events.

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This Coen Brothers anthology is just a fun look at various Old West tropes while all being centered around death.

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A fictionalized family drama about the O’Leary family whose cow is credited with starting the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

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Dustin Hoffman stars as Jack Crab, a man claiming to be the lone white survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. His life story runs him through the gamut [ … ]

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

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