Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

The March on Rome (2022)

The fascinating story of the rise to power of dictator Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) in Italy in 1922 and how fascism marked the fate of the entire world in the dark years to come. ...

The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry (2008)

The Upsetter tells the fascinating story of Lee Scratch Perry a visionary musician and artist from poor rural Jamaica who journeyed to the big city of Kingston in the late 1950's with dreams of making it in the burgeoning record industry. He burst upon the ...

Etiopia 1936: alla conquista dell'impero (2004)

By means of a chronological arrangement of historical video material from the Istituto Luce archives, it tells the story of Fascist Italy's ambitions in Africa and the role they played in shaping fascist ideology and the stance of the fascist regime in the ...

Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder (1979)

About the difficult political situation in the world related to the arms race. ...

Primo Piano: Hailé Selassié, imperatore d'Etiopia (1965)

First portrait of Negus Hailé Selassié made by Italian television. The descendant of the Solomonid lineage, the last emperor of Ethiopia, forced into exile by the fascist invasion between 1936 and 1941, when he returned to his country after the liberatio ...

To Arms, We Are Fascists! (1962)

Documentary compiled from archives and accompanied by a poet's commentary, shows the sweep of modern Italian history from 1911 to 1961, centering on the conditions leading to Fascism and the post-WWII reaction to the Fascist experience. ...

Benito Mussolini: Anatomy of a Dictator (1962)

Adventures on the New Frontier (1961)

A look at the daily business of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, with a focus on some of the political issues he faces six weeks into his term. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007. ...

The Century Is Fifty (1950)

As the title of this French documentary indicates, Ce Siecle a 50 Ans examines the 20th Century at its halfway point. Utilizing the archives of several European film reserves, director Denise Tua offers a fascinating mosaic of the people and events that sh ...

United We Stand (1942)

Using newsreel footage, this film reviews world events from the end of World War I to the American entry into World War II and, according to the narration, shows "how, through their disunity, democracies were led, some to destruction and others to the verg ...

The Fight For Peace (1939)

A documentary about the threat of war breaking out in Europe, focusing on Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini. ...