Propaganda Movies

Banned in the Soviet Union for its "negative" content and never released, Kalatozov was forced to retreat from filmmaking for seven years because of...

When Dr. Schmith's proposal for international research on infant mortality is rejected, he decides to leave East Germany and strikes a deal with an...

There were two wars in Iraq--a military assault and a media war. The former was well-covered; the latter was not. Until now... Independent filmmaker,...

The Sailor and the Seagull was released by the U.S. Navy in 1949 with a simple goal: encouraging servicemen to re-enlist. In the film, a disgruntled...

The life of students at the National Political Education Institute (Napola).

A student is held up in the library while a riot rages outside. As SDS protesters head to burn the library down, he has to fend them off with his...

An industrialist's son becomes part of the communist party.

How the Islamic State has created a powerful propaganda factory that manipulates and twists at its convenience the subjects and icons of the Western...

Documentary-style drama on training of aerial rear gunners in World War II. Private PeeWee Williams, a Kansas farm boy, transforms his home-grown...

Promotional short extolling the virtues of the American government's wartime Economic Stabilization Plan.

On a small Mexican island dwells a group of Indians who live in the traditional manner and who disdain outsiders. The beautiful Maclovia and the...

Short movie by Marta Meszaros

The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.

A student whose parents died in the Gujarat pogrom receives an assignment on the same topic at his university. During his research, he meets everyone...

A propaganda mass education film on family planning distributed by the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division, pushing the...

Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.

Programming the Nation? takes an encompassing look at the history of subliminal messaging in America. According to many authorities, since the late...

Waco, the Big Lie is a 1993 American documentary film directed by Linda Thompson that presents video-based analysis regarding the Waco siege. The...

After the capture of Shanghai, Japanese soldiers make a trip to Suzhou.