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**History in Film**

Travel, exercise, & movies

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W074: Lumumba (2000) Apr 14, 2020

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Patrice Lumumba strives for an independent Congo, but struggles against all the various factions at play.

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W073: The Battle of Algiers (1966) Apr 07, 2020

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The native Algerian population has had enough of French control. Terrorism and torture leave neither side as the “good guy” in this conflict.

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W072: Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) Mar 31, 2020

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Edward R. Murrow publicly challenges Senator Joseph McCarthy’s aggressive campaign targeting supposed Communists in the United States.

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W071: The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) Mar 24, 2020

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A formative journey in the life of Che Guevara before he became world famous as a revolutionary.

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W070: Evita (1996) Mar 17, 2020

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A weak film, but one that does offer a good look into the life of Argentinian first lady Eva Peron.

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W069b: Ikiru (1952) [BONUS EPISODE] Mar 13, 2020

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In post-war Japan, a government bureaucrat wonders what the point of his whole life has been.

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W069: The Last Emperor (1987) Mar 10, 2020

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Biopic of Puyi, the last of thousands of years of Chinese emperors. From God-Emperor to playboy to political prisoner to gardener, he lived one of the most unique lives in [ … ]

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W068: Gandhi (1982) Mar 03, 2020

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The man who essentially kicked the British out of India using only a policy of non-violent resistance.

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W067: Kon Tiki (2012) Feb 25, 2020

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In order to prove Polynesia could have been populated by native South Americans, Thor Heyerdahl built a raft in 1947 to attempt the journey himself.

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W066b: Grave of the Fireflies (1988) [BONUS EPISODE] Feb 21, 2020

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A depressingly poignant story following a young brother and sister hoping to survive the Allied bombings of Japan in 1945.

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