This Charlie Chaplin classic is set during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late-1800s. It saw many people travel through Alaska to Canada in an attempt to strike it rich.
A026b: The Lighthouse (2019)
Happy Halloween! This gloomy tale is set at an off-shore lighthouse in New England near the end of the 19th century.
A026: The Prestige (2006)
We use The Prestige as an excuse to discuss Nikola Tesla and the early days of electricity in the United States.
A025: Edison, the Man (1940)
This is a bit oversimplified and fictionalized, but still gives an okay look at the man behind the lightbulb.
A024: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
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.