We use The Prestige as an excuse to discuss Nikola Tesla and the early days of electricity in the United States.
Category: History podcast
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.
A023: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
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 [ … ]
A022: Stagecoach (1939)
A group of strangers travel through Apache territory on their way from Arizona to New Mexico in June of 1880.