Category: Epoch Cinema

Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Floorwalker’ (1916)

The Floorwalker was Charlie Chaplin’s first Mutual Film Company film, made in 1916. It starred Chaplin as a customer in a department store who finds out the manager is stealing money from the store. It was noted for the first “running staircase” used in films. Edna Purviance played a minor role as a secretary to…


Maya: Lost in the Jungle | Documentary

This film is only available in the US. The Maya were an imposing civilization that originated in Yucatan around 2600 B.C. and reached its full splendor around 250 A.D. Among the pre-Columbian civilizations, the Maya are among the most intricate enigmas of history: a flourishing civilization that disappeared in a very short time and in…


D.O.A. (1949)

D.O.A., a film noir drama directed by Rudolph Maté, is considered a classic of the genre. The frantically paced plot revolves around a doomed man’s quest to find out who has poisoned him, and why. The film stars Edmond O’Brien and Pamela Britton. Credit: Public Domain Movie – publicdomainmovie.net * Click the “Save” button below…


FreedomFest 2022 x EpochTV Pre-Registration On Now: Busy Bee | FreedomFest 2022

This film is only available in the US because of territorial licensing. Who gets to be the final arbiter of taste? The visual style of this allegory evokes animation’s golden age, also the era when many harmful housing and zoning policies were implemented. HOW IT WORKS: This film is part of the “EpochTV x FreedomFest…


FreedomFest 2022 x EpochTV Pre-Registration On Now: Trust Us | FreedomFest 2022

This film is only available in the US because of territorial licensing. What started as a few executive bureaus has become a massive administrative state, influencing every aspect of our lives. “Trust Us” reveals the strange origins and tragic consequences of “expert” rule. HOW IT WORKS: This film is part of the “EpochTV x FreedomFest…


FreedomFest 2022 x EpochTV Pre-Registration On Now: Roe v. Wade: A Legal History | FreedomFest 2022

This film is only available in the United States. Roe v. Wade articulated the right to abortion as a fundamental right. But where did this landmark case originate? Six law professors discuss how and why Roe v. Wade made it to the Supreme Court. HOW IT WORKS: This film is part of the “EpochTV x…


FreedomFest 2022 x EpochTV Pre-Registration On Now: Prohibition | FreedomFest 2022

This film is only available in the United States. Goodwood Brewing Company CEO Ted Mitzlaff and others explain how small businesses in Kentucky and across the rest of the country have been destroyed by governors’ constantly changing orders during the pandemic. HOW IT WORKS: This film is part of the “EpochTV x FreedomFest 2022” collaboration….


FreedomFest 2022 x EpochTV Pre-Registration On Now: Good Folks | FreedomFest 2022

This film is only available in the United States. Based on true stories, this music video shows that “gun control” laws don’t stop violent crime; in fact, they enable it. HOW IT WORKS: This film is part of the “EpochTV x FreedomFest 2022” collaboration. Once rented, you will also have access to the other films…


FreedomFest 2022 x EpochTV Pre-Registration On Now: Image of an American: Frederick Douglass and the Right to Vote | FreedomFest 2022

This film is only available in the United States. Frederick Douglass argued that “slavery is not abolished until the black man has the ballot.” His fight to secure the vote transformed not only the Constitution, but what it meant to be an American. HOW IT WORKS: This film is part of the “EpochTV x FreedomFest…


Royal Wedding (1951)

The story of “Royal Wedding” sees brother and sister Tom and Ellen Bowen as stars of “Every Night at Seven,” a Broadway theater success. They are persuaded to take the show to London, capitalizing on the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh. On the ship, Ellen meets and quickly falls in…