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1949 – O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

spacetime coordinates: 1937 rural Mississippi during the Great Depression

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O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a 2000 crime comedy-drama film written, produced, co-edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring George ClooneyJohn Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson, with Chris Thomas KingJohn GoodmanHolly Hunter, and Charles Durning in supporting roles.

The film is a modern satire loosely based on Homer‘s epic Greek poem The Odyssey that incorporates social features of the American South. The title of the film is a reference to the Preston Sturges 1941 film Sullivan’s Travels, in which the protagonist is a director who wants to film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a fictitious book about the Great Depression. (wiki)

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1917 – The Swarm / La Nuée (2020)

spacetime coordinates: 2019 farm in south-western France.

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The Swarm (French: La Nuée) is a 2020 French fantasy-horror / drama film directed by Just Philippot. The film stars Suliane Brahim, Sofian Khammes, Marie Narbonne, Raphael Romand and Nathalie Boyer. (wiki)

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1905

Kingdom (TV Series 2019– )

spacetime coordinates: Set during Korea’s Joseon Dynasty, three years after the Imjin War. (the Japanese invasions of Korea 1592–1598 – three years after the famous “Battle of Unpo Wetland”)

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Kingdom (Korean: 킹덤; RR: Kingdeom) is a 2019 South Korean political period horror thriller streaming television series, created and written by Kim Eun-hee and directed by Kim Seong-hun and Park In-je. The series is adapted from the webcomic series The Kingdom of the Gods, which was authored by Kim Eun-hee and drawn by Yang Kyung-il.

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Set on a fictional, medieval-inspired Joseon, Kingdom explores the story of a Crown Prince, as he sets to investigate the source of a mysterious plague that begins to ravage his country. It stars Ju Ji-hoonRyu Seung-ryongBae Doo-naKim Sang-hoKim Sung-kyu and Kim Hye-jun. // wiki // imdb)

A special feature-length episode of the series, titled

Kingdom: Ashin of the North (TV Episode 2021)

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was released on July 23, 2021 and focused on the supporting character Ashin played by Jun Ji-hyun.

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The episode acts as a sidequel to the second season of Kingdom and explores the backstory of Ashin, the mysterious heir of the Northern Seongjeoyain tribe village, and the origin of the resurrection plant that triggered an unprecedented cascade of tragic events that swept through the Kingdom of Joseon. // wiki // imdb

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1900 – Blood Red Sky (2021)

Blood Red Sky (also known as Transatlantic 473) is a 2021 German-British action horror film directed by Peter Thorwarth, who co-wrote the screenplay with Stefan Holtz. The film stars Peri BaumeisterRoland Møller, Chidi Ajufo and Alexander Scheer. It was released on 23 July 2021 by Netflix. (wiki)

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1853 – Summerland (2020)

timespace coordinates: 1945 by the seaside in Kent

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Summerland is a 2020 British drama film written and directed by Jessica Swale. It stars Gemma ArtertonGugu Mbatha-RawLucas BondDixie EgerickxSiân PhillipsPenelope Wilton and Tom Courtenay.

The film stars Arterton as a reclusive writer who is forced to bond with a young boy who has been entrusted to her care after the London Blitz. (wiki)

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1796

timespace coordinates: The Flying Train, Germany, 1902


timespace coordinates: A Trip Through New York City in 1911


timespace coordinates: A Trip Through Paris, France in late 1890s


timespace coordinates: San Francisco, a Trip down Market Street, April 14, 1906


timespace coordinates: A Trip Through the Streets of Amsterdam, 1922


timespace coordinates: Laborers in Victorian England, 1901


timespace coordinates: Views of Tokyo, Japan, 1913-1915


timespace coordinates: Moscow, Tverskaya Street in 1896


The oldest recorded video, timespace coordinates: “Roundhay Garden Scene”, England,1888


 timespace coordinates: 1895 – France, Lyon, place des Cordeliers, – Factory outlet, France, Lyon, Monplaisir, chemin Saint-Victor (today rue du 1er Film) – The Landing of the photography congress in Lyon, 

1896 Launch of a ship, France, – Switzerland, Geneva, National Exhibition, Swiss Village,  – Westminster Bridge, Great Britain, London,  – France, Lyon: Quai de l’Archevêché,  – Panorama of the Grand Canal taken from a boat, Italy, Venice, Grand Canal,  – Arrival of a train in Perrache station, France, Lyon,  – Broadway, United States, New York,

1897 – Jaffa Gate: east side, Jerusalem 1897The pyramids, Egypt, Giza Panorama of the Golden Horn, Turkey, Istanbul Camel caravan, Jerusalem, –  France, Lyon, place du Pont  – Japan, Kyoto, Honshu,

1899 – Biarritz: the beach and the sea, France, Biarritz, – Grande Plage, –  Bad weather at the port, Italy,

1900 View from a whaling boat in motion, France, HyèresPanorama taken from a sedan chair, January 25, 1900, French Indochina (now Vietnam), village of Namo, Annam

1902 Fort-de-France: market, Martinique, Fort-de-France, French Antilles


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1762 – The Dig (2021)

timespace coordinates: Suffolk, in the east of England, 1939 – excavation of Sutton Hoo

The Dig (stylized as the DIG) is a drama film directed by Simon Stone, based on the 2007 novel of the same name by John Preston, It stars Carey MulliganRalph FiennesLily JamesJohnny FlynnBen ChaplinKen Stott, Archie Barnes and Monica Dolan

Edith May Pretty was an English landowner on whose land the Sutton Hoo ship burial was discovered after she hired Basil Brown, a local archaeologist, to find out if anything lay beneath the mounds on her property. 

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