TORONTO – Pairing documentaries and feature films, History Television launches its Fact & Film programming block Sunday May 29th at 8 p.m.
From Top Gun to Taxi Driver, History Television puts forward the facts and then offers the interpretations. Every Sunday night at 8 Fact & Film features a documentary that examines a world event or contemporary story and pairs it with a blockbuster film inspired by the same event. Fact & Film will launch with the network premiere of the documentary Protecting the President followed by the film In the Line of Fire.
With her unique insights and witty commentary, History on Film host Anne Medina will introduce each film and documentary.
“The idea of providing historical context for popular Hollywood films has resonated extremely well with our viewers in the past. This is an opportunity for us to enhance the traditional movie watching experience,” says Cindy Witten, vice-president of programming, History Television.
Airing Sunday, May 29 at 8 p.m. ET, the documentary Protecting the President offers an insider’s look at the shrouded world of the United States Secret Service. With unprecedented access, Protecting the President takes viewers behind the scenes with the agents as they perform one of the most stressful jobs imaginable.
This documentary is followed by the Academy Award nominated film In the Line of Fire, starring Clint Eastwood as a Secret Service agent who is haunted by his failure to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and must face a disturbed man threatening the life of the current president.
On Sunday, June 12 at 8 p.m. ET, the documentary The Truth About Friendly Fire examines the causes and devastating consequences of friendly fire incidents during war and looks at the technology that could prevent such incidents from happening again. In the accompanying film, Courage Under Fire, airing at 9 p.m. ET, Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington stars as a US Army officer who struggles with his own demons following a fatal friendly fire incident.
On Sunday, July 10 at 8 p.m. ET, the documentary Deadly Enemies reveals the secret history of biological weapons from the Second World War to the end of the Cold War, telling how science, history and politics have become partners. At 9 p.m. ET, the film Outbreak is a chilling tale of biological warfare as a deadly airborne virus finds its way into the United States forcing the White House to resort to extreme measures.
