HELP PLEASE! Historical movies?

Question

What are some movies based upon one or more of the following subjects(Louisiana history):
The Fourteenth Amendment
The Black Code
1866 Meeting of the Constitutional Convention
riot at the (1866) Meeting of the Constitutional Convention
1865 Freedmans Bureau
Mayor John T. Monroe


PS..
if you don't know any movies, please suggest some [educational] sites to go to to watch streamings/videos

Answer 1

There is a movie named Louisiana (1984), with Margot Kidder (Lois Lane). If you can find it, it does deal with the era you are talking about:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087641/

Gone With The Wind deals with Reconstruction, although most historians would argue it takes great liberties with historical fact. I will not even get into Birth of A Nation, which drives a truck over historical fact.

O Brother Where Art Thou is a very entertaining film, but set during the Great Depression. About 70 years too late.

Answer 2

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

Answer 3

Check with TCM....
The History Channel & A&E in the Classroom...