Query: Historical epic and social issues films but not about families
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
With Fire and Sword (film)
Jinnah (film)
The Promise (2016 film)
Kingdom of Heaven (film)
Ironclad (film)
Michael Collins (film)
Camila (film)
The Pagan King
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Rescue Dawn
Evidence from documents: With Fire and Sword (film): Historical epic and social issues films: '''''With Fire and Sword''''' (; , Vohnem i Mechem) is a 1999 Polish historical drama film
but not about families: A Polish noble, Skrzetuski, and a Cossack otaman Bohun, both fall in love with the same woman, Helena. Their rivalry unfolds against the backdrop of a Cossack uprising led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky, aimed at reclaiming control of the land from the hands of the Polish nobles.
Jinnah (film): epic: '''''Jinnah''''' is a 1998 PakistaniBritish epic biographical film which follows the life of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. It was directed by Jamil Dehlavi, and written by Akbar S. Ahmed and Jamil Dehlavi.
social issues: The guide takes Jinnah to 1947 where, at the Cromwell Conference with Lord Mountbatten, Jinnah demanded a homeland for Indian Muslims.
The Promise (2016 film): Historical epic: '''''The Promise''''' is a 2016 American epic historical drama film
and social issues films but not about families: The plot is about a love triangle that develops between Mikael (Isaac), an Armenian medical student, Chris (Bale), a Paris-based American journalist, and Ana (Le Bon), an Armenian-born woman raised in France, immediately before the Armenian genocide.
Kingdom of Heaven (film): Historical epic: '''''Kingdom of Heaven''''' is a 2005 epic historical fiction drama film
and social issues films but not about families: A French village blacksmith goes to the aid of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in its defence against the Ayyubid Muslim Sultan, Saladin, who is fighting to claim back the city from the Christians; this leads to the Battle of Hattin.
Ironclad (film): Historical: Producer Rick Benattar strove to make the film as historically accurate as possible, recreating the historical violent siege of Rochester Castle, and letting viewers experience the battle as if they were there.
social issues: However, not mentioned in the narration was that after John's death in 1216, many of the English rebels preferred a weak English king in the person of nine-year-old Henry III over an experienced French monarch and thus rallied around Henry.
Michael Collins (film): a 1996 biographical period drama film written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Liam Neeson as the Irish revolutionary, soldier, and politician Michael Collins, who was a leading figure in the early-20th-century Irish struggle for independence
Camila (film): social issues films but not about families: In 1847, Camila (Susú Pecoraro) is a Buenos Aires socialite. Having been raised on her grandmother's stories about her affair with former Colonial Viceroy Santiago de Liniers and their surviving love letters, Camila secretly reads French romance novels and books by political refugees like Esteban Echeverría. She is courted by Ignacio, a wealthy man with whom she is not in love. Her fellow socialites, who see marriage as a business arrangement, urge her to not let Ignacio get away.
Historical: '''''Camila''''' is a 1984 Argentine drama film directed by María Luisa Bemberg, based on the story of the 19th-century Argentine socialite Camila O'Gorman.
The Pagan King: Historical: '''''The Pagan King''''' ( – 'Namejs Ring', initially '''''The King's Ring''''') is a historical fiction action film directed by and co-written by Max Kinnings and Grauba.
social issues films but not about families: The legend of the Namejs Ring is a story that takes place in the 13th Century in Semigallia, where the young Namejs (Edvin Endre) becomes the new king after the death of Viesturs (Egons Dombrovskis). The film follows Namejs as he attempts to deal with and repel Christian influence in Semigallia.
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi: '''''The Warrior Queen of Jhansi''''' is a 2019 British period drama film on the 1857 Indian Rebellion against the British East India Company.
Rescue Dawn: '''''Rescue Dawn''''' is a 2006 American epic war drama film written and directed by Werner Herzog, based on an adapted screenplay written from his 1997 documentary film ''Little Dieter Needs to Fly''. The film stars Christian Bale and is based on the true story of German-American pilot Dieter Dengler, who was shot down and captured by villagers sympathetic to the Pathet Lao during an American military campaign in the Vietnam War.