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It's often the films and TV shows that aren't trying to be period pieces that serve that role most effectively.

Recalling the film history that inspired National Review.

The Iroquois confederation wasn't even a democracy. Leaders were selected by women elders, whose status was hereditary.

It's a fun treatment of the improbable political rise of James Garfield.

So long as you go in understanding its limitations as history, Death by Lightning is an entertaining tour of American politics in 1880-81.

The Founders didn't model us on the Six Nations, and George Washington didn't tomahawk a Frenchman.

A warped history of justice, Tarantino-style.