Was the Titanic movie a real life story?

This video clip from 'What Happened After' looks at the life of Margaret Brown, better know as the 'Unsinkable Mollie Brown' after she survived the sinking of the Titanic, including her experiences as an activist and her bid for election nine years before women had the right to vote. Print; Cite. read more

There's so much to love about Titanic — the swoon-worthy love story, the divine recreations of historical detail, and that heartbreaking ending that makes everybody spout hot, angry tears forever. On top of that, there's also the peak-dreaminess of Leonardo DiCaprio, which is something that can never be understated. read more

This is a complex question to answer, since there is so much controversy regarding the Titanic story, and it's trickier to answer if you understand that Cameron is one of the foremost Titanic historians alive, not to mention a bona-fide oceanographic expert who has spent more time on the deck of the Titanic than her own captain. read more

The story of this interracial family did not become widely known until three years after the movie's release, when the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry and the Titanic Historical Society featured the information as part of a Titanic exhibit. read more