A true-life tale of the Great American Dream, this movie showcases one man's rise from the streets of South Central L.A. to the hills of Hollywood. Features photos and videos of the man himself and his contemporaries.

The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey throu...

An optician grapples with the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966, during which his older brother ...

In the 1970s, Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, inte...

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by...

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Born in 1932, Keiko Kishi has been one of the first Japanese actresses known worldwide. Her decision...

Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen sum...

George Clinton's somewhat absurdist take on Parliament-Funkadelic history. Features never-before-gra...

How the inventor of the detective story became his own greatest mystery.

We are in the mid-60s, when a very young Mariele Ventre gave birth to the very first formation of th...

For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's...

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton fa...

A documentary film that highlights two street derived dance styles, Clowning and Krumping, that came...

The man behind the legend and a knowing look at 1950s Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic biopic ...

Shut Up and Sing is a documentary about the country band from Texas called the Dixie Chicks and how ...

An in-depth look at the personal life of rapper and singer Nicki Minaj, whose fast-paced rap style a...

An in-depth profile of the life and career of Willy T. Ribbs - the controversial Black driver who sh...