An account of the life and work of the Swiss writer Johanna Spyri (1827-1901), the barely known artistic mother of Heidi, her brave alpine heroine, who was first introduced to the world between 1880 and 1881, in a novel published in two parts, and became definitely immortal thanks to an anime series, released in 1974, directed by the Japanese genius Isao Takahata.

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame...

Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but ...

The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppress...

A documentary portrait of a legendary Czech jockey, Josef Vána, reveals his inner world of thoughts....

How do you become Peter Brötzmann? How do you become what you are: a painter, a musician, an absolut...

The documentary explores Zuckerberg's journey from a Harvard student to founder and CEO of Facebook....

This compelling Documentary moves beyond the spotlight and past the attention-grabbing headlines to ...

Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw th...

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, a...

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Franci...

From the rains of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday ...

In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert...

The 1960s was an extraordinary time for the United States. Unburdened by post-war reparations, Ameri...

Barbra Streisand grew up in working class Brooklyn, dreaming of escape from her tough childhood. A s...

Documentary celebrating the life and career of world-renowned Magnum photographer David Hurn, possib...

Born in 1932, Keiko Kishi has been one of the first Japanese actresses known worldwide. Her decision...
The life story of an unassuming, modest, yet extremely principled woman is also a dramatic portrait ...