In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talen...

The movie tells the story of Bao Zheng, Gongsun Ce, and Zhan Zhao. When the truth about the mysterio...

Four vignettes on the lives of the Cuban people in the pre-revolutionary era. In Havana, Maria is as...

Sentenced to spend out the rest of his adult life laboring in the harsh deserts of Egypt, the Thraci...

The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra.

Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiogr...

A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging...

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the e...

In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub own...

At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to ...

When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first office...

After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerg...

The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore ...

Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of...

This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slaver...

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A...

The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Nén...

Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress...

After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean clim...

Explore the life of Flannery O’Connor whose provocative fiction was unlike anything published before...