The incredible life of Jorge Semprún (1923-2011): son of a republican intellectual; exiled in the early days of the Spanish Civil War; survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II; clandestine communist in Spain during Franco's dictatorship; controversial socialist politician; acclaimed writer, screenwriter and filmmaker.
All About Ann celebrates the achievements of larger-than-life Ann Richards, who became the first ele...
Nagyvárad, Hungary, 1944. From February to June, Eva Heyman, a 13-year-old Jewish girl, wrote a diar...
This 1982 biographical television miniseries, as seen on PBS's Great Performances, dramatizes the li...
A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the America...
What would your family reminiscences about dad sound like if he had been an early supporter of Hitle...
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is give...
In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an undergr...
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caug...
Story of Chuck Berry told by his relatives and friends.
Dramatic, moving and deeply human, ARMSTRONG offers the definitive life story of Neil Armstrong: fro...
Spain, 1519. Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese navigator in the service of King Charles I, undertakes, ...
The founding father has an extramarital affair and meets with the likes of Thomas Jefferson.
For over 60 years, Studs Terkel elevated the voices and experiences of everyday Americans through hi...
The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Pr...
This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and u...
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...