The story of Russian writer and Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) and his masterpiece, The Gulag Archipelago, published in Paris in 1973, which forever shook the very foundations of communist ideology.
The extraordinary life and career of the Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov, a brilliant and c...
Brazil is one of the most dangerous countries for environmentalists. The rural community of Belisári...
In the years 1958 – 1989, public service monopolies prevailed in Sweden and SVT's reporting from Isr...
An account of the life and work of Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941) narrated by US actress Anjel...
A documentary that focuses on Hayao Miyazaki’s deep connection to nature and the environmental theme...
A portrait of the legendary actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, icon of the French New Wave and closely linked ...
The long lasting Palestinian-Israeli conflict has created appaling phenomenons that have horrified t...
A look at the history of the Statue of Liberty and the meaning of sculptor Auguste Bartholdi's creat...
Sir John Franklin set off from England in 1845 with two ships and 129 men to be the first to navigat...
The legendary treasure of Tutankhamun, which contains over 5,000 objects, including 2,000 pieces of ...
A documentary about the atrocities committed against the Hmong people by the Laos government. Shot b...
The first transatlantic communications cable, traversing the ocean floor from Valentia Island, Count...
An exploration of Cologne Cathedral, an emblematic monument and world heritage site. The towering pl...
The sinking of the RMS Titanic remains one of the most enduring and mysterious tragedies of the 20th...
Western Freemasonry and Eastern communists won WW2, leading to a secret holy war aiming for a one-wo...
The true story of the seven weeks that changed China forever. On June 4, 1989, pro-democracy demonst...
Shut Up and Sing is a documentary about the country band from Texas called the Dixie Chicks and how ...