Byzance uses a text by Stefan Zweig to describe the Ottoman conquest of the city in 1453. Before he turned to feature filmmaking in 1968 with Naked Childhood, Pialat worked on a series of short films, many of them financed by French television. Byzance is one of Pialat’s six Turkish shorts.
Regular opening times do not apply as we accompany Sir David Attenborough on an after-hours journey ...
A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. T...
In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local ...
First responders, journalists, shop owners, those inside the pressure-packed control center of Con E...
Unauthorized Access is one of the earliest independent documentaries on the subject of the computer ...
This two-hour History Channel special examines controversial new theories about the man who ruled th...
John Meehan created a terrifying trap of seduction, deceit and betrayal for countless victims. The i...
A portrait of the personal journey of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano during his third presidential ca...
Writers and historians including Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory revisit the last days of Anne Bo...
Astronauts who have seen the Earth from space have often described the 'Overview Effect', an experie...
From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many rol...
An entertaining documentary look at dinosaurs with Emmy Award-winning special effects, feature film ...
How would it look like, the body of Dom Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal, tutelary figure, s...
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through ...
WWII from Space delivers World War II in a way you've never experienced it before. This HISTORY spec...
A short documentary about the making of "The Great Dictator."
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...