A fascinating account of the presidency of Andrew Jackson, who was both one of America's great presidents and a borderline tyrant. The seventh president shook up the glossy world of Washington, DC with his "common-man" methods and ideals, but also oversaw one of the most controversial events in American history: the forced removal of Indian tribes, including the Cherokees, from their homes.

Salvador, Bahia, January 1835. After more than a decade of hard work, Guilhermina, 27, a slave of Mu...

Every four years, the calm and peacefull Camocim de São Félix, a small town in Pernambuco (Brazil), ...

Featuring unprecedented access inside the White House and State Department, The Final Year offers an...

During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New...

Frans Bromet goes in search of his family history and discovers that Hermanus Bromet was a well-know...

Images of Argentinian companies and factories in the first light of day, seen from the inside of a c...

1780, a group of slaves flee from a sugar cane hacienda. As they are pursued by Don Manuel Aguirre,...

Tilburg artist Tommy van der Loo searches for the influence of superiority thinking, racism and colo...

For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steel...

A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his lon...

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads th...

The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the disc...

Americans know President Ronald Reagan s politics, his policies, and his oratorical prowess. But as ...

A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train rid...

In 1882, when Jelena Ilka Marković – the widow of Jevrem Marković, accused of participating in the T...

Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who wer...

The 1978 kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, president of the most important political party in Ital...

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants not...

Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push...

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