From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving clips from classic TV shows with commentary from TV producers, black actors and scholars, Marlon Riggs blends humor, insight, and thoughtful analysis to explore the evolution of black/white relations as reflected by America's favorite addiction.
During the Pinochet dictatorship, Jorge Lübbert became an instrument for the Chilean secret services...
This riveting music documentary traces the history of Jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson, from his ear...
Presents life in 18th century Spain as the painter Francisco de Goya showed it to us.
Documentary that reconstructs the professional life of the dancer through the thread of his own voic...
In the spring of 1974, a camera team from Studio H&S succeeded against the explicit orders of the Ju...
Follows the waves of literary, political, and cultural history as charted by the The New York Review...
It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform...
Chronicles the rise and fall of 1970s New York City nightclub Plato's Retreat.
In this retrospective tribute, acclaimed filmmaker Jean Walkinshaw hails the 100th anniversary of Mo...
Pianist Richard Glazier offers a unique view of Broadway and Hollywood music using fascinating inter...
A exploration of the fanaticism that surrounds the Apple brand, featuring interviews with Mac evange...
Germán Cipriano Gómez Valdés Castillo, a young radio announcer from Cuidad Juárez, succeeds in drawi...
In operation to this day, the mansion known as Madame Satan began its activities in 1983, and in the...
Puentes de Salud is a volunteer-run clinic that provides free medical care to undocumented immigrant...
Edith and Eddie, ages 96 and 95, are America's oldest interracial newlyweds. Their unusual and idyll...
From its beginning during the Reagan years through current times, the War on Drugs has left many vic...