The story of Alice Herz-Sommer, a German-speaking Jewish pianist from Prague who was, at her death, the world's oldest Holocaust survivor. She discusses the importance of music, laughter, and how to have an optimistic outlook on life.


A strange and mischievous documentary on an archeological site in the Qaytarieh hills in Tehran. Thi...

Vito is a sweet little boy with Down syndrome, and this short documentary puts his energetic, jolly ...

A dazzling journey through time via the remarkable images of National Geographic photographer Frans ...

6-18-67 is a short quasi-documentary film by George Lucas regarding the making of the Columbia film ...

From leaving Egypt 10 years ago, to almost dying a month ago in a car accident. This film is about t...

A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start s...

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

This documentary chronicles the inspirational story of a man who would not accept "no" for an answer...

For First Nations communities, the headdress bears significant meaning. It's a powerful symbol of ha...

Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on ...

Hamburg, Germany, 1939. Getting a passage aboard the passenger liner St. Louis seems to be the last ...

Wales prides herself in her wealth of natural resources, foundries, mills, and factories. Beyond thi...

First short film directed by Taffarel. A large wooden sled is carried by a farmer to the top of Moun...

The 43 Group was an English anti-fascist group set up by Jewish ex-servicemen in the immediate wake ...
Short documentary directed by Günter Schlesinger
This documentary is featured on the DVD for Captain Blood (1935), released in 2005.

In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that...

The Falklands War began on April 2, 1982, with the Argentine landing on the islands ordered by Leopo...

This documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by architect ...