Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing. His passion for open access ensnared him in a legal nightmare that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26.

Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the wa...

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, who...

By ending the life of Jean Senac on August 30, 1973 in Algiers, his assassins believed they would si...

Bonded by their love of freediving, a record-setting champion and a heroic safety diver try to make ...

A short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s—onl...

Three brothers smuggle arms and drugs from Mexico into the US.

Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpub...
The programme offers unique access to Julia Donaldson, her family, her rich archives and home movies...
In 1972, Bahman Maghsoudlou made a short film about Iranian artist Ardeshir Mohasses. For 36 years, ...
A story about my sister, Dr. Lindsay Eisenhour, one of the lead veterinarians at Neel Veterinary Hos...

Profile of actress Greta Garbo, narrated by Glenn Close

Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lan...

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the bas...

Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared gen...

Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert ...

Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ...

A biography of Charles Wesley, father of the Weselyan Church, hymn writer, and preacher.

In late 2021, a deadly fire consumed an underground club, taking the life of Mr. Chhoeun Samnang. Bu...