Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and survival. The Donner Party's nightmarish journey penetrated to the very heart of the American Dream at a crucial phase of the nation's "manifest destiny." Touching some of the most powerful social, economic and political currents of the time, this extraordinary narrative remains one of the most compelling and enduring episodes to come out of the West.

Seekers of Oblivion explores the exciting life and adventures of Isabelle Eberhardt. Born in Geneva,...

Using historically-accurate, battle-filled re-enactments and interviews with expert historians and n...

It is the year 2546. Corporations rule the world, and an agent is on a secret mission to explore the...

Between 1968 and 1970, J M Goodger, a lecturer at the University of Salford, made a film record of t...

Over the period of 25 years the director met General Võ Nguyên Giáp, a legendary hero of Vietnam’s i...

From double BAFTA nominated Writer and Director John Walsh. Monarch is part fact, part fiction and u...

In 1980, the first march of gays, lesbians and transvestites took place in Brazil in protest against...

In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “...

In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. ...

More than 2.000 years ago, Narbonne in today's Département Aude was the capital of a huge Roman prov...
Music documentary about Billo Frómeta by director Rafael Marziano Tinoco from Venezuela.

The amazing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mou...

Set halfway through the 17th century, a church play is performed for the benefit of the young aristo...

1968, The Socialist Republic of Romania. Women catch up on the latest tendencies in beachwear, the y...

The biggest trial of Nazi war crimes ever: 360 witnesses in 183 days of trial - a stunning and gripp...

Paris, 1884. Bella Fontanges, a renowned ballerina, is married to Georges de Segar. But after just a...

Short costume picture on the infamous Roman Emperor.

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

Discover the untold stories of D-Day from the men, women and children who lived through German occup...