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.

Eminent classical historian Robin Lane Fox embarks on a journey in search of the origins of the Gree...

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

The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's...

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

A group of soldiers are sentenced for the murders of key political figures in the night of October 1...

Short costume picture on the infamous Roman Emperor.

Mother India is home to many castes, tribes and religions and one common factor that brings this div...

A Documentary film exploring the history and evolution of vinyl records. Featuring Interviews with t...

What if the events in a key era in our history were actually completely different than what our hist...

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

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

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

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

Documentary looking at a century of cycling. Commissioned to mark the arrival of the 2014 Tour de Fr...

The opening of The Vasulka Effect couldn’t be more apt: Steina Vasulka addresses her husband Woody t...

In an intense action-filled 85 minutes, you will learn to defend yourself against the mounting threa...

The Feminist Library: A Short Film was made in support of the Save the Feminist Library Campaign, do...

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