In 1892, Ellis Island, in New York Bay, became the main gateway to the United States for immigrants arriving increasingly from Europe. The story of immigration to the United States from 1892 to 1954, an enthralling polyphonic narrative that embraces both small and great history.

One night, nine children from the same Tunisian village attempt the deadly crossing. Like a poem or ...

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary ...

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...

Discover Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (The Trocks), an all-male company that for 45 years h...

The story of the Trojan war is one of history's most enduring legends. A beautiful queen elopes with...

After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is tr...

A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the partic...

By combining actual footage with reenactments, this film offers both a documentary and fictional acc...

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of...

In 19th-century Louisiana's Cajun country, Belizaire is the informal spokesman for his citizens, who...

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Gr...

A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.

This educational documentary describes the political, social, and religious conditions of sixteenth ...

Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, F...

Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. Aft...

A Danish writer travels to Mexico with the purpose of locating a mysterious Apache tribe that ferven...

Kristina, a self-named Hungarian female lion tamer, arrives in New York to become a dance choreograp...

Per Persson left Sweden 40 years ago. In Pakistan he fell in love and became the father of two daugh...