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.

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

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame...
Documentary on the pickup basketball community surrounding Albany's Washington Park aka the Graveyar...

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World ...

A documentary exploring the experiences and attitudes of Indian and Pakistani taxi drivers in New Yo...

The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a ...

In 1858 Charles Darwin struggles to publish one of the most controversial scientific theories ever c...

Short documentary about artist Keith Haring, detailing his involvement in the New York City graffiti...

A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.

The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat a...

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleo...

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

A story of love and honor that takes place during the mid-nineteenth century during revolutions, as ...

Cruelty, psychological and sexual violence, humiliations: reality television seems to have gone mad....

In 150 years, twice marked by total destruction —a terrible earthquake in 1923 and incendiary bombin...

Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, h...

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