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.

In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce, deceive...

Watching My Name Go By is a 1976 BBC documentary on the birth of graffiti in New York City, and the ...

Summer 1936 - The Berlin Olympics, organized by the Nazi regime on the eve of World War II, acted as...

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocke...

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

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

New York City's beloved Ukrainian restaurant Veselka is best known for its borscht and varenyky, but...

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...

In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband...

The little-known story of Ukrainian children torn from their homes in the crush between the Nazi and...

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is t...

San Francisco Bay is home to various shark species. Alcatraz guards made sure the prisoners knew it,...

Stories from survivors frame this documentary detailing the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwe...

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

"This film explores how freedom of speech — including dissent — is afforded to all Americans, and sh...

In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous...