The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks at the man, at the roots of his philosophy, at the causes and explanations of his philosophical development, and at its most direct outcome: the failed Soviet Union.

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

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

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

In 1973 Yorkshire public television made a short film of the Nobel laureate while he was there. The ...

Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the stre...

The "David and Goliath" legend is presented as credibly as possible, while David's later disastrous ...

A politically naive Viennese butcher manages to survive the Nazi occupation of Austria and the secon...

A poetic exploration of three subterranean telescopes in remote regions of Canada, Japan, and Antarc...

A poetic look at the life and legacy of legendary author Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), who wrote over ...

During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are...

This refreshingly frank and impartial study of the discovery and development of the notorious halluc...

Ben Stewart, the bright young musician and philosopher who brought us the sleeper hit "Esoteric Agen...

This revealing portrait of Cuba follows the lives of Fidel Castro and three Cuban families affected ...

It’s the hit musical that changed Broadway forever and brought the genius of Lin Manuel Miranda to t...

Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of...

Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves...

New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it...