Abdul Rahman, an African prince who was sold into slavery, spent four decades in servitude before an amazing coincidence took him to the White House to meet President John Quincy Adams, where he was granted his freedom. Mos Def narrates this PBS documentary that includes reenactments of scenes from Rahman's life and interviews with historians who discuss the conditions faced by slaves in early America.
Pavlina is a drug addict imprisoned, as well as her boyfriend, for illegal drug manufacturing. They ...
René has been in prison since he was 16. He is sick of life and doesn’t care about his parents (just...
Lada is a product of "educational“ or "corrective“ institutions. Not only is he not educated or cor...
An extremely rare subject by the famed still photographer. A 1934 short.
A 1980 short about the life and work of 80-year-old practicing psychiatrist Lila Bonner-Miller, who ...
A blunt and human encounter between a nurse and an aging man.
Showmen riding cinema lorries have brought the wonder of the movies to faraway villages in India onc...
Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefen...
Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefen...
Director/producer Olympia Stone explores the 46-year career of her father, Allan Stone, a famed New ...
Person is a documentary about the life and work of filmmaker Luiz Sérgio Person. The documentary bri...
In 2003, the infant Chinese twin sisters Mia and Alexandra were found in a cardboard box. They ended...
A documentary on the once promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy W...
In the Realms of the Unreal is a documentary about the reclusive Chicago-based artist Henry Darger. ...
“A Short History of the Highrise” is an interactive documentary that explores the 2,500-year global ...
The parallel lives of writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and playwright Tennessee Williams (1911-83): tw...
A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they ga...
"Solovky Power" is a documentary about the first Soviet labor camp created by Lenin in 1923. Solovky...
Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the...
A Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday...