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.
An account of the life and work of the charismatic Spanish writer Terenci Moix (1942-2003).
Before the internet. Before social media. Before breaking news. The victims of Thalidomide had to re...
It is El Salvador, 1989, three years before the end of a brutal civil war that took 75,000 lives. Ma...
On an island in the Indian Ocean, the Comoros archipelago, unoccupied houses await the arrival of th...
An in-depth documentary about the making of David Cronenberg's feature film, Cosmopolis (2012), an a...
A documentary exploring the rise and fall of 80s skateboard legend Mark "Gator" Rogowski.
A sensitive portrait of Sabine Bonnaire, the autistic sister of the french actress Sandrine Bonnaire...
This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Compan...
An exploration of the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, with particular emphasis on glam metal. It f...
On the edge of the 30th anniversary of punk rock, Punk's Not Dead takes you into the sweaty undergro...
Documentary about reggae in Jamaica and its history. Filmed in 1979.
Well-known television personality Bob Saget -- perhaps best known for his portrayal of squeaky-clean...
An examination of the prisoner abuse scandal involving U.S. soldiers and detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghr...
A film about the Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco in 1996.
A documentary about the production of From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and the people who made it.
A short documentary on the chateaux of the Loire in France was commissioned by the French Tourist Bu...
Hungary was the site of serial murders on ethnic basis. Over the course of one year, the murderers k...
Re-framing the U.S. gun violence debate from Second Amendment rights to public health prevention.
While in San Francisco for the promotion of her last film in October 1967, Agnès Varda, tipped by he...
This documentary profiles the life and career of Pat Summitt, the NCAA's winningest basketball coach...