To understand eighteenth-century America through a woman's eyes, historian and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich spent eight years working through Martha Ballard's massive but cryptic diary. "A Midwife's Tale" chronicles the interwoven stories of two remarkable women: an eighteenth-century midwife and healer and the twentieth-century historian who brought her words to light.
Tucson, Arizona, September 1996. At the request of his son Martin, George Goldsmith tells him of his...
Pretty, popular, and slim high-schooler Aly Schimdt had plans of earning a sports scholarship to col...
This historical drama tells the story of Qin Shihuang, who unified China's vast territory and declar...
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industr...
Chronicles of a male homosexual drug addict in 1980's in voice-over with long take scenes from Rome,...
One of the most important and exciting historical research of all time, the study of the DNA of the ...
During the Syrian civil war, the district of Yarmouk, home to thousands of Palestinians, became the ...
The story of the Trojan Horse is probably one of the most famous stories ever told: after ten years ...
Poland, 1970. When popular protests erupt in the streets due to rising prices, the communist governm...
Amanda is a divorced woman who makes a living as a photographer. During the Fall of the year Amanda ...
A documentary-style capturing of the life of Ab, a young struggling artist trying to find her way, a...
Second attempt to create a feature film out of the 200,000-plus feet of film which Soviet film-maker...
United Kingdom, March 24, 1954. Ten years before the decriminalization of homosexuality, journalist ...
Set halfway through the 17th century, a church play is performed for the benefit of the young aristo...
They are frozen in place, stagnating without any direction. Around them, things change rapidly.
Birth: it's a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a...
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his...
Califia, the Queen and spirit of California, gives the audience a quick and somewhat romanticized lo...
The story, told by the survivors, of a group of young men, members of a Uruguayan rugby team, who ma...
Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subje...