International success has put the heart-rending melodies of the morna, the Cape-Verdean blues, firmly on the world music map. At once generous and secretive, swaying to the rhythms of the waves, this film is made in the image of Cesaria Evora, the unchallenged queen of the morna.
Takeshi Kitano is an international icon. We know the actor, the multi-award-winning filmmaker, but m...
The daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany witnesses her beloved father's struggle -- and failure -- to...
AMIN portrays Qashqai musician Amin Aghaie, a young modern nomad and his family who despite facing s...
...The poet returns from exile to his native village of Nar. No matter how or where he returned, the...
In the half-hour tribute, friends and colleagues remember the three-time Emmy winner, who died June ...
A documentary on the life of Jack Kirby, co-creator of Captain America, The Fantastic Four, Iron Man...
With four strikes against her (black, female, poor and a lesbian), our trailblazer, Jewel Thais-Will...
This film illustrates the life of the film director, Shui-Bo Wang in The People's Republic of China....
Photographer Imogen Cunningham presents her own work in this Academy Award-nominated documentary.
Legendary British actor Michael Caine, who began his brilliant career on stage during the 1950s, tal...
Documentary about Marilyn Monroe: 1962: America loses its blonde icon. Marilyn Monroe dies under mys...
Surpassed only by the Bible and Shakespeare, Agatha Christie is the most successful writer of all ti...
he life story of Michael Chambers aka "Boogaloo Shrimp: the dancer, actor, singer, comedian and mast...
Another kind of biography, one that unravels the mysteries of Dalí, the conflicts with himself and w...
Director James Toback takes an unflinching, uncompromising look at the life of Mike Tyson--almost so...
This insightful documentary feature from PJ Letofsky serves as a profile of iconic Austrian-American...
The film accompanies the Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist around the world, shows her at work in her stud...
A documentary highlighting the Soviet Union's legendary and enigmatic hockey training culture and wo...
Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has ...