This one-hour film, narrated by Actor BURT LANCASTER, explores the lingering effects of The Hollywood Blacklist, which occurred in the late forties and early fifties as part of the Anti-Communist witch-hunts that terrorized the nation. This film is seen through the eyes of the wives and children of the now deceased Hollywood figures whose careers were destroyed when studio bosses, along with guild and union officials capitulated to the demands of the House Un-American Activities Committee.

Both a political narrative and a psychological reflection, this documentary explores the personal jo...

Kirk Douglas recounts his remarkable life in a celebrated one-man theater performance augmented with...

When looking at Pedro Almodóvar’s filmography, it becomes evident that women are everywhere; in fact...

In 1971, after being rejected by Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to his parents’ homeland of Hong Kong...

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about t...

A young Bulgarian girl digs into her grandfather's turbulent life in an attempt to unravel the past ...

The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks at ...

Four lucid grandmothers tell their story forgotten by history: the militancy and resistance of the y...

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adven...

Two journalists born in the mid '80s decide to take a look back at how their country changed in the ...

An illiterate mountain man, Kit Carson was fluent in Spanish and five Indian languages; he twice mar...

The Medal of Honor is awarded for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her li...

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War ...

"McCarthy" chronicles the rise and fall of Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin senator who came to power ...

Starting in 1881 this film shows the personal battle between Lenin's Ulyanov family and the royal Ro...

History is Marching is a feature length documentary analysing the rise in tensions between major pow...

A key overview of twentieth-century American fascism and antifascism produced in 1991 by the John Br...

An account of the life and work of the Polish writer Stanisław Lem (1921-2006), a key figure in scie...

In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social critici...