In 150 years, twice marked by total destruction —a terrible earthquake in 1923 and incendiary bombings in 1945— followed by a spectacular rebirth, Tokyo, the old city of Edo, has become the largest and most futuristic capital in the world in a transformation process fueled by the exceptional resilience of its inhabitants, and nourished by a unique phenomenon of cultural hybridization.

Made possible through a unique UK-wide collaboration of national and regional publicly-funded film a...

In 1900, the eyes of the whole world are on Paris. The World's Fair welcomed 50 million amazed visit...
20 minute music documentary shot in two days of November 1984 in, and around the outskirts of, Tokyo...

When the revolution in Nicaragua won its victory nearly 40 years ago, the world began to dream. A yo...

This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in no...

Charlotte Gainsbourg looks at her mother Jane Birkin in a way she never did, overcoming a sense of r...

Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently decla...

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all...

The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the disc...

Our two-hour film highlights the life and career of Dr. Schreiber with respect and clarity. Raemer, ...

The documentary of the Nuremberg War Trials of 21 Nazi dignitaries held after World War II.

13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape t...

More than 2.000 years ago, Narbonne in today's Département Aude was the capital of a huge Roman prov...

Behind-the-scenes footage, rare screen tests and insightful interviews highlight this engrossing two...

For a long time, in France, comedy was the preserve of men. Female roles were mostly secondary and c...

With the Doomsday Clock the closest it's ever been to midnight, Jane Corbin investigates the prolife...