England, 11th century. William the Conqueror (ca. 1027-1087) wins the Battle of Hastings (1066), changing the shape of medieval Europe and the course of English history. An account of the life of the extraordinary Norman warrior who became king.
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame...
From the series "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers", this playful documentary introduces James Joy...
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher a...
Raphael: The Lord of the Arts is a documentary about the 15th century Italian Renaissance painter Ra...
Poland, 1970. When popular protests erupt in the streets due to rising prices, the communist governm...
In 1848 during the tumultuous era of European revolutions shaking the continent out of its feudal-ba...
Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefi...
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 ...
A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Gene...
The tortured life of Paul Morphy (1850s New Orleans chess prodigy) is examined.
In a neighborhood overrun by crime, Enzo opens a judo school to help at-risk teens onto a different ...
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fou...
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...
Extraordinary Commissar Pyotr Kobozev arrives in Soviet Turkestan on Lenin's personal order. He will...
The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Joseph Bologne rises to impr...
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but ...
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppress...
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.