Russia, 1917. After the abdication of Czar Nicholas II Romanov, the struggle for power confronts allies, enemies, factions and ideas; a ruthless battle between democracy and authoritarianism that will end with the takeover of the government by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks.

At the height of the space race, three U.S. astronauts are tapped as the first Apollo crew. With daz...

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

An imagined insight into the controversial secret trials of conscientious objectors, that took place...

A biography of Charles Wesley, father of the Weselyan Church, hymn writer, and preacher.

A documentary on the 1916 Easter Rising, written and performed by the duo Rubberbandits.

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing s...

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

This short cautionary training film examines dangers associated with earthmoving equipment operation...

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

A funny walk through the life story of Billy Wilder (1906-2002), a cinematic genius; a portrait of a...

How in 1959, during the heat of the Cold War, the government of the United States decided to create ...

Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War me...

In 1937, amidst Stalin's Great Terror, a newly appointed prosecutor for the USSR is made aware of al...

Ivan, first tsar of Russia. History will remember him as "the Terrible. Russian people love him for ...

Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomi...

Czech painter and illustrator Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) ranks among the pioneers of the Art Nouveau...

Canada was led to war by a bigoted, ignorant, self-obsessed Minister of Militia, who may well have b...

Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former ...

Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subje...

Based on a true story, Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution is the tale of a family from Bingley in Yorkshire...