A story of the world's first female tiger trainer who claimed her love for her tigers was so great she wanted to die in the ring. Raised in poverty in Kentucky, Mabel Stark joined the circus in 1911 and became the first woman to train tigers, earning the center ring despite being told that women couldn't work the big cats. In a 57-year career, she headlined shows with Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey, survived multiple maulings and marriages, starred in Hollywood movies, and managed up to 20 cats by forming intimate relationships with each, rather than using the whip. Her life ended tragically just outside of Jungleland in Thousand Oaks, CA, and her legacy and the golden era of the American circus is recounted by former animal trailers, performers and historian Janet Davis, with Mabel's voice, from her memoir "Hold That Tiger", provided by Oscar ®-winner Melissa Leo.
The Story of an Encounter is a documentary that captures the unexpected encounter between México and...
The feature-length documentary Fakir portrays the success of fakirism in Brazil, Latin America and F...
Vienna’s Prater is an amusement park and a desire machine. No mechanical invention, no novel idea or...
Drawing upon a vast and richly visual archive and featuring a host of performers, historians and afi...
Errol Morris’s Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of four men, each driven to crea...
Journey across India, a breath taking land shaped by a myriad of cultures, customs and traditions. C...
A young girl has already seen everything there is to see and her world has lost all meaning. Her ang...
Alegría is a mood, a state of mind. The themes of the show, whose name means "jubilation" in Spanish...
From the Italian 'saltare in banco' – which literally means 'to jump on a bench' – Saltimbanco explo...
Icarus is the main character of Varekai, who falls to the ground, breaking his legs as he does. He i...
This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' perf...
Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.
In the magical world of La Nouba, dreams become reality and talent turns the ordinary into the extra...
While writing a book on the circus, author John Shawcross reflects upon the great acts he has seen o...
Cirque du Soleil presents The Mystery of Mystère, a captivating documentary that explores how arts a...
"Who is Weary Willie?" explores the life of the once-famous circus character Weary Willie and his st...
One man, one camera, one goal...to capture the essence of adventure. An experimental, often abstract...
The comedian Timoteo is the leader of a cross-dresser circus that has toured through Chile for forty...
Based on the 40th Annual Carnival of the Toronto Skating Club.
Journey alongside a young tigress raising her cubs in the fabled forests of India.