The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished from history books. Ignored and forgotten. At last remembered.

Just one year ago, citizens joined together at Place de la République in Paris to demonstrate agains...

A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. T...

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of...

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...

Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greec...

Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave t...

Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents w...

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

Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Cha...

Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Gr...

While in San Francisco for the promotion of her last film in October 1967, Agnès Varda, tipped by he...

A portrait of Ron "Stray Dog" Hall, an aging biker and RV park manager from southern Missouri. A man...

In 1912, the Titanic embarks on its inevitable collision course with history. In the wake of the ove...

This documentary profiles the life and career of Pat Summitt, the NCAA's winningest basketball coach...

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m ...

Twiggy takes a comprehensive look at the life story of UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name ...

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for thei...

This insightful Home Box Office documentary profiles some American children afflicted with Tourette'...

American Experience presents Summer of Love, a striking picture of San Francisco's Haight Ashbury di...